“ For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lotb of his inheritance. ”
Song of Moses If Deuteronomy 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1)...
Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry of the OT. Its dominant theme is Yahweh's justice...
lot . line. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, because the inheritance was allotted by. cord or line. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:18 ; Psalms 16:6 ; Psalms 19:4 . Micah 2:5 .
9 For the Lord’s portion is his people. This is the main point, that God was moved by nothing but His own good pleasure to make so much of this people, who had been derived from a common ori...
DISCOURSE: 232 GOD’S REGARD FOR HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 32:9-12 . The Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob it the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wi...
For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. The Lord's portion is his people - What an astonishing saying! As holy souls take God for their portion, so God takes th...
Ver. 8, 9. When the Most High divided, &c.— Bochart gives the words this simple meaning: "God so distributed the bounds and settlements of the several people and nations, as to reserve in h...
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. When the Mo...
The Song of Moses The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke Him with their forgetfulness and unfaithfulness,...
Comp. Deuteronomy 21:16 . “when the Most High made nations to inherit, When He parted the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel. For the por...
THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A) THE SONG OF MOSES Deuteronomy 32:1-52 CRITICS have debated the date, authorship, and history of this song. For the present purpose it is sufficient, perhaps...
Moses' Song: the Lord's Favor upon Israel Deuteronomy 31:30 ; Deuteronomy 32:1-14 The song of Moses, like the fabled song of the swan, was his last and sweetest. It is probably the noblest ode...
Here we have the song itself. The first part (verses Deuteronomy 32:1 ; Deuteronomy 32:1 ) consists of a call to attention. Heaven and earth are called to listen while the servant of God proclaims...
The sweetest of all subjects, and the most interesting of all histories, is that which makes a man acquainted with himself. In looking back to the original formation of GOD'S church and people, we be...
For the Lord's portion [is] his people, Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance. This is the reason why the Lord so early provided a portion or inheritance for the children of Israel in the land of C...
For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance. Ver. 9. For the Lord's portion.] Dear to God, though despised of the world. They are the Lord's "inheritance," Isa 19:...
The Lord's portion is his people Highly prized and loved by him, Exodus 19:5-6 . As if he had said, The Israelites are that portion of mankind whom God was pleased to redeem out of bondage, and to...
GOD: MAJESTIC AND FAITHFUL (vs.l-4) In these four verses the introduction of this song of Moses is both magnificent and beautiful. The heavens and the earth are called to hear the faithful words...
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the most High divided to the nations t...
It is no wonder God had so great a regard to this people, for he chose them out of all mankind to be his peculiar portion and treasure.
Chapter 32 The Song of Moses. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled and it could be called on as a witness against the...
The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the marks of prophetic testimony in the perfectly ideal...
Deuteronomy 32:1 . Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak. This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty, has been called the Swan song of Moses, who died...
The Lord’s portion is His people. A choice portion 1. The text teaches us that the Church of God is the Lord’s own peculiar and special property. “The earth is the Lord s, and the fulness there...
EXPOSITION SONG OF MOSES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH . In accordance with the Divine injunction, Moses composed an ode, which he recited in the hearing of the people, and commi...
Israel's Position and Apostasy
1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Samuel 10:1 ; Deuteronomy 26:18 ; Deuteronomy 26:19 ; Ephesians 1:18 ; Exodus 15:16 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Isaiah 43:21 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; Jeremiah 5...
His people — It is no wonder God had so great a regard to this people, for he chose them out of all mankind to be his peculiar portion.