refers to the Mediterranean coast on the west side of Israel. The Israelites thought to settle the whole matter with God by saying, "We have sinned;" but then they proved that there was nothing settled, nothing right; because what really pleases God is this the acceptance of His good will, whatever it be. That is, we see in them a number of Whither shall we go up? Far from being done with, we know from the word of God that He will maintain the sabbatical rest strictly, and enforce it in the days of the kingdom; so that, if a man does not bow to His authority, he will assuredly come under divine judgment: so much does Jehovah make of it in itself, and so much will He make of it for the obedience of others in the day that is coming. The Last Acts of Moses (31:1 34:12). But Israel is called to action. Crossed over Jordan finally and began the conquest of the land.So, an interesting little commentary. This fact appears to be of some importance, because notoriously difficulties have been raised, on the score of practicability, as to the various ordinances requiring sacrifices and offerings where the means did not appear. So, after it has been brought before us from the first, we find their failure to trust Jehovah leads to a fresh command. This was their real object. Still more since Christ: misused ordinances are practically the same thing in principle, asGalatians 4:1-31; Galatians 4:1-31 teaches. "And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.". And listen to the horrible things they were saying about God. The text of the Ten Commandments appears twice in the Hebrew Bible: at Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21.Scholars disagree about when the Ten Commandments were written and by whom, with some modern scholars suggesting that the Ten Commandments were likely modeled on Hittite and Mesopotamian laws and treaties. This is now developed. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Pastor Craig Hall teaches Wednesday night Bible study from Calvary Chapel Fortuna. 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. 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 ). lowland . Israel was called in everything to confide in Jehovah and obey. These were solemn words to bring before the minds of Israel just about to enter into the good land. in obedience to Him in order to possess the benefit He has granted. First, a truly repentant Israel must return from their exile, ready to obey God with all their heart and all their soul. Obedience is the claim. It is a call to obedience. And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day." But the tone, mind, and heart of Moses are nowhere more characteristically apparent than in these his last words to the people of Jehovah whom he loved. We say, "Oh, but I'm so weak and I've tried so hard and you don't know how long I've been struggling with this thing". long enough in this mount: What have I to ask beside? Meditation. (Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 5:22. It is possible, however, that the ipsissima verba may be in one or other. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 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.'' (1) Et non sans cause; and not without reason. 1. The first chapter takes cognizance of themselves; the second chapter puts them to the test in the presence of other people. We suppose that the record in Exodus is the older one. 6:6-16 Here are means for maintaining and keeping up religion in our hearts and houses. The time was near the end of the fortieth year since they came out of Egypt. It is ever the same duty of submission to God's will. Then again we have what is always brought out in the book of Deuteronomy. (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. In the delight of His people He delights. We know well how the family is apt to trench on generous feeling, and how it is apt to shut itself up to no more or better than a refined selfishness. the relation of the inner motives for the sending of the spies. It is not merely "thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of free-will offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee," but "seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose: because Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the increase of thine hands; therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.". IV. It is exactly so here. His preface is a persuasive to obedience ( v. 1-3 ). They were to be guided simply not by what Jehovah had done in providence by Ammon, Moab, or Esau, but by His will as to themselves. Thus then the circumstances of Moses, as well as of the people, were precisely those suited to impress the lesson of obedience. Now Israel had totally failed in their place. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace." The fixed use of the name Horeb to designate the mountain group in general, instead of the special name Sinai, which is given to the particular mountain upon which the law was given, is in keeping with the rhetorical style of the book. This It is much the same with ch. But Jesus knew God Himself as Moses never did, and by His use of it put honour on the book that makes plain how in a state of ruin the one saving principle is obedience. Introduction to Second Sermon on expositing the Law (4:43 49) ". I'm tempted to smack you in the mouth talking about God that way. and is the one who gives freely according to His divine will; and (2) What a horrible thing, what a horrible thing to say about God and against God; God hates us. 