The book of Deuteronomy may in a general sense be said
to be the dying message of Moses to Israel. It is supposed to
have been uttered within a few days of his death. (Outline of
the book follows.) R5334:4, R5528:1
Deuteronomy is the title of one of the most important
books of the Bible. From it evidently David and the other
prophets of the Old Testament drew considerable of their
inspiration and from it our Lord and the apostles freely
quoted. It may be said to be a grand summary of the whole
law of God. It presents to us a number of the orations of that
great man of God and leader of Israel--the Mediator of the
Law covenant. Its preparation may have been a gradual work
on the part of Moses but its delivery was apparently reserved
until shortly before his death, about the time the Israelites
were ready to pass over Jordan under the leadership of Joshua
to take possession of the land. The grandeur of its language is
freely conceded by all. The evident object of the book was to
impress upon the Israelites the glorious lessons of their past,
to inspire them with reverence for Jehovah and thus to be to
that people the voice of Moses and the voice of the Lord
through Moses encouraging and admonishing them and,
through them, future generations. R4050:3
Not only did these orations of Deuteronomy have a
valuable influence upon the Israelites at the important
juncture of their passing from the guidance of an old leader to
that of a younger one and into a new land, but Scriptural
history tells us that six hundred years afterward the finding of
the book of Deuteronomy and the reading of it first in the ears
of King Josiah and afterward in the hearing of all the people
awakened one of the greatest revivals in the history of that
nation. R4051:1
Israel's organization now was a combination of political
and military under judges and officers over thousands,
hundreds, fifties, tens. R4037:2
Which Moses spake -- The dying message of Moses to
Israel supposed to have been uttered within a few days of his
death. R5334:4, R5528:1
To impress upon the Israelites the glorious lessons of their
past and to inspire them with reverence for Jehovah. R4050:3
Unto all Israel -- Not only a valuable lesson upon Israel
then, but 600 years later awakened a great revival in that
nation. (2 Kings 22:8-20). R4051:1
Saying -- The beginning of the first of four addresses
given a few days before his death. R5334:4
Wise men, and known -- Men of influence; thus Moses
was not seeking his own aggrandizement. A47; HG534:1
The stranger -- Foreigner. HG534:5
Too hard for you -- And you, yourselves, shall be judges
as to whether it is too hard or not. A48
Bring it unto me -- They themselves were the judges as to
what cases went before Moses. HG534:3
And I will hear it -- After Moses' death such questions
were brought directly to the Lord through the High Priest, the
answer being Yes or No by the Urim and Thummim. A49;
HG534:6
Terrible wilderness -- The desert of Paran which the
Israelites traversed hither and thither in their wanderings of
forty years. R4037:3
But Joshua -- Type of Christ. A79
These forty years -- As Israel, because of lack of faith,
had its wilderness journey of forty years; so, on account of
lack of faith at our Lord's first advent, they were made to
wander during the past nineteen centuries. R3079:3
38 years -- Thirty-eight and a large fraction of a year.
HG44:4
Upon the nations -- Egypt was unquestionably the
principal nation of that time and the king of Egypt freely
conceded that the Israelites were "more and (physically)
mightier" than the Egyptians. (Exod. 1:9) HG362:6
But charge Joshua -- Type of Christ. A79
Sight of the nations -- God's law was more or less known,
through the Jews, to other peoples. R5521:6
What nation is there -- They were made to differ from
other men by reason of God's dealings with them and his
promises to them. SM380:1
Learn to fear me -- So, during the time of trouble
mankind will learn a lesson never to be forgotten. R153:4
His covenant -- The Jew is bound by the Law so long as
he lives. (Rom. 7:1) R5163:1
Ten commandments -- The foundation of the Law
covenant. R1733:5, R1724:6
A consuming fire -- God's love, no less than his justice,
burns against all sin; he cannot look upon sin (Heb. 12:29);
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
(Heb. 10:31) F120
God is so opposed to everything that is impure that it will be
destroyed sooner or later. R5266:6
Covenant of thy fathers -- The Abrahamic covenant, of
which the Gospel Church, as the spiritual seed of Abraham,
are the chief inheritors. (Rom. 9:8; Gal. 3:29) R1850:2
As this great thing -- Those wonders on behalf of fleshly
Israel are eclipsed by greater wonders on behalf of spiritual
Israel. R1850:3
Midst of the fire -- Out of the glorious manifestations of
his adorable presence with the Church. R1850:3
Before your eyes -- In their emancipation from the
bondage of sin and their leading through all the wilderness
way, beset by foes without and within, hotly pursued by
Satan, tempted, tried and persecuted, what a miracle of grace
is every child of God. R1850:4
O Israel -- The Ten Commandments were given to Israel
alone. R971:4
Made a covenant -- The Ten Commandments are the
"covenant" of the Law. R542:3
The Ten Commandments alone are declared to be the
covenant; the ordinances merely went with them. R974:2
With us -- The Law covenant was made with the people of
Israel, not with Moses. Moses was the Mediator. R4999:3,
R4370:5
God dealt only with one man, Moses, in the making of the
Law covenant. He stood in the position of a father to the
nation, the nation being regarded as children under age.
R5046:4
The Jews eagerly accepted the arrangement but, being
imperfect, they could not keep this perfect law. PD35/46
With our fathers -- Not with any one else previously.
F356
But with us -- The blessings of that covenant and its
promises were only to the one nation; so also its curses.
R1725:1, R5046:1
Talked with you -- Not through the intervention of priests.
A54
I stood between -- Proving that the Law was conditional.
R4370:5
It was the Law of God because it came from him; and it is the
Law of Moses in that it came through him. HG583:6*
Moses was the Mediator of the Law covenant. As Mediator
he stood between the two parties, God and Israel. On the one
hand he represented God, and on the other, Israel. R4681:3,
R2858:3, R5000:1; Q185:2
So the antitypical Moses, the Christ (Head and Body), as
Mediator, will stand between God and the world and will for
a thousand years shield the people from the requirements of
absolute justice. R4646:1, R5000:1
The title of Mediator applied to Moses only while the
covenant was being made. In future renewals, Aaron
represents the Mediator in his sacrificing and subsequent
blessing the people, while Moses represents the Law.
