3b To be humbled under God’s mighty hand is to be made humble by God; however, we must cooperate with God’s operation and be willing to be made humble, lowly, under His mighty hand—5:6.
4Ⅱ The book of Deuteronomy speaks regarding the governmental administration of God—16:18-20; 17:8-20; 19:15-21; 21:1-9, 18-23; 22:13-30; 24:1-4, 7, 16; 25:1-3, 5-16:
5A The expression governmental administration is not found in Deuteronomy, but if we read this book thoroughly, we will see that it is a book of God’s government, even His governmental administration.
71 The wise God is a perfecting Father who loves His children and deals with them governmentally; He disciplines us for the purpose of perfecting us—Heb. 12:6.
15⑶ Moses served God faithfully for forty years, but because his mistake involved God’s governmental administration, he lost the right to enter into the good land—4:21.
16d Moses’ being refused in the matter of entering and possessing the good land shows God’s righteous governmental administration; this was an instance of God’s governmental administration, of God’s governmental dealing—1:37:
17⑴ The way God dealt with Moses in not allowing him to enter into the good land caused the children of Israel to have more fear of God’s righteous dealing—4:21.
18⑵ The punishment Moses suffered was a perfecting to the children of Israel; they should have learned from this how fearful the righteous God is in His governmental dealings—32:52.