Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

Deuteronomy 9 . 1 , Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness , by rehearsing their several rebellions.

to pass . Deuteronomy 3 . 18 , Deuteronomy 11 . 31 , Deuteronomy 27 . 2 , Joshua 1 . 11 , Joshua 3 . 6 , Joshua 3 . 14 , Joshua 3 . 16 , Joshua 4 . 5 , Joshua 4 . 19

this day . The Hebrew hyyom , "this day ," frequently denotes , as here , this time. They had come , 38 years before this , nearly to the verge of the promised land , but were not permitted , because of their unbelief and rebellion , at that day or time , to enter; but this time they shall certainly pass over. This was spoken in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their journeying; and it was on the first month of the following year they passed over , and during this interval Moses died.

nations . Deuteronomy 4 . 38 , Deuteronomy 7 . 1 , Deuteronomy 11 . 23

cities . Deuteronomy 1 . 28 , Numbers 13 . 22 , Numbers 13 . 28-33

Reciprocal . Genesis 11 . 4 . whose Numbers 33 . 51 . General Deuteronomy 12 . 10 . But when Joshua 12 . 8 . the Hittites Nehemiah 9 . 25 . strong Daniel 4 . 11 . reached Amos 2 . 9 . whose

Verse 2

great . Deuteronomy 2 . 11 , Deuteronomy 2 . 12 , Deuteronomy 2 . 21

Who can stand . Deuteronomy 7 . 24 , Exodus 9 . 11 , Job 11 . 10 , Daniel 8 . 4 , Daniel 11 . 16 , Nahum 1 . 6

Reciprocal . Numbers 13 . 28 . strong Numbers 13 . 33 . saw the giants Deuteronomy 1 . 28 . The people Joshua 11 . 21 . the Anakims 1 Samuel 17 . 33 . Thou art not 1 Samuel 17 . 46 . will the Lord 2 Samuel 21 . 16 . of the sons Revelation 13 . 4 . who is able

Verse 3

Understand . Deuteronomy 9 . 6 , Matthew 15 . 10 , Mark 7 . 14 , Ephesians 5 . 17

goeth over . Deuteronomy 1 . 30 , Deuteronomy 20 . 4 , Deuteronomy 31 . 3-6 , Joshua 3 . 11 , Joshua 3 . 14 , Micah 2 . 13 , Revelation 19 . 11-16

a consuming fire . Deuteronomy 4 . 24 , Isaiah 27 . 4 , Isaiah 30 . 27 , Isaiah 30 . 30 , Isaiah 30 . 33 , Isaiah 33 . 14 , Nahum 1 . 5 , Nahum 1 . 6 , 2 Thessalonians 1 . 8 , Hebrews 12 . 29

he shall . Deuteronomy 7 . 1 , Deuteronomy 7 . 2 , Deuteronomy 7 . 16 , Deuteronomy 7 . 23 , Deuteronomy 7 . 24 , Exodus 23 . 29-31 , Isaiah 41 . 10-16 , Romans 8 . 31

Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 12 . 29 . cut off Deuteronomy 31 . 8 . he it is that Deuteronomy 33 . 27 . thrust Judges 1 . 4 . Lord Judges 4 . 14 . is not 1 Samuel 17 . 46 . will the Lord Psalm 50 . 3 . a fire

Verse 4

Speak not . Deuteronomy 9 . 5 , Deuteronomy 7 . 7 , Deuteronomy 7 . 8 , Deuteronomy 8 . 17 , Ezekiel 36 . 22 , Ezekiel 36 . 32 , Romans 11 . 6 , Romans 11 . 20 , 1 Corinthians 4 . 4 , 1 Corinthians 4 . 7 , Ephesians 2 . 4 , Ephesians 2 . 5 , 2 Timothy 1 . 9 , Titus 3 . 3-5

for the wickedness . Deuteronomy 12 . 31 , Deuteronomy 18 . 12 , Genesis 15 . 16 , Leviticus 18 . 24 , Leviticus 18 . 25

Reciprocal . Exodus 34 . 11 . I drive Deuteronomy 7 . 1 . the Lord Deuteronomy 9 . 6 . Understand Judges 11 . 24 . whomsoever Ezekiel 16 . 6 . Live Matthew 24 . 48 . say

Verse 5

Not for . Though the Canaanites were expelled for their wickedness , it does not follow , that the Israelites were established in their room on account of any distinguished virtue , or because they deserved it. On many occasions , it may be seen in the history of the world , that God punishes the wicked by the instrumentality of other men , who are as wicked as themselves. Not the Israelites' righteousness , but the wickedness of the inhabitants , and the promise of God to their fathers , was the cause of their obtaining Canaan. Titus 3 . 5

that he may . Genesis 12 . 7 , Genesis 13 . 15 , Genesis 15 . 7 , Genesis 17 . 8 , Genesis 26 . 4 , Genesis 28 . 13 , Exodus 32 . 13 , Ezekiel 20 . 14 , Micah 7 . 20 , Luke 1 . 54 , Luke 1 . 55 , Acts 3 . 25 , Acts 13 . 32 , Acts 13 . 33 , Romans 11 . 28 , Romans 15 . 8