R4570:3*
Not only to satisfy the claims of justice but to instruct, correct
and restore as many of the fallen race as so desire. E18
Into the mount -- Type of the Kingdom of God. R4037:5
Thou shalt have -- The Decalogue is a synopsis of the
whole Law. A45
Neither the angelic sons nor the New Creation are under the
Law, nor do they need it. F365; R4014:2
The wonderful Law of God, represented by the Ten
Commandments, has a depth of meaning not seen on the
surface, and was apparently seen by none until Jesus
"magnified the law and made it honorable." (Isa. 42:21)
R5286:2
None other gods -- Mighty ones, my equals. E40
God properly puts himself first; the true God shall have first
place in the human heart. R4014:3, R5286:3
Any graven image -- With spiritual Israel this goes so far
as to include father, mother, self, wealth, ambition; anything
that would prevent the Lord from having the first place.
R3038:2, R4014:4, R5071:5
Waters beneath -- The waters are below, beneath, the
level of the "dry land," called the earth. R1813:1
Bow down thyself -- Shaw-kaw, worship. E73
Unto them -- To images or to rival gods. E73
Am a jealous God -- Wanting all the affections,
confidence and trust of my creatures, for their own good.
R3038:3, R4789:2
God's jealousy is just and is sure to bring to the sinner a just
punishment. R4789:2
The impropriety of jealousy is when it leads to bitterness and
other like qualities to which the fallen human mind is subject.
R4789:2
Upon the children -- By the law of nature under which, in
wisdom, God has placed humanity. R3038:3
The tendency of sin is to break down the moral character and
to impair the physical system. R2668:2
Suffering for the fathers' sins. R527:6*
Unto the third -- Darwin considered that species had been
and were being built up by the process of natural selection,
but no species is being built up, and deviations from the
prototype are corrected in the course of three generations.
R4859:6*
Taketh his name -- The only ones who may properly take
Christ's name are those who really become his disciples.
R5404:6
As a child adopted into a family takes the name of the family,
so we have taken upon ourselves the name of the sons of God.
R4014:5
To take the name of God without careful effort to represent
him is a sin against God. R1527:6
So the Jews, going to the extreme, avoid the covenant name
of God-Jehovah. R3038:6
In vain -- Lightly, frivolously, or in any other than a
sacred and reverential manner. R3038:5, R1527:3
"Thou desirest truth in the inward parts." (Psa. 51:6)
R1527:3
"Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from
iniquity." (2 Tim. 2:19) R1527:3
The sabbath day -- Type of the Millennial age. B40;
R5071:6; Q607:4
Typifying the rest which spiritual Israelites now enter by faith
in Christ. R4015:1, R5071:6, R5360:1
Sanctify it -- Observance as a day of rest, and no more.
R4995:3
But the seventh day -- Not the first day; if this
commandment is binding at all, it is binding as stated and
cannot be changed. R1727:2
Not do any work -- It prohibits all kinds of work, secular
or religious. R1727:1
"We which believe do enter into rest." (Heb. 4:3) R3753:4
Keep the sabbath day -- This was something new to the
Israelites, not previously known among them or their fathers.
R1731:3
The Jewish Sabbath and its system of sabbaths are types of
the greater Sabbath-the heavenly. Q759:3
Honour thy father -- To the spiritual Israelite this would
mean our Father in heaven. R4019:3
If our forefathers were monkeys, as so many now teach, why
should we have much honor or respect for them? R4019:3
Quoted by Jesus in Mark 7:10 and attributed to Moses.
HG583:6*
And thy mother -- To the spiritual Israelites this would
mean God's original covenant with Abraham, typified by
Sarah. R4019:5
In the land -- The fact that the Jews did not dwell long in
the land given them is evidence that they did not keep this
commandment properly. R3044:6
Thou shaft not kill -- Hatred of a brother is the spirit of
murder. R3045:1, R4019:6, R5286:3
We should not even kill animals wantonly. R3045:1,
R4019:5, R5287:6
Commit adultery -- Not even "in the heart." (Matt. 5:28)
R4020:4, R5286:3
The Church is to be uncontaminated, unadulterated, separate
from the world. R3045:3
Neither shalt thou steal -- By any method deprive another
of that which is properly his. R4020:5
Making false returns to tax assessors, attempting to smuggle
without payment of customs duty, failure to give agreed-upon
services for wages, are stealing. R5288:1
The worst form of stealing is the filching of another's good
name. "Speak evil of no man. (Titus 3:2) R5288:1,4
Bear false witness -- By a nod of the head, a shrug of the
shoulders, or by silence. R3045:5
Desire ... covet -- Wish to appropriate for yourself.
R4021:4
"Godliness with contentment (absence of covetousness) is
great gain." (1 Tim. 6:6) R3046:1
Covetousness caused Satan's fall. R3046:1
And the judgments -- Decisions as to right and wrong.
R4051:1
To teach you -- "They are written for our admonition upon
whom the ends of the world (the present evil world) are
come." (1 Cor. 10:11)--the very object of their record.
R1850:2
Fear the LORD -- Perfect love casteth out slavish, but not
reverential fear. R2986:6, R4051:2
May be well -- The promises to fleshly Israel were earthly
promises. R4051:3
The LORD -- Jehovah, not a general name but a proper
name, the distinctive personal name of the Almighty Father.
Like other proper names, it should not be translated. R1410:6
Our God -- The word "god" signifies mighty one, but not
always the All-Mighty One. R1410:2
Is one LORD -- There is but one God, and he has not
three names, but one--Jehovah. R4051:5; E41; CR289:3
Our Roman Catholic friends make many gods--the Father,
Son, holy Spirit, Mary, and all the apostles and saints; and the
Protestants, contrary to Scripture, declare we have three Gods
in one or one God in three persons. R4051:4
The Jew rejects the doctrine of the Trinity as an absurdity.
OV113:3
Jehovah, self-centered and self-contained, changes not.
SM483:4
Scientifically proved by the unity of material, force,
government and moral law throughout the universe.
R3861:2*
Thou shalt love -- Not dread, fear or tremble. R5521:3
"Love is the fulfilling of the law." (Rom. 13:10) A246
Failure to love God and neighbor results in the time of trouble
as a natural consequence. A309
The spiritual Israelite is obliged to live up to everything in the
spirit that the Jew was commanded to do in the flesh. Q449:3
Love leads us to do all things in his Word. R5359:6
A law based upon justice. R5072:2
The law the whole world will be under during the Millennial
age. Q172:T
The spirit of the Decalogue is today recognized as the very
best statement of human obligation. OV10:1; SM380:T
The LORD -- Jehovah. E41
With all thine heart -- Not a mere passing sentiment of
appreciation; it is all-absorbing love that God desires.
