Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 30:2-20
VI. MOSES’ THIRD MAJOR ADDRESS: AN EXHORTATION TO OBEDIENCE 29:2-30:20"The rest of chapter 29 contains many reminiscences of the Near Eastern treaty pattern. It is not presented in a systematic manner but in narrative form. However, elements of the pattern are clearly discernible, making it extremely likely that some kind of covenant ceremony underlies the events here reported." [Note: Thompson, p. 279.] The form of this section argues for it being a covenant renewal. There is a historical... read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 30:1-20
B. A call to decision ch. 30Having appealed for the Israelites’ faithfulness to the covenant, he now called on the people to make a formal commitment to obey it. read more