John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:15
So I turned and came down from the mount ,.... As the Lord commanded: and the mount burned with fire ; as it had for six weeks past, ever since the Lord's descent upon it; and so it continued, for the words may be rendered, "and the mount was burning" F2 בער "de monte ardente", V. L. Heb. "burning", Ainsworth. ; and yet this did not deter the Israelites from idolatry: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands : one table in one hand, and the other in the other... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:7-29
That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed in the wilderness: ?Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God (Deut. 9:7); so far from purchasing his favour, thou hast many a time laid thyself open to his displeasure.? Their fathers? provocations are here charged upon them; for, if God had dealt with their fathers according... read more