Divided - that is, “whose light God has distributed to the nations for their use and benefit, and which, therefore, being creatures minister…

The sun, and the moon, and the stars. —The purest worship of antiquity—that which we find among the Persians—hardly escap…

And lest you lift up your eyes. Moses proceeds further, so that the Jews would not imagine any divinity in the sun, moon, and stars. Nor d…

And lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven
The starry heaven, which to do in itself is not sinful; and may be lawful…

The power and love of God toward Israel are presented here as the basis and reason for a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although ther…