Deuteronomy 10:9 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 10:9

Deuteronomy 10:9. Levi hath no inheritance with his brethren That they might attend only on the duties of their sacred office, provision was made for their maintenance, without their being obliged to plough, or sow, or entangle themselves in other worldly affairs. And is not provision made for the clergy of this and other countries professing Christianity, for a similar reason, namely, that, being under no necessity of entangling themselves in the affairs of this life, they may war a good... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:1-11

Warning against stubbornness (9:1-10:11)Moses warned the Israelites not to boast about their coming victories. The conquest of Canaan was by God’s power, not theirs. It was because of the wickedness of the Canaanites, not because of any goodness in the Israelites (9:1-5).Israel, in fact, was a stubborn people, who deserved none of God’s good gifts. Moses reminded them of their rebellion at Sinai, how they promised to obey God’s law, but broke it before it was even written down (6-21; see notes... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 10:9

is. Hebrew "he [is]". read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 10:1-11

God renewed the broken covenant with Israel because of Moses’ intercession, not because Israel deserved it. Moses made the ark (Deuteronomy 10:3) in the sense that he directed Bezalel to make it (cf. Exodus 25:10; Exodus 37:1). "Ark" was a common English word for box, chest, or basket in seventeenth-century England, and most modern English translations still use this old word. Other evidences of God’s grace were His appointment of another high priest when Aaron died (Deuteronomy 10:6) and His... read more

John Dummelow

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 10:9

(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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 10:1-22

The Test of National Prosperity Deuteronomy 10:12 The Old Testament is concerned with tribes and nations rather than with individuals. The Law of Moses deals with Israel collectively as a whole. The prophets utter their burdens of doom not against evil persons, but against wicked kingdoms like Babylon, and Moab, and Egypt, and their great messages of hope and warning and consolation are addressed to Judah or Jerusalem rather than any single Jew. In this sense it is true that no Scripture is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:1-22

ISRAEL’S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESSDeuteronomy 9:1-29; Deuteronomy 10:1-22; Deuteronomy 11:1-32THE remaining chapters of this special introduction to the statement of the actual laws beginning with chapter 12 contain also an earnest insistence upon other motives why Israel should remain true to the covenant of Yahweh. They are urged to this, not only because life both spiritual and physical depended upon it, as was shown in the trials of the wilderness, but they are also to lay it... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 10:1-11

5. Warning Against Self-Righteousness and Their Previous Failures CHAPTERS 9:1-10:11 1. The warning (Deuteronomy 9:1-6 ) 2. The failures of the past (Deuteronomy 9:7-24 ) 3. The intercession of Moses (Deuteronomy 9:25-29 ) 4. The results of the intercession (Deuteronomy 10:1-11 ) This chapter and the first eleven verses of the tenth are aimed against the spirit of self righteousness. First there is the warning. This is followed by their shameful history of the past, which showed that... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Deuteronomy 10:9

10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor {e} inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.(e) So God turned the curse of Jacob to a blessing Genesis 49:7. read more