Deuteronomy 5:1-6:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-5

Here, 1. Moses summons the assembly. He called all Israel; not only the elders, but, it is likely, as many of the people as could come within hearing, Deut. 5:1. The greatest of them were not above God's command, nor the meanest of them below his cognizance; but they were all bound to do. 2. He demands attention: ?Hear, O Israel; hear and heed, hear and remember, hear, that you may learn, and keep, and do; else your hearing is to no purpose.? When we hear the word of God we must set ourselves... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1

And Moses called all Israel ,.... The heads of the various tribes, and elders of the people, as he had on occasion been used to do; unless it can be thought that at different times he repeated the following laws to separate parties and bodies of them, until they had all heard them: and said unto them, hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day ; the laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which he was about to repeat, and afresh declare unto them, being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:1

And Moses called all Israel, and said - Hear, etc. - God speaks to the people. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:1

Verse 1 1.And Moses called all Israel. Since the plan and order of exposition which I have adopted required that this same preface, as it is repeated word. for word in Deuteronomy, should here also be read together, I have thought fit also to insert the five verses, which in this place precede it. In the first verse, Moses exhorts the people to hear the judgments and statutes of God, which he sets before them. He likewise states the object of this, that they should keep (222) to do them; as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1

And Moses called all Israel [called to all Israel], and said . "The calling refers not to the publicity of the address, but to the clear voice which, breaking forth from the inmost heart of Moses, aimed at penetrating, as far as possible, to all ( Genesis 49:1 ; John 7:37 )" (Schroeder). (Cf. also Proverbs 8:4 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-5

EXPOSITION Moses reminds them of the making of the covenant at Horeb, and of the revelation of the fundamental law of the covenant there. As he was about to recapitulate the laws which God their King had enacted, it was fitting that he should refer at the outset to that covenant relation between Jehovah and Israel on which all the injunctions of the Law rested. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-5

The Abrahamic covenant renewed. So solicitous was God for the well-being of Israel that, on critical epochs in their history, he reminds them of their privileged condition. Three main thoughts arrest our attention— I. COVENANTED BLESSING SECURED . God has not stood out for the maintenance of his rights; he has stooped to fetter his liberty—to bind himself to generous deeds. 1. He allows us to hold proprietorship in him . We can claim him to be " our God ." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-21

The Decalogue. Moses here recalls the Sinaitic covenant, and wishes the Israelites to remember that, though given to their fathers primarily, it was also applicable to them. They were in many cases present as children then, and they were represented by their parents. Moses speaks with authority as having been mediator ( Deuteronomy 5:5 ) on the occasion. There are the following lessons to be learned from the Decalogue as here given:— I. THE COVENANT IS BASED UPON A ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Reminiscences of Horeb. I. THE COVENANT . ( Deuteronomy 5:2 , Deuteronomy 5:3 .) 1. Proposed by God ( Exodus 19:3-7 ). 2. Accepted by the people ( Exodus 24:7 ). 3. Entailed obligations on subsequent generations (cf. Deuteronomy 6:2 ). In this covenant, formally ratified by sacrifice ( Exodus 24:6 , Exodus 24:7 ), Israel The new covenant in Christ, while in many respects different from, and superior to, that of Horeb, yet resembles it in several of these... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:1

Deuteronomy 5:1. Moses called all Israel Moses having in his first discourse, by a general recapitulation of the mercies and providences which had attended them, prepared the minds of the Israelites for further impressions, summons them by their elders and representatives to a second meeting, in which, after repeating to the new generation the several laws which God had enjoined, he earnestly exhorts them to lay them to heart, and make them the rule of their spirit and conduct. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:1

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