The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:7-16
FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW praecepta pietatis . read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:7-21
Repetition of the Ten Commandments . On these, as the basis of the covenant, the whole legislation rests, and therefore a rehearsal of them is a fitting introduction to a repetition and enforcement of the laws of the theocracy. Some differences appear between the statement of the "ten words," as given here and as given in Exodus 20:1-26 . It is chiefly in the fourth commandment that these are to be found. It begins here with "remember" for "keep;" reference is made to the command of God... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:8
The iniquity of the fathers visited on the children. I. A FACT AMPLY ATTESTED . Borne out— 1. By Scripture instances ( Joshua 7:24 ; 2 Samuel 12:14 ; 1 Kings 21:21 , 1 Kings 21:29 , etc.). 2. By observation and experience . The case of children suffering in mind, body, character, and fortune, as the result of the sins of parents, is one of the commonest and saddest things in life. 3. Science . The law of heredity. (For illustrations, see Rev. Joseph... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:8-10
Here the spirituality of God is asserted, and, in the prohibition of the use of images in the worship of the Deity, all idolatry is denounced, and all deification of the powers of nature in any sense is prohibited. By the Jews, this commandment was not always regarded, for they were not infrequently seduced into following the idolatrous usages of the nations around them. It does not appear, however, that, though they set up images of the idol-gods whom they were thus led to worship, they ever... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:8-10
The second commandment. The spirituality of Divine worship. It is sometimes said that there is a reason attached to this second commandment. It is scarcely accurate to affirm that. There is a double sanction attached to it to enforce it, but there is no mention made here of a reason, strictly so called. We will, however, incorporate in this Homily the true reason which underlies this precept. But we shall have to go to the New Testament for the clearest statement of that. Let us then, in... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 5:6-21
Compare Exodus 20:0 and notes.Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats them, with a certain measure of freedom and adaptation. Our Lord Mark 10:19 and Paul Ephesians 6:2-3 deal similarly with the same subject. Speaker and hearers recognized, however, a statutory and authoritative form of the laws in question, which, because it was familiar to both parties, needed not to be reproduced with verbal fidelity.Deuteronomy... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:6
Deuteronomy 5:6. I am the Lord thy God The ten commandments, delivered Exodus 20:0., are here repeated, with some small difference of words, but the sense is perfectly the same. There being little said concerning the spiritual meaning of the ten commandments in the notes there, it may not be improper to add a few inquiries here, which the reader may answer between God and his own soul. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:7
Deuteronomy 5:7. Thou shalt have no other gods before me Hast thou worshipped God in spirit and in truth? Hast thou made him the end of all thy actions? Hast thou sought for any happiness in preference to the knowledge and love of God? Dost thou experimentally know the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he hath sent? Dost thou love God? Dost thou love him with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, so as to love nothing else but in that manner and degree which tends... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:8
Deuteronomy 5:8. Thou shalt not make any graven image Hast thou not formed any gross image of God in thy mind? Hast thou always thought of him as a pure spirit, whom no man hath seen, nor can see? and hast thou worshipped him with thy body, as well as with thy spirit, seeing both of them are God’s? read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:7
The first commandment. God the sole object of worship. "Thou shalt have none other gods before me." So runs the first of the Ten Commandments. (For the specific direction of each, see enumeration in Homily on Deuteronomy 5:6 ; for the completeness of the whole, see Homily on Deuteronomy 5:22-33 .) It has been well observed, in reference to the delivery of the Ten Commandments, that "this is the only authentic case in the history of the world of a newly formed nation receiving at once,... read more