R1850:4
Some might love and yet work ill, with best intentions; but
perfect love worketh no ill. R4850:1
Such love does not wait for commands, but appeals for
service. F124
Teach them diligently -- Cultivate this love by meditating
upon his just and holy law and upon his precepts and
instructions, and by teaching them diligently. R1850:4
When thou risest up -- A heart thus filled with love for
God would have no time for sin or frivolity and would indeed
be that of a saint. R4052:3
Upon thine hand -- Let the divine law affect every affair
of your life. R4053:2
Between thine eyes -- The memory, stored with words of
revelation, is a ready weapon of defense against every attack
of the Adversary. R2038:6
Misunderstanding the spirit of this exhortation, many Jews,
even to this day, bind upon forehead and arm cubical leather
boxes, phylacteries, containing Scriptural passages. R4053:1
Posts of thy house -- Many Jews do this literally, but
Moses' thought was that everything pertaining to the family of
God is sacred to him and under his blessing. R4053:4
And on thy gates -- The Christian who abandons the daily
reading of the Word and meditation upon it is not a growing
Christian. R1850:5
Lest thou forget -- The light, misused, may turn to
darkness; and then, "how great is that darkness." (Matt. 6:23)
R1850:5
And destroy thee -- The application to reprobates of
spiritual Israel corresponds to the faithful warnings of the
Apostle Paul in Heb. 6:4-8 and Heb. 10:26-31. R1850:6
Ye shall not tempt -- With unreasonable and unnecessary
requests for temporal favors or protection against legitimate
results of presumptuous experiments. R1688:5
Cast out many nations -- No injustice was done to
the Canaanites by the Lord's decree. R3085:3
In type the Canaanites or Amorites represented the
weaknesses and imperfections of the fallen nature--sin.
R3085:2
Greater and mightier -- This must mean that combinedly
they were greater and mightier, or else it signified that these
people were larger-bodied giants, in accord with the report of
the spies. HG362:6
Certainly the entire seven nations of that time could not have
numbered much over a million souls, else how could that little
land have supported them? HG362:6
Shalt smite them -- Representing the weaknesses of our human nature against which we are to battle and overcome. Q48:T
Make no covenant -- Hence the Jews were right in not
acknowledging the Samaritans, having no religious dealings
with them, nor intermarrying with them. R2574:2
A special people -- For 2081 years-from the Abrahamic
covenant to the call of Cornelius. R3459:6*
Unto your fathers -- Because of Abraham's great faith in
him, the Lord promised to make of his seed a peculiar people.
R5490:2
Thou shalt therefore keep -- Although all of the sons of
Jacob were called or invited, it was a conditional call.
R4781:3
Well remember -- So must the Christian continually call
to mind the Lord's leadings, care and deliverance in his
individual experiences. R2031:6
Thou shalt remember -- Moses exhorted the people to
fear and love the Lord. R5296:1
God led thee -- While in the wilderness they had learned
to depend on the Lord. R5296:1
These forty years -- Israel, because of lack of faith, had its
wilderness journey of forty years. So, on account of lack of
faith at our Lord's first advent, they were to wander during the
past nineteen centuries. R3079:3
To prove thee -- To test you. R5395:5
Fed thee with manna -- Representing the living Bread
supplied to the world by God through Christ. T122
But by every word -- Not just the ceremonies and justice
of the Law, but mercy, peace, love, reconciliation and
adoption into God's family. R3080:3
The type could sustain natural life for a brief season, but the
real Bread sustains spiritual life forever. R38:3, 5*
God chasteneth thee -- God's chastenings have kept
spiritual Israel's feet from wandering. R5527:6
Into a good land -- What a wonderful application can
spiritual Israel make of this scripture-we are even now in this
antitypical land. R5527:6
Surely perish -- As the rich man died and was tormented
in the flames of persecution. (Luke 16:24) R802:3*
Pass over Jordan -- The crossing of Jordan under the
leadership of Joshua represents God's people passing from
death unto life through faith in the blood of Jesus. PD37/48
Hath cast them out -- They had been already sentenced by
God to destruction before the conquest by Joshua. (Gen.
15:16) R2485:1
For the wickedness -- Like the Sodomites, they had gone
as far in their wickedness as divine wisdom saw best to
permit. R5296:2
Tables of the covenant -- The Ten Commandments were
the basis of the Law covenant. R1724:6
The finger of God -- Moses thus attributes the origin of
the Mosaic Law to God, not to himself. A53
And brake them -- Representing the failure of the Law
covenant by reason of the "weakness of the flesh." D631;
R2196:4
Indicating that the covenant was broken. R5298:2
The first tables, prepared by the Lord himself, represents how
man in his creation was a perfect image of his Creator.
R5298:6, R2196:4
Hew thee two tables -- Representing that The Christ of
glory will prepare the hearts of mankind for the re-writing of
the divine law. R5299:1
I turned myself -- Here Moses typified the entire Church,
of which our Lord is the Head. B134; D630; R5035:4
Put the tables -- Representing the New covenant, of which
Christ is the Mediator. D631
In the ark -- It represented the eternal purpose of God, his
foreordained arrangement of riches of grace for mankind in
The Christ (Head and Body). T121
The tribe of Levi -- Typifying the household of faith.
T26; F459
Circumcise . . . your heart -- Signifies a cutting off, a
separation from the flesh, its aims, hopes and desires.
R3022:3
A type of which circumcision they already had in the flesh.
(Rom. 11:25-30) R3071:2
God of gods -- Elohim--a mighty or great one, used in
referring to Jehovah the Almighty God, as well as to other
gods. R1410:3; E66
Thou shalt fear -- Thou shalt reverence. E74
Persons -- Nephesh--souls, sentient beings. E334
Know ye this day -- A similar use of language to that
employed by Jesus in his answer to the dying thief. (Luke
23:43) HG130:3
In the midst of Egypt -- The dominion of sin and death.
R5643:1, R5273:1; F458
Unto Pharaoh -- Type of Satan. R5273:2, R5419:5,
F458
The army of Egypt -- Type of the opponents of God's
people. F458; R5273:2, R5641:3
Their horses -- Symbolic of false doctrines. C316
Their chariots -- Symbolic of worldly organizations.
C316
Of the Red Sea -- Representing the Second Death. F459
A curse -- But it could not come without God's permission.
