Deuteronômio 9
J. Vernon McGee · Citado em PreceptAustin
Deuteronômio 9
McGee - God takes the responsibility of putting them out of the land. God is the Landlord. He is the Creator. He has a right to do this. When I hear a fellow who is liberal in his theology complain about this, I feel like saying, "You little pip-squeak, you keep quiet. You and I are just little creatures down here." God is the sovereign Creator; we are the creatures. (Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's)
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McGee- God did not come down to deliver Israel because they were a wonderful people. He knew all the time that they were a stiff-necked people, but He heard their cry in Egypt. And friend, if you recognize that you are a sinner and need a Savior, then you will need to cry to Him for salvation. He will hear you. Do you know why? Not because of who you are, but for Christ's sake. If you will turn to Christ in faith, He will save you. (Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's) Know, therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness.—Deut. 9.6. In these words another peril, constantly threatening the people of God, is revealed, that, namely, of interpreting His goodness to them as resulting from their own righteousness. In the case of these very people, in process of time this was the peculiar sin that wrought their undoing. They came to look with contempt upon others, a sure sign of self-righteous pride. The result was that national exclusivism which prevented their fulfilment of pur-pose and ensured their downfall. The matter may be stated most powerfully perhaps by a personal application. It is well, therefore, that we constantly remind ourselves that when at last life's probationary experiences are done, and we pass on to the Father's home and the greater things beyond, our right of entrance there will be that of His abounding grace alone. As to service, we must never forget our Lord's words, that having done everything, we have but done our duty, and remain unprofitable servants. As to life itself, no long triumph over temptation, or realization of the character of holiness, can be thought of as creating our claim on God. Pride in our own righteousness, satisfaction with our own goodness, trust in our own holiness, are alike foolish and reprehensible. To the soul that knows itself, it is a growing wonder that God should love us at all. That He does so, is our only confidence. (G Campbell
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McGee - Do you know that God does not save you and me because we are good? We are sinners. He saves us for Christ's sake, not for our sake. Friend, if you think that somehow or other God will find something in you that merits salvation, forget it, because you will be disappointed. God knows you, and He says He can't find anything righteous in you at all. It is for Christ's sake that God saves us, and God finds everything we need in Him. How wonderful that is! You see that in this passage of Deuteronomy there is the seed for the gospel of the grace of God. (Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's) Puritan writer John Trapp has some insightful, pithy comments - We are wondrous apt to wind ourselves into the fool’s paradise of a sublime dotage, upon our own worth and righteousness; otherwise, what need so many words here to one and the same purpose? The Scripture doth not use to kill flies with beetles, to cleave straws with wedges of iron, to spend many words where is no need. (Deuteronomy 9) Deuteronomy 9:7 "Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. Remember: De 8:2 Eze 16:61-63 20:43 36:31 1Co 15:9 Eph 2:11 1Ti 1:13-15 from the day: De 31:27 Dt 32:5,6 Ex 14:11 Ex 16:2 Ex 17:2 Nu 11:4 14:1-10 16:1-35 Nu 20:2-5 21:5 25:2 Ne 9:16-18 Ps 78:8-72 95:8-11 Deuteronomy 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: (Israel's persistent bad attitude) Deut 4:23-24+ So watch yourselves, that you do not forget (THERE'S THE PROBLEM - RAPID ONSET SPIRITUAL AMNESIA!) the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you (THE COVENANT AT MOUNT SINAI), and (WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FORGET?) make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which the LORD your God has commanded you. For (EXPLAINING WHY THEY NEED TO CONTINUALLY WATCH THEMSELVES!) the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. Exodus 14:11 Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt? Exodus 15:23-26 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. 24 So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 Then he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them (BITTER WATER = NO WATER TO DRINK, cf Dt 8:2 = LET THEM GO HUNGRY). 