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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:7-29

That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed in the wilderness: ?Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God (Deut. 9:7); so far from purchasing his favour, thou hast many a time laid thyself open to his displeasure.? Their fathers? provocations are here charged upon them; for, if God had dealt with their fathers according... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:10

And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God ,.... The letters were of his devising and forming, the writing was his, the engraving them on the stones was his own doing; and which was done to show its original, to stamp a divine authority on it, and to denote its duration; see Exodus 31:18 . and on them was written according to all the words which the Lord spake with you in the mount ; the ten commands, exactly in the same order, and in the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:11

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights ,.... The time of Moses's stay in the mount, when it was just up, and not before: that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant , as in Deuteronomy 9:9 . Aben Ezra observes, that this shows that the day the tables were given to Moses the calf was made. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:12

And the Lord said unto me ,.... The omniscient God, who knew what was doing in the camp of Israel, though Moses did not, of which he informs him: arise, get thee down quickly from hence ; from the mount where he was; and the word "arise" does not suppose him to be sitting or lying along, neither of which postures would have been suitable, considering in whose presence he was; but is only expressive of urgency and haste of his departure; it is not used in Exodus 32:7 . for thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:13

Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying ,.... After he had given him the two tables, and before his departure from the mount: I have seen this people ; took notice of them, their ways, and their works: and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people ; unwilling to submit to, and bear the yoke of my commandments; see Exodus 32:9 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 9:10

Tables of stone - See the notes on Exodus 31:18 , Exodus 32:15 ; (note), and Exodus 32:16 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 9:12

Thy people - have corrupted themselves - Debased themselves by making and worshipping an Egyptian idol. See on Exodus 32 (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:6-12

A six-weeks' religion; or, emotional religiousness not vital godliness. The homiletic treatment of the incidents referred to in De 9:1—10:5, will require a careful comparison of these chapters with the fuller account in Exodus 32-34. The special object, however, which Moses has here in view, is to show how entirely God's mercy to Israel was a self-moved one, and that it was not due to any virtue on the part of the people, So far from that, they had been wayward from the first. Even in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:7-17

Human memory a repository of guilt. The memory of man is a book of God; and, though the entries may be temporarily obscured, yet the light of eternity will make them all legible. The present tendency of sin is to weaken memory; its effect, to obliterate recollection. Our profoundest gratitude is due to the man that reminds us of our falls. I. REMEMBER SIN IN THE LIGHT OF ITS OBJECT , VIZ . OF GOD . Discourtesy to a king is a graver offence than discourtesy to an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:7-25

Moses reminds them of many instances of their rebelliousness by which they had provoked the Lord, from the time of their escape out of Egypt until their arrival in the plains of Moab. Their rebellion began even before they had wholly escaped from their oppressors, before they had passed through the Bed Sea ( Exodus 14:11 ). Even at Horeb, where, amid the most affecting manifestations alike of the Divine majesty and the Divine grace, just after the Lord had spoken to them directly out of the... read more

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