R1780:2, R1271:5
There shall be a place -- Only one spot on earth where
atoning blood could be shed. R3454:5*
In every place -- This prohibition not applicable in
Solomon's time. (1 Kings 3:3) R2045:5
Forsake not the Levite -- The tithe, though a just debt,
was not enforced as a tax but was to be paid as a voluntary
contribution. HG535:6; A52
Eat not the blood -- Forbidden even before the Law.
(Gen. 9:4) R1473:1
The blood is the life -- Represents the life. E325
Daughters they have burnt -- Thus Jephthah vowed not to
sacrifice his daughter, but to devote her to perpetual virginity.
R2897:3, 5
God proveth you -- The word prove has the sense of test.
The words were addressed to Israel, who had entered into a
covenant to obey all God's requirements, so it was proper that
the Lord should prove them. This proving would be
accomplished by permitting false prophets to be amongst
them. God did not prove the heathen nations, for they had no
covenant with him. R5799:3, R5527:3
Satan's opposition to the Church is permitted as a trial of faith
and of patient endurance. It tests their loyalty to God, to the
truth and to the brethren and becomes a test of brotherly love,
thus doing a sifting or separating work. R5147:6, R5320:6,
R4445:5, R4462:2, R4479:3, R4910:3
"Blessed is the man that endureth (faithfully under)
temptation; for after his trials he will receive the crown of life
which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." (Jas.
1:12) R2258:3
Class troubles amongst the brethren are means which the Lord
permits to test and to demonstrate the character of his people.
R5948:1
To see how we learn the lessons of binding up the broken
hearts. SM267, SM268
When trying experiences came to him the Lord considered
them as being under the supervision of the Father. So it is
with us: if the Father permits trying experiences for our
testing, it is for us to rejoice. R4802:3, R2258:3
The Lord is surely judging the nations, especially those that
have been greatly blessed with his favor. OV432:1; CR494:1
The Lord gives opportunities of choice, for there is no virtue
in choosing that which alone is possible. R3631:
Whether ye love the LORD -- Those who will endure
most patiently will give evidence of the best character.
R5395:6, R4910:2
Only by permitting false teachers could God demonstrate to
what extent his professed people are loyal to him. R5800:2
The Lord will not accept us merely because we are
consecrated. He requires that the consecration be proved.
R4910:4
Our obedience to the principles of righteousness is in
proportion to our love for the Lord. These principles,
obediently followed, develop character to be crystallized.
R3631:3
Put him to death -- Extending good will towards God's
enemies is obnoxious to God. The stoning of a condemned
criminal showed acquiescence and approval of God's
judgment. R764:5
That he die -- Thus the Lord proved Israel's determination
to obey him at the sacrifice of any earthly friendship if need
be. In this Israel was a type of both the world in the age to
come and the Church in the present time. R768:1
Serve other gods -- Those who fellowship with such have
not the spirit of the Lord. R1588:3
Chosen thee -- Not so much for their own sake as for
God's "Holy Name's Sake" (Ezek. 36:22)--for the sake of
love to all men. R518:1*
A peculiar people -- The Jews were a special people
whom God had separated from the world; they were a chosen
generation or race. R5460:3
The Bride of Christ will be his companion, his confidant, his
peculiar treasure. R1820:3
Unto himself -- Peter shows these words belong not to the
Jews, but to their antitype, the elect Church. (1 Pet. 2:9)
R1820:3
Ye shall not eat -- This was said to the Jews, not to us.
Q431:3
Shalt not forsake him -- Israel was voluntarily to
contribute to his support because "he hath no part nor
inheritance." (Num. 18:20) A52
The position of the Levites was not fortified by threats of
present or future calamity. OV11:2
No part nor Inheritance -- The Levites had as much right
to a share in the land as the other tribes. Instead of the land
some equivalent should be provided for them, and the tithe
was this reasonable and just provision. HG535:5
Thou shalt lend -- Earthly goods; in order that what you
have to offer of spiritual things may be more acceptable.
R2539:2
Shalt not borrow -- The New Creature has this as its rule
now. F564
Let him go free -- Picturing the release of mankind from
sin and death. R5356:1
Remember -- So must the Christian call to mind his
individual deliverances. R2031:6
This thing to day -- Here the word "today" is used in the
same sense as in our Lord's words to the dying thief. F669
Shalt not sacrifice it -- It must be our justified selves and
not our sins which we present. R1231:2
Such an injunction is necessary, as inborn selfishness suggests
that it would be a pity to sacrifice the best things. R3148:1
So children should be trained to consider God's service the
most honorable and most highly rewarding, and encouraged
to use their talents therein rather than to seek higher education
for secular pursuits. R3148:2
The passover -- Each house of Israel represented the
household of faith and each lamb represented the Lamb of
God which taketh away the sin of the world. F460
No leavened bread -- Leaven is a symbol of corruption,
error, sin. R5192:4; F464; T98
Symbolizing the putting away of sin. R5390:2
Bread of affliction -- So called because of their sufferings
in Egypt. R1800:2
Freewill offering -- Thus at Pentecost the Lord's followers
dispensed to all who were in readiness to receive the blessings
granted them through Jesus. R4307:2
I will set a king -- Judges developed the Israelites
individually; the kingdom tended to develop them along
national lines. The individual judgment better prepared the
people for the coming of Messiah. R4193:2
Multiply wives -- David sinned by taking heathen wives--
Absalom's mother being the daughter of Talmai, king of
Gashur, in Syria. R2024:6, R2016:3
Solomon so did for political purposes. He was influenced by
his wives to support idolatry. R2068:3
All the days of his life -- As a daily companion we must
ponder God's Word, permitting its principles to mold our
thoughts and guide our actions. R2016:5
Or to the left -- The only ruler of the world who will fully
meet the requirements of the divine law will be the Lord
Jesus. R2046:4
No part nor inheritance -- This shows that the Great
Company will have no inheritance in the earthly promises.
Their inheritance will be on the spirit plane. R4655:2
Pass through the fire -- The people of Canaan first
established the valley of Hinnom (Greek, Gehenna) as a place
of torture, offering their children in sacrifice to the god
Moloch. R3069:1
We have today, in nominal Christendom, a Moloch on a much
larger scale. They have come to think of the Almighty as a
ferocious deity who would take pleasure in the everlasting
torture of mankind. R3464:6, R2360:1
That useth divination -- The receiving of information
from the fallen angels by means of omens, oracles, etc.