26 And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.” (Jehovah Rapha: (Jehovah Rophe) The LORD our Healer) Exodus 16:2-3 The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the LORD’S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” Exodus 17:1-2 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” FORTY YEARS OF REBELLIOUSNESS Deere has an interesting comment that "This section (Dt 9:7-21) and what follows (Dt 7:22-10:11) are a well-argued commentary on the meaning of the statement "you are a stiff-necked people" ("you are a stubborn people." - Dt 9:6). (Bible Knowledge Commentary) Remember, do not forget - First the positive, then the negative using both "sides of the same coin" to greatly emphasize the need for them to hold the following thought fast in their mind. Israel was to keep the picture of past misbehavior which serves to foster humility instead of pride (that tends to come when God gives us good things and we think we deserved them!) Israel is commanded to remember the Lord’s past redemptive acts especially His miraculous deliverance of Israel from slavery (Dt 5:15; Dt 7:18; Dt 8:2, 18; Dt 9:7, 27; Dt 11:2; Dt 15:15; Dt 16:3, 12; Dt 24:9, 18, 22; Dt 25:17) Dt 32:7 sums it up well "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of all generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you." THOUGHT - It is good to be reminded of (BUT NOT TO DWELL UPON) who were were before we were saved that we might continually be amazed by God's grace that chose to rescue us from spiritual death and eternal punishment! Remember (record, mention) (02142)(zakar) means to recall, call to mind past events that affect a present state, thought or action. (cf Ge 42:9) A bad remembrance was by Israel remembering what they ate in Egypt (Nu 11:5)! When Judah was in exile in Babylon, they "remembered Zion" (Ps 137:1) "In a majority of cases, the act denoted by this verb is more than recollection. In most instances, the act of "remembrance" is an act of covenantal or legal obligation, which leads to a present act. Remembrance is an act of recognition, not solely an act of reflection." Not only are the actions of humans remembered, but the actions of God are also remembered. The Israelites were to remember God's dealings with Pharaoh and the Egyptians (Deut. 7:18), God's guidance for forty years in the wilderness (Deut. 8:2) and God's provision for past generations (Deut. 32:7). The Israelites were accused of not remembering God's mighty acts (Ps. 78:42; 106:7). One of the sins which Israel confessed after the exile was the sin of forgetting the works of God (Neh. 9:17). Inherent in this forgetfulness concerning Yahweh is the rationale for the exile. Forgetting in this sense means ignoring the covenant and its obligations for the people. Thus, Yahweh was within his legal (as well as moral) right to revoke the covenant, and his obligation to protect the people and keep them on the land. (Complete Biblical Library) Zakar in Deuteronomy - Deut. 5:15; Deut. 7:18; Deut. 8:2; Deut. 8:18; Deut. 9:7; Deut. 9:27; Deut. 15:15; Deut. 16:3; Deut. 16:12; Deut. 24:9; Deut. 24:18; Deut. 24:22; Deut. 25:17; Deut. 32:7;
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Vernon McGee - At the very moment when God was giving them the Commandments, they were turning from Him -- yet they were saying they would obey Him. People can be more phony in religion than in anything else. It seems to be something that is characteristic of the human nature. Even people who are really sincere are as phony as can be. We all need to pray the prayer of the psalmist, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Ps. 139:23-24). Every child of God needs to pray this. Paul has this admonition for the believers: "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" (2Cor. 13:5). Check whether you are in the faith or not. I believe and I preach the security of the believer, my friend. I believe that the believer is secure. But I also believe and preach the insecurity of the make-believer. There are a lot of make-believers. We need to search our hearts, every one of us. (Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's) Deuteronomy 9:17 "I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and smashed them before your eyes. Deuteronomy 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries MOSES BREAKS TABLETS OF COVENANT WHILE ISRAEL BREAKS COVENANT I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and smashed them before your eyes - Just a reminder that here Moses says your eyes but most of the second generation would not have been there. What is sadly ironic is that the very day this covenant was written, it was broken both literally and figuratively! Matthew
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Vernon McGee - I want you to notice that Moses knew God. The psalmist says, "He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel" (Ps. 103:7). The children of Israel saw the mountain smoke, they saw the judgment of God, they saw His glory, but they did not know Him. Moses knew Him! Moses knew His ways. Moses understood two things about God which are revealed here. They are paradoxical, but they are not contradictory. Moses knew that God hates sin. May I say to you that we today do not have the faintest conception of how God hates sin and how He intends to punish it. Moses went down on his face before God and fasted and cried out to God for forty days and forty nights! Why? Because Moses knew the ways of God. He knew how God hates sin. The average Christian today does not seem to realize how God hates sin in his life. My friend, God never ignores a sin we commit. God will deal with sin in your life and in my life. I have been a pastor for a long time, and I have observed church people over the years. I want to say to you that I have watched people in the church play fast and loose with God. I have seen them cut corners and put up a front. The days melt into years, and then I have seen the hand of God move in judgment on their lives. Sometimes the judgment has been extremely severe. I can especially remember a man who came to me and actually dropped down on his