Song of Moses

If (Deuteronomy 32:1–3) is regarded as the introduction, and (Deuteronomy 32:43) as the conclus…

My doctrine.—Or, my learning, what I receive—a not very common, but beautiful expression in the Hebrew.

Everything…

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil …

My doctrine shall drop as the rain. Some, as I think improperly, interpret the future tense here as the optative mood.²⁴⁸ For i…

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as
the dew

Moses begins with a solemn appeal to heaven and earth, concerning the truth and importance of what he was about to say. His doctrine is the gospel,…