Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 4:3
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3, 4. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor . . . the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you —It appears that the pestilence and the sword of justice overtook only the guilty in that affair ( :- ) while the rest of the people were spared. The allusion to that recent and appalling judgment was seasonably made as a powerful dissuasive against idolatry, and the fact mentioned was calculated to make a deep impression on people who knew and felt the truth of it. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
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