The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:35
All this Israel was made to see, in order that they might know that Jehovah is alone God, and beside him is no other. God ( הָאֱלֹהִים , the God), the one living and true God. read more
Deuteronomy-4:34-37-web
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:36
(Cf. Exodus 20:18-22 .) To indicate still further the pre-eminence of Israel, Moses emphasizes the supernatural character of the revelation God had given to them, and the awful manner of its delivery; God spake to them with audible voice, out of heaven, amidst fire, and they heard his words out of the fire. To instruct thee. The verb here used ( יָסַד ) means primarily to bind and thence to correct, to chasten, which meaning some interpreters would give here. But the word means also to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:36
(Cf. Exodus 20:18-22 .) To indicate still further the pre-eminence of Israel, Moses emphasizes the supernatural character of the revelation God had given to them, and the awful manner of its delivery; God spake to them with audible voice, out of heaven, amidst fire, and they heard his words out of the fire. To instruct thee. The verb here used ( יָסַד ) means primarily to bind and thence to correct, to chasten, which meaning some interpreters would give here. But the word means also to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:37
And because he loved thy fathers (cf. Genesis 15:5-7 ; Exodus 13:15-17 , etc.). Inasmuch as God had loved their fathers, the patriarchs, and had chosen them their descendants to be his people, and had delivered them out of Egypt, that he might establish them in the Promised Land, having driven out thence nations mightier than they, therefore were they to consider in their heart and acknowledge that Jehovah alone is God, and that in the wide universe there is no other. The apodosis in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:37
And because he loved thy fathers (cf. Genesis 15:5-7 ; Exodus 13:15-17 , etc.). Inasmuch as God had loved their fathers, the patriarchs, and had chosen them their descendants to be his people, and had delivered them out of Egypt, that he might establish them in the Promised Land, having driven out thence nations mightier than they, therefore were they to consider in their heart and acknowledge that Jehovah alone is God, and that in the wide universe there is no other. The apodosis in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:37
Beloved for the fathers' sake. We learn, taking this verse with the context— I. THAT THE PIETY OF ANCESTORS IS REMEMBERED BY GOD IN HIS DEALINGS WITH THE DESCENDANTS . He remembers: 1. Their piety. 2. The love he bore them. 3. His promises. 4. Their prayers. II. THAT THE PIETY OF ANCESTORS IS A FREQUENT GROUND OF LONG - SUFFERING AND FORBEARANCE . It was SO with Israel ( Deuteronomy 9:5 ); Solomon ( 1... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:37-38
The dispossession of the Canaanites. (See Homiletics, Deuteronomy 1:1-8 .) read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 4:29-40
Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain.Deuteronomy 4:34Temptations - Compare Deuteronomy 7:18-19; Deuteronomy 29:2-3; not, “i. e.” the tribulations and persecutions undergone by the Israelites, out the plagues miraculously inflicted on the Egyptians.Deuteronomy 4:37He chose their seed after them - literally, “his seed after him.” Speaking of the love of God to their fathers in general,... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 4:32-34
Deuteronomy 4:32-34. The one side of heaven That is, of the earth under heaven. Ask all the inhabitants of the world. And live And was not overwhelmed and consumed by such a glorious appearance. By temptations Temptations is the general title, which is explained by the following particulars, signs, and wonders, &c., which are called temptations, because they were trials both to the Egyptians and Israelites, whether they would be induced to believe and obey God or not. By... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:35
All this Israel was made to see, in order that they might know that Jehovah is alone God, and beside him is no other. God ( הָאֱלֹהִים , the God), the one living and true God. read more