申命記 10:1-12 JC

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:1-22

Practical Exhortations (continued)1-5. The renewal of the broken covenant: see Exodus 34.6-9. These vv are evidently a parenthesis.The death of Aaron took place thirty-eight years after the departure from Sinai, but previous to the delivery of this discourse: see on Numbers 20:22-29; The notice of Aaron’s death seems to be inserted here to show that the sin of Aaron and the people did not bring the priesthood to a close. The covenant was renewed, and Aaron was spared for nearly forty years to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:1

X.(1) At that time the Lord said unto me.—The forty days of intercession alluded to in the previous chapter followed this command (Exodus 34:28).Hew thee two tables of stone . . . and make thee an ark.—The command to make the ark was given in the former period of forty days (Exodus 25:10); the command to hew the two tables was given after Moses had seen the glory of God (Exodus 33:0) from the cleft in the rock, but before the forty days spent in intercession. Rashi, the Jewish commentator,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:2

(2) And I will write on the tables.—It is a common error to suppose that Moses wrote the Law the second time. The mistake arises from the change of person in Exodus 34:28, where the same pronoun “he” refers first to Moses, and then to Jehovah. But there is no doubt as to the fact or its spiritual meaning. The tables of stone represent the “fleshy tables of the heart” as St. Paul teaches us in 2 Corinthians 3:3. The first pair of tables were like the heart of Adam, which came fresh from the hand... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:4

(4) According to the first writing, the ten commandments.—The words written on the second tables were the same which had been written on the first.In the day of the assembly.—Or, in New Testament language, “the day of the Church.” The Pentecost of the Old Testament was the day when “the letter” was given; the Pentecost of the New Testament was the day of the “Spirit that giveth life.” Each of these aspects of God’s covenant produced a Church after its kind. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:5

(5) I . . . put the tables in the ark which I (had) made; and there they be.—Or, and they were there, or they continued there. According to the narrative in Exodus, the ark in which the tables ultimately remained was made afterwards. The English reader must not be misled by the word “had” in “I had made.” There is no pluperfect in Hebrew. The time of an action is determined not so much by the form of the verb as by its relation to the context. “I put the tables in the ark which I made, and they... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:6-7

(6, 7) On these verses, which are among the most difficult in Deuteronomy, see a separate Excursus. The difficulty is two-fold. First, the account of Israel’s marches about the time of Aaron’s death is given in a different form here to that which we have in Numbers 20:21, 33. Secondly, there is the further question why Aaron’s death should be recorded here. It appears to have taken place before Moses began the delivery of the discourses in Deuteronomy. It is separated by thirty-nine years from... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:8

(8) At that time—i.e., at Sinai, after Moses’ second descent from the mount, not at the time of Aaron’s death. Yet the death of Aaron and the separation of the tribe of Levi are similar events in their way: both alike lose territorial inheritance through bearing the burden of the Law.To bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name.—A recent critic has said that the writer of Deuteronomy knows no distinction between priests and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:9

(9) The Lord is his inheritance.—As He was the inheritance of Aaron, Moses’ brother, whom he had recently taken to Himself, and to whose death Moses had just referred. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:11

(11) And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in.—“Although ye had turned aside from following Him, and had erred in the (matter of the) calf, He said to me, Go, lead the people” (Rashi). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:12

(12) And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee.—“Although ye have done all this, still His tender mercies and His affection are set upon you, and after all that ye have sinned before Him, He doth not ask anything of you but to fear,” &c. (Rashi). The Rabbis have drawn this exposition from hence: “Everything is in the hand of Heaven (to bestow), save only the fear of Heaven.” But it is written elsewhere, “I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from... read more

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:1-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:2

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:6-7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 10:12

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