The heaven; the airy and starry heaven. The heaven of heavens; the highest or third heaven, 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Corinthians 12:2, called the heaven of heavens for its eminency, as the song of songs, king of kings, holy of holies, &c. The earth also, with all creatures and all men, which being all his, he might have chosen what nation he pleased to be his people. read more
CRITICAL NOTES.—Deuteronomy 10:1. That time. The order for the ark was given before the apostasy of the people, cf. Exodus 25:0, and the tables were put into it after the dedication of the tabernacle. But Moses connects events related to each other for his own purpose without strict chronological order. Hew, cut with an axe, to shape. Tables, blocks or tablets.Deuteronomy 10:3. Shittim. Acacia tree, Exodus 25:5.Deuteronomy 10:5. There they be. “Another minute but important circumstance, the... read more
DISCOURSE: 202THE ELECTING LOVE OF GOD AN INCENTIVE TO HOLINESSDeuteronomy 10:14-16. Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them; and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.THE true tendency of religion is marked in the words preceding our text. Under the... read more
Election and Holiness by C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked (Deuteronomy 10:14-16 ). He who preaches the whole truth as it is in Jesus will labour under continual... read more
Chapter 10In chapter ten He continues of their failures during the wilderness experiences. And he's reminding them of the failure at the time when God had given to him the law on the two tables of stone. And how that when he came down from the mountain that the people had made this golden calf and were worshipping it and how the tables of stone were broken. And so he was commanded by the Lord to take two more tables of stone. And for another forty days and forty nights in fasting without water... read more
Deuteronomy 10:6 . Mosera: there Aaron died. In Numbers 20:28; Numbers 33:38-39, we read that Aaron died in mount Hor, which was seven days’ journey from Moseroth. This place is full of difficulties. Why are Aaron and Levi mentioned here at all? Because they were the guardians of the ark, and of the tables mentioned above; and because the Lord had pardoned Aaron. The difficulty respecting the place of Aaron’s death is thus accounted for by some that Israel, intimidated by the advantages... read more
Deuteronomy 10:14-16He chose . . . you above all people.Election and holinessI. In setting forth election, I must have you observe, first of all, its extraordinary singularity. God has chosen to Himself a people whom no man can number, out of the children of Adam. Now this is a wonder of wonders, when we come to consider that the heaven, even the heaven of heavens, is the Lord’s. If God must have a chosen race, why did He not select one from the majestic order of angels, or from the flaming... read more
Deu 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens [is] the LORD’S thy God, the earth [also], with all that therein [is]. Ver. 14. Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens. ] Not the air and sky only, the visible heaven, but the third heaven, whereof no natural knowledge can be had, nor any help by human arts, geometry, optics, &c. For it is neither aspectable nor movable. The earth also. ] So that there was no necessity of pitching upon thee for his peculiar, since he had choice... read more
the heaven: 1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 115:16, Psalms 148:4, Isaiah 66:1 the earth: Genesis 14:19, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 19:5, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:12, Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 27:6, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28 Reciprocal: Job 41:11 - whatsoever Matthew 11:25 - Lord read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:12-22
Deuteronomy 10:12 to Deuteronomy 11:32 . Resumes Moses’ second address interrupted by the long didactic narrative of Deuteronomy 9:7 b – Deuteronomy 10:11. Deuteronomy 10:12-Song of Solomon : – Deuteronomy 11 . Reasons why Israel should fear and serve Yahweh. Deuteronomy 10:12 . Cf. Micah 6:8. Deuteronomy 10:16 . Physical circumcision implied consecration of the entire man to Yahweh. The verb “ to circumcise” came thus to be used figuratively of the heart ( Deuteronomy 2:30 *) as here... read more