Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:10-12

10-12. The day that thou stoodest before the Lord Here should commence a new sentence. Our translators have incorrectly brought into the text the word specially. In the day when you stood in the presence of Jehovah your God in Horeb, etc., then you drew near. Moses in these verses reminds the people of the chief events connected with the giving of the law. The mountain burned… unto the midst of heaven To the heart of heaven. “A rhetorical description of the awful majesty of the... read more