THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. He has given no title to adopt doctrines, practices, ways, government, or any one thing that is not His expressed will for His children. 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. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them ( Deuteronomy 1:2-3 ); So, there's an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadeshbarnea to the beginning of entering into the Promised Land, but they have been journeying for forty years and eleven months on an eleven-day journey. This is pursued to the end of the chapter, with the institution of the cities where the manslayer might find refuge. It consists of moral addresses, and appeals in a tone quite unexampled in all the five books of Moses. truth cannot be believed. 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. 1. THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT In this case too we have the fact that there had been a great deal of fighting in previous days. The great The evil that I would not, that I do"( Romans 7:19 ). 6 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain. There may be lands where everything morally is at the lowest point, and where therefore a wrong is less severely estimated than elsewhere. And we're looking at the obstacles rather than the power of God to deliver us from those obstacles. Accordingly the majority of expositors take the record in Exodus for the exact one, supposing that, as Moses was speaking to the people in the latter case, he recited from memory, not from the tables of stone, and therefore there is some variation of terms. It is remarkable that, even though in this connection Moses gives them what are called the ten commandments, there is nevertheless an express and manifest difference in the form as compared with Exodus; so little is Deuteronomy a mere rehearsal of the earlier books. long enough for the two and a half tribes to build cities. The message of the book is centered around two key terms: love and loyalty (Deut. Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount.From the beginning of the second month of the first year of the exodus (Exodus 19:1) to the twentieth day of the second month of the second year (Numbers 10:11). (Read Deuteronomy 6:1-3) In this and the like passages, the "commandments" seem to denote the moral law, the "statues" the ceremonial law, and the "judgments" the law by which the judges decided. He did not assume knowledge of Israels history that is independent of the biblical account nor did he recount events previously unrecorded. Numbers So this is where the word Deuteronomy comes from "Moses began to declare this law". It is well to remark here that verse 24 is exactly parallel with verse 13; that it is not Moses in verse 13, but Jehovah who commands to "rise up," etc., in both; and that verses 10-12 are a parenthesis of instructive past history for moral profit like verses 20-23. Why should they covet? I am persuaded that above all the Christian, who has a still nearer relationship with God, is the very last person who ought to exercise a choice in self-will. To have confidence in God is one of the important points here, to cherish full confidence that whatever He gives us is the very best thing for us. He could have cited from any other, had any other been in all respects so suitable to the occasion. the dry country, is the wilderness south of Judah; and the seacoast You may not possess all of your possessions and yet, if you spend your life roaming in the wilderness it's not God's will, it's not his desire, but he will be with you there and help you there. That is the point to do God's will. Now notoriously as a dogma it is acknowledged everywhere in Christendom except by heretics; but the moment it is appropriated as a practical fact, people stand back and begin to qualify and mutilate. Coming to the Valley of Eshcol, searching it out and taking the fruit and bringing it back. country Therefore it was that, when God told them to go up, they refused and suffered the consequence of their disobedience. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children;" and they were to bind them for a sign; they were to make much of them at all points outside the house and inside, and always. FROM HOREB TO KADESH_ Many of them did not see the miracle of the Red Sea being parted. Next to having Christ Himself is the following in His steps. THE LORD OUR GOD. And he started complaining so much about God I grabbed hold of him. 15 million Ukrainian are displaced by Russia's war. (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by way of mount Seir to Kadeshbarnea.) Indeed He found His moral glory in this very fact, that He alone of all men that ever lived never in a single particular swerved from that which after all is the sweetest, loveliest, highest thing in man here below absolute devotedness to another, doing the will of His God and Father. "Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. More than that, it was the cause of Moses not being allowed. It will be observed that first of all in this chapter, it was not activity but subjection. This is what Moses is enforcing by every possible kind of declaration and motive; by his own example and by theirs, as well as the example of their fathers. Now comes another promise: "Behold," says He, "I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite." required no haste as to th 1-8 Moses spake to the people all the Lord had given him in were then offered but of a vast body of systematically-ordered teaching by types. Stated differently, Moses wanted his listeners 3). The word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is the book which our Lord quotes in His temptations with Satan. There are four Hebrew titles of Deuteronomy: (1) Debarim, meaning "The Words" or "These be the Words," is derived from the opening expression, "These are the words which Moses spake." (2) The Kith, or the Fifth of the Law. The first of all rights, and the highest of our duties, is that God should have His rights. of 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. But Satan as usual tampered with the plain written word, alike with its letter and its spirit; for after "to keep thee" he omitted "in all thy ways." That in Deuteronomy has an amplification corresponding to the style of the book. Whatever we are called out for is what Satan endeavours to destroy. Now Israel had totally failed in their place. This men forget. But for the Christian a very essential feature of his standing is that he is delivered from the status of man or Israel, and called to Christ and heavenly things. But then Moses reminds them how that they got together and said, "Oh, we've sinned against God. "3. SECTION 1Recapitulation Deuteronomy 1-3 Departure From Horeb Moses goes back to their departure from Horeb (1:6-8), and their setting out for the land of promise. This seems to me put to the test in the question of the land of Edom. And listen to the horrible things they were saying about God. lowland "Can you call Him Father?" b "Turn you, and take your journey" ( Deuteronomy 1:7 a). and Jacob, It is very possible that not a single institution during that time may have been strictly enforced or obeyed among the people. "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.". I. 12:18-24 ) . (literally, the Shephelah) describes the hills between the Judahite But you are the one that puts the limitations on what God wants to do. SPAKE. God always holds to His own principles, and He teaches us to respect them in