Deuteronomy 4:47 NASB,NASB

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:44-49

The Man of GOD is particular in marking down the very spot, where he rehearsed and performed these things for Israel: because the place was truly memorable; for Israel now possessed, as it were, the earnest of the promised land. And there is somewhat striking also in the observation, that it was over against Beth-peor; that is, the idol temple of the GOD of the Moabites. And where so proper to show GOD'S people their mercies, as in the very face of the ungodly world? Oh! how ought the people of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:41-49

41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt; and they were now repeated. Moses gave these... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Deuteronomy 4:41-49

Conclusion of the First Address v. 41. Then Moses severed, set apart, three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising, in the territory of the two and one half tribes, v. 42. that the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, without premeditation and intention, and hated him not in times past, and that, fleeing unto one of these cities, he might live, Deuteronomy 19:4-1 Chronicles :; Numbers 35:9-Nahum :; v. 43. namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Deuteronomy 4:44-49

Title introductory to the second discourseDeuteronomy 4:44-4944, 45And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the 46children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, On this [that] side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after [as they came]1 they were come... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:32-49

Israel’s Peculiar Privileges Deuteronomy 4:32-49 Every argument that love and wisdom, the great past and the miracles of the Exodus could suggest, was brought to bear on the hearts of the chosen people, fortifying them against the temptations to backsliding. They were bidden to ask from ancient history and from one end of heaven to another, if any such wonders had ever been known in the history of the nations. But it must be sorrowfully confessed that memory and wonder are not enough to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 4:1-49

On the ground of this survey Moser exhorted the people to be obedient, His appeal was based on the greatness of their God and the perfection of His law. Their whole existence as a nation centered around a spiritual ideal. Therefore, he re-emphasized the importance of their attempting to make no likeness to God. Looking on into the future, he uttered words which in the light of subsequent history are seen to have been prophetic. He actually foretold the story of the corruption of the people in... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-49

Parting Words Deuteronomy 4:1-49 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is, perhaps, strange to some that we speak of the fourth chapter of Deuteronomy as "Parting words," yet the whole Book of Deuteronomy centers in the final message which Moses gave to the Children of Israel. You remember in Deuteronomy 3:27 God had told Moses of his being permitted to ascend to the top of Pisgah and behold the promised land. The actual ascent is described in chapter 34, Deuteronomy 34:1 . Moses was 120 years of age. He had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:45-49

Chapter Deuteronomy 4:45 to Deuteronomy 5:33 The Major Covenant Requirements And The Giving of The Covenant . After a brief introduction in which they are reminded of how Yahweh has delivered them from Egypt and given them victory over the Amorites (Deuteronomy 4:45-49), Moses calls on Israel to ensure that they take heed to the words of Yahweh (Deuteronomy 5:1), recognising that they are a covenant directly spoken by Yahweh to them (Deuteronomy 5:2-4) ‘out of the midst of the fire’ (compare... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-49

CRITICAL NOTES.—From the mention of what God had done for Israel, Moses passes to the obedience of the law. They were under deep obligation to keep it, and in doing so, consisted their wisdom, greatness, and destiny.Deuteronomy 4:1. Statutes—rules concerning religion and Divine worship. Judgments—civil enactments, public and private. The two denote the whole law in its leading features (Leviticus 19:37).Deuteronomy 4:2. This law must not be altered; but kept as God’s unchangeable... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:1-49

Chapter 4NOW therefore ( Deuteronomy 4:1 )Moses is now making application.NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD the God of your fathers is given to you. For ye shall not add unto the word which I commanded, neither shall ye diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you ( Deuteronomy 4:1-2 ).So the forbidden to add or... read more