What did not so much manifest obedience is left out, though it might have an important spiritual meaning in its place; for certainly other feasts (as the feast of atonement, for instance) had. Coming to the Valley of Eshcol, searching it out and taking the fruit and bringing it back. Such then is the early and remarkably striking introduction to the book. On this we need not particularly dwell, but they are reminded of their own place. The question was, did the present generation about to be brought into the holy land profit by the past? _Jehovah 'eloheinu._ Two titles of later date do We know the profanity of Esau; we know the solemn circumstances of Moab and Ammon from their very origin; but for all that God would not permit His people to indulge in what did not become Himself as represented however feebly in and by Israel. Hence, if darkness had not veiled their eyes, they would have seen that the latter clause of Deuteronomy 5:12 cited could not be in Exodus, and that its existence in Deuteronomy proves that we have here a grave and instructive reference to the commandments formally given in the second book of Moses. Nothing can be more manifest than the moral groundwork which Moses is preparing for all the rest of the book that follows. LORD had commanded His people to leave Horeb and described with There is then (verses 12-18) pointed out the way to deal with a city guilty of idolatry. But you are the one that puts the limitations on what God wants to do. If they were going to possess the land, let them remember it was God's land, not theirs. What love there was in this, if by any means he might impress obedience on the people that were just going into the land! It's yours." In Numbers 32:1 Israel is seen to remain in the area east of Jordan In Deuteronomy 5:1-33 we come to still closer quarters. THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. 7-9). The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long Commonly indeed we see that Christians understand a great deal better what the Jews ought to have done, than what they themselves ought to be doing. Was there any reason in this why the children of Israel should have wars with them now? And Jehovah spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. precision the geographical path to take once they resumed their 2. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God doth give us. Now this is a foolish charge that they brought against God and it is something that we oftentimes are prone to do. THE AUTHOR Even before the law from Abraham's days there certainly was no injunction more solemn or more obligatory than the circumcision of every male child; yet we are assured that no male was circumcised during Israel's wandering for forty years through the wilderness. Once more obedience is pre-eminently the matter, and this too as delivered men once bondslaves, but now free to obey (ver. persons that they are not to stay long under the law, and the But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day." country and in the lowland and intheNegev and by the 95. God led them to the edge of the Promised Land and told them to conquer it. It is well for persons that they are not to stay long under the law, and the terrors of it, but are directed to Mount Zion; Hebrews 12:18. THE LORD OUR GOD. to know that what he was about to say did not come from him, but from The above diversities show that the ipsissima verba spoken by God cannot be in both, because both do not exactly agree. God had laid it out and said, "Here it is. God went before you to find the place for you to pitch your tents. "O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me?" For instance, it is not everybody that is called to serve God in a public way; nor is everyone called to take a particular step or course which might involve him in trouble and persecution. Sihon rushed on them to his own ruin; and only so did Israel smite and dispossess the king of Heshbon. The Promised Land into which God was bringing them is typical to the glorious life and victory in the spirit. The evil that I would not, that I do"( Romans 7:19 ). Deuteronomy 1:1 These feasts made an appeal to a male Israelite which none besides could make. For many centuries, observant Jews have recited Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21; Numbers 15:37-41 as a daily prayer. It ought most of all to shock the Christian. The first chapter takes cognizance of themselves; the second chapter puts them to the test in the presence of other people. Gods guidance from Sinai to Kadesh 1:6-46. The date of this sermon which moses preached to the people of Moses recounts Israels history after leaving Egypt. Why should they covet? That is the point to do God's will. The message of the book is centered around two key terms: love and loyalty (Deut. It is pentecost. He begins by reminding the Israelites of God's command to leave Mount Horeb, where they received the Law, in order to go and conquer the Promised Land. Yet he discourses not to them concerning military affairs, the arts and stratagems of war, but concerning their duty to God; for, if they kept themselves in his fear and favour, he would secure to them the conquest of the land: their religion would be their best policy. It is as true for us as for them, though not shown in the same legal way or outward manner. But one must only expect this from men whose aim is to reduce the inspired writers to their own level, and who think that piety can co-exist with fraud, yea, with