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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:14

And the Lord commanded me at that time ,.... When the ten commandments were delivered on Mount Sinai, and Moses was ordered to come up to God in the mount: to teach you statutes and judgments ; laws ceremonial and judicial, besides the ten commands given them: that ye may do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it ; the land of Canaan, which was on the other side of Jordan, and over which they must go in order to possess it; and when they came there, they were to hold the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:6

Keep - and do them; for this is your wisdom - There was no mode of worship at this time on the face or the earth that was not wicked, obscene, puerile, foolish, or ridiculous, except that established by God himself among the Israelites. And every part of this, taken in its connection and reference, may be truly called a wise and reasonable service. The nations - and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people - Almost all the nations in the earth showed that they had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to thyself - Be circumspect and watchful. Keep thy soul diligently - Be mindful of thy eternal interests. Whatever becomes of the body, take care of the soul. Lest thou forget - God does his work that they may be had in everlasting remembrance; and he that forgets them, forgets his own mercies. Besides, if a man forget the work of God on his soul, he loses that work. Lest they depart from thy heart - It is not sufficient to lay up Divine things in the memory, they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:6

Verse 6 6.Keep therefore, and do them. In order that they may set themselves more cheerfully about the keeping of the Law, and may proceed more steadily in this endeavor, he reminds them that nothing is better or more desirable for themselves. For God is not duly honored, except with ready minds and volutary obedience, to which we are rather attracted by pleasure than forced by rigor and violence. Now, since all desire to excel, he says, that this is the chief excellence of Israel, that they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:7

Verse 7 7.For what nation is there so great? Moses now repeats in his own name what he had stated in the person of others, as if to shew by additional reasons, that not without cause would the Jews be celebrated in the whole world, because it would actually appear that none were equal to them. He mentions two points, first, because God would be ready to afford them help, as often as they call upon Him; secondly, because He had instructed them in perfect righteousness, beyond which nothing could... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:9

Verse 9 9.Only take heed to thyself The same particle, רק, rak, of which I have just spoken, is used here, and its meaning in this place is, as if Moses had said, that this only remained; unless it is preferred to translate it nevertheless. What follows means literally “Guard (custodi) thyself, and guard thy soul;” wherein Moses advances by degrees, reminding them that they needed no common heedfulness, but that they must beware with extreme vigilance and diligence lest they should fail through... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:10

Verse 10 10.The day (227) that thou stoodest. The word day might be taken in the accusative, as if in apposition. It is, at any rate, clear that he explains more fully what he had briefly alluded to before, for he summons the people as eye-witnesses, lest, perchance, they should object that they were not sure from whence Moses had derived what he professes to be enjoined him by God. For they were all well aware that he had undertaken nothing without the express command of God. Finally, he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:11

Verse 11 11And ye came near, and stood. This explanatory narrative is intended to prove the same thing, viz., that Moses was only the ambassador and minister of God, because the mountain burned in the sight of all the people, that God might be manifested, speaking from the midst of the fire. His statement that they only heard the voice, but saw no similitude, may be understood as a kind of admission, (concessionis.) Thus the two clauses would be read adversatively, “Although no similitude... read more

John Calvin

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 4:1-8

Exhortation to the observance of the Law generally . The Law was to be kept as a complete whole; nothing was to be taken from it or added to it; it comprised the commandments of Jehovah, and therefore they were not only to do it as what Moses, their leader and lawgiver, had enjoined, bat to keep it as a sacred deposit, not to be altered or tampered with, and to observe it as what God their Sovereign had enacted for them. The dignity and worth of the Law are here asserted, and also its... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:11

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-8

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