 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? and what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you...  Sermons Chiefly on the Interpretation of Scripture - Page 26by Thomas Arnold - 1845 - 533 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Leland - Bible - 1837 - 524 pages
...17 ; xir. 29 ; xxii. 1 — t, 22 — 29 ; xxiii. 17 ; XXIT. UO— 2i2 ; xxv. 13 — 16. ver. 8 : ' What nation is there so great, that hath statutes...as all this law which I set before you this day?' As to the ritual precepts there enjoined, which are many and various ; though it cannot be expected... | |
 | John Jebb (bp. of Limerick.) - 1837 - 454 pages
...transmissive religion is yet more fully developed, and incorporated, in the Jewish dispensation : " What nation is there so great, that hath statutes...as all this law, which I set before you this day? Only, take heed unto thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine... | |
 | Rev. Robert Lovett - Salvation - 1837 - 232 pages
...(See Rom ii. 14) — yet had they no revealed standard to direct them ; and of Israel only was it said "What nation is there so great that hath statutes...as all this law which I set before you this day." (Deut. iv. 8.) "Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire as thou... | |
 | David F. Payne - Religion - 1985 - 220 pages
...to us, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?" Chapter 4 serves as an introduction to all the laws of the chapters that follow; it marks the start... | |
 | David F. Payne - Religion - 1985 - 220 pages
...to us, whenever we call upon him? 8And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?" Chapter 4 serves as an introduction to all the laws of the chapters that follow; it marks the start... | |
 | Stanley B. Marrow - Religion - 1986 - 292 pages
...wise and understanding people!" . . . And what great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day? (Dt 4: 1,6, 8; see 4:40; 13:4; 26:18-19; Ex 19:5; 15:26; Lev 18:5). The Lord gave Israel "the law and... | |
 | Stephen Westerholm - Religion - 1988 - 252 pages
...surely the most adequate rendering. And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day? (Deut. 4:8) Lay to heart all the words which I enjoin upon you this day, that you may command them... | |
 | Walter C. Kaiser - Religion - 1991 - 328 pages
...Israel rhetorically, "What nation has God so near to them as the Lord your God?" or "What nation has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?" (Deut. 4:7-8). Israel's response was repeated three times: "All that the Lord has spoken we will do"... | |
 | Don B. Garlington - Religion - 1991 - 360 pages
...to us, whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day? Wisdom and greatness go together: Israel's possession of wisdom, ie, the Torah, ipso facto made her... | |
 | Robert Traer - Political Science - 1991 - 262 pages
...that, because of the divinity of the law, it is "well nigh self-evident that there is not 'any nation so great that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law' (Deut. 4:8)."37 In order to discern "human rights" in Jewish law, he looks at commandments (mitzvoi),... | |
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