5 Mosebok 4:19

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when thou: Deuteronomy 17:3, 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Kings 23:5, 2 Kings 23:11, Job 31:26, Job 31:27, Jeremiah 8:2, Ezekiel 8:16, Amos 5:25, Amos 5:26

the host: Genesis 2:1, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 21:3, Jeremiah 19:13, Zephaniah 1:5, Acts 7:42, Romans 1:25

which the Lord: Genesis 1:16-18, Joshua 10:12, Joshua 10:13, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 74:16, Psalms 74:17, Psalms 136:7-9, Psalms 148:3-5, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 33:25, Matthew 5:45

divided: or, imparted

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - Let there Deuteronomy 12:1 - all the days Deuteronomy 13:13 - are gone 1 Kings 18:15 - of hosts liveth 2 Kings 17:12 - whereof 2 Chronicles 33:3 - the host Job 36:24 - which Job 38:19 - the way Psalms 8:3 - moon Psalms 19:3 - There Psalms 24:4 - lifted Psalms 33:6 - the host Psalms 65:8 - outgoings Psalms 104:19 - General Psalms 119:91 - all are Isaiah 40:26 - Lift Isaiah 51:6 - Lift up Jeremiah 7:18 - queen of heaven Ezekiel 18:6 - neither hath lifted Ezekiel 20:24 - their eyes Ezekiel 33:25 - lift up Romans 1:20 - from the 1 Corinthians 15:41 - General Colossians 1:23 - under Hebrews 1:10 - the works James 1:17 - from the Revelation 22:9 - See

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven,.... The starry heaven, which to do in itself is not sinful; and may be lawfully and commendably done, to raise admiration at the wonderful works of God in them, and lead to adore the author of them: but if not guarded against may be ensnaring:

and when thou seest the sun and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven; those bright luminaries, so glorious to behold, and so useful and beneficial to the earth, and the inhabitants of it:

shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them; should have an impulse on their minds and their hearts, be inclined and drawn to the worship of them, partly by considering their splendour, glory, and usefulness, and partly by the example of others; for the worshipping of these seems to be and is the first kind of idolatry men gave into, at least it was very ancient; see Job 31:26,

which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven; the sun and the moon by their constant revolutions visit all the parts of the world, and stars are fixed in both hemispheres, so that all nations of the earth receive the benefit and advantage of all these heavenly bodies; but were never designed to be the objects of their worship, as might be learnt from their being divided to them, sometimes one part of the earth enjoying them, and then another, and not present with them all at one and the same time, which, if deities, would have been necessary; see Psalms 19:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Divided - i. e., “whose light God has distributed to the nations for their use and benefit, and which therefore being creatures ministering to man’s convenience must not be worshipped as man’s lords.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 4:19. When thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars — The worship of the heavenly bodies was the oldest species of idolatry. Those who had not the knowledge of the true God were led to consider the sun, moon, planets, and stars, as not only self-existing, but the authors of all the blessings possessed by mankind. The knowledge of a rational system of astronomy served to destroy this superstition; and very little of it remains now in the world, except among a few Christian and Mohammedan astrologers; those miserable sinners who endeavour, as much as possible, to revive the old idolatry, while vainly professing to believe in the true God! Nor is it to be doubted that God will proceed with them as he has done of old with the worshippers of the host of heaven. Sound philosophy is next in importance to sound divinity; and next to the study of the work of grace is that of the operations of God in nature; for these visible things make known his eternal power and Godhead.