4<\/strong>. ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God<\/em> ] See on Deu 10:20<\/span>.<\/p>\n Deu 4:4<\/span><\/p>\n But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The blessedness of cleaving to the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n Moses spoke like a father during the closing days of his life to those who were then alive. There is a reference here to the multitudes who had fallen in the desert because they did not cleave, etc. They cared not for Him who had delivered them. Moses reminds them of the declension of many to the idolatry of Baal Peor, to which they were tempted by those who wished to bring a curse on Israel. He recalls the terrible punishment which overtook the sinners (Num 25:1-18<\/span>). But those who cleaved to the Lord remained in life. This was to be an example to the people to whom Moses spoke, when they realised in this how truly the Lord is a jealous God.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>He watches over their temporal existence, and does not permit it to be snatched away like that of many stoners, unexpectedly and before the times.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>True, we do not now think that an early death is a punishment for falling away from God. With us it is not the same as with Israel. Their reward was first the earthly Canaan. To us is the promise of a heavenly inheritance. Then to die was to lose the promised land; now it is the way of entrance to the heavenly country. Therefore the Lord often takes some of those who cleave to Him early from earth, as if they were His specially favoured ones.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Still, one has often the impression that some are called hence sooner than should have been. And this may seem either a mark of favour or the reverse–of favour, since the poor sinner is saved from further sinning, and may be brought to himself before deaths solemn advent; or of unfavour, since it seems as if it ought to have been otherwise.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Those who cleave to Him experience deliverance from sickness, from trouble and death; in war and pestilence, so that they are not suddenly snatched away; whilst many others–although we dare not judge who–who are accustomed to live according to their lusts, have little safeguard.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>At all events, what Moses says in regard to this life applies to us in regard to the future life. There It will be declared, None is lost who have cleaved to the Lord, they are alive every one this day.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Whereas those will not be found who have never sought after God or His Son Jesus.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>If we would live <\/em>in time and eternity, then we must cleave to the Lord, flee from idolatry and all the abominations that cleave to it. (J. C. Blumhardt.<\/em>)<\/p>\n But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God<\/strong>,…. To the worship of the Lord your God, as the Targum of Jonathan; attended the service of the sanctuary, were observant of the laws of God, and walked in his statutes and judgments; did not apostatize from him by idolatry or otherwise, but kept close unto him, and followed him fully:<\/p>\n are alive everyone of you this day<\/strong>; which is very remarkable, that in such a vast number of people not one should die in such a space of time, it being several months since that affair happened; and besides, in that time there was a war with the Midianites, and yet not one person died in that war, nor as it seems by this account by any disease or disaster whatever; see Nu 31:49<\/span>.<\/p>\n Reader! if your soul be united to JESUS, must not all spiritual life be derived from this union? Oh! the inexpressible preciousness of those words of JESUS: because I live, ye shall live also. Joh 14:19<\/span> .<\/p>\n Deu 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. Are alive.<\/strong> ] Your innocency prevailed for your safety, as it usually doth in a common defection.<\/p>\n Deu 10:20, Deu 13:4, Jos 22:5, Jos 23:8, Rth 1:14-17, Psa 63:8, Psa 143:6-11, Isa 26:20, Eze 9:4, Joh 6:67-69, Act 11:23, Rom 12:9, Rev 14:4, Rev 20:4 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 2:24 – cleave Num 25:3 – joined Num 25:9 – General Num 26:64 – General Deu 5:6 – I am the Deu 6:24 – he might Deu 30:20 – cleave Jos 22:17 – Is the iniquity Psa 78:8 – whose Psa 119:31 – stuck Psa 119:52 – remembered Mat 19:5 – cleave Heb 2:2 – every<\/p>\n 4:4 But ye that did {e} cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.<\/p>\n (e) And were not idolaters.<\/p>\n But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day. 4. ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God ] See on Deu 10:20. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Deu 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God. The blessedness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 4:4”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>The special regard of Jehovah for those who cleave to Him.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The special help and deliverance given to those who cleave to God.<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"