Deuteronomy 4:19

17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,

18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth.

19 And take heed, lest you ^alift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, ^ball the host of heaven, you feel driven to ^cworship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has¹ given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.

20 But the Lord has taken you and ^abrought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be ^bHis people, an inheritance, as you are this day.

21 Furthermore ^athe Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that ^bI would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

22 But ^aI must die in this land, ^bI must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and¹ possess ^cthat good land.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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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 endeavor, 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.

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