knees and cried out that he just could not stand what God was putting him through. He had lost his children, lost his family. I can remember him as a young upstart, a young married man, who thought he could play fast and loose with God. God hates sin. God punishes sin. Moses also knew the mercy of God. Moses comes to God because he trusts in His mercy. God will punish sin, but, my friend, we do not comprehend how wonderful He is. He is so gracious. He extends mercy to the sinner. He has extended His mercy to you, I am sure. I know He has to me. Praying Hyde - Not long ago a little book by Bruce Wilkinson captivated the attention of the world, landing atop not only the Christian bookstore list of best-sellers, but that of the New York Times as well. The Prayer of Jabez explained how the petition of an obscure Old Testament figure had gained Bruce's attention many years ago. He read how Jabez prayed, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain" (1 Chr. 4:10). Bruce began to offer this prayer to God each day and saw answers repeatedly, just as God had answered Jabez so long ago. The prayer of Jabez in fact has borne fruit many times. A missionary by the name of John Hyde noticed it and was stimulated to pray more earnestly. He was so successful at it that during his life he became known as "Praying Hyde"; his prayers were much coveted by people around the world. Dr. J. Wilburn Chapman once explained in a letter to a friend how Hyde and his prayers had impacted Chapman's life and ministry. He had been holding a series of evangelistic meetings in England, but his ministry was—at least to all appearances—bearing little fruit. Crowds were small, and there were few professions of faith. Chapman then received word that John Hyde was coming to pray for him and his ministry. He wrote of Hyde: "He came to my room, turned the key in the door, and dropped to his knees, and waited five minutes without a single syllable coming from his lips. I could hear my own heart thumping, and his beating. I felt hot tears running down my face. I knew I was with God. Then with upturned face, down which the tears were streaming, he said, 'O God.' Then for five minutes at least he was still again; and then, when he knew that he was talking with God, there came from the depths of his heart such petitions for me as I had never heard before. I rose from my knees to know what real prayer was." Hyde's prayer for Chapman's work bore dramatic fruit. In the next meeting, the crowd was much larger, and fifty people professed faith in Christ. God's blessing continued for many months, and Chapman attributed much of the results of these meetings to the intercession of Praying Hyde. Deuteronomy 9:19 "For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also. For I: De 9:8 Ex 32:10-11 Ne 1:2-7 Lu 12:4,5 But the: De 10:10 Ex 32:14 Ex 33:17 Ps 99:6 106:23 Am 7:2,3,5,6 Jas 5:16,17 Deuteronomy 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Exodus 32:10+ “Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.” MOSES' INTERCEDED FOR ISRAEL OUT OF FEAR GOD WOULD DESTROY THEM For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wrathful against you in order to destroy (shamad) you - Moses displayed a holy fear/dread/terror at the thought of Yahweh's exercise of righteous wrath! Moses knew the holiness of God (he had just been in His presence for 40 days! cf Ps 103:7 He knew "His ways") and so he clearly realized the brazen, presumptive, bold-faced heinousness of Israel's sin in the face of having just been commanded not to commit this sin from the mouth of Jehovah Himself with a fearful background of a burning, smoking mountain! And Moses had a right to be in sheer terror for we know that while not all Israel was killed, 3000 did die at this time. (Ex 32:28+) Kalland - This prayer of Moses (Dt 9:19-20) is one of the most critical interventions in Israel's history (Exod 32:9-14). Another prayer of the same dimension was Samuel's at Mizpah (1 Sam 7:5, 8-9). The Lord reminded Jeremiah of these extraordinarily efficacious prayers when he told him that his heart would not go out to Judah in the last days of the empire (Jer 15:1). (The Expositor's Bible Commentary – Volume 3: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel) The Hebrew word for afraid is a rare verb (yagor) meaning to be exceedingly afraid, stricken with terror and is translated in the Septuagint with the adjective ekphobos which means intensely afraid, stricken with fear,in dread, terrified (in Mk 9:6+, Heb 12:21+). I was afraid (03025)(yagor) basically means “to fear something with great dread” The root primarily describes “fear” of God’s discipline when one has disobeyed, or thinks he has disobeyed, God’s ways (Deut 28:60; Job 9:28; Ps 119:39). Moses “fears” when the golden calf is built (Deut 9:19). After receiving the two tablets of the Covenant at Horeb, Moses left the mountain to discover the Israelites involved in the idolatrous worship of a golden calf. After smashing the stone tablets, he began a miraculous forty-day fast, when he neither ate nor drank anything. During this fast, he pleaded for both Aaron, the chief conspirator in this episode, and the whole nation of Israel, being fearful that God in his wrath and anger would destroy them. In the curses in the second half of Deut. 28, Yahweh warns Israel that if they break their side of the Covenant He has established with them, then various calamities will befall them. One of these