Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
HARMONY OF THE LAW · VOLUME 1
24. For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
24. Nam Jehova Deus tuus, ignis consumens est, et Deus zelotes.
Exodus 34
Exodus 34:14
14. For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
14. Non incurvabis te Deo alieno. Nam Jehova zelotes nomen ejus, Deus zelotes est.
Deuteronomy 8
Deuteronomy 8:19, 20
19. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
19. Si obliviscendo oblitus fueris Jehovae Dei tui, et ambulaveris post deos alienos, et colueris eos, et te incurvaveris illis, testificor vobis hodie quod pereundi sitis perituri.
20. As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
20. Sicut gentes quas Jehova disperdit a facie vestra, sic peribitis: eo quod non obediveris voci Jehovec Dei vestri.
Deuteronomy 4:12. And the Lord spake unto you. It is a confirmation of the Second Commandment, that God manifested Himself to the Israelites by a voice, and not in a bodily form; whence it follows that those who are not contented with His voice, but seek His visible form, substitute imaginations and phantoms in His place. But here arises a difficult question, for God made Himself known to the patriarchs in other ways besides by His voice