fraudulent falsehood about God. They're each of them seeking to rule our lives. There, even were it the family gathered in such a sort as this within their gates, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, all have their part. We can pray for God's Spirit to strengthen us when we stand for what is right, and we can ask for God's forgiveness when we fall. What a difference between God's conduct of His people, and man's corruption of it! To get from the Red Sea into the Promised Land, it was necessary to go through the wilderness, an eleven-day journey, but most of the wilderness experience was illegitimate.Now I feel that the history is a typical history, that there are spiritual analogies to be made to the children of Israel coming out of Egypt passing through the wilderness into the Promised Land. In a certain sense it might be a season too good and deep for joy. We shall meet with others ere long, we shall come to civil ones, but we are not going beyond the religious charges at present. "Jehovah heard the voice of your words and was wroth, and sware saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land which I sware to give unto your fathers.". God would have his children capable. And this is another chapter from which our Lord quotes when tempted, to which we may refer in passing. This was the period of organisation, in which the people received the Law and were organised as a church militant, an army encamped around the tabernacle of God. between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahah. "Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession." And as for the children of Ammon, they too had passed through similar experience. Jehovah had cut down the former generation for their disobedience. For the LORD your God which goes before you, shall fight for you, according to all that he did in Egypt before your eyes; And yet you went in this thing you did not believe the LORD your God ( Deuteronomy 1:29-32 ). Recap of Israel's journey from Egypt (Dt 1-3) Plainly then the savage knows quite well that it is unjustifiable to steal. Or, if the cognate clause used in both books, 'that God wrote them on two tables of stone,' be not literally pressed in one case, there is no necessity for doing so in the other. This was a truth which Israel was most prone to disregard. The conscience feels that a certain act of confessing the sin is necessary, but perhaps there is hardly anything which more hardens the heart than the habit of confessing sin without feeling it. And this characterizes the book of Deuteronomy. But God wants us to not be governed by the flesh but to be governed by the spirit; and thus, there is this spiritual warfare seeking the dominancy in your life. This indicates that Moses assumed that those who read Deuteronomy would have prior knowledge of his preceding four books. Sinai "Horeb" almost exclusively in this book, ". and set your journey, and go tothe hill country of the region and the Mediterranean coastal plain, as seen in Joshua But the same duty abides for them. Le. It was not necessarily, I conceive, because there were no words elsewhere admirably adapted to meet the case. His eyesight is still keen, he can still hear very well and he is addressing these people, rehearsing for them the work of God in their past because many of them were born while in the wilderness. The broader character of the book, with its aim of bringing forward the people, and consequently the tribal divisions, rather than particular families, fully accounts for this. In Deuteronomy 6:1-25 we find the first of those texts which our Lord quotes. 2. great river, the river Euphrates. covers the last month and a half of Moses' life. And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.'' Moses felt compelled to bring this reminder of the Law to Israel, because those ready to enter the Promised Land were only children - if born at all - when the Law was originally given at Mount Sinai. It is not the tabernacle, nor the priest, not the wilderness, but obeying God as His people in the land. The book of Deuteronomy throughout pre-eminently brings in the authority of God over a people in relationship with Himself, displayed and proved in obedience. He reminds the Israelites of Gods command to leave Horeb. The Lord our God, It had more of the family character; but a beautiful feature is connected with it: "And the Levite (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee), and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest." That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which was shown in the mount. Ver. Jehovah went along with them; and of course the faithful turned back just as much as the unfaithful. It is the same principle here again as elsewhere. But then Moses reminds them how that they got together and said, "Oh, we've sinned against God. They were about to enter it by special grace; for it is of importance to bear in mind that it was not by the covenant which was made at Horeb that the children of Israel entered the land at all. Hence Moses says, "These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. The book of Deuteronomy discloses it. No doubt the malicious mind of the sceptic takes occasion from it to turn what he does not seek to understand to the disparagement of inspiration. The law is not just a series of rules to obey. "Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from among you. and Jacob, Play Audio. Yet they complained against him and refused to go with him into the land he had chosen for them (19-33). 