Deuteronomy 5:4 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 5:4

The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount ,.... Meaning, not in that free, friendly, and familiar manner, in which he sometimes talked with Moses, of whom this phrase is used, Exodus 33:11 , but publicly, audibly, clearly, and distinctly, or without the interposition of another; he did not speak to them by Moses, but to them themselves; he talked to them without a middle person between them, as Aben Ezra expresses it: without making use of one to relate to them what he said; but... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:4

Verse 4 4.Face to face. Again he commends the Law by mentioning their certainty about it; for, when God openly manifested Himself, there could be no doubt of the author from whom it proceeded. To speak “face to face,” is equivalent to discoursing openly and familiarly; and in point of fact God had spoken with them, as mortals and friends communicate with each other in their mutual dealings. Moreover, lest any doubt should still remain, God set before their eyes a visible manifestation of His... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:4-5

The Lord talked with you face to face . God spoke to them immediately, in their presence and to their face, from the mount, as one person might to another. There is a slight difference in form between the phrase here and that in Exodus 33:11 and Deuteronomy 34:10 , where it is used in reference to Moses, but it is so slight ( בְּפָּנִים instead of אֶל־פָּנִים ) that no difference of meaning can be elicited. God spