申命記 4:10-15 JCB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:12

Verse 12 Deuteronomy 4:12.And the Lord spake unto you. It is a confirmation of the Second Commandment, that God manifested Himself to the Israelites by a voice, and not in a bodily form; whence it follows that those who are not contented with His voice, but seek His visible form, substitute imaginations and phantoms in His place. But here arises a difficult question, for God made Himself known to the patriarchs in other ways besides by His voice alone; thus Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob knew Him... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-13

The sacredness of the Divine Law. Law, being the utterance of righteousness, is unalterable as righteousness itself, permanent amid all the mutations of human affairs. Its requirements are statutes, stable as the everlasting hills. I. LAW IS THE VERITABLE VOICE OF GOD ; the manifestation of his thought; the mirror of his mind. "The Lord spake unto you." "Out of the midst of the fire" the flame of holiness and zeal—issues every command. If man's moral nature has an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-14

Obedience the secret of success. Moses here reminds Israel of the privilege it possesses as a nation in having the oracles of God committed unto it ( Romans 3:2 ). He urges obedience upon them as the one purpose for which they are to be introduced into the Promised Land. National prosperity depends upon this. And here we have to notice— I. DISOBEDIENCE HAS ALREADY PROVED FATAL . He recalls the terrible experience in connection with Dual-peer—how the people in large numbers... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-14

Obedience the secret of success. Moses here reminds Israel of the privilege it possesses as a nation in having the oracles of God committed unto it ( Romans 3:2 ). He urges obedience upon them as the one purpose for which they are to be introduced into the Promised Land. National prosperity depends upon this. And here we have to notice— I. DISOBEDIENCE HAS ALREADY PROVED FATAL . He recalls the terrible experience in connection with Dual-peer—how the people in large numbers... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-28

The curse of idolatry. Idolatry is the general bias of fallen humanity, the perversion of an innate principle, the misgrowth of the religious instinct. Men everywhere "feel after God, if haply they may find him." Absolute atheism cannot long endure anywhere. If men reject a personal Deity, they invent an inferior God, and practically worship that. The wildest atheist which the world has seen, must admit that there is some power or force in the world superior to himself. There is no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-40

EXPOSITION ADMONITIONS AND EXHORTATIONS . Moses, having presented to the people certain facts in their recent history which had in them a specially animating and encouraging tendency, proceeds to direct his discourse to the inculcation of duties and exhortations to obedience to the Divine enactments. This portion also of his address is of an introductory character as well as what precedes. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:6-10

A nation's glory. I. A NATION POSSESSING GOD 'S WORD IS SUPREMELY FAVORED . ( Deuteronomy 4:8 .) Even to have such a Law as Israel possessed exalted her to a position of unique greatness. The knowledge of the true God—light on the great principles of conduct-equitable statutes-institutions adapted to promote material, moral, and spiritual well-being. Our own nation is exceptionally favored in the plentiful enjoyment of religious privileges—Bibles, churches, Sabbath... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:9-14

The possession of the oracles of God by Israel was a benefit to them only as these were kept in mind and reverently obeyed. Therefore they were to take heed and diligently beware of forgetting the circumstances under which the Law had been received at Horeb. God had then commanded the people to be gathered together, so that they stood before the Lord, were in his manifested presence, and were made to hear his voice speaking to them from amidst the fire and the clouds that covered the mount.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:10

Specially the day . The word "specially," introduced by the translators into the Authorized Version, is a needless interpolation. With this verse begins a new sentence, which is continued in Deuteronomy 4:11 on to the end of Deuteronomy 4:13 . Render, On the day [i.e. at the time, the יום , is an adverbial accusative] when ye stood before Jehovah your God in Horeb … when ye came near and stood ,… then Jehovah spake to you , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:10-14

The revelation at Horeb. A revelation— I. OF THE SPIRITUALITY OF GOD 'S NATURE . "Ye saw no similitude" ( Deuteronomy 4:12 ). A wonderful truth to be impressed on the minds of a people fresh from contact with the debasing idolatries of Egypt. A truth: 1. Difficult to grasp. 2. Elevating in its influence. 3. The apprehension of which is necessary for spiritual worship ( John 4:24 ). II. OF THE HOLINESS OF GOD 'S CHARACTER . The lightnings that... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:9-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:10-14

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