R3068:3; PD42/52
An observer of times -- Augury, the fixing of lucky or
unlucky days. R3068:3
Or an enchanter -- A hypnotist. R3068:3
Or a witch -- A medium or mouthpiece of the fallen
angels. R2172:1; Q840:T
One claiming to exercise power over the affairs of others.
R3068:3
Spirit mediums, clairvoyants, clairaudients and the like are the
modern wizards and witches. Q840:T
Or a charmer -- Serpent-charmer, including those who
claim to be able to put spells on people and animals. R3068:4
Consulter with familiar spirits -- Or were familiar with
the spirits who were disobedient in the days of Noah.
PD42/52
Some mediums claim to have their special familiar spirit,
while others claim a general intercourse with the spirits.
R3068:4
Not to be visited, even "just to see how it is done." R3240:5
Or a wizard -- One who claims to be wise in hidden or
occult wisdom. R3068:4
Spirit mediums, clairaudients, clairvoyants and the like are the
modern wizards and witches. Q840:T
Or a necromancer -- One who professes to hold
communion with the dead. R3068:5
Those who claim to speak for the dead--spirit mediums.
HG726:1
An abomination -- God forewarned against the evil spirits
and their mediums. He said that they should not be permitted
to live in Israel. PD42/52; R5910:2
Will raise up -- The entire Gospel age has been the period
of The Christ's (Head and Body) raising up. D629; CR485:4
Now being prepared, educated, disciplined and instructed for
a missionary work. R715:5*
Raised above the condition of the world by being called with
a high calling. R2859:5
Also raised up in the sense of being transformed, walking in
newness of life. R2859:6
A Prophet -- A teacher. R4058:1, R2859:4
United with the offices of Priest and King. D637; OV89:4
The Christ--Jesus is the Head, and all now received into God's
family by the begetting of the holy Spirit are members of the
Body. R5839:4; D629, D637; F434; R5334:1, R2611:6;
Q193:3
Moses was the type of this greater Prophet, Messiah; and the
Law covenant was a type of the greater Law covenant of the
Millennial age. Fi; OV118:3
The Man Christ Jesus, by full obedience to the Law covenant,
attained the right to "Moses' seat," to supersede Moses as
Mediator. R5046:6
Believed in 1887 by the Samaritans as "one who will teach
the nations the good way ... so that the whole world will
repent of its sins." R906:2, 5*
Of thy brethren -- Not enough "Israelites indeed" being
found, divine wisdom has been selecting others from amongst
the Gentiles. R5334:1
Like unto me -- A diminutive representation of that great
Mediator, Teacher, Leader and King--the real Deliverer of
Israel and the world from bondage. R5333:2; A58, A78;
B177; R4595:5
Anti-typical. R2858:2
To whom every "Israelite indeed" must transfer his pledges
made under the Law to Moses, accepting Christ in Moses'
stead. F434
The likeness is not of a personal kind; but found rather in
position and work. R1321:3
As "our Passover," as "the Resurrection," as "the Life," Christ
is the Prophet like unto Moses. R1321:3
The humbler title of prophet, teacher, or representative of
God, represented also in Moses' case the kingly and priestly
functions. R3068:2
Ye shall hearken -- When the antitypical Moses, the Great
Mediator, shall have been completed he will lead the people
unto rest. R5388:2; CR485:4
Since Moses referred to Jesus as greater it was not disloyal to
Moses for people thus to accept Jesus. R5858:3
In Horeb -- Showing that the point of the illustration was
Moses' work at Sinai. R2858:5
Raise them up -- The entire Gospel age has been the
period of Christ's raising up. D629
A Prophet -- See comments on Deut. 18:15.
Speak unto them all -- The hidden truths of ancient
prophecy as well as new revelations of truth. F233; R1525:1
Shall come to pass -- In the Millennial age. F709; A243
That whosoever -- Every being, including the fallen
angels. R1679:3, R2612:1
Will not -- Will not submit to the rewriting of the divine
law in his character. F360
Would fight against the Kingdom and oppose its rule in any
particular after a reasonable trial. F709
In the Millennial age there will be upon man a different test,
not of faith, but of works, of obedience. F113
Hearken -- Perfect obedience will be required. T50;
E219; F113; R2611:6, R892:5
Learn to love righteousness and hate iniquity. A303
Gradually, line upon line, precept upon precept. F709
All the willing shall reach perfection; all the unwilling shall
be destroyed. D654; R5247:3 R2612:4, R892:5
That prophet shall die -- The law (of blasphemy) under
which Jesus was tried. R1809:5
Three cities -- Foreshadowing the refuge sinners may find
in Christ. R4079:6
An advanced step, tempering justice with mercy. R3092:3
Prepare thee a way -- Keep the roads to these cities well
repaired and marked, to afford the guilty a full opportunity for
a rapid flight to secure safety. R3092:3
Christ is easy of access to all who diligently seek him.
R4080:4
Ignorantly -- Cities of refuge were not for willful murder,
but only for manslaughter. R3092:3
Christ is no shelter for obstinate, unrepentant sinners.
R4079:6
Lest -- Under Jewish custom, two scribes accompanied the
fleer to persuade the avenger, if he should overtake, to permit
the culprit to reach the city of refuge. R3092:3,5
Avenger -- In the East it is considered the bounden duty of
the next of kin of the slain one to avenge his death. R3092:2
Justice is the avenger, seeking our lives for being sinners.
R4079:6
Lie in wait -- The fact that so many details are enumerated
here and in Numbers 35 and Joshua 20 shows that the trial
was to be a careful one. R3092:5
Elders -- The culprit was not free, but must stand trial
before the elders. R3092:5
Two witnesses -- In Jesus' trial there were many false
witnesses, but none agreed together. R1809:3
Life shall go for life -- The Scriptural basis for viewing
man's recovery from sin and death as a purchase--a
redemption. R5872:3
Human life must be considered sacred and a slayer shown no
pity. R3092:2
Divine justice required that a perfect human life must be
given for a perfect human life. No fallen man could be a
ransom, a corresponding price, for the perfect man Adam.
R5429:6; SM660:1, R661:1
If a thousand perfect men had sinned it would have required a
thousand perfect men to redeem them. R5429:6; SM661:1;
R5141:4
The death of an angel or an arch-angel could not have
redeemed man. R5429:6, R3174:5; SM660:1
A spirit being, veiled in flesh, "incarnate," could not have
been the Redeemer. R5622:5
The righteousness of the Law (Matt. 3:15) was fulfilled by
Jesus' offering of himself at Jordan as a "life for a life."
R1917:1
Eye for eye -- If inclined to carry out the Law of Moses we
must remember that it is not the time now for us to judge and
discipline the world. R5644:5
Fight against it -- Typifying how spiritual Israelites take
possession of their human bodies and, as New Creatures,
must conquer and destroy these tendencies of the flesh.
R5706:6
Make war against thee -- If we do not overcome and
destroy our fleshly tendencies, they will overcome and
destroy us. R5706:6
These people -- A menace to the morals of Israel--not only
idolatrous, but practicing licentious rites, divinations, etc.
R5706:5
God doth give thee -- It was not the Israelites who were to
decide to possess the land--but God was to give them
possession. R5707:1
Save alive nothing -- God had declared that their iniquity
had come to the full. It was a blessing to themselves and
others that they died at the time they did. R5706:5, R5707:1
Utterly destroy -- No injustice to the Amalekites, Hittites
and Canaanites since they were already under the death
sentence. F174
They typified the willful sinners of the Millennial age. F174
In the Kingdom man will also learn how to exterminate the
things of sin. R5707:1
Our warfare against spiritual foes must result in the utter
destruction of the fleshly mind, and it will also mean the
death of the human body. R5706:6
The priests -- A mediator between God and fallen
creatures. R4553:3
Wash their hands -- As Pilate did over Jesus' blood.
R3896:5
And another hated -- Loved less--as in "Esau have I
hated." (Rom. 9:13) F172
Double portion -- The birthright. R2124:5
Hang him on a tree -- Christ was made a curse by dying
on the cross--such a death being necessary for the Jews but
not needed for the remainder of mankind. R4868:6
It was divinely intended that our Lord should be treated as a
cursed one and hanged upon a tree instead of stoned.
R5221:3
An ox and an ass -- Because so unequal in strength and
tread it would be cruelty. The Mosaic Law was 32 centuries
ahead of its time. A50, A51; OV11:1; HG535:4
Privy member cut off -- Eunuchs were not fully accepted
as proselytes or granted privileges of the congregation-thus
the acceptance of the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:29-39) must
have been after the 70 weeks. R2964:6
A eunuch could be "a proselyte of the gate"--one who adopts
Jewish worship. R4332:6
Balaam -- Illustrating the Second Death class, forsaking
the way of righteousness for earthly gain. F166
Not abhor an Edomite -- Edom is symbolic of
Christendom. D15
Will surely require It -- "Better it is that thou shouldest
not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay." (Eccl.
5:5) R2154:4, R2081:1
An hired servant -- But no special legislation for the
priesthood. A53
The treatment of servants, strangers and the aged was the
subject of special legislation in the Mosaic Law. HG536:1
Not muzzle the ox -- For the good reason that any laborer
is worthy of his food. The Mosaic Law was ahead of its time.
A51; HG535:4
His name be not put out -- The object of this was to
prevent the obliteration of any family. R3854:1
Of Amalek -- Deferred until King Saul's day because (1)
they had no cavalry to cope with the marauders; and (2) to
permit the Amalekites to be a thorn in Israel's side for their
chastening. R4207:2
Type of willful sinners of the Millennial age. F174
A Syrian -- Jacob. B217; R599:3
And became there -- At the death of Jacob, the last of the
patriarchs. B213
A nation -- Jacob's descendants were first called the
"twelve tribes of Israel" after his death. (Gen. 49:28) A78
Mount Gerizim -- These peaks are 800 feet high and a
mile apart, separated by a valley 1500 feet wide. The
acoustics are such that conversation can be carried on from
peak to peak or peak to valley without difficulty. R479:5*
Cursed -- They were all in debt according to their
covenant, or bargain, made at Sinai. R976:6
Lieth with his sister -- The law whereby Absalom slew
Amnon. R2025:1
An innocent person -- Nephesh--soul, sentient being.
E334
Cursed -- In addition to the Adamic curse. R1725:1
Be he -- Any Israelite. R1725:1
Of this law -- This Law covenant. R1725:1
Shall say, Amen -- Accept its terms, not realizing it was a
covenant "unto death" (Rom. 7:10) and not unto life, because
of their inability to obey perfectly its just requirements.
R1724:5
Which I command thee -- The blessings and curses of that
covenant were only to the one nation, Israel. R1725:1
Set thee on high -- Yet the Ancient Worthies were
persecuted; counting on God's character to adjust the record
in the resurrection. R1409:2
Israel's temporal blessings typified the terms and conditions of
the Millennial age. F631
All these blessings -- The reverse is true with the Church--
temporal prosperity may mean danger. R2520:2
Blessed -- The blessings of the Law were earthly and not
related to the everlasting future. R1725:1
Shalt thou be -- Both as a nation and as individuals.
R1409:2
The covenant included every member of Israel, so that they
shared in common the blessings or curses. R5046:2,
R1725:2
Thy basket and thy store -- As exemplified in the
bountiful harvests after Josiah's reform. R2490:6
Thou shalt lend -- They are, as predicted, lenders to many
nations. R2125:1
All these curses -- Calamities or evils, as chastisements.
A125; R1780:2, R1271:5
As the punishments have been meted out to Israel, so may the
promises of restoration be relied upon. R2525:5
In the city -- Physical evils of any sort, not moral evils.
R2029:2
Not applicable to natural disasters on Gentile cities. R2029:2
In the field -- As indicated by Haggai. (Hag. 1:4-6)
R2520:1
Cause thee to be smitten -- As in the captivity of the ten-tribe
kingdom. R1372:5
Bring a nation -- The Roman nation, in the end of the
Jewish age. The fulfillment of this prophecy shows that the
Law covenant is still in force upon the nation of Israel.
R1729:6, R1730:1; C300
As the eagle flieth -- In the Roman siege, Roman eagles
were planted on her walls. R233:1
Shall besiege thee -- The Roman siege. R504 7:4,
R1730:1
Fruit of thine own body -- In the Roman siege women
took babies from their breasts and roasted them for food.
