9:1 Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions. Verse 1to passDeuteronomy 3:18, 11:31, 27:2; Joshua 1:11, 3:6, 3:14, 3:16, 4:5, 4:19 this dayThe 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.nationsDeuteronomy 4:38, 7:1, 11:23 cities1:28; Numbers 13:22, 13:28-33ReciprocalGenesis 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 2greatDeuteronomy 2:11, 2:12, 2:21 Who can stand7:24; Exodus 9:11; Job 11:10; Daniel 8:4, 11:16; Nahum 1:6ReciprocalNumbers 13:28 - strong; 13:33 - saw the giants; Deuteronomy 1:28 - The people; Joshua 11:21 - the Anakims; 1 Samuel 17:33 - Thou art not; 17:46 - will the Lord; 2 Samuel 21:16 - of the sons; Revelation 13:4 - who is able Verse 3UnderstandDeuteronomy 9:6; Matthew 15:10; Mark 7:14; Ephesians 5:17 goeth overDeuteronomy 1:30, 20:4, 31:3-6; Joshua 3:11, 3:14; Micah 2:13; Revelation 19:11-16 a consuming fireDeuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 27:4, 30:27, 30:30, 30:33, 33:14; Nahum 1:5, 1:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Habakkuk 3:1 he shallDeuteronomy 7:1, 7:2, 7:16, 7:23, 7:24; Exodus 23:29-31; Isaiah 41:10-16; Romans 8:31ReciprocalDeuteronomy 12:29 - cut off; 31:8 - he it is that; 33:27 - thrust; Judges 1:4 - Lord; 4:14 - is not; 1 Samuel 17:46 - will the Lord; Psalm 50:3 - a fire Verse 4Speak notDeuteronomy 9:5, 7:7, 7:8, 8:17; Ezekiel 36:22, 36:32; Romans 11:6, 11:20; 1 Corinthians 4:4, 4:7; Ephesians 2:4, 2:5; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:3-5 for the wickednessDeuteronomy 12:31, 18:12; Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:24, 18:25ReciprocalExodus 34:11 - I drive; Deuteronomy 7:1 - the Lord; 9:6 - Understand; Judges 11:24 - whomsoever; Ezekiel 16:6 - Live; Matthew 24:48 - say Verse 5Not forThough 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 mayGenesis 12:7, 13:15, 15:7, 17:8, 26:4, 28:13; Exodus 32:13; Ezekiel 20:14; Micah 7:20; Luke 1:54, 1:55; Acts 3:25, 13:32, 13:33; Romans 11:28, 15:8ReciprocalGenesis 19:29 - that God; Exodus 34:11 - I drive; Leviticus 20:23 - therefore; Deuteronomy 4:37 - because; 7:8 - because; 9:4 - Speak not; 11:9 - sware; 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; 36:32 - for your; Acts 13:17 - God; Ephesians 2:4 - his; Habakkuk 3:1 - which Verse 6UnderstandDeuteronomy 9:3, 9:4; Ezekiel 20:44 giveth theeMoses 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 stiffneckedDeuteronomy 9:13, 10:16, 31:27; Exodus 32:9, 33:3, 34:9; 2 Chronicles 30:8, 36:13; Psalm 78:8; Isaiah 48:3, 48:4; Ezekiel 2:4; Zechariah 7:11, 7:12; Acts 7:51; Romans 5:20, 5:21ReciprocalDeuteronomy 2:29 - into the land; 9:24 - General; Nehemiah 9:16 - dealt; Mark 10:5 - For; Ephesians 2:4 - his Verse 7RememberIn 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, 20:43, 36:31; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Ephesians 2:11; 1 Timothy 1:13-15 from the dayDeuteronomy 31:27, 32:5, 32:6; Exodus 14:11, 16:2, 17:2; Numbers 11:4, 14:1-10, 16:1-35; 20:2-5, 21:5, 25:2; Nehemiah 9:16-18; Psalm 78:8-72, 95:8-11ReciprocalExodus 32:22 - knowest; Numbers 14:9 - Only rebel; 14:11 - provoke; Deuteronomy 9:24 - General; 1 Samuel 15:23 - rebellion; Isaiah 30:1 - the rebellious; 48:8 - a transgressor; 63:10 - they rebelled; 65:2 - a rebellious; Jeremiah 7:25 - the day; 22:21 - This; 32:30 - children; Ezekiel 12:2 - thou; 20:8 - they rebelled; Micah 6:5 - remember; Malachi 3:7 - from the; Acts 13:18 - about Verse 8Also in HorebOr 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 