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Themes in Deuteronomy 9

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Themes in Deuteronomy 9

Deuteronomy 9:1 (show verse)

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Cities » Fortified
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Promised
moses » Character of » Faith of

Deuteronomy 9:2 (show verse)

A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard it said, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

Anakim » A race of giants
Anakim, the » Were called » The children of the anakims
Giants » Anakim
moses » Character of » Faith of

Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he who goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said to thee.

moses » Character of » Faith of

Deuteronomy 9:4 (show verse)

Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

the Canaanites » Expelled for wickedness
Self-righteousness » Warning against
national Sins » Exemplified » Nations of canaan

Deuteronomy 9:5 (show verse)

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Faithfulness » Of God
God » Of israel » Faithfulness of
Grace » Of Christ » Bestows unmerited favours
Righteousness » The blessing of God is not to be attributed to our works of
Sin » National, punishment of

Deuteronomy 9:6 (show verse)

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people.

Self-will » Exemplified » The israelites
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified

Deuteronomy 9:7 (show verse)

Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart from the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

Jews, the » National character of » Prone to rebellion
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Remind » Past
Rebellion against God » They who are guilty of » Persevere in
Sin » Described as » Rebellion against God

Deuteronomy 9:8 (show verse)

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God

Deuteronomy 9:9 (show verse)

When I ascended the mount, to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread, nor drank water:

Covenant » Instances of » Of the ten commandments
Fasting » Extraordinary--exemplified
Fasting » Prolonged » For forty days, by moses
Fasting » During forty days » moses
Forty » Days » Of fasting » By moses
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken

Deuteronomy 9:10 (show verse)

And the LORD delivered to me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the LORD spoke with you in the mount, from the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly.

Decalogue » Written » By God
Law » Engraved on stone
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken

Deuteronomy 9:11 (show verse)

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken

Deuteronomy 9:12 (show verse)

And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

Calf of gold » Making of » A turning aside from the divine command
Israel » Obduracy of
Molding » Of images

Deuteronomy 9:13 (show verse)

Furthermore, the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:

Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Self-will » Exemplified » The israelites
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified

Deuteronomy 9:14 (show verse)

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against israel
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Name » Of the wicked
Oblivion » The name of the wicked to be blotted out
The wicked » Guilt of » The name of the wicked to be blotted out

Deuteronomy 9:15 (show verse)

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring

Deuteronomy 9:16 (show verse)

And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Calf » Golden, made by aaron
Calf of gold » Making of » A turning aside from the divine command
Images » Other objects of worship » The golden calf made by aaron
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
false Worship » Other objects of worship » The golden calf made by aaron
FALSE » Other objects of worship » The golden calf made by aaron

Deuteronomy 9:17 (show verse)

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

Calf of gold » Making of » Caused moses to break the tables of the testimony
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel » Idolatry of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken

Deuteronomy 9:18 (show verse)

And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I neither ate bread, nor drank water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Calf of gold » Moses interceded for those who worshipped
Fasting » Extraordinary--exemplified
Fasting » Accompanied by » Humiliation
Fasting » Prolonged » For forty days, by moses
Fasting » Humiliation
Fasting » During forty days » moses
Importunity » Importunity, examples of » moses
intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel » Idolatry of
Mediator » Man as
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Prayer » Importunity, examples of » moses
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exercise of the prerogative of mercy

Deuteronomy 9:19 (show verse)

(For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also.

Calf of gold » Moses interceded for those who worshipped
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against israel
intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel » Idolatry of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exercise of the prerogative of mercy

Deuteronomy 9:20 (show verse)

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Aaron » Makes » the golden calf
Calf of gold » Moses interceded for those who worshipped
Calf of gold » Making of » Excited wrath against aaron
intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
intercession » Answered » of moses » For aaron » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel » Idolatry of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exercise of the prerogative of mercy

Deuteronomy 9:21 (show verse)

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended from the mount.

Aaron » Makes » the golden calf
Calf of gold » Destroyed by moses
intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel » Idolatry of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 9:22 (show verse)

And at Taberah, and at Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
Kibroth-hattaavah » A station where the israelites were miraculously fed with quails
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Taberah » A place in the wilderness where the israelites were punished for their complaining

Deuteronomy 9:23 (show verse)

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to him
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Unbelief
Rebellion against God » Exemplified » israelites
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Unbelief » Instances of » israelites
Unbelief » Exemplified » israelites

Deuteronomy 9:24 (show verse)

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to rebellion
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Rebellion » Against God, condemned
Rebellion against God » They who are guilty of » Persevere in
Rebellion against God » Exemplified » israelites
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 9:25 (show verse)

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

Days » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
Forty » Days » Of fasting » By moses
Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
Prayer » Examples of secret prayer » moses
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » moses

Deuteronomy 9:26 (show verse)

I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
intercession » Intercessory prayer, examples of » For israel
Intercessory prayer » For israel
Israel » Obduracy of
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Prayer » Intercessory prayer, examples of » For israel

Deuteronomy 9:27 (show verse)

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring
Self-will » Servants should » Pray that the people may be forgiven for
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for

Deuteronomy 9:28 (show verse)

Lest the land from which thou hast brought us should say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring

Deuteronomy 9:29 (show verse)

Yet they are thy people and thy inheritance which thou hast brought out by thy mighty power and by thy out-stretched arm.

intercession » Answered » moses » Golden calf
Israel » Obduracy of
moses » Character of » Magnified of God
moses » Character of » Unaspiring