The Covenant Renewed in Moab. These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which He made with them at Horeb (Sinai). Deu 29:1
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Law Repeated for the New Generation
III. THE THIRD DISCOURSE, Deu_29:1-29; Deu_30:1-20
The Covenant Renewed and Enforced with Promises and Threatenings
27. What had Jehovah done for His people which called for their loyalty in return?
INTRODUCTION
This is again the Greek name for this book, and signifies the “second giving of the Law.” It contains the records of public addresses to Israel, delivered in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their wanderings through the Wilderness. As Moses uttered them on the eve of his own speedy removal, he was able to speak with unusual emphasis and urgency. The allusions to the natural features amidst which these addresses were given are consistent with the place and speaker. It has been shown also by competent scholarship that Deuteronomy has all the peculiarities of Moses’ style; and any differences of hortatory entreaty and appeal may be accounted for by the mellowing effect of age.
The special references to this book in the New Testament are very significant. Our Lord quoted from it thrice in His Temptation, Mat_4:4; Mat_4:10. See also Rom_10:19; Act_3:22; Act_7:37. There are touches by a later writer, and an appendix, Deu_34:1-12; but the origin of the treatise as a whole must be ascribed to the great Lawgiver.
THE COVENANT RENEWED IN MOAB
These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which He made with them at Horeb (Sinai).
Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land;
the great trials [of Pharaoh] which your eyes have seen, the signs and those great wonders.
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart and mind to understand, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.
I have led you in the wilderness forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.
You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God [on whom you must depend].
When you reached this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us in battle, but we defeated them;
and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
So keep the words of this covenant and obey them, so that you may prosper and be successful in everything that you do.
“All of you stand today before the LORD your God–your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
your little ones, your wives, and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your camps, from the one who chops and gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water–
so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, and into His oath and agreement which the LORD your God is making with you today,
so that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Deuteronomy 29:1-13
THE COVENANT THAT BRINGS PROSPERITY
In one great final convocation Moses rehearsed the Covenant, and endeavored to bind the people to its provisions. It becomes us all from time to time to look into the vows that we have made, reviewing them to see if we have carefully observed and kept our pledges. We need also to enlarge their scope as one new department after another is added to the experience of our souls. A review also of God’s great love and care through past years should constrain us, as by the mercies of God, to present ourselves anew to Him, as a “living sacrifice,” Rom_12:1-2.
Notice the double aspect of Deu_29:12-13. It is not enough for us to be willing to enter into a covenant with God and to take His oath; we need that God should establish us unto Himself that we may become His peculiar people. The established heart and character are the very special gifts of the Holy Spirit, 1Th_3:13, 1Pe_5:10.
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