Deuteronomy 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: ”

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no (l) manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: (l) Signifying, that destruction...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Part of Moses-' First Address. This contains exhortations to obedience from motives of self-interest and of gratitude to Yahweh, and forms an apparent logical unity with Deuteronomy 1:6 to...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

yourselves . your souls. Hebrew. nephesh. See Deuteronomy 4:9 above and App-13.
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Ye saw no manner of similitude - Howso...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Take ... good heed ... (for ye s...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

First Discourse ( Deuteronomy 1:14 to Deuteronomy 4:43 ) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promi...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye saw no manner of similitude. — The worship of the invisible Jehovah is here specially insisted on. The difficulty of learning to worship one whom we cannot see is, happily, one which our educa...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1-40 , Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 . WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous c...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah “a Jealous God” Deuteronomy 4:15-31 How often Moses repeats, “ take heed. ” We must watch as well as pray and keep our souls diligently. We must specially beware of idols-that is, any...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

On the ground of this survey Moser exhorted the people to be obedient, His appeal was based on the greatness of their God and the perfection of His law. Their whole existence as a nation centered aro...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Moses lays great stress upon the prohibition to similitudes: not only condemning all improper resemblances, but all resemblances. "To what will ye liken me?" saith the LORD. Isaiah 40:18-25 . How sw...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ,.... As to keep all the laws given them, so particularly to avoid idolatry: for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day the Lord spake unto you in Ho...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Ver. 15. Take ye therefore good hee...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye saw no similitude in Horeb God, who, in some other places and times, did appear in a human form, now in this most solemn appearance, when he came to give eternal laws for the direction of the Is...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOSES INSISTS ON OBEDIENCE (vs.1-14) Because God had already blessed Israel and intended to bless them more greatly still. Moses urges them to "listen to the statutes and judgments" he is teachin...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations and Arguments. B. C. 1451. 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the stat...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By which caution he insinuates man's great proneness to the worship of images. God, who in other places and times did appear in a similitude, in the fashion of a man, now in this most solemn appearan...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Are To Remember That Yahweh Is Without Form, And Is A Consuming Fire, And Must Therefore Avoid Making Any Graven Image for Worship Purposes For That Would Be to Adulterate and Misrepresent Yahw...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—From the mention of what God had done for Israel, Moses passes to the obedience of the law. They were under deep obligation to keep it, and in doing so, consisted their wisdom, grea...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

saw no manner ( See Scofield) - ( John 1:18 ).
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 4:2 . Ye shall not add unto the word. This would be to debase revelation, and treat the divine law as a defective production of man, that needed additions and retrenchments. Solon, the...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land. Moses’ discourse 1. In general it...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 4:1-5 ADMONITIONS AND EXHORTATIONS . Moses, having presented to the people certain facts in their recent history which had in them a specially animating and enco...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against Idolatry
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:10 ; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 ; Deuteronomy 4:12 ; Deuteronomy 4:23 ; Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Jeremiah 17:21 ; Joshua 23:11 ; Malachi...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Parting Words Deuteronomy 4:1-49 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is, perhaps, strange to some that we speak of the fourth chapter of Deuteronomy as "Parting words," yet the whole Book of Deuteronomy cen...
Deuteronomy 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In Horeb — God, who in other places and times did appear in a similitude in the fashion of a man, now in this most solemn appearance, when he comes to give eternal laws for the direction of the Isr...

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes