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Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Deuteronomy 5:1-21

The Ten Commandments as Given on Sinai v. 1. Add Moses called all Israel and said unto them, he intended his voice to reach as many as possible and to make the announcement as impressive as possible, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep and do them, watch carefully to perform them. After this brief introduction, Moses immediately launches forth in the repetition of the Decalogue as it was given by the Lord on Mount... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

II. THE SECOND DISCOURSEDeuteronomy 5-26The text-the decalogue, the foundation of the covenant, the kernel of the whole law, and the fundamental condition of all salvationDeuteronomy 5:1 to Deuteronomy 6:31And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in [before] your ears this day, that ye may learn 2[and learn] them, and keep,1 and do them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3The Lord made not this covenant with our... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-21

the Decalogue Repeated Deuteronomy 5:1-21 The Law of God is for “ all Israel.” None are exempt. “Not with our fathers” means not with them only; Moses also uses the expression because many of the references of the Decalogue were to the settled life of Canaan. “Face to face,” not in dark visions, but clearly and lucidly, Job 4:12-13 . Our “face-to-face” vision is yet to come, 1 Corinthians 13:12 ; Revelation 22:4 . Notice in Deuteronomy 5:5 the ideal mediator, Galatians 3:19 ; 1 Timothy 2:5... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Continuing the introductory part of the great discourse, Moses called on all Israel to attend to "statutes and judgments." In addition to these words, he later employed the word "testimonies." The three words occur together later ( Deu 6:20 ). "Testimonies" are the actual words of the law given. "Statutes" are the provisions for worship and the conduct that harmonizes therewith. "Judgments" deal with the arrangements for the administration of justice. Moses first repeated the ten words of the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:6-21

The Words of the Covenant of Yahweh (Deuteronomy 5:6-21 ). Having provided the context he now expands on the basic covenant. At this point the pronouns change from plural to singular until Deuteronomy 5:22. This was so as to emphasise the personal application of what was said to each listener, and also to stress that it applied to the whole nation as one. Here we have a repetition of the giving of the covenant, and of the ten words which it contained, but with slight alterations in order to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:1-21

Deuteronomy 5:1-Ecclesiastes : . Yahweh’ s covenant ( Deuteronomy 4:13 *) with Israel at Horeb ( Deuteronomy 1:2 *) and its obligations ( Deuteronomy 5:6-Ecclesiastes :). With D’ s version of the Decalogue ( Deuteronomy 5:6-Ecclesiastes :) compare the earlier form in Exodus 20:1-Esther : * (E). Wellhausen is wrong in holding that there is a third (an older) version in Exodus 34:10-Ezekiel :. The following are the principal characteristics of Dt.’ s rendering: ( a) There are hortatory... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

CRITICAL REMARKS.—The Deuteronomy, or second law, is now given and enforced. But Moses refers to the covenant relation between Jehovah and Israel, and recapitulates the Sinaitic code in its most important features.Deuteronomy 5:1. Moses called marks the publicity and importance of the address.Deuteronomy 5:2. Our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; but with the nation as an organic whole, those identified with the people who entered into the covenant at Sinai.Deuteronomy 5:4 Face to face, not... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Now to chapter 5.AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments, that you may learn them, and keep them, and do them ( Deuteronomy 5:1 ).So these three things; you're to learn them, you're to do them and to keep them.The LORD made a covenant with you ( Deuteronomy 5:2 )A conditional covenant. They're keeping His law; they're doing His commandments.The LORD talked with you face to face. (and I stood between the LORD and you at the time, to show... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Deuteronomy 5:4 . The Lord talked with you face to face. That is, as the Chaldaic reads, talked to us, without a mediator; but literally, they saw no similitude. His voice was loud, for all the nation heard; at least, if they did not distinctly hear the words, they heard the thunder, and saw the appearance of devouring flames. How mild is the aspect of the gospel compared with the terrors of the law! Exodus 19:20. Deuteronomy 5:29 . Oh that there were such a heart in them. No father... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 5:8-10

Deuteronomy 5:8-10Thou shalt not make thee any graven image.The Second CommandmentThe Second Commandment contains, like all the commandments, a great principle--the great principle that God can be sought and found, not by outward forms, but only by the clean hands and the pure heart. The First Commandment bids us to worship the one God exclusively; the Second Commandment bids us to worship Him spiritually. The First Commandment forbids us to worship false gods; the Second Commandment forbids us... read more

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