will be that they will fall prey to the “diseases of Egypt” which they feared during their sojourn and oppression there (Deut. 28:60). After suffering the loss of his health, family and possessions, Job cursed the day that he was born and exclaimed that what he most feared had happened to him (Job 3:25), sufferings which he still dreaded and feared in his later statement in Job 9:28. The psalmist, while asking for guidance, direction and an understanding of God’s Word, asks for relief from the disgrace and reproach he fears (Ps. 119:39). Used in 5v afraid(3), dread(2). Deut. 9:19; Deut. 28:60 = "He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid"; Job 3:25; Job 9:28; Ps. 119:39 = " Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your ordinances are good." But the LORD listened (shama) to me that time also - Clearly this indicates that Moses was praying during the 40 days (the contents of his prayer is found in Dt 9:26-29) See the pattern of Moses' intercessory prayer above. In Exodus 32:14+ we read that "the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people." O, to have such intimacy and boldness in prayer to the LORD! Amen. McGee - God did not hear the prayer of Moses because of who he was. God heard his prayer because He is merciful. Paul makes this clear in Romans 9:15, "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." God is sovereign, and He sovereignly extends His mercy. How wonderful He is. You and I do not fully comprehend those two attributes of God: His hatred of sin and His mercy. (Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's) Question: Does God change His mind? Answer: Malachi 3:6 declares, “I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” Similarly, James 1:17 tells us, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” Numbers 23:19 is clear: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?” Based on these verses, no, God does not change. God is unchanging and unchangeable. He is also all-wise. So He cannot “change His mind” in the sense of realizing a mistake, backtracking, and trying a new tack. How then do we explain verses that seem to say that God does change His mind? Verses such as Genesis 6:6, “The LORD was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain.” Also, Exodus 32:14 proclaims, “Then the LORD relented and did not bring on His people the disaster He had threatened.” These verses speak of the Lord “repenting” or “relenting” of something and seem to contradict the doctrine of God’s immutability. Another passage that is often used to show that God changes His mind is the story of Jonah. Through His prophet, God had told Nineveh He would destroy the city in forty days (Jonah 3:4). However, Nineveh repented of their sin (verses 5–9). In response to the Assyrians’ repentance, God relented: “He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction He had threatened” (verse 10). There are two important considerations involving the passages that say God changed His mind. First, we can say statements such as “the LORD was grieved that He had made man on the earth” (Genesis 6:6) are examples of anthropopathism (or anthropopatheia). Anthropopathism is a figure of speech in which the feelings or thought processes of finite humanity are ascribed to the infinite God. It’s a way to help us understand God’s work from a human perspective. In Genesis 6:6 specifically, we understand God’s sorrow over man’s sin. God obviously did not reverse His decision to create man. The fact that we are alive today is proof that God did not “change His mind” about the creation. Second, we must make a distinction between conditional declarations of God and unconditional determinations of God. In other words, when God said, “I will destroy Nineveh in forty days,” He was speaking conditionally upon the Assyrians’ response. We know this because the Assyrians repented and God did not, in fact, mete out the judgment. God did not change His mind; rather, His message to Nineveh was a warning meant to provoke repentance, and His warning was successful. An example of an unconditional declaration of God is the Lord’s promise to David, “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever” (2 Samuel 7:16). There is no qualification expressed or implied in this declaration. No matter what David did or did not do, the word of the Lord would come to pass. God tells us of the cautionary nature of some of His declarations and the fact that He will act in accordance with our choices: “If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it. Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions’” (Jeremiah 18:7– 11). Note the conditional word if: “If that nation I warned repents [like Assyria in Jonah 3] . . . then I will relent.” Conversely, God may tell a nation they will be blessed, but “if it does evil in my sight [like Israel in Micah 1] . . . then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do.” The bottom line is that God is entirely consistent. In His holiness, God was going to judge Nineveh. However, Nineveh repented and changed its ways. As a result, God, in His holiness, had mercy on Nineveh and spared them. This “change of mind” is entirely consistent with His character. His holiness did not waver one iota. The fact that God changes His treatment of us in response to our choices has nothing to do with His character. In fact, because God does not change, He must treat the righteous differently from the unrighteous. If