Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Deuteronomy Chapter 9
Overview
Deu 9:1, Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions.
to pass: Deu 3:18, Deu 11:31, Deu 27:2; Jos 1:11, Jos 3:6, Jos 3:14, Jos 3:16, Jos 4:5, Jos 4:19
this day: The 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.
nations: Deu 4:38, Deu 7:1, Deu 11:23
cities: Deu 1:28; Num 13:22, Num 13:28-33
great: Deu 2:11, Deu 2:12, Deu 2:21
Who can stand: Deu 7:24; Exo 9:11; Job 11:10; Dan 8:4, Dan 11:16; Nah 1:6
Understand: Deu 9:6; Mat 15:10; Mar 7:14; Eph 5:17
goeth over: Deu 1:30, Deu 20:4, Deu 31:3-6; Jos 3:11, Jos 3:14; Mic 2:13; Rev 19:11-16
a consuming fire: Deu 4:24; Isa 27:4, Isa 30:27, Isa 30:30, Isa 30:33, Isa 33:14; Nah 1:5, Nah 1:6; Th2 1:8; Heb 12:29
he shall: Deu 7:1, Deu 7:2, Deu 7:16, Deu 7:23, Deu 7:24; Exo 23:29-31; Isa 41:10-16; Rom 8:31
Speak not: Deu 9:5, Deu 7:7, Deu 7:8, Deu 8:17; Eze 36:22, Eze 36:32; Rom 11:6, Rom 11:20; Co1 4:4, Co1 4:7; Eph 2:4, Eph 2:5; Ti2 1:9; Tit 3:3-5
for the wickedness: Deu 12:31, Deu 18:12; Gen 15:16; Lev 18:24, Lev 18:25
Not for: Though 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. Tit 3:5
that he may: Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 15:7, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:13; Exo 32:13; Eze 20:14; Mic 7:20; Luk 1:54, Luk 1:55; Act 3:25, Act 13:32, Act 13:33; Rom 11:28, Rom 15:8
Understand: Deu 9:3, Deu 9:4; Eze 20:44
giveth thee: Moses 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 stiffnecked: Deu 9:13, Deu 10:16, Deu 31:27; Exo 32:9, Exo 33:3, Exo 34:9; Ch2 30:8, Ch2 36:13; Psa 78:8; Isa 48:3, Isa 48:4; Eze 2:4; Zac 7:11, Zac 7:12; Act 7:51; Rom 5:20, Rom 5:21
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. Deu 8:2; Eze 16:61-63, Eze 20:43, Eze 36:31; Co1 15:9; Eph 2:11; Ti1 1:13-15
from the day: Deu 31:27, Deu 32:5, Deu 32:6; Exo 14:11, Exo 16:2, Exo 17:2; Num 11:4, Num 14:1-10, 16:1-35; Num 20:2-5, Num 21:5, Num 25:2; Neh 9:16-18; Psa. 78:8-72, Psa 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. Exo 32:16; Psa 106:19-22
I was: Exo 24:12, Exo 24:15, Exo 24:18
the tables: Deu 9:15; Exo 31:18, Exo 34:28; Jer 31:31, Jer 31:32; Gal 4:24
then I: Exo 24:18, Exo 34:28; Kg1 19:8; Mat 4:2
I neither: Deu 9:18; Kg1 13:8, Kg1 13:9; Kg2 6:22
the Lord: Exo 31:18
written with: Deu 10:4; Mat 12:28; Luk 11:20; Co2 3:3; Heb 8:10
all the words: Deu 4:10-15, 5:6-21, Deu 18:16; Exo 19:17-19, 20:1-18
the tables of the covenant: Deu 9:9; Num 10:33; Heb 8:6-10, Heb 9:4
