Synthetic Bible Studies by James Gray

• Title Page
• Pentateuch
  • Lesson 1: Genesis 1–11
  • Lesson 2: Genesis 12:1–28:15
  • Lesson 3: Genesis 28–50
  • Lesson 4: Exodus 1–19
  • Lesson 5: Exodus 20–40
  • Lesson 6: Leviticus
  • Lesson 7: Numbers 1–19
  • Lesson 8: Numbers 20–36
  • Lesson 9: Deuteronomy
    • The Book of Review
    • I: The Journeyings Reviewed, Deuteronomy 1–4
    • II: The Laws Reviewed, Deuteronomy 5–26
      • Spiritualism
      • The Prophecy of Christ
      • The Law of Double Reference
    • III: The Future History of Israel, Deuteronomy 27–30
    • IV: The Close of Moses’ Life, Deuteronomy 31–34
• History
• Poetry
• Prophets
• Post Captivity Prophets
• Gospels, Acts
• Pauline Epistles
• General Epistles

But read further still until your eye rests, let us say, at Deuteronomy 28:64. What have we here and in the following verses? Is not this a sad, but true forecast of the condition of the Jews in our own time? We only need to read the current newspapers to answer that question.

But is there no gleam of hope for this people, so beloved and blessed of God? Read Deuteronomy 30, especially Deuteronomy 30:1-10. In the light of such promises should not we Gentiles be more sincere and importunate in prayer for the Jews than many of us are? Read Psalm 122, particularly Psalm 122:6, to see what blessing we may expect if we do so.

I am led to close the consideration of this lesson with an extract from Dr. Gosman, the translator of Lange’s commentary on this book. It is a little out of the line of the particular work before us, but its merit and timeliness are its justification. He says: “This chapter, in its prophetic declarations, which have been so strikingly fulfilled, contains clear proof of the divine fore-knowledge, and of the inspiration of Moses. This is all the more clear since the prophecies relate mainly and in their extreme and awful particularity, to the curses which should rest upon the unfaithful people. Moses does not spare his own people, but holds before them the glass of their future defection and sufferings, as he foresaw them. There might have been a motive for dwelling particularly upon their prosperity, but there is no assignable motive for the character of this discourse, unless it is found in the clear foresight given to him of what was to occur.”

The Close of Moses’ Life, Deuteronomy 31-34

The general title at the head of this paragraph will answer for the fourth and last division of the book. It may be subdivided thus:

• The charge to Joshua, Deuteronomy 31
• The song of remembrance, Deuteronomy 32
• The blessing on the tribes, Deuteronomy 33
• The burial on Mount Nebo, Deuteronomy 34

Why was Moses as a leader, not absolutely essential to Israel (Deuteronomy 31:3)? To what virtue are they exhorted (Deuteronomy 31:6-7)? What authority attached to the words of this book (Deuteronomy 31:9-13)? What was done with it (Deuteronomy 31:24-26)?

Why was the song written (Deuteronomy 32:19-21)? Observe its spirit of adoration, so different from many of our songs and prayers (Deuteronomy 32:1-4). Observe the touching and poetic allusion to God’s providential care (Deuteronomy 32:9-14). Observe the allusion to their position of