106:19-22ReciprocalNumbers 14:11 - provoke; Deuteronomy 9:19 - For I; 1 Kings 11:9 - angry; 14:9 - to provoke; Ezra 9:14 - wouldest not thou; Psalm 78:17 - General; Ezekiel 20:13 - I said Verse 9I wasExodus 24:12, 24:15, 24:18 the tablesDeuteronomy 9:15; Exodus 31:18, 34:28; Jeremiah 31:31, 31:32; Galatians 4:24 then IExodus 24:18, 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8; Matthew 4:2 I neitherDeuteronomy 9:18; 1 Kings 13:8, 13:9; 2 Kings 6:22ReciprocalGenesis 7:12 - forty; Exodus 19:20 - Moses went up; 32:1 - delayed; 32:16 - General; Numbers 10:33 - the ark; Deuteronomy 4:13 - he wrote; 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 10the LordExodus 31:18 written withDeuteronomy 10:4; Matthew 12:28; Luke 11:20; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Habakkuk 3:1 all the wordsDeuteronomy 4:10-15, 5:6-21, 18:16; Exodus 19:17-19, 20:1-18ReciprocalDeuteronomy 4:33 - General Verse 11the tables of the covenantDeuteronomy 9:9; Numbers 10:33; Habakkuk 3:1-8:10, 3:1Reciprocal1 Kings 8:21 - the covenant; Mark 1:13 - forty Verse 12AriseExodus 32:7, 32:8 corruptedDeuteronomy 4:16, 31:29, 32:5; Genesis 6:11, 6:12; Jude 1:10 are quicklyDeuteronomy 9:16; Judges 2:17; Psalm 78:57; Hosea 6:4; Galatians 1:6ReciprocalNehemiah 9:18 - General; Psalm 78:17 - General; 106:19 - General; Ezekiel 3:11 - the children; 20:13 - rebelled; Acts 7:41 - they; 1 Corinthians 10:7 - be Verse 13I haveGenesis 11:5, 18:21; Exodus 32:9, 32:10; Psalm 50:7; Jeremiah 7:11, 13:27; Hosea 6:10; Malachi 3:5 stiffneckedDeuteronomy 9:6, 10:16, 31:27; 2 Kings 17:14ReciprocalNehemiah 9:16 - dealt; Psalm 78:8 - as their; 106:23 - he said; Acts 7:51 - stiffnecked; Romans 10:21 - a disobedient; Galatians 3:19 - in Verse 14Let meExodus 32:10-13; Isaiah 62:6, 62:7; Jeremiah 14:11, 15:1; Luke 11:7-10, 18:1-8; Acts 7:51 blotDeuteronomy 29:20; Exodus 32:32, 32:33; Psalm 9:5, 109:13; Proverbs 10:7; Revelation 3:5 and I willNumbers 14:11, 14:12ReciprocalGenesis 19:22 - for; 32:26 - Let me go; Deuteronomy 7:24 - their name; 25:6 - that his name; 25:19 - thou shalt; 2 Kings 14:27 - blot out; Ezra 9:14 - wouldest not thou; Psalm 106:23 - he said Verse 15I turnedExodus 32:14, 15-35 the mountDeuteronomy 4:11, 5:23; Exodus 9:23, 19:18; Habakkuk 3:1ReciprocalExodus 32:15 - turned; 32:16 - General; 34:1 - which; Deuteronomy 9:9 - the tables; 10:5 - I turned; 2 Corinthians 3:7 - written; 12:21 - that I Verse 16I lookedExodus 32:19; Acts 7:40, 7:41ReciprocalExodus 32:4 - fashioned; 32:8 - have turned; Deuteronomy 9:12 - are quickly; 9:25 - General; Judges 2:17 - quickly; Joel 2:17 - Spare; 1 Corinthians 10:7 - be Verse 17cast themMoses 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 9:17ReciprocalExodus 32:19 - he saw Verse 18I fell downThe 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, 34:28; 2 Samuel 12:16; Psalm 106:23ReciprocalGenesis 7:12 - forty; 17:17 - fell; Exodus 24:18 - forty days; 32:11 - besought; 32:31 - returned; Deuteronomy 9:25 - General; 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; 11:13 - Then; Matthew 4:2 - fasted; Mark 1:13 - forty; 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 19For IDeuteronomy 9:8; Exodus 32:10, 32:11; Nehemiah 1:2-7; Luke 12:4, 12:5 But theDeuteronomy 10:10; Exodus 32:14, 33:17; Psalm 99:6, 106:23; Amos 7:2, 7:3, 7:5, 7:6; James 5:16, 5:17ReciprocalExodus 32:31 - returned; Numbers 11:2 - prayed; Psalm 38:1 - hot; 99:8 - thou wast; Ecclesiastes 4:10 - if; Ezekiel 11:13 - Then Verse 20Exodus 32:2-5, 32:21, 32:35; Habakkuk 3:1-7:28ReciprocalExodus 32:25 - Aaron; Numbers 11:2 - prayed; 21:7 - And Moses; 1 Kings 11:9 - angry; Job 42:10 - when; Psalm 99:8 - though; Ecclesiastes 4:10 - if Verse 21I tookExodus 32:20; Isaiah 2:18-21, 30:22, 31:7; Hosea 8:11 the brookThis was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote with his rod - Exodus 17:6