corrupted: Deu 4:16, Deu 31:29, Deu 32:5; Gen 6:11, Gen 6:12; Jde 1:10
are quickly: Deu 9:16; Jdg 2:17; Psa 78:57; Hos 6:4; Gal 1:6
I have: Gen 11:5, Gen 18:21; Exo 32:9, Exo 32:10; Psa 50:7; Jer 7:11, Jer 13:27; Hos 6:10; Mal 3:5
stiffnecked: Deu 9:6, Deu 10:16, Deu 31:27; Kg2 17:14
Let me: Exo 32:10-13; Isa 62:6, Isa 62:7; Jer 14:11, Jer 15:1; Luk 11:7-10, Luk 18:1-8; Act 7:51
blot: Deu 29:20; Exo 32:32, Exo 32:33; Psa 9:5, Psa 109:13; Pro 10:7; Rev 3:5
and I will: Num 14:11, Num 14:12
I turned: Exo 32:14, 15-35
the mount: Deu 4:11, Deu 5:23; Exo 9:23, Exo 19:18; Heb 12:18
I looked: Exo 32:19; Act 7:40, Act 7:41
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. Deu 9:17
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. Deu 9:9; Exo 32:10-14, Exo 34:28; Sa2 12:16; Psa 106:23
For I: Deu 9:8; Exo 32:10, Exo 32:11; Neh 1:2-7; Luk 12:4, Luk 12:5
But the: Deu 10:10; Exo 32:14, Exo 33:17; Psa 99:6, Psa 106:23; Amo 7:2, Amo 7:3, Amo 7:5, Amo 7:6; Jam 5:16, Jam 5:17
Exo 32:2-5, Exo 32:21, Exo 32:35; Heb 7:26-28
I took: Exo 32:20; Isa 2:18-21, Isa 30:22, Isa 31:7; Hos 8:11
the brook: This was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote with his rod (Exo 17:6), and to which the Psalmist alludes in Psa 78:16-20; Psa 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.
Taberah: Num 11:1-5
Massah: Exo 17:7
Kibrothhattaavah: Num 11:4, Num 11:34
Likewise: Deu 1:19-33; Num. 13:1-33
ye rebelled: Num 14:1-4, 10-41; Isa 63:10
ye believed: Deu 1:32, Deu 1:33; Psa 78:22, Psa 106:24, Psa 106:25; Heb 3:18, Heb 3:19, Heb 4:2
Deu 9:6, Deu 9:7, Deu 31:27; Act 7:51
prayed: Exo 32:11-13, Exo 34:9; Num 14:13-19; Psa 99:6, Psa 106:23; Jer 14:21
thine inheritance: Kg1 8:51
which thou hast redeemed: Deu 9:29, Deu 32:9; Psa 74:1, Psa 74:2; Isa 63:19
which thou hast brought forth: Deu 7:8, Deu 13:5, Deu 15:15, Deu 21:8, Deu 26:7, Deu 26:8; Exo 15:13; Sa2 7:23; Neh 1:10; Psa 77:15, Psa 107:2; Isa 44:23; Mic 6:4; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:12; Rev 5:9
Remember: Exo 3:6, Exo 3:16, Exo 6:3-8, Exo 13:5, Exo 32:13; Jer 14:21
look not: Exo 32:31, Exo 32:32; Sa1 25:25; Psa 78:8; Pro 21:12; Isa 43:24, Isa 43:25; Jer 50:20; Mic 7:18, Mic 7:19
the land: Gen 41:57; Exo 6:6-8; Sa1 14:25
Because: Deu 32:26, Deu 32:27; Exo 32:12; Num 14:15, Num 14:16; Jos 7:7-9; Psa 115:1, Psa 115:2; Isa 43:25; Isa 48:9-11; Jer 14:7-9; Eze 20:8, Eze 20:9, Eze 20:14; Dan 9:18, Dan 9:19
Yet they: Deu 9:26, Deu 4:20; Kg1 8:15; Neh 1:10; Psa 95:7, Psa 100:3; Isa 63:19