others. And Moses said, "No, don't. God is saying to you, "Hey, you've been there long enough, walking in circles. It is not a book for the wilderness, except for their hearts to look back on whilst on the borders before they entered the land. Deuteronomy is an eminently practical book. Hence it is that he alludes to the fate of Dathan and Abiram whom the earth swallowed up in consequence of their flagrant apostasy and fighting against God. Could they match with Him? Now all those decreed to die in the wilderness are dead. It consists All the previous part prepares the way. "On comparing the decalogue as recorded inExodus 20:2-17; Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21, it will be observed, "1. And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Introduction to Second Sermon on expositing the Law (4:43 - 49) IV. In the one case there was a remembrance of creation; in this case, of symbolic redemption, the bringing out of Egypt. The Israelites refused, saying God had led them there to die. 6-26 Moses systematically applies the moral law of God to Israel's cultural context, giving them hundreds of civil laws to implement within their theocracy. *Dr. Davidson (Introd. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you." Add to Playlist. our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we.". This is the preamble to the recitation of the law in Deuteronomy , and includes the text of "the Shema," what has become the central prayer of Judaism, and which Jesus identifies as the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:36 and Mark 12:29-30. After This is a simple, balanced, initial command in three parts: a "You ave dwelt long enough in this mountain (Mount Sinai)" ( Deuteronomy 1:6 ). It is as true for us as for them, though not shown in the same legal way or outward manner. But the believer sees wisdom and grace in comparing the first historical statement with the solemn use the legislator makes to the generation about to enter the land, and the added information is of grave import. And this is the first mentioned . 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. Such is the reason why a Christian even now on earth passes into a new state of things altogether. (Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 5:22. Some wonder why it should be joined with the other commandments; but the sabbath is so much the more important here, because it is not strictly a moral command. 15:33-44. The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. It is not the liberty of grace, which the feast of pentecost is, but rather the epoch in type when the liberty of glory shall arrive. saying H559 (H8800) dwelt H3427 (H8800) enough H7227 mountain H2022 226-228.) Then is laid down the memorial that Jehovah, who gave them His law, was the same who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. This makes the principle at stake to be felt the more. God would have his children capable. Now, there is the coming out of the old life, being delivered from the old life, and this new relationship that we experience with God, learning to walk by faith, as we are setting aside the things of the flesh life and are beginning this new walk in the spirit. The character of it was so solemn as scarce to admit of this. The same with Sinai, as Aben Ezra observes; while the Israelites It is therefore the strongest assertion of His authority. Outline of Deuteronomy: I. "Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of Egypt." A great auditory, no question, he had, as many as could crowd within hearing, and particularly all the elders and officers, the representatives of the people; and, probably, it was on the sabbath day that he delivered this to them. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. (Slkhn). To apply what now occupies us here, give me the chief, fundamental, and most salient points of Christianity, and I will show you that these are the very truths that Christians are most in danger of forgetting. There he kept them about a year, and then told them they had dwelt long enough there, they must go forward. Oh, I'm getting close because I realize now I can't deliver myself. (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb to Kadeshbarnea.) "Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. He called the judges to conduct their legal procedures with equity, knowing that every judgment belongs to the LORD. They must learn not to seek what God would not give them. Pastor Craig Hall teaches Wednesday night Bible study from Calvary Chapel Fortuna. "Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. TITLE AND INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1. Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the This is the plain gist of the book. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit. Yet He joins its observance with prohibitions of evil which man could himself judge. All rights reserved. 2. So, after it has been brought before us from the first, we find their failure to trust Jehovah leads to a fresh command. And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land; no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given Mount Seir unto Esau for a possession." He's looking now outside of himself for the help. Above all the prime object is to press obedience on the people of God, but the obedience of a people who had already found what it was to have utterly broken down on their own assumed responsibility. This is the grand pith of the chapter as it appears to me. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace." 5, 11, 14, 18, 21, 26). fighting; i CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. God had already multiplied the Israelites, and He was ready to give them the land. The other had its place when God was giving the book of Leviticus. "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. It explains how people should make this relationship work. there is formality enough, and without having written forms, the heart may frame forms of its own, as we may have observed, if not known it in our own experience, without finding fault with other people, For notoriously, in a legal state of mind people are apt to get through the acknowledgment of sin in what they know has grieved the Lord; but even then there is a want of bowing to His will. 1:7 To the mount of the Amorites - That is, to the mountainous country where the Amorites dwelt, which is opposed to the plain, where others of them dwelt. The above diversities show that the ipsissima verba spoken by God cannot be in both, because both do not exactly agree. I dare say we have almost all done so, without referring to any particular mode; for alas! is the way God operates throughout scripture. Was there any reason in this why the children of Israel should have wars with them now? enough at this mountain. Nevertheless the circumstance that he too had failed to sanctify Jehovah their God in his heart as he ought that even he had misrepresented Him when it was above all due to God that His grace should be clearly seen, all this added gravity to the appeals and style of the departing man of God. "Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. If they were going to possess the land, let them remember it was God's land, not theirs. And he's saying God led him to do this and God led him to do that. These three verses teach us two important lessons: (1) At Kadesh-barnea, he commanded the Israelites to go up and occupy the Promised Land. 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