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Vertite vos, et proficiscimini, et ite ad montem Amorrhmorum, et ad omnes vicinos ejus, in solitudine, in monte, et planitie, et rueridle, et in littore marls, terrain Chenanaei a Lebanon usque ad flumen magnum flumen Euphraten. John Calvin, né Jehan Cauvin, re-translated from Latin Iohannes Calvinus into Jean Calvin in modern French, was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. Deuteronomy—Commentaries. The V. has only "Sedistis ergo in Cades-barne multo tempore." Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. The people of Israel had been pointed to the blessings in Canaan while yet in the wilderness and similarly Paul was occupied with Christ the Lord in glory while still on earth. Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. -- Hence our interpreter has omitted this Hebrew repetition as redundant, and strange to Latin ears. 6. Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will … 22. It marks a transition in a fourfold way. Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 38. This charge is not found in Exodus 18, where the only object of Moses was to point out the origin of the alteration; but now omitting the praise of his father-in-law, he merely recalls to the recollection of the Israelites what he did with them. (John 7:24.) The translators who admit that authority must hold this participle to be passive: and therefore our A. V. renders the clause, known among your tribes. And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying. Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 1. In the New Testament the Epistle to the Philippians corresponds to the book of Deuteronomy. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. In relation to this also, he says, that God marked out the places and stations where they should pitch their camp, for, unless it had been His design to guide them onwards, this change of places would have been superfluous. O.T. All Rights Reserved. 6: Harmony of the Law, Part IV, tr. 23. Deuteronomy 32:1. Elsewhere he says that they also wept; here he only speaks of their murmuring, which better suited his reproof. Events at Horeb Recalled. Tunc dixi vobis, Ne pavearis neque timeatis ab eis: 30. Deuteronomy 34:1-12. 28). 24. And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither right; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. Et accinxistis vos singuli armis suis bellicis, et parastis ascendere in montem. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Again, he does not here mention the same virtues as in Exodus 18; but only distinguishes the judges by three qualifications, viz., that they should be wise, and understanding, and experienced, all of which are comprised under one head, that they should possess acuteness of intellect and prudence, confirmed by experience and practice; for neither the greatest probity nor diligence would be sufficient; for the office of ruler, apart from skill and sagacity. The same is the object of Jehoshaphat's words: "Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man but for the Lord." 27. [75] Sous ombre qu'il ne prend point garde a ce qui ce fait ici bas;" under the pretext that He pays no attention to what is done here below. so thoroughly understood, had not aroused them to confidence in Him. 13. © 2018 Monergism by CPR Foundation. This even philosophers have perceived, when they have advised that, as far as possible, judges should be restrained by fixed laws, lest;, being left free, they should be swayed this way or that by favor or ill will. 21. The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all. 16. And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. The repentance was too late, which impelled the Israelites to their unseasonable effort of activity; although, as I have above explained, they did not truly and seriously repent, since, when they ought patiently to have borne the chastening of God, they endeavored to shake it off, and to drive it far away from them by a new act of disobedience. Sermon Manuscripts and Commentaries. Wherefore let all those who are called to any public office, sustain themselves by this doctrine, that they are doing God's work, who is well able to keep them safe from the violence as well as the craftiness of the whole world. This place was Jerusalem although the name of the city does not appear in the Pentateuch. We know that He chooses according to His own will those whom He destines to any charge, so that the dignity of men may depend upon His gratuitous favor. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Deuteronomy 28:35. 13. Tuleruntque in manu sua e fructu terrae illius, et attulerunt nobis, retuleruntque nobis rem, ac dixerunt, Bona est terra quam Jehova Deus noster dat nobis. Obedience to God's laws brings blessing but disobedience will draw after curse and judgment. Forthcoming are Block in NIVAC (this will be a must), and Houtman (given his pedigree on Exodus, this will also be a must), and the second volume of Weinfeld. It is Kadesh-barnea to which Moses refers, from whence the spies had been sent forth; and not the Kadesh where Miriam died, and where the people murmured for want of water. Warnings against disobedience, … A little before, he had seemed to give unqualified praise to the spies, as if they had performed their office honestly and faithfully, but now, from the language of the people, he shows that they were the authors of the revolt, inasmuch as they rendered inert, by the terror they inspired, those whom they ought to have encouraged. 