19<\/strong>. and to make thee high above all nations<\/em>, etc.] As remarked above on Deu 26:17<\/em><\/span>, this belongs properly not to Israel’s but to Jehovah’s declaration. High or highest<\/em>, cp. Deu 15:6<\/span>, Deu 28:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n which he hath made<\/em> ] Psa 86:9<\/span>. For a similar assertion in Deut. of Jehovah’s supreme providence, see Deu 4:19<\/span>.<\/p>\n for a<\/strong> praise, and<\/em> for a<\/strong> name, and<\/em> for an<\/strong> honour<\/em> ] As in R.V. marg., cp. Jer 13:11<\/span> b<\/em>. That is a praise<\/em>, etc., to Himself; Berth, prefers ‘to other nations,’ who must acknowledge Israel’s excellence and superiority.<\/p>\n and that thou<\/em> wilt<\/strong> be an holy people<\/em> ] This continues naturally the people’s declaration in Deu 26:18<\/em><\/span>. Holy people<\/em>, Deu 7:6<\/span>, Deu 14:2<\/span>; Deu 14:21<\/span>, Deu 28:9<\/span>; cp. J, Exo 19:6<\/span>, holy nation<\/em> ( gi<\/em> for ‘am<\/em>), to which passage the phrase as he hath spoken<\/em> (possibly editorial) refers.<\/p>\n Verse 19<\/span>. Make thee high above all nations<\/B><\/I>] It is written, Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any<\/I> people<\/I>, Pr 14:34<\/span>. While Israel regarded God’s word and kept his testimonies, they were the greatest and most respectable of all nations; but when they forsook God and his law, they became the most contemptible. O Britain, even more highly favoured than ancient Israel! learn wisdom by what they have suffered. It is not thy fleets nor thine armies, howsoever excellent and well appointed, that can ultimately exalt and secure thy permanence among the nations. It is righteousness alone<\/I>. Become irreligious, neglect God’s ordinances, profane his Sabbath, despise his word, persecute his followers, and thou art lost. But fear, love, and serve him, and thy enemies shall be found liars, thou shalt defeat their projects, and trample on their high places.<\/P> <\/P> THE form of confession when bringing the first-fruits, related De 26:4-10<\/span>, is both affecting and edifying. Even when brought into a state of affluence and rest, they were commanded to remember and publicly acknowledge their former degradation and wretchedness, that they might be ever kept humble and dependent; and they must bring their offering as a public acknowledgment to God that it was by his mercy their state was changed, and by his bounty their comforts were continued. If a man rise from poverty to affluence, and forget his former state, he becomes proud, insolent, and oppressive. If a Christian convert forget his former state, the rock whence he was hewn, and the hole of the pit whence he was digged, he soon becomes careless, unthankful, and unholy. The case of the ten lepers<\/I> that were cleansed, of whom only one<\/I> returned to give God thanks, is an awful lesson. How many are continually living on the bounty of God, who feel no gratitude for his mercies! Reader, Is this thy state? If so, then expect the just God to curse thy blessings.<\/P><\/p>\n To make thee high above all nations<\/strong>,…. None of them having the Lord to be their God and King in such sense as Israel, nor they his people in such a peculiar sense as they were; nor having such laws and statutes as he had given to them; these things gave them a superiority over all other nations:<\/p>\n which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour<\/strong>; that is, which nations he made praiseworthy, famous, and honourable, for their extent, wealth, riches, and number; and yet on the above accounts Israel was advanced higher than they:<\/p>\n and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken<\/strong>; the end of the Lord in being their God, and making them his people, was not only to make them high above all others, but to make them more holy than others; to set them apart for himself, as a people sacred to his worship and service, as he had both determined and declared, De 7:6<\/span>.<\/p>\n 19<\/strong>. <\/strong> A holy people <\/strong> The purpose of the divine choice of Israel was, that a nation set apart for his service might be an example to the other nations. If Israel had become and remained a holy people what an influence its religion, its literature, its character might have exerted!<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>19. <\/strong>To make thee high above all nations<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> The greatest glory and exaltation of any nation is, to be peculiarly grateful and obedient to God. It is both a very high and a very noble privilege, and full of such blessings as will infallibly render a people great and happy above all others. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>Moses enforces all these laws by that mutual covenant which subsisted between God and them. As His <\/em>commands, they were bound to be obedient from duty: as they had avowed God to be their Lord, what was before their duty became now their choice; and as God had acknowledged them for his people, and promised to make them both great and good, they were in love and gratitude engaged to be faithful. Note; <\/em>(1.) Our obedience to God’s laws should be cheerful and universal, as being all holy, and just, and good. (2.) Every profession we make of taking him for our God obliges us to fidelity in his service. (3.) It is his promise to make us holy, and in consequence to make us glorious; and this must be the most engaging motive to yield ourselves up to him, to be in body, soul, and spirit, devoted to his will and service: for what he promises to work in us, we may, notwithstanding all the corruption of our hearts, assuredly expect to see accomplished by his grace. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n BLESSED JESUS! thou art the first fruits indeed, and the first and last, and best offering of my soul, for acceptance with my GOD. Early do I desire to bring thee in the first of every year, and the first of every day, and the first of every morning of the day, and close of the day, as the sole cause of my rejoicing: for in the moment I do this, I desire with the Israelite to cry out, A Gentile ready to perish was my father, and from the Egypt of sin and death, hath the LORD brought out soul. He remembered me in my low estate, for his mercy endureth forever. And will the LORD, indeed, condescend to avouch me for his own? Shall I be of his chosen ones! Will the FATHER of mercies look upon me as accepted in the beloved, and mark me as the object of his peculiar love? Hath my JESUS purchased me with the peculiar price of his blood? Hath the HOLY GHOST visited my soul with the influences of his peculiar grace? Am I, indeed, the object of the united mercy of the Holy Three in One: and are the peculiar blessings of the covenant, the portion of my soul? LORD! grant me grace this day to avouch myself, with all I have, and all I am, to be thine forever. Take my two mites (for soul and body are nothing more, compared to this vast treasury) and accept them, O LORD, in JESUS, for of thine own do I give thee. Witness for me, ye angels of light, that I will know no other GOD but the LORD GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; that I desire to be distinguished from all the nations of the earth, that are not the Israel of GOD, as separated from them; and that henceforth I will make mention of his righteousness, even his only, who is the GOD of my life, and will be my portion forever.<\/p>\n Deu 26:19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.<\/p>\n Ver. 19. And to make thee high.<\/strong> ] “Assyria is the work of God’s hand,” but “Israel is his inheritance.” Isa 19:25<\/span> ; <\/em> Isa 43:3 <\/p>\n as = according as. This is the end of the fourth address. See note on Deu 1:1. <\/p>\n high above: Deu 4:7, Deu 4:8, Deu 28:1, Psa 148:14, Isa 62:12, Isa 66:20, Isa 66:21, Jer 13:11, Jer 33:9, Eze 16:12-14, Zep 3:19, 1Pe 2:5, Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6 <\/p>\n an holy: Deu 7:6, Deu 28:9, Exo 19:6, 1Pe 2:9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 20:26 – severed Deu 14:2 – General Deu 29:13 – establish Deu 32:9 – the Lord’s 1Ch 17:22 – thy people Isa 63:18 – people Jer 2:3 – holiness Eze 39:13 – a renown Dan 12:7 – the holy<\/p>\n And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. 19. and to make thee high above all nations, etc.] As remarked above on Deu 26:17, this belongs … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 26:19”<\/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-5594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594","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=5594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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