Deuteronomy 29:2-6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 29:4

Verse 4 4.Yet the Lord hath not given. By reproaching them with their past stupidity, he stirs up their desire for a better understanding, as if he had said, that they had been too long indifferent to so many miracles, and therefore they should no longer delay to rouse themselves, etc., to give greater heed to God; not because they had been so senseless that His acts had altogether escaped their notice, but because all acknowledgment of them had immediately come to an end. For, just as the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 29:5

Verse 5 5.And I have led you. He descends to the blessings with which He had continually visited His people during the course of forty years. Yet he does not recount them all, but contents himself with a few of the most remarkable instances, viz., that their clothes had not been worn out by age, and that they had been fed from heaven, when no sustenance was to be obtained from the fruits of the earth. He reminds them that God’s glory had been manifested by these testimonies, in order that they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-6

Witnessing without seeing. There is an instructive note on this passage in Dr. Jameson's 'Commentary.' For nearly forty years the people had been witnesses of the extraordinary care of God in watching over them, in supplying their wants, and in conducting them through the wilderness; and yet the constant succession of mercies had had no proper effect on them. They did not read the loving-kindness of God in all as they should have done. Having eyes, they saw not; having ears, they heard... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-9

Time-defying habiliments. After the extensive list of curses to be recited amid the mountains, Moses proceeds to speak of the perfect providences of the pilgrimage as a loud call to obedience out of gratitude. He points out not only the miracles connected with the Exodus, but also the arrangements of, as we should say, the commissariat. They had not to manufacture bread, for the manna fell from heaven; they had not to carry with them wine or strong drink, for the pure water out of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-13

The renewal of God's covenant with Israel. Every act of obedience is a step of the soul upward. It leads us into clearer light and into purer air. The man is braced by the exercise. On the other hand, the neglect of a great occasion of blessing is an irreparable loss. I. NOTE GOD 'S GRACIOUS ACTIVITY ON BEHALF OF HIS COVENANT PEOPLE . Ancient Israel was sadly prone to forget what God had done for them. Ingratitude is base. It injures greatly the man who is guilty of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:2

Moses addresses the nation as such, and reminds them of their dullness to apprehend the manifestations of God's grace which had been so abundantly afforded in their past history, in order that he may arouse them to a better state of mind, and stimulate them to hearken to the voice of God in the future. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:2-9

Seeing, yet not seeing. The Israelites had seen God's mighty works ( Deuteronomy 29:9 ), yet God had not given them a heart to perceive, nor eyes to see ( Deuteronomy 29:4 ). I. NATURAL SIGHT WITHOUT SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT . Moses accuses the people of blindness to the facts of their own history. These facts included: 1. God's mighty works in Egypt; here, as in Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 7:19 , classified as temptations, signs, and wonders ( Deuteronomy 7:2 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:3

Temptations, signs, miracles. (Cf. Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 7:19 .) I. THE RELATION OF THE TERMS . "Temptations" is a wider category than "signs," and "signs" is a wider category than "miracles" or "wonders." All "wonders," however, in the kingdom of God have the moral significance of "signs;" and all "signs and wonders" are "trials" of the disposition. II. THE APPLICATION OF THE TERMS . 1. Wonders , meaning strictly, supernatural occurrences. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:4

The Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, etc. Moses says this "not to excuse their wickedness, but partly to direct them what course to take, and to whom they must have recourse for the amending of their former errors, and for a good understanding and improvement of God's works; and partly to aggravate their sin, and to intimate that, although the hearing ear and the seeing eye and the understanding heart are the workmanship of God ( Proverbs 20:12 ), and the effects of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:5

Having referred to the gracious dealing of God with them in the wilderness, Moses introduces Jehovah himself as speaking to them (cf. Deuteronomy 11:14 ). (On Deuteronomy 29:5 and Deuteronomy 29:6 , see Deuteronomy 8:3 , Deuteronomy 8:4 ; and on Deuteronomy 8:7 and Deuteronomy 8:8 , see Deuteronomy 2:26 , etc.; Deuteronomy 3:1 , etc.) read more

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