10:11 ) so that they were here a year wanting ten days; in It was not merely a sight of God, but One who deigned to take the liveliest and most intimate interest in His people Israel. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. For their lives are spent in seeking to satisfy their physical appetites and needs. (f) In the second year and second month, Nu 10:11. "Is He then indeed your Father?" ENOUGH IN THIS MOUNT:_ This is then what he was pressing. fighting; i CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. Where the world or the flesh governs, the trial is not felt. He would have them happy in Himself, and enjoying all He had given them to enjoy. The command to go in and to possess the land (Deuteronomy 1:6)_ A few, however, think that the record in Deuteronomy is the more exact, because when Moses recorded the words in Exodus he had heard the decalogue pronounced; whereas, when he repeated it in Deuteronomy, it was in his hands, inscribed in permanent letters. Nothing of the sort. Such is the fertile topic which we find throughout the book. If we have seen the object of all this part of Deuteronomy to be the enforcement of obedience, there is nothing which maintains obedience so much as redemption; and if that were the case when it was only an outward deliverance, how much more when it is eternal? 6 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain. The constant stubbornness of the people was the reason why they were not allowed to enter Canaan. The remembrance of their own estate as slaves in Egypt till delivered by Jehovah is most suitable in verse 15; but it is certain that this is an appeal to their hearts, not the ground stated by God in promulgating the fourth commandment. It is obedience. review. The prospect which he gave them of a happy and early settlement in Canaan: Go to the land of the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 1:7); enter and take possession, it is all your own. What God had done in the past, he could continue to do in the future. This then is the leading truth of Deuteronomy. Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh "hereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. land Home / Commentary / Deuteronomy / Deuteronomy Chapter 1 / Deuteronomy 1:6-8. What God was displaying by them has now found its meaning, since Christ was revealed and the mighty work of redemption effected. the Suzerain, or Ruler (God) who has full authority over His vassals In this case too we have the fact that there had been a great deal of fighting in previous days. Meditation. God always holds to His own principles, and He teaches us to respect them in others. Is not this very notable? The lawgiver, about to be taken from them, looks back on all the past; but he looks forward also to the land they were about to enter. That generation had passed away no doubt. It reminds them of his gracious acts on their behalf and calls from them a fitting response of covenant loyalty. speaks of the inland mountain range. 21 et seqq.) Meanwhile they were not to meddle with their kindred, even though jealous and unkind. So long God had borne their manners, and they had borne their own iniquity (Numbers 14:34), and now that a new and more pleasant scene was to be introduced, as a token for good, Moses repeats the law to them. Yet He joins its observance with prohibitions of evil which man could himself judge. Thus we come to what might be called the direct charges, having done with all the introductory part. God must and does choose for Himself a simple yet most important consideration (ver. Score: 4.1/5 (6 votes) . CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Caleb, Joshua. O. T. i. May we not forget it ourselves! Moses began his recollections of the journey by reminding the people that their coming possession of Canaan was solely because of Gods grace, not because of any virtue in them (1:1-8).Only through Gods mercy had they grown into a strong and contented people who enjoyed the blessing (rare among ancient races) of just, impartial and humanitarian government (9-18). And so it is glorious to come in to the walk and the life of the spirit, to enter into that life that God wants you to live as a child of God, as His child. 3). In the delight of His people He delights. Deuteronomy 1-21:9, Volume 6A: Second Edition (6) (Word Biblical Commentary) Hardcover - December 23, 2014 by Duane Christensen (Author), Bruce M. Metzger (Editor), David Allen Hubbard (Editor), Glenn W. Barker (Editor), John D. W. Watts (Series Editor), James W. Watts (Series Editor), Ralph P. Martin (Series Editor), Lynn Allan Losie (Series . Not at all, but His own people. So you appointed the seventy to be rulers over them, the chief men and he charged them to hear the causes of the people and to judge among the people. If the rigidly literal meaning of the phrase 'God spake these words' is not adhered to in the case of the one record, it need not in the case of the other. TITLE AND INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1. This he had fully shown in the history. section begins with the covenant name of God, the LORD (or Yahweh). Did He offer him the book of the law with the one hand or the sword with the other? The other had its place when God was giving the book of Leviticus. Both were powerful motives not to dread the Canaanite races, who were destined to extirpation. 6:4-5). All this is brought out to Israel as the fruit of obeying Jehovah. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Deuteronomy Chapter 6 Deuteronomy 6 - Moses Reminds Israel of the Commandment and the Warning A. Achetez A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: SifrZ to Numbers and SifrZ to Deuteronomy (Studies in Judaism) Walmart Canada. What we have here is not a repetition; it leads us into things secret what wrought in the people and hindered their blessing. He gave them this rehearsal and exhortation purely by divine direction; God appointed him to leave this legacy to the church. The message of the book is centered around two key terms: love and loyalty (Deut. includes the territory of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amalekites, The obedience spoken of in this chapter, which called every male of Israel up to remember Jehovah at these three feasts, gathered them to the place which Jehovah their God would choose. 1 COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB FOR THE For Jehovah thy God blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing." We are also shown the astonishing patience of Jehovah, and with that which might be difficult to understand if we did not look to the moral scope of the book the destruction of the first tables, the writing out of fresh ones, and the place in which they were to be kept. It is possible, however, that the ipsissima verba may be in one or other. Deuteronomy is the record of that exhortation. The same with Sinai, as Aben Ezra observes; while the Israelites As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. I. But God will lift you to the highest level you will let him. Be careful and exact in teaching thy children. THE COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB So this fact also is used. Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet." descendants. numbered and marshalled in order under four standards, and so God's words must be laid up in our hearts, that our thoughts may be daily employed about them. Deuteronomy, spite of its Septuagintal title, is no such repetition; but the Spirit of God by Moses has given us, along with special moral exhortation, such types as bear on the position of the people on the very edge of the promised land. The man who said, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest," had no faith at all. It was not God's desire that they perish in the wilderness. 1:6-8; Joshua 1:1-9 Theme: Living Abundantly Title: Promise Land Living INTRO: Grace and peace today from God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Were they to lay hands on the Moabites who were not so near of kin as the Edomites? Its moral turns on this the only possible way of maintaining relationship with God, namely, obedience; what the nature of that obedience is, and how it is modified; how God graciously takes into account the weakness of those brought into this relationship, and how He provides for His own glory in it. God then judged that generation by decreeing that the Israelites fate would be as they had spoken: every numbered person twenty years and older will die in the wilderness. What gentle censures, if any, what palpable favouritism towards his own party, where they most deserve reproof and rebuke or perhaps still more stringent measures! We see that what has been remarked is just what is expressed in this verse: "And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only," (what exercise of faith was there in that?) possession of the land of Canaan that God had granted to Abraham, Whereas, even in God's dealings with a nation after the flesh (and such is the truth as to Israel here), there was an admirable check on man and witness of divine government, though the law made nothing perfect. A desire to obey God and to keep the law of God, consenting that it's good, that's the right way, that's the way I want to live; seeing the divine ideal, being attracted by the divine ideal and desiring, longing after it. It is granted that they did not all perish in the same way, but they all fell in the wilderness. The first of all rights, and the highest of our duties, is that God should have His rights. And I'm making all of these vows and I'm doing my best to bring my flesh into conformity to God and to God's will, but I find this perverse law that Paul found working. Every step in really obeying God puts the man morally to the test, and is more or less attended with severe trial. In other words, he is saying that God went before you through the wilderness to search for the best place for you to pitch your tent and then led you by the fire and by the cloud.Oh, if we only realized how all encompassing the work of God is that surrounds our lives. At Kadesh-barnea, he commanded the Israelites to go up and occupy the Promised Land. Then in Deuteronomy 2:1-37 the law-giver reminds them how they took their weary journey. Therefore we can understand it as if He said, When you were in the strange country, when you left it in haste to wander here and there in the wilderness, there were great difficulties and many irregularities which cannot be allowed now. Dt 4:1, 5, 14, 45; 5:31; 12:1. The law-giver sets before them the manner in which the law dealt with themselves, in one feature particularly, which he presses on them. *It is distressing that any man bearing the Christian name should write as does Dr. Davidson. But there is another point peculiar to this book. (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by way of mount Seir to Kadeshbarnea.)

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