R233:1
Shall come to pass -- The curses have had a very literal
fulfillment upon the Israel of our Lord's day. (1 Thess. 2:15,
16) C300
Shall scatter thee -- Their pride led the Jews to overlook
these statements of God's prophets. R4782:2
As the rich man died and was tormented in the flame. (Luke
16:24) R802:3
Among all people -- Throughout the Gospel age;
meanwhile the Law covenant remains in force. R1730:1
Find no ease -- If the British nation be any part of Israel
(as Anglo-Israelites claim) verses 64 & 65 do not appear to be
fulfilled. C300
Forty years -- As Israel, because of lack of faith, had its
wilderness journey of forty years, so on account of lack of
faith at our Lord's first advent they were made to wander the
past nineteen centuries. R3079:3
Drunkenness -- Intoxication with false doctrines.
R3962:5; D614
This book of the law -- Particularly the book of
Deuteronomy. R3080:2
The secret things -- Questions respecting which the Lord
has made no particular revelation; thus unprofitable for
consideration. R3357:4
The Word of God is so complete as to leave no room for
legitimate curiosity respecting the works of darkness, the
occult. R4087:5
Belong unto the LORD -- There is so much in God's
Word that is simple and plain and well substantiated that
far-away speculations are well nigh inexcusable. R4008:6
Which are revealed -- In the Word of God. B18
Belong unto us -- The Lord's people are to be careful to
study and obey all that the Lord has commanded as it
becomes due to be understood. R3357:4
Shall come to pass -- Under the New covenant. R5047:2,
R1729:6
Turn thy captivity -- Israel restored under the new
conditions of grace. R3071:2
Gather thee -- Not from Babylon or minor captivities but
the great regathering from all nations (Jer. 32:37-42). This is
a deliverance which will need no repetition, and is already
beginning. R1483:5
After their "double" of punishment. SM398:1
From all nations, and with considerable wealth and general
prosperity. OV67:1
Compare Rom. 11:25-30. R3071:2
Gather thee -- The basis for Nehemiah's prayer. (Neh.
1:4-11) R1496:4
Circumcise thine heart -- Signifies a cutting off, a
separation from the flesh, its aims, hopes, desires, etc.
R3022:3
See Jer. 31:33, 34. R3071:2
Return and obey -- Under the blessed arrangement of the
New covenant it will not be too difficult for them. R3071:3
Neither is it far off -- Not difficult to understand.
R1970:2
It -- Christ. R1970:3
The word -- The truth which we preach. R1970:3
Nigh unto thee -- Reasonable and plain. R1970:3
In thy mouth -- The first outward evidence given of a faith
in the heart. R3071:6
See I have -- Moses, type of the Great Prophet (The
Christ, Head and Body). R2611:5
Set before thee -- Israel, type of the whole world of
mankind. R2611:5
Spiritual Israel now, the world in the age to come. R401:5*
This day -- Type of the 1000-year day of trial, the
Millennial age. R2611:5
For the Church, the Gospel age. R401:3*
Here the words "this day" are used in the same sense as in our
Lord's words to the dying thief. (Luke 23:43) F669
Life ... and death -- A choice for the whole world through
Israel, their type. R401:2*
Eternal life or the Second Death. R2611:5
In the 1000-year day all will be called upon to decide under
that most favorable opportunity for righteousness and life or
sin and death. A choice must be made. R2611:5
Not heaven or hell, but life is the promise of the Law. Q328;
R822:3*
It was only in the typical sense that the Jewish nation was on
trial for life or death. R4598:3
Death is not a friend, but an enemy. R625:6*
Command -- In the sense of laying out plainly and
distinctly God's only terms for life eternal. R3072:3
That thou mayest live -- Jesus' life would have been
protected had he not voluntarily submitted and laid it down.
R4642:4
Drawn away -- Deceived or allured. R401:6*
Worship other gods -- For spiritual Israel, the gods of
wealth, fame, family circle and home, or self. R3072:5
I call heaven and earth -- Such words are very forceful at
this time, for Moses was about to die. R5528:1
Life and death -- Typical of the great second trial and its
issues of life and death-second (or restored) life and Second
Death. R892:3
Blessing and cursing -- There is a curse for every one who
loves unrighteousness; there is a blessing for every one who
loves righteousness. R5247:3
Life is the blessing; death is the curse. R5747:4
Choose life -- By complying with the conditions on which
God said they may have it. R363:1
Typical of the individual trial of the whole world during the
great 1000-year day. R2611:5
Israel was already under condemnation of death through
Adam's disobedience and could not be placed on full trial
again until redeemed. R892:2, R2611:4
In the present time the Lord himself declares that it is a
narrow way we walk and "few there be that find it." (Matt.
7:14) HGI60:6
And Joshua -- Type of Christ. A79
Wrote this law -- That the first five books of the Bible
were written by Moses is a reasonable inference; the account
of his death and burial being properly added by his secretary.
A43; R1623:4, R1145:3
Thou shalt read this law -- Made public, thus preventing
designing men from successfully tampering with the rights of
the people. A50; HG535:2
Sleep with thy fathers -- From God's standpoint they only
sleep. R5073:2
The good and bad are gathered to their fathers in death, the
tomb-sheol, hades. R5151:1
Side of the ark -- To show that Christ would meet in full
all the requirements of God's perfect Law, and also that legal
authority would be vested in him as the Law-executor. T121
Utterly corrupt yourselves -- Thus deserving the curses of
chapter 28. R232:6
This song -- "The song of Moses, the servant of God."
(Rev. 15:3) R168:4*
Prophetic. R3078:2
Drop as the rain -- "The words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit and they are life." (John 6:63) R1937:2
My speech -- "Never man spake like this man" (John
7:46); "Grace is poured into thy lips." (Psa. 45:2) R1937:2
Distil as the dew -- "All bare him witness, and wondered
at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth."
(Luke 4:22) R1937:2
As the showers -- "They could not take hold of his words
... before the people; and they marveled at his answers and
held their peace." (Luke 20:26) R1937:2
His work is perfect -- Even though he may temporarily
permit evil angels and evil men to pervert and misuse it. F17
Therefore God's law is perfect. R386:5
Therefore God is not the author of sin. R1225:2, R870:3;
Q359:5
He does not do evil so that good may follow. R3145:4
The mentally, physically and morally blemished are not God's
workmanship. E309; R2912:1, R2285:1, R5360:5
Adam was physically and morally perfect. E406; R2394:5,
R1719:4, R386:5; Q741:2
Thus man will be perfect at the end of the Millennium.
R5167:2
Satan was created perfect but fell by ambition. F612;
SM95:1
The apple of his eye -- Nothing shall by any means injure
these. R4462:5
Stirreth up her nest -- Mixes the thorny outside with the
downy inside so the young will leave the nest and learn to fly.