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. THE EVENTS FROM SINAI TO THE PRESENT (1-3) Remember the commandment before entering Canaan. "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. To hear someone, you know, making all these accusations against God, horrible things, it's tragic. of They have been camped out at Mount Horeb for about a year. Rudyredband Bible Ministry. It continues the story of the first 4 books and picks up exactly where the book of Numbers ends (with the people on the plain of Moab). We may without difficulty see the admirable appropriateness of such an introduction. We're prone to look at the obstacles. It is not correct therefore that the sabbath-day is done with: many people in Christendom think so; but I take the liberty of having a stronger view about the sabbath than even those who think themselves strongest. "Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword," the small things as well as great. In the very first place is laid down utter destruction of the high places. Deuteronomy has a character of its own totally distinct from that of its predecessors, as has been already pointed out and will appear more fully. In this Second Narration, Moses expressly declares that God not only gave them a visible sign, by uplifting the cloud, but that He also verbally commanded the people to leave Mount Sinai, and to set about the performance of the rest of their journey. "These words" (6:6a) refer, at one level, to the entire book of Deuteronomy itself, the name of which, in Hebrew, is debarim ("words"). _THE LORD OUR GOD SPAKE UNTO US IN HOREB,_ &C. Rather 1:6-7. For he had himself told them to go up into the land; but they begged spies to search it first. They were about to go into the land to enjoy it; but "Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one. If truth be abandoned, it indicates the power of Satan as the source, and not the true God. EXPOSITION Both were powerful motives not to dread the Canaanite races, who were destined to extirpation. Then in Deuteronomy 2:1-37 the law-giver reminds them how they took their weary journey. Is this what you hear? We have the consecration of the people to God. The failure to possess the land (Deuteronom DEUTERONOMY 1:6 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:40. More than that, it was the cause of Moses not being allowed. The chapter This is the name that God gave to Moses at the burning bush event at Deuteronomy 1:1-46 lets us see the end of disobedience; Deuteronomy 2:1-37; Deuteronomy 2:1-37; Deuteronomy 3:1-29 give us to know as clearly the result of obedience. This Then the bitter consequences came. 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. It was not then and there that Aaron died, as he alas! Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give your father ( Deuteronomy 1:6-8 ). It is a reiteration really of the law of God. What was meant by this? So it is that the New Testament gives us the failure of the apostle Peter, not merely at the beginning but in the very midst of his career. None ever honoured God's word as Christ did. We can all understand an orderly arrangement where there are types all arranged in a consecutive manner; but here in these moral exhortations it is, though in another way, just as sensible. We have here, I. The trip from Egypt to Sinai was only preparation for the giving of the covenant. This was the substantial meaning of the tithes and other requisitions (ver. In the harvest there is the gathering in of the good and the extinction of the evil; but the vintage knows nothing but vengeance from God. The passage insists on the unity of the true God. "Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon." Often repeat these things to them. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which was shown in the mount. For when severed from Christ then those ordinances only became a snare to men. "But the Lord heard the words of your complaining, he was angry and said, "You're not to go in". The consequence is that, though all have their place, these distinctions may here seem small indeed. "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. 3 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 unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, 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. It did not alter their duty, if the antecedent history of Moab and Ammon, just as much as that of Esau, was far from good. But this was no reason why they were to expect Jehovah to destroy the Ammonites now. Consequently it is that great feast which finds its answer in Christianity more particularly (the passover being of course the foundation); but this is pre-eminently its character as a present fact. Background of Text: Israel has been delivered out of Egypt. I. Biographical. The book of Deuteronomy discloses it. 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. Jehovah their God did not make Himself visible to them by a similitude. "Who shall deliver me" and God's answer then comes, "I am delivered by the power the dynamic of the spirit for ye shall receive power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you"( Acts 1:8 ). 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. God said that He's not gonna deliver them into your hand" and how that they armed themselves anyhow and went up against the hill of the Amorites and were pursued by them. numbered and marshalled in order under four standards, and so If one were simply a man, one must have to do with the place and state of Adam fallen. 