Reciprocal . Genesis 19 . 29 . that God Exodus 34 . 11 . I drive Leviticus 20 . 23 . therefore Deuteronomy 4 . 37 . because Deuteronomy 7 . 8 . because Deuteronomy 9 . 4 . Speak not Deuteronomy 11 . 9 . sware Deuteronomy 11 . 23 . General Judges 11 . 24 . whomsoever 1 Samuel 12 . 22 . it hath 2 Samuel 7 . 21 . thy word's 1 Kings 11 . 13 . for David Nehemiah 9 . 8 . madest Psalm 105 . 42 . Abraham Ezekiel 36 . 22 . General Ezekiel 36 . 32 . for your Acts 13 . 17 . God Ephesians 2 . 4 . his Hebrews 11 . 8 . which

Verse 6

Understand . Deuteronomy 9 . 3 , Deuteronomy 9 . 4 , Ezekiel 20 . 44

giveth thee . Moses repeats this a third time , that , if it were possible , he might root out of the Israelites the opinion of their own deserts , before God rooted out the Canaanites from their country.

a stiffnecked . Deuteronomy 9 . 13 , Deuteronomy 10 . 16 , Deuteronomy 31 . 27 , Exodus 32 . 9 , Exodus 33 . 3 , Exodus 34 . 9 , 2 Chronicles 30 . 8 , 2 Chronicles 36 . 13 , Psalm 78 . 8 , Isaiah 48 . 3 , Isaiah 48 . 4 , Ezekiel 2 . 4 , Zechariah 7 . 11 , Zechariah 7 . 12 , Acts 7 . 51 , Romans 5 . 20 , Romans 5 . 21

Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 2 . 29 . into the land Deuteronomy 9 . 24 . General Nehemiah 9 . 16 . dealt Mark 10 . 5 . For Ephesians 2 . 4 . his

Verse 7

Remember . In order to destroy the opinion which the Israelites had of their own righteousness , it was necessary to call to mind some of their most notorious provocations and rebellions , which Moses exhorts them to preserve in their mind , as a means to keep them humble. Deuteronomy 8 . 2 , Ezekiel 16 . 61-63 , Ezekiel 20 . 43 , Ezekiel 36 . 31 , 1 Corinthians 15 . 9 , Ephesians 2 . 11 , 1 Timothy 1 . 13-15

from the day . Deuteronomy 31 . 27 , Deuteronomy 32 . 5 , Deuteronomy 32 . 6 , Exodus 14 . 11 , Exodus 16 . 2 , Exodus 17 . 2 , Numbers 11 . 4 , Numbers 14 . 1-10 , Numbers 16 . 1-35 , Numbers 20 . 2-5 , Numbers 21 . 5 , Numbers 25 . 2 , Nehemiah 9 . 16-18 , Psalm 78 . 8-72 , Psalm 95 . 8-11

Reciprocal . Exodus 32 . 22 . knowest Numbers 14 . 9 . Only rebel Numbers 14 . 11 . provoke Deuteronomy 9 . 24 . General 1 Samuel 15 . 23 . rebellion Isaiah 30 . 1 . the rebellious Isaiah 48 . 8 . a transgressor Isaiah 63 . 10 . they rebelled Isaiah 65 . 2 . a rebellious Jeremiah 7 . 25 . the day Jeremiah 22 . 21 . This Jeremiah 32 . 30 . children Ezekiel 12 . 2 . thou Ezekiel 20 . 8 . they rebelled Micah 6 . 5 . remember Malachi 3 . 7 . from the Acts 13 . 18 . about

Verse 8

Also in Horeb . Or rather , "Even at Horeb ," for there is a peculiar emphasis here , even there where they had lately received the law , attended with the most astonishing appearances and circumstances. Exodus 32 . 16 , Psalm 106 . 19-22

Reciprocal . Numbers 14 . 11 . provoke Deuteronomy 9 . 19 . For I 1 Kings 11 . 9 . angry 1 Kings 14 . 9 . to provoke Ezra 9 . 14 . wouldest not thou Psalm 78 . 17 . General Ezekiel 20 . 13 . I said

Verse 9

I was . Exodus 24 . 12 , Exodus 24 . 15 , Exodus 24 . 18

the tables . Deuteronomy 9 . 15 , Exodus 31 . 18 , Exodus 34 . 28 , Jeremiah 31 . 31 , Jeremiah 31 . 32 , Galatians 4 . 24

then I . Exodus 24 . 18 , Exodus 34 . 28 , 1 Kings 19 . 8 , Matthew 4 . 2

I neither . Deuteronomy 9 . 18 , 1 Kings 13 . 8 , 1 Kings 13 . 9 , 2 Kings 6 . 22

