Deu 9:7-21, 31:20, 27-29, Neh 9:16-17, 26, 28-30, Psa 78:8-10 | TSK | STEP | 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. from the day.

Deuteronomy 9:7-21

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.

8:2; Eze 16:61-63; 20:43; 36:31; 1Co 15:9; Eph 2:11; 1Ti 1:13-15

from the day.

31:27; 32:5,6; Ex 14:11; 16:2; 17:2; Nu 11:4; 14:1-10; 16:1-35

Nu 20:2-5; 21:5; 25:2; Ne 9:16-18; Ps 78:8-72; 95:8-11

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.

Ex 32:16; Ps 106:19-22

I was.

Ex 24:12,15,18

the tables.

15; Ex 31:18; 34:28; Jer 31:31,32; Ga 4:24

then I.

Ex 24:18; 34:28; 1Ki 19:8; Mt 4:2

I neither.

18; 1Ki 13:8,9; 2Ki 6:22

the Lord.

Ex 31:18

written with.

10:4; Mt 12:28; Lu 11:20; 2Co 3:3; Heb 8:10

all the words.

4:10-15; 5:6-21; 18:16; Ex 19:17-19; 20:1-18

the tables of the covenant.

9; Nu 10:33; Heb 8:6-10; 9:4

Arise.

Ex 32:7,8

corrupted.

4:16; 31:29; 32:5; Ge 6:11,12; Jude 1:10

are quickly.

16; Jud 2:17; Ps 78:57; Ho 6:4; Ga 1:6

I have.

Ge 11:5; 18:21; Ex 32:9,10; Ps 50:7; Jer 7:11; 13:27; Ho 6:10

Mal 3:5

stiffnecked.

6; 10:16; 31:27; 2Ki 17:14

Let me.

Ex 32:10-13; Isa 62:6,7; Jer 14:11; 15:1; Lu 11:7-10; 18:1-8

Ac 7:51

blot.

29:20; Ex 32:32,33; Ps 9:5; 109:13; Pr 10:7; Re 3:5

and I will.

Nu 14:11,12

I turned.

Ex 32:14,15-35

the mount.

4:11; 5:23; Ex 9:23; 19:18; Heb 12:18

I looked.

Ex 32:19; Ac 7:40,41

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.

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.

9; Ex 32:10-14; 34:28; 2Sa 12:16; Ps 106:23

For I.

8; Ex 32:10,11; Ne 1:2-7; Lu 12:4,5

But the.

10:10; Ex 32:14; 33:17; Ps 99:6; 106:23; Am 7:2,3,5,6; Jas 5:16,17

Ex 32:2-5,21,35; Heb 7:26-28

I took.

Ex 32:20; Isa 2:18-21; 30:22; 31:7; Ho 8:11

the brook.This was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote with his rod, (Ex 17:6,) and to which the Psalmist alludes in Ps 78:16-20; 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.

Deuteronomy 31:20

when.

6:10-12; 7:1; 8:7

floweth.

Ex 3:8,17

eaten.

8:10-14; Ne 9:25,26

waxen fat.

32:15; Ne 9:25,26,35; Ps 17:10; 73:7; 119:70; Jer 5:28; 50:11

Eze 34:16,20; Ho 13:6

then.

16,17

Deuteronomy 31:27-29

I know.

32:20

stiff neck.

9:6; 32:20; Ex 32:8; 2Ch 30:8; Ps 78:8; Isa 48:4; Ac 7:51

ye have been.

9:24

Gather unto me.

12; 29:10; Ge 49:1,2; Ex 18:25; Nu 11:16,17

call heaven.

4:26; 30:19; 32:1; Isa 1:2; Lu 19:40

corrupt yourselves.

32:5; Jud 2:19; Isa 1:4; Ho 9:9; Ac 20:30; 2Ti 3:1-6; 2Pe 1:14,15

2Pe 2:1,2

and evil.

28:15-68; 29:18-28; Le 26:14-46; 2Ch 34:24; Lu 19:42-44; 21:24

the latter days.

4:30; Ge 49:1; Job 19:25; Eze 38:8; 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 3:1; Heb 1:2

2Pe 3:3

Nehemiah 9:16-17

dealt.

