申命記 31:15-16 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:14-23

The Lord's charge to Moses and Joshua. Moses, in making over the leadership to Joshua, was only anticipating a more formal assignment of it by God himself. He directs the old leader and his successor to repair to the tabernacle, and there to receive their respective charges. The Shechinah appeared to convince the people of the reality of the Divine interview with the leaders. Moses is first informed of his own approaching end, of the certain apostasy of the people, and of the desirability... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:14-23

The official investiture of Joshua. It was fitting that a public transference of authority should be made from Moses to Joshua. The nobleness of Moses comes prominently into view. As John said of Jesus, so substantially Moses said of Joshua, "He must increase, but I must decrease." I. THE OCCASION . The occasion had an aspect of mournfulness. Moses was about to die; nevertheless, no tinge of grief is in his words. He contemplates the event with calm serenity. His chief concern is a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:15

The Lord appeared … in a pillar of a cloud (cf. Ex Deuteronomy 33:9 ; 40:38; Le Deuteronomy 16:2 ; Numbers 12:5 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16

Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers (cf. 2 Samuel 7:12 ; Psalms 13:3 ; Psalms 76:5 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Matthew 27:52 ; John 11:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14 ). "The death of men, both good and bad, is often called a sleep , because they shall certainly awake out of it by resurrection" (Peele). Go a whoring (cf. Exodus 34:15 ; 2:17 ) after the gods of the strangers of the land ; literally, after gods of strangeness of the land ; i . e . after gods foreign to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16-21

Faithful words silent accusers of those who heed them not. In the several paragraphs of this chapter we find that Moses was borne along by the Holy Ghost to take a glance into the future. He had been instructed by God to give a charge to Joshua, and to surrender into his hands the leadership of the host. He had given to the priests their commission to guard the Law for the people. And now there remained but for him to give his final words to the people themselves. The Omniscient One... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16-29

The last precaution against idolatry. We cannot trace into all its ramifications the subtle influence of a good man's life. If it does not accomplish all that he has desired, it often achieves more than he imagines. It operates in directions he had not designed. The presence of a good man will often repress an evil which he cannot eradicate. All the faith and piety of Moses had hardly restrained the people from idolatry; his removal will be the loosening of the flood-gates which had held... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16-30

God's foresight of Israel's declension. We learn— I. THAT THE FUTURE IS PERFECTLY UNVEILED TO GOD . God claims this power as one of his prerogatives ( Isaiah 41:22 ; Isaiah 42:9 ; Isaiah 43:25 , Isaiah 43:26 ; Isaiah 45:20 , Isaiah 45:21 ). And no one can question but that these predictions have been strikingly fulfilled. The people did corrupt themselves and turn aside, and evil did befall them in the latter days ( Deuteronomy 31:29 ). II. THAT ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 31:14-23

The transaction recorded in these verses may be regarded as the solemn inauguration of Joshua to the office to which he had some time before Numbers 27:22 been called, and his recognition in it by God, which were manifested by his being summoned into the tabernacle with Moses while the Lord appeared in the pillar of cloud (compare Numbers 11:25; Numbers 12:5).Deuteronomy 31:16The future apostasy of the people is announced in the presence of Joshua that the latter might be fully aware of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 31:16

Deuteronomy 31:16. Thou shalt sleep with thy fathers Sleep is a common word for death, and, to those who believe a resurrection, has a peculiar propriety, to remind them that death shall not have dominion over them for ever, but that they shall awake as certainly as they fall asleep. This people will go after the gods of the strangers That is, the Canaanites, who will be turned out of their possessions, and become as strangers in the land. This aggravates their folly to worship such gods... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-29

31:1-34:12 MOSES’ LAST DAYSArrangements for the future (31:1-29)Knowing he had only a few more days to live, Moses handed over the leadership of Israel to his divinely appointed successor, Joshua. He reminded both Joshua and the people that fearless commitment to the task ahead, combined with total trust in God, would guarantee victory over the Canaanites and possession of the promised land (31:1-8,14-15,23; see notes on Numbers 27:12-23).Moses then made three separate arrangements to ensure... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:14-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:14-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:15

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:16-30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 31:14-23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 31:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-29

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