Reciprocal . Genesis 7 . 12 . forty Exodus 19 . 20 . Moses went up Exodus 32 . 1 . delayed Exodus 32 . 16 . General Numbers 10 . 33 . the ark Deuteronomy 4 . 13 . he wrote Deuteronomy 9 . 11 . the tables of the covenant 1 Kings 8 . 21 . the covenant Luke 4 . 2 . forty Acts 1 . 3 . forty 2 Corinthians 3 . 7 . written

Verse 10

the Lord . Exodus 31 . 18

written with . Deuteronomy 10 . 4 , Matthew 12 . 28 , Luke 11 . 20 , 2 Corinthians 3 . 3 , Hebrews 8 . 10

all the words . Deuteronomy 4 . 10-15 , Deuteronomy 5 . 6-21 , Deuteronomy 18 . 16 , Exodus 19 . 17-19 , Exodus 20 . 1-18

Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 4 . 33 . General

Verse 11

the tables of the covenant . Deuteronomy 9 . 9 , Numbers 10 . 33 , Hebrews 8 . 6-10, Hebrews 9 . 4

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 8 . 21 . the covenant Mark 1 . 13 . forty

Verse 17

cast them . Moses might have done this through distress and anguish of spirit , on beholding their abominable idolatry and dissolute conduct; or probably he did it emblematically , and perhaps by the direction of God; intimating thereby , that as by this act of his the tables were broken in pieces , on which the Law of God was written , so they , by their present conduct , had made a breach in the covenant , and broken the laws of their Maker and Sovereign. Deuteronomy 9 . 17

Reciprocal . Exodus 32 . 19 . he saw

Verse 18

I fell down . The transgressions of the people rendered this second forty days' fasting necessary to Moses. Their pardon was indeed in some sense obtained before he ascended the mount; yet probably much of the time which he spent there was employed in supplication , and when he descended the second time , with the tables of the law in his hands , the pardon was , as it were , ratified and sealed. Deuteronomy 9 . 9 , Exodus 32 . 10-14 , Exodus 34 . 28 , 2 Samuel 12 . 16 , Psalm 106 . 23

Reciprocal . Genesis 7 . 12 . forty Genesis 17 . 17 . fell Exodus 24 . 18 . forty days Exodus 32 . 11 . besought Exodus 32 . 31 . returned Deuteronomy 9 . 25 . General Deuteronomy 10 . 10 . I stayed 1 Kings 19 . 8 . forty days 2 Kings 14 . 24 . in the sight Ezra 10 . 6 . he did eat Job 1 . 20 . fell Proverbs 29 . 8 . wise Ezekiel 9 . 8 . that I Ezekiel 11 . 13 . Then Matthew 4 . 2 . fasted Mark 1 . 13 . forty Mark 14 . 35 . and fell Luke 4 . 2 . forty Acts 1 . 3 . forty 1 Corinthians 14 . 25 . falling James 5 . 16 . The effectual 1 John 5 . 16 . he shall ask

Verse 19

For I . Deuteronomy 9 . 8 , Exodus 32 . 10 , Exodus 32 . 11 , Nehemiah 1 . 2-7 , Luke 12 . 4 , Luke 12 . 5

But the . Deuteronomy 10 . 10 , Exodus 32 . 14 , Exodus 33 . 17 , Psalm 99 . 6 , Psalm 106 . 23 , Amos 7 . 2 , Amos 7 . 3 , Amos 7 . 5 , Amos 7 . 6 , James 5 . 16 , James 5 . 17

Reciprocal . Exodus 32 . 31 . returned Numbers 11 . 2 . prayed Psalm 38 . 1 . hot Psalm 99 . 8 . thou wast Ecclesiastes 4 . 10 . if Ezekiel 11 . 13 . Then

Verse 20

Exodus 32 . 2-5 , Exodus 32 . 21 , Exodus 32 . 35 , Hebrews 7 . 26-28

Reciprocal . Exodus 32 . 25 . Aaron Numbers 11 . 2 . prayed Numbers 21 . 7 . And Moses 1 Kings 11 . 9 . angry Job 42 . 10 . when Psalm 99 . 8 . though Ecclesiastes 4 . 10 . if

Verse 21

I took . Exodus 32 . 20 , Isaiah 2 . 18-21 , Isaiah 30 . 22 , Isaiah 31 . 7 , Hosea 8 . 11

the brook . This was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote with his rod . Exodus 17 . 6 , and to which the Psalmist alludes inPsalm 78 . 16-20 , Psalm 105 . 41. Philo relates , that upon Moses' striking the rock , the water poured out like a torrent , affording not only a sufficient quantity for allaying their present thirst , but to fill their water vessels , to carry with them on their journey.

Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 7 . 5 . burn 1 Kings 15 . 13 . and burnt 2 Kings 21 . 15 . since the day 2 Kings 23 . 6 . and burned 2 Chronicles 15 . 16 . cut down 2 Chronicles 34 . 4 . made dust 2 Chronicles 34 . 7 . beaten Psalm 78 . 40 . How oft Psalm 106 . 19 . General Jeremiah 7 . 25 . the day Hosea 10 . 8 . the sin Amos 8 . 14 . sin Acts 13 . 18 . about 1 Corinthians 10 . 4 . followed them