Deuteronomy 4:36 - Chapter 4:44—chapter 26:19. Summary

(Cf. Exodus 20:18-22 .) To indicate still further the pre-eminence of Israel, Moses emphasizes the supernatural character of the revelation God had given to them, and the awful manner of its delivery; God spake to them with audible voice, out of heaven, amidst fire, and they heard his words out of the fire. To instruct thee. The verb here used ( יָסַד ) means primarily to bind and thence to correct, to chasten, which meaning some interpreters would give here. But the word means also to correct by instruction, to instruct or persuade (cf. Isaiah 8:11 ; Isaiah 28:26 ; Psalms 16:7 ); and the connection, both with what precedes and with what follows, requires this meaning here.