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. The true Israelite does not require to put God to the test. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. The law-giver sets before them the manner in which the law dealt with themselves, in one feature particularly, which he presses on them. 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. YE HAVE DWELT LONG ENOUGH IN THIS MOUNT. He quotes accordinglyPsalms 91:1-16; Psalms 91:1-16, intimating to Jesus that, if He were the Son of God, all He had to do was to throw Himself from the pinnacle of the temple; and all must endorse His claims. "The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Moses' First Sermon - a Recounting of the LORD's Faithfulness (1:6 - 4:43) III. their t Of Horeb, where they continued about a year's space, EXODUS 19:1 This was a truth which Israel was most prone to disregard. An Israelite king could not build up a large stable of horses for himself. Now recognizing my weakness, I'm crying for power outside of myself. And you know God told me to go here and it was just really horrible and all," and all this stuff. Historical Part of the First 6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy . 12). not heard it at Sinai. The same principle is steadily pursued on all sides. For although he may allow himself a dispensation to take from others, let a man steal from him, and it will soon be seen whether he does not condemn the wrong. ready to march; and all this being done, they must stay no Copyright 2022, Bible Study Tools. and set your journey, and go tothe hill country of the I can't stand that. The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long Nothing less. Not only did the Lord say the right thing, but the ground, the line, and the spirit of the book whence He chose His answers were such as took the becoming place under such circumstances before God. In the one case there was a remembrance of creation; in this case, of symbolic redemption, the bringing out of Egypt. Chapter 6 Moses, in this chapter, goes on with his charge to Israel, to be sure to keep up their religion in Canaan. Clearly it traces the discipline of Jehovah by the way. This was guarded against from the first by the fact that no similitude of God was vouchsafed. theLordswore which space of time the law was given them, the tabernacle and We all know that it is natural to wretched, wilful man. Such is the reason why a Christian even now on earth passes into a new state of things altogether. And it is obvious, beloved friends, obedience depends on this that we really do what God commands us now that we are doing what is suitable to our present position and state. I do not dwell on this. THE LORD OUR GOD. But nobody knows about the sabbath-day unless Jehovah command it. It probably (the Israelites). as well as to their And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess that thou mayest inherit his land. Mark the very fact here set before us: not a single man of the congregation of Jehovah that left Egypt passed into the holy land save two individuals, who identified themselves by faith from the very first with the glory of Jehovah. Therefore, as we set the context for the book of Deuteronomy, it is important that we briefly summarize the theme of the previous books to see how the story of God unfolds. So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and went presumptuously up into the hilt And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do," there was a most ignominious flight "and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. For although there were flocks and herds led into the wilderness with the children of Israel at the command of Jehovah, and they may have added more from enemies they conquered, the fact just now referred to meets and removes a host of objections raised about it, and proves that the nature of these ordinances has not been understood. Mount Horeb (Exodus 3). of Israel" (Isaiah). Deuteronomy mainly consists of messages from Moses to the second generation of Israelites, in contemplation of their imminent entry into the Promised Land. The Lord our God, To the end of the chapter follow the most earnest warnings, as well as bright promises: disobedience or obedience would be the turning point in the land. 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. This then is the leading truth of Deuteronomy. "3. Is it not a beautiful indication of what the true God is, even in His least institutions? the subject (the LORD) to emphasize that it is the LORD who spoke to Numbers 13:1-33 gives the fact when God warranted Moses to send the spies; Deuteronomy supplies the motives which wrought in the people to desire them. Moses R. Deuteronomy 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes. If we have," &c. In the same sceptical spirit follows Dr. Colenso. We are studying Deuteronomy 6:1-9 for Sunday, December 2. Now we find what would test their obedience. To this new generation Moses spake the holy law of God, since they had The book from which they were selected had itself a special appropriateness to the occasion, as we shall see: can it be doubted that the blessed Lord knew this infinitely well when He was pleased to use it?
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