Deuteronomy 4:32-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-40

This most lively and excellent discourse is so entire, and the particulars of it are so often repeated, that we must take it altogether in the exposition of it, and endeavour to digest it into proper heads, for we cannot divide it into paragraphs. I. In general, it is the use and application of the foregoing history; it comes in by way of inference from it: Now therefore harken, O Israel, Deut. 4:1. This use we should make of the review of God's providences concerning us, we should by them be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:32

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee ,.... Inquire into and consult the annals of former times, of ages past: since the day that God created man upon the earth ; trace them quite up to the creation of the world, and men in it: and ask from the one side of heaven to the other ; traverse the whole globe, and examine the records of every nation in it in both hemispheres: whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:33

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire ,.... None ever heard the voice of God as they did, much less speaking such words as they heard, and still less out of the midst of fire, which was their case, Deuteronomy 4:12 . as thou hast heard, and live ? which was stranger still, when they might have expected they should, and doubtless feared they would be, as it was wonderful they were not, consumed by it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:34

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation ,.... As he now had done, namely, the nation of Israel out of the nation of the Egyptians; this he not only had assayed to do, but had actually done it; whereas no such instance like it could be produced, and especially as done in the manner this was: by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war ; the word "temptations" may be considered as a general word, as Aben Ezra thinks, and may signify the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:35

Unto thee it was showed ,.... What the Lord did in Egypt: that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God, there is none else besides him ; that he is the one only living and true God, and there is no other: this phrase is often used by the Prophet Isaiah, to express the same great article of faith. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:33

Did ever people hear the voice of God - It seems to have been a general belief that if God appeared to men, it was for the purpose of destroying them; and indeed most of the extraordinary manifestations of God were in the way of judgment; but here it was different; God did appear in a sovereign and extraordinary manner; but it was for the deliverance and support of the people. They heard his voice speaking with them in a distinct, articulate manner. They saw the fire, the symbol of his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:34

From the midst of another nation - This was a most extraordinary thing, that a whole people, consisting of upwards of 600,000 effective men, besides women and children, should, without striking a blow, be brought out of the midst of a very powerful nation, to the political welfare of which their services were so essential; that they should be brought out in so open and public a manner; that the sea itself should be supernaturally divided to afford this mighty host a passage; and that, in a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:32

Verse 32 32.For ask now. Moses here more forcibly extols and pronounces magnificent praises upon the miracles which he had before more simply related to have taken place at the promulgation of the Law, his object being to produce a fuller conviction of its dignity. He magnifies, too, by comparison, the testimonies whereby its authority had been ratified, viz., because nothing like it had ever occurred; for if any such instance had previously taken place, some portion of its preciousness or... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:33

Verse 33 33.Did ever people hear? He points out more openly the greatness and extraordinary transcendency of the matter which he has just mentioned, viz., that they heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire. It is true, indeed, that the superstitions of the Gentiles had been confirmed of old by many apparitions, yet amongst the portents which wretched men have imagined for their willing self-deception, there is nothing approaching to this miracle. Many have individually lied, and their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:35

Verse 35 35.Unto thee it was shewed. He first says that God had so proved His divinity by miracles and prodigies, that the Israelites might know certainly that He was God. Whence, too, he concludes that He is the only God; for although God’s holy name be torn in pieces by various opinions, whilst each one manufactures his own gods for himself, yet is it still sure that the power and dominion of God cannot be withdrawn from Him, but reside in a single subject, as the logicians say. Therefore the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:33

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:35

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