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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:32-40

Still more to enforce his warning against apostasy, and urge to obedience and faithful adherence to the service of Jehovah, Moses appeals to what they had already experienced of God's grace in the choosing of them to be his people, in his speaking to them to instruct them, and in the miracles which he had wrought for their deliverance and guidance; grace such as had never been showed before to any nation, or heard of since the creation of the world, and by which those who had experienced it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:32-40

The deliverance of the Lord's people unparalleled. Moses would have the Israelites to regard God's deliverance of them from Egypt as a matter for the most grateful admiration. There had been nothing like it since the beginning of the world. There was direct and immediate communion with God; there was deliverance of the people from Egypt by unexampled judgments; and all was to show his character as a sovereign and loving God. The effect of such a discipline should be filial obedience. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:32-41

The wonderfulness of Israel's history. I. THE WONDERFULLNESS OF REVELATION AT ALL . ( Deuteronomy 4:33 .) It may be argued with great propriety that man needs a revelation; that if there is a God, it is probable he will give one; that the absence of all special revelation would be a greater wonder than the fact of a revelation being given. Yet, when the mind dwells on it, the sense of wonder grows at the thought of the Eternal thus stooping to hold converse with finite,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:35

All this Israel was made to see, in order that they might know that Jehovah is alone God, and beside him is no other. God ( הָאֱלֹהִים , the God), the one living and true God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:35

All this Israel was made to see, in order that they might know that Jehovah is alone God, and beside him is no other. God ( הָאֱלֹהִים , the God), the one living and true God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 4:29-40

Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain.Deuteronomy 4:34Temptations - Compare Deuteronomy 7:18-19; Deuteronomy 29:2-3; not, “i. e.” the tribulations and persecutions undergone by the Israelites, out the plagues miraculously inflicted on the Egyptians.Deuteronomy 4:37He chose their seed after them - literally, “his seed after him.” Speaking of the love of God to their fathers in general,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-43

Warning to be obedient (4:1-43)The reason Moses outlined Israel’s history was to show on the one hand that God’s promises did not fail, and on the other that his judgment on disobedience was certain. In view of this, the people were to keep all God’s laws and commandments without altering them to suit themselves. If they modelled their national life in Canaan on these laws, they would benefit themselves and be an example to others (4:1-8).In order that Israel might not forget his laws, God had... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 4:1-40

B. An exhortation to observe the law faithfully 4:1-40Moses turned in his address from contemplating the past to an exhortation for the future. This section is the climax of his first speech."The parallel between the literary structure of this chapter and that of the Near Eastern treaty is noteworthy. The author of the treaty is named (1, 2, 5, 10), reference is made to the preceding historical acts, the treaty stipulations are mentioned, the appeal is made for Israel to obey, the treaty... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 4:6-40

II. MOSES’ FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS: A REVIEW OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS 1:6-4:40". . . an explicit literary structure to the book is expressed in the sermons or speeches of Moses; a substructure is discernible in the covenantal character of the book; and a theological structure is revealed in its theme of the exclusive worship of the Lord as found in the Ten Commandments, particularly in the First Commandment and its positive expression in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)." [Note: Patrick D. Miller,... read more

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