10,29; Ex 32:9; De 9:6,13,23,24,27; 32:15; Ps 78:8-72; 106:6

Isa 63:10; Jer 2:31; Ac 7:51

hardened.

De 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 36:13; Ps 95:8-10; Pr 29:1; Isa 48:4

Jer 19:15; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13,15

hearkened.

Ex 15:26; De 5:29; Ps 81:8,11-14; Isa 48:18There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.

refused.

Nu 14:3,4,11,41; 16:14; Ps 106:24,25; Pr 1:24; Heb 12:25

mindful.

Ps 78:11,42,43; 86:5,15; 106:7,13; Mt 16:9-11; 2Pe 1:12-15

in their rebellion.Instead of {bemiryam,} "in their rebellion," seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have {bemitzrayim,} "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."

appointed.

Nu 14:4; Ac 7:39

a God.

Nu 14:18,19; Ps 86:5,15; 130:4; Mic 7:18,19

ready to pardon. Heb. of pardons. gracious.

Ex 34:6,7; Ps 78:38; 103:8-18; 145:8,9; Isa 55:7-9; Joe 2:13

Ro 9:15; Eph 1:6,7

forsookest.

1Ki 6:13; 8:57; Ps 106:43-46

Nehemiah 9:26

they were.

Jud 2:11,12; 3:6,7; 10:6,13,14; Ps 78:56,57; 106:34-40

Eze 16:15-63; 20:21; 23:4-49

cast thy law.

1Ki 14:9; Ps 50:17; Eze 33:3-5

slew.

1Ki 18:4,13; 19:10; 2Ch 24:20,21; 36:16; Jer 26:20-23; Mt 21:35

Mt 23:34-37; Ac 7:52

wrought.

18; 2Ki 21:11; Eze 22:25-31

Nehemiah 9:28-30

did evil again. Heb. returned to do evil.

Jud 3:11,12,30; 4:1; 5:31; 6:1

heardest.

1Ki 8:33,34,39; Isa 63:15

many times.

Ps 106:43-45

testifiedst.

26; De 4:26; 31:21; 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 24:19; 36:15; Jer 25:3-7; Ho 6:5

yet they.

10,16; Ex 10:3; Jer 13:15-17; 43:2; 44:10,16,17; Da 5:20

Jas 4:6-10

which.

Le 18:5; Eze 20:11; Lu 10:28; Ro 10:5; Ga 3:12

withdrew the shoulder. Heb. gave a withdrawing shoulder.

Zec 7:11,12

and hardened.

Jer 7:26; 17:23; 19:15

many years.

Ps 86:15; Ro 2:4; 2Pe 3:9

forbear them. Heb. protract over them. testifiedst.

2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 36:15; Jer 7:25; 25:4

by thy spirit.

20; Isa 63:10; Ac 7:51; 28:25; 1Pe 1:11; 2Pe 1:21

thy prophets. Heb. the hand of thy prophets. therefore.

Isa 5:5,6; 42:24; Jer 40:2,3; 44:22; La 2:17; Zec 7:13

Psalms 78:8-10

as their.

68:6; 106:7; Ex 32:9; 33:3,5; 34:9; De 9:6,13; 31:27; 2Ki 17:14

Eze 2:3-8; 20:8,18; Mt 23:31-33; Ac 7:51

set not. Heb. prepared not.

37; 2Ch 12:14; 19:3; 20:33; 30:19

whose.

37; De 4:4; Jos 14:8,9; Ac 11:23

The children.Some think this refers to a defeat of the Ephraimites mentioned in 1 Ch 7:20-22; but it probably refers to the conduct and defeat of the ten tribes of which Ephraim was the head. Nothing is recorded in the history of Israel concerning the cowardice of the Ephraimites, as distinct from that of the other tribes: some therefore think, "that the children of Ephraim" is put by a figure of speech for the nation in general.

De 1:41-44; Jos 17:16-18; 1Sa 4:10; 31:1

carrying. Heb. throwing forth. turned.

Jud 9:28,38-40; Lu 22:33

De 31:16,20; Jud 2:10-12; 2Ki 17:14,15; Ne 9:26-29; Jer 31:32