27. 12:5 onwards. "To stand before" a person is equivalent to being at hand to do his bidding; and it seems that this was stated to be the condition of Joshua, in order that the punishment might be more manifest; inasmuch as, by an entire inversion, a successor is given to Moses, who had been his servant. Jehova Deus vester multiplicavit vos, ita ut sitis hodie sicut stellae coeli in multitudine. Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. He here appeals to the testimony of their own conscience; for they never would have been brought to weeping and prayers, except by the force of their own feelings. 42. What then could be more monstrous than that, in opposition to God's will, and when the hope of His assistance was withdrawn, they should engage in what they had just before obstinately refused to attempt under His auspices, and by His command, and with the sure promise of success? John Calvin’s Bible Commentary . After the Psalms and the Prophet Isaiah Deuteronomy belongs to the most referred to books of the Old Testament. 1. And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea. It probably was Joshua, the friend and successor of Moses (Deuteronomy 34:9) who under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit added this short appendix to the whole work of his predecessor. Vide, dedi coram vobis terram, ingredimini, et possidete terram illam quam juravit Jehova patribus vestris, Abraham, Isaac et Jacob, se daturum eis, et semini eorum post ipsos. I have already shown that God so tempered His judgment that, whilst none of the guilty should escape with impunity, still His faithfulness should remain sure and inviolable, and that the wickedness of men should not make void the covenant which He had made with Abraham. Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. Bible > Calvin's Commentaries > Deuteronomy 4 Deuteronomy 4 Calvin's Commentaries. But the main purpose of the book is the preparation of the people of Israel for the passage through Jordan and the entrance into the land of Canaan that had been promised by Jehovah. The particle of exception, "beside," does not, therefore, designate anything additional, but only signifies that God had again repeated His covenant, that it might be more distinctly and certainly understood. -- Pagninus in Poole. Calvin’s writing and preachings provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. [56] Deuteronomy 32:11. In Joshua 8:32-35 explicit reference is made to Deuteronomy 27:8-12 as "all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before". The Lord your God, which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 30. First, it marks the transition to a new generation; for with the exception of Caleb and Joshua, and Moses himself, the old generation which came up from Egypt and was numbered at Sinai, had passed away, and a new generation had grown up. Yet, at the same time we are taught by these words that all posts of command are sacred to God, so that whosoever are called to them should reverently and diligently serve God, and ever reflect that His is the dominion whereof they are the ministers. In a word, they did nothing else but kick against the pricks. He, therefore, means that they deprived themselves of their assured inheritance, when they were close upon receiving it, through their own rebellion and depravity. I. 24. So I spoke unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill. And this is the most desirable kind c f liberty, that we should not be compelled to obey every' person who may be tyrannically put over our heads; but which allows of election, so that no one should rule except he be approved of by us. God says, then, that enough time had been spent in one place; [1] for, before they left it, an entire year had passed away there. 25. Moses convened all Israel, and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I am addressing to you today; you shall learn them and observe them diligently. The events of Deuteronomy happen during the time of the first day of the eleventh month in the 40th year after the exodus out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 1:3). 34. 10. These electronic texts of Calvin's Commentaries were prepared through the labor of volunteers for the OnLine Bible project and the Christian Classics Ethereal Library in conjunction with the good folks at @Ages Software.Much work in programming and editing was done by Skip Gaede. Why God preferred this man to all others, especially when Caleb is more highly praised elsewhere, is only known to Himself. Non videbit quisquam ex hominibus illis de generatione mala hac terram bonam quam juravi me daturum patribus vestris; 36. Surely it was an incredible prodigy, that so great a multitude should be so carried away by diabolical fury, as that nothing should remain unaffected by it, unless perhaps a timely death removed some of the old men rather on account of the vice of others than their own. 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. Jehova Deus vester qui praecedit vos, ipse pugnabit pro vobis, prorsus ut fecit vobiscum in AEgypto in oculis vestris. And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. C. had already said in his Commentary on Exodus 1:10, that the Hebrews often used this epithet in an ill sense, but the assertion is scarcely tenable. In which respect He gave an extraordinary proof of His indulgence, that previous to their entering the land, He renewed His covenant about forty years after its first promulgation, and added a clear exposition of it, because He had then to do with a new generation. And yet, so does hypocrisy blind men's minds, that they imagined they were correcting and compensating for the evil which they doubled. Each time He refers to a verse of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 6:16; Deuteronomy 6:13). Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents. But the book is more than a simple repetition of the laws contained in Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, which God had given the people of Israel at Mount Sinaï. Take you wise men. Bible > Calvin's Commentaries > Deuteronomy 18 Deuteronomy 18 Calvin's Commentaries. A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. Numbers . So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode. For God did not, like earthly kings, learn from experience to enrich His law by new precepts, but considered the people's dull and weak understanding. He does not here merely remind them, as it; appears to some, that an account must be rendered to God; but shows how absurd it is to turn from the right course out of the fear of man, because thus the majesty of God is prostituted and exposed to scorn; as much as to say that this honor must be paid to God, whose representatives they are, that they should look upon all men as beneath them, and restrain the audacity of rite wicked with such inflexible magnanimity, that God alone may have the preeminence. 27. No doubt he is here recounting what had before happened; therefore he confesses himself, from his own personal feelings, unequal to bearing the burden, if he alone is set over the whole people. 1. Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. In the last verse there is an ambiguity in the meaning of these words, "many days, according to the number of the days." 7. 9. Etiam contra me iratus est Jehova propter vos, dicendo: Etiam tu non ingredieris illuc. This law also, which concerns their political government, is a Supplement to the First Commandment, enacting that they should carry on their wars under the auspices of God, and, trusting in His help, should follow Him as their leader. Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. Study the bible online using commentary on Deuteronomy and more! 43. Chapter Specific Verse 1 1When thou goest out to battle. And ye returned and wept before the Lord. He could not have afforded them a more manifest proof of His paternal love towards them than by their deliverance. 26. >> John Calvin preached through the book of Deuteronomy on weekdays from March, 1555, to July, 1556. 39. But it is equally probable; that an indefinite time is referred to: as if he had said, that the people delayed there a long time, from whence it might be inferred, that they lay like persons stupified, from lack of knowing what to do. Series. Secondly, we learn from hence, that God, who is a just Judge, does not proceed hastily and without cause to inflict punishment on men, and that He does not manifest severity without a full examination of the case. Obedience therefore plays an important part in this book. It is in no cowardly spirit that he transfers to them the guilt of unfaithfulness, which he had confessed for himself; but, since he had only fallen in consequence of being overwhelmed by their obstinate wickedness, he justly reproaches them with the fact that God was wroth with him on account of their sin. 2 The L ord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. [204] But the first epithet which the Hebrews often apply in a bad sense to the crafty and deceitful, here means acute and perspicacious. 11. 1. Combining exegesis and application, … Hence it more plainly appears that those who were to preside in judgment were not appointed only by the will of Moses, but. swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them, and to their seed after them. 29. [206] For there can be no greater corruption than to judge from personal appearance, which always draws away men's minds from the merits of the ease. Dixit autem mihi Jehova, Dic eis, Ne ascendatis, neque pugnetis: quia non sum in medio vestri, et ne percutiamini coram inimicis vestris. Also the Lord was angry with me. And they turned, and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 16. Et respondistis mihi atque dixistis, Bona res est quam dixisti ut faciamus. It was, therefore, gross supineness not to refer these signs for halting and proceeding to their proper object, since it was equivalent to despising God when He held out His hand to them. And, in point of fact, wherever there is a sufficient capacity of intellect, equity and rectitude will prevail, unless respect to persons influences the judge. 8. Calvin, KD, and Henry are a must as well. Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. Deuteronomy is the last book of the Pentateuch (Greek for "Fivebook") or of the Thora (Hebrew word for "law"). As to what he says of their increase, the commencement of its period must not be taken from the Exodus, but he commemorates the extraordinary and incredible favor of God, because they had so largely multiplied under the cruel tyranny when they were doomed to total destruction; and he adds a prayer, that for the future also the same blessing may attend them. by John King, [1847-50], at sacred-texts.com. The reason I bought a kindle … 7. If this were thoroughly impressed upon the minds both of magistrates and pastors, they would not vacillate so often; for relying on God's aid, they would stand firmly against all the terrors by which they are so pitifully agitated. 37. 20. 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