Explanation of Deuteronomy 1
By Alexander Payne
Verses 1-8. A General Summary.
Verses 9-18. The selection of right principles in the mind.
Verses 19-21. Invitation to enter upon the heavenly life.
Verses 22-25. A search into what constitutes the heavenly life.
Verses 26-40. The unwillingness of the unregenerate heart to enter upon it.
Verses 41-46. The attempt to do so from selfhood and defeat in temptation.
Job 12:7-10
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"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
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Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh has done this,
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in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?