someone repents, God consistently forgives; if someone refuses to repent, God consistently judges. He is unchanging in His nature, His plan, and His being. He cannot one day be pleased with the contrite and the next day be angry with the contrite. That would show Him to be mutable and untrustworthy. For God to tell Nineveh, “I’m going to judge you,” and then (after they repent) refuse to judge them may look like God changed His mind. In reality, God was simply staying true to His character. He loves mercy and forgives the penitent. “Has God forgotten to be merciful?” (Psalm 77:9). The answer is, no. At one time we were all enemies of God due to our sin (Romans 8:7). God warned us of the wages of sin (Romans 6:23) in order to cause us to repent. When we repented and trusted Christ for salvation, God “changed His mind” about us, and now we are no longer enemies but His beloved children (John 1:12). As it would be contrary to God’s character to not punish us had we continued in sin, so it would be contrary to His character to punish us after we repent. Does our change of heart mean that God changes? No, if anything, our salvation points to the fact that God does not change, because had He not saved us for the sake of Christ, He would have acted contrary to His character. (Source: GotQuestions.org) Deuteronomy 9:20 "The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time. Ex 32:2-5,21,35 Heb 7:26-28 Deuteronomy 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Exodus 32:21-22+ Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?” Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil. MOSES ALSO INTERCEDES FOR AARON The LORD was angry (anaph) enough with Aaron to destroy (shamad) him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time - The only specific prayer recorded is that describe above - see Moses' intercessory prayer. Thus this is the only OT reference that Moses actually prayed for Aaron, undoubtedly saving his life. McIntosh - The lives of people he loved dearly were hanging in the balance when Moses retired to Sinai to intercede for them. Moses prayed for Israel at large, but he prayed for Aaron too. Intercessors carry within them a set of conflicting impulses. On the one hand, because they love the Lord, they sense his righteous anger and the depth of his offended holiness. On the other hand, they love the very sinners who have provoked him, and who are so spiritually needy. These are rarely held in such tension as Moses held them. Most of us who pray feel intensely enough the dangers in which sinners find themselves; but few appreciate the painful nature of the offenses themselves. Moses' power in prayer was no doubt connected to his deep realization of both these matters. (Holman Old Testament Commentary) The believer who feels the agony caused by rebellion will grow to become the best intercessor. -- McIntosh BSB - Moses' intercessory prayer kept the wrath of God not only from the people, but also from Aaron, upon whom their responsibility for this contemptible sin rested (Ex. 32:21-22+). Even the priests, the men who were most prominently holy (cf. Isa. 43:27), were dependent upon God's mercy.
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McGee - This is a summary. There never was a day when these people were really found faithful to God. What a picture! We tend to point to them in criticism, but what about the believer today? I am afraid there are many of us, even in conservative churches, who are not faithful to God for a single day. We boast that we are sound in the faith -- sound all right -- sound asleep! (Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's) Again at Taberah - See passage above. Only three days away from Mt Sinai (Nu 10:33) they begin to complain of adversity (exactly what is not stated) and God's anger consumed some of those on the outskirts of the camp until Moses interceded resulting in the divine fire dying out. Interesting that they had just left the mountain burning with fire! NET Note on Taberah. By popular etymology this derives from the Hebrew verb בָעַר (ba’ar, “to burn”), thus, here, “burning.” The reference is to the LORD’s fiery wrath against Israel because of their constant complaints against him (Num 11:1–3).
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McGee - Moses knew how to pray. I wish I knew how to pray like that! Remember that back in verse 12 God said, "For thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves." Now imagine Moses saying to God that He has made a mistake! Moses says, "They are not my people; they are Yours. I didn't bring them out of Egypt; You did. They belong to You." Moses reminds God that the people in the land would think He was unable to bring Israel into the land -- that He was able to bring Israel out of Egypt, but He was not able to bring them into the land. That kind of praying moves the hand of God. Here Israel stands, ready now to enter the land which reveals that Moses knew how to pray!.(Deuteronomy 9 Mp3's) Deuteronomy 9:27 'Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin. Remember: Ex 3:6,16 6:3-8 13:5 32:13 Jer 14:21 look: Ex 32:31,32 1Sa 25:25 Ps 78:8 Pr 21:12 Isa 43:24,25 Jer 50:20 Mic 7:18,19 Deuteronomy 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries MOSES APPEALS TO PROMISE TO ABRAHAM Remember (zakar) Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - Here Moses appealed to the certainty Yahweh's promises in the Abrahamic Covenant.