and to which the Psalmist alludes in Psalm 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.ReciprocalDeuteronomy 7:5 - burn; 1 Kings 15:13 - and burnt; 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day; 23:6 - and burned; 2 Chronicles 15:16 - cut down; 34:4 - made dust; 34:7 - beaten; Psalm 78:40 - How oft; 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 Verse 22TaberahNumbers 11:1-5 MassahExodus 17:7 KibrothhattaavahNumbers 11:4, 11:34Reciprocal14:11 - provoke; Psalm 78:40 - How oft; 106:14 - But; Isaiah 1:2 - they have; 63:10 - they rebelled; Jeremiah 32:30 - children; Habakkuk 3:8 - as Verse 23LikewiseDeuteronomy 1:19-33; Numbers 13:1-33 ye rebelled14:1-4, 14:10-41; Isaiah 63:10 ye believedDeuteronomy 1:32, 1:33; Psalm 78:22, 106:24, 106:25; Habakkuk 3:18, 3:19, 3:1ReciprocalNumbers 13:3 - General; 14:9 - Only rebel; 14:11 - provoke; Joshua 10:41 - Kadeshbarnea; Nehemiah 9:16 - dealt; Ezekiel 20:21 - the children Verse 24Deuteronomy 9:6, 9:7, 31:27; Acts 7:51ReciprocalExodus 32:22 - knowest; Numbers 14:9 - Only rebel; 20:10 - General; Deuteronomy 32:5 - a perverse; 1 Samuel 8:8 - General; 15:23 - rebellion; 1 Kings 14:9 - to provoke; Nehemiah 9:16 - dealt; Isaiah 30:1 - the rebellious; Jeremiah 22:21 - This; Ezekiel 2:3 - rebelled; 12:2 - thou; 20:21 - the children Verse 25Deuteronomy 9:16, 9:18ReciprocalGenesis 17:17 - fell; Exodus 24:18 - forty days; 34:2 - in the top; 34:28 - forty days; Deuteronomy 10:10 - I stayed; Psalm 106:23 - he said; Matthew 4:2 - fasted; Mark 1:13 - forty; Luke 4:2 - forty; 2 Corinthians 12:21 - that I; Galatians 3:19 - in Verse 26prayedExodus 32:11-13, 34:9; Numbers 14:13-19; Psalm 99:6, 106:23; Jeremiah 14:21 thine inheritance1 Kings 8:51 which thou hast redeemedDeuteronomy 9:29, 32:9; Psalm 74:1, 74:2; Isaiah 63:19 which thou hast brought forthDeuteronomy 7:8, 13:5, 15:15, 21:8, 26:7, 26:8; Exodus 15:13; 2 Samuel 7:23; Nehemiah 1:10; Psalm 77:15, 107:2; Isaiah 44:23; Micah 6:4; Titus 2:14; Habakkuk 3:1; Revelation 5:9ReciprocalExodus 33:13 - consider; Numbers 21:7 - And Moses; Deuteronomy 4:20 - a people; 11:2 - his greatness; 33:4 - the inheritance; 1 Kings 8:53 - separate; Lamentations 2:20 - consider Verse 27RememberExodus 3:6, 3:16, 6:3-8, 13:5, 32:13; Jeremiah 14:21 look notExodus 32:31, 32:32; 1 Samuel 25:25; Psalm 78:8; Proverbs 21:12; Isaiah 43:24, 43:25; Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 7:18, 7:19ReciprocalNehemiah 9:16 - dealt; Psalm 74:20 - Have; 105:42 - Abraham; Jeremiah 16:12 - imagination; Ezekiel 2:3 - rebelled Verse 28the landGenesis 41:57; Exodus 6:6-8; 1 Samuel 14:25 BecauseDeuteronomy 32:26, 32:27; Exodus 32:12; Numbers 14:15, 14:16; Joshua 7:7-9; Psalm 115:1, 115:2; Isaiah 43:25; 48:9-11; Jeremiah 14:7-9; Ezekiel 20:8, 20:9, 20:14; Daniel 9:18, 9:19ReciprocalDeuteronomy 1:27 - The Lord hated us Verse 29Yet theyDeuteronomy 9:26, 4:20; 1 Kings 8:15; Nehemiah 1:10; Psalm 95:7, 100:3; Isaiah 63:19 which thouDeuteronomy 9:26, 4:34ReciprocalExodus 33:13 - consider; 1 Kings 8:53 - separate; Psalm 28:9 - bless; 74:2 - purchased; 77:15 - with; 106:40 - his own