R3351:4*
The Lord permits trials, persecutions, etc.--for strengthening
and helping his people. R4335:2
Unto devils -- Ritualism in the Christian church is of
pagan origin. R1991:4*
Mediums of the fallen spirits. God commanded that any
amongst them who became such a medium should be put to
death. R5910:2; PD42/52
Not to God -- To whom the ransom was paid. R685:4
They -- Paul quotes part of this prophecy and applies it to
"all the house of Israel" living in his day, both in Jerusalem
and scattered throughout the world. (Rom. 10:19-21)
R2125:3
For a fire -- The fire of God's jealousy. E357
And shall burn -- "They shall be burnt with hunger." (vs.
24) E357
The lowest hell -- Sheol, oblivion, the tomb, the state of
death--a figurative representation of the utter ruin of Israel as
a nation. R2599:3; E357; R5154:2
Sheol, admitted by Pastor L. S. White simply to denote the
world of departed spirits and not of itself to teach anything
about the punishment of the wicked. HG209:3*
Scatter them -- The whole house of Israel. R2125:2
The remembrance -- The same Hebrew word is rendered
"scent" in Hos. 14:7 and "memorial" in Esther 9:28 -- so,
pleasant remembrance. R2125:2
One chase a thousand -- Harvest laborers, though few in
number, accomplish the harvest work. R1349:5, R6023:1
Vengeance -- The time of trouble. D73, D549
The LORD shall judge -- Jehovah himself is the supreme
Judge, yet the "Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son." (John 5:22) F396
Punish--perhaps chasten an individual with business reverses
or with physical disease. R5957:2
No god with me -- Not triune. R1052:5*
I wound, and I heal -- It is the wounded heart that is ready
to be bound up and to be healed and to be transformed.
HG270:3
Rejoice -- These victories shall ultimately be attained by
all the Israel of God--the Jew first and also the Gentile, during
the Millennial age. R3078:2
O ye nations -- All the true Israel of God, all who shall
become Israelites according to the faith and obedience of
Abraham. R3078:3
And to his people -- --after divine wrath has
burned out their national transgression the Lord will speak
peaceably toward Israel. E357
Mount Nebo -- It is quite possible that Elijah was taken
from this same mountain. R3416:3
Die in the mount -- Mount Nebo. PD37/48
If the meekest man in all the earth was overcome by the
circumstances of his position, it should not surprise us if we
find that in spiritual Israel some who start out meek and
humble become more or less arrogant. R3866:4
Thou shalt not go -- Although usually a type of Christ-in
the one instance of disobediently smiting the rock Moses
became a type of Christ's followers
who put him to open shame and who, in consequence, will die
the Second Death. (Heb. 10:29) R4058:1, R3077:4, R5333:3
Children of Israel -- Typical here of the elect 144,000.
R3078:4
From Sinai -- A type of the Kingdom of God. R4037:5
Sat down at thy feet -- Not literal feet, but figurative as
truly as in Zech. 14:4; Psa. 91:12; Isa. 52:7; Psa. 8:6, Psa.
110:1; Eph. 6:15. B157
Sun -- Not its body, but its light and influence. R3344:2*
Moon -- Not the orb, but its shining. R3344:2*
Push the people -- The Jews are prosperous as are no other
people and, in a peculiar manner, are pushing or goring all
peoples to the ends of the earth-so much so that every nation
is seeking to get rid of them. R2125:1
And Moses -- The scribe, who wrote the book at Moses'
dictation, finishes the account as an historian. R3078:4
Fully submitted himself to the Lord in meekness, in humility;
a type of the still-greater prophet, the Christ of glory.
R4054:6, R5333:3
Acclaimed as a statesman, general, lawgiver, poet and orator.
R4055:1
Our Lord excepted, no character of history stands out as that
of Moses: combining strength with humility, wisdom with
love and gentleness. R3077:1
The top of Pisgah -- 3586 feet above sea-level. R3077:6
This is the land -- The antitypical Moses is now getting
the antitypical vision of the glories of the age to come.
R4054:1
Caused thee to see -- With the eye of faith we perceive the
blessing of all the families of the earth. R4054:1
Thou shalt not go over -- One of the reasons was the
second smiting of the rock. (Num. 20:2-12) R3077:3
As we (the Body of Christ) look into the beauties of the
Millennial epoch, the Lord tells us that we shall not go over to
possess it. R4054:3
So Moses -- Here Moses was the type of the Law covenant
which must end before the people can enter into their rest.
R3077:5
Died there -- Here a type of the Second Death Class; but
by no means implying that Moses experienced Second Death.
R5333:3, R4058:1, R3077:4
Not from weakness and infirmity of age (vs. 7); he died
according to the word of the Lord. R3077:6
Moses will sleep with his fathers until the divinely appointed
time when, under Messiah's Kingdom, he will be resurrected.
He was seen on the Mount of Transfiguration only in a vision.
R5333:5, R201:1
No man knoweth -- As with Elijah. R3378:1, R2153:2
He who hid the body of Moses so that none could find it was
likewise able to hide the body of Jesus. R3376:6; B130
Of his sepulchre -- It was appropriate that the type should
not show an earthly grave since the antitype has no hope of an
earthly resurrection, of which hope the grave is a symbol.
R4054:5
Unto this day -- Representing that the Law covenant was
not to be revived. R3078:1
Probably to hinder the Israelites from carrying Moses'
mummy which, in after times, might have become a
temptation to idolatry. R4054:4, R5333:3, R3078:1
120 years old -- 40 years spent as an Egyptian prince; 40
years as a shepherd; 40 years as Israel's leader, lawgiver,
statesman-prophet, priest and king. R3077:2, R4054:5
And Joshua -- Type of the New covenant and of its
Mediator, Jesus, the Deliverer. R3077:5
In his 83rd year, yet full of vigor--loudly confirming the
Bible's teaching that Adam was created perfect and
contradicting the Evolution theory. R5335:2, R4060:3
Now 80 years of age. R3078:4
Heakened unto him -- Joshua. R3078:5
Israel unquestionably accepted the Lord's choice of a leader,
evidently learning something by their experience in the
wilderness. R3079:2
As the LORD commanded -- The Christ, during the
Millennial Kingdom, will attempt nothing on behalf of
mankind in violation of the laws of God.
R3078:5
Knew face to face -- Meaning that Moses enjoyed a
closeness of fellowship and favor with the Lord rather than
that he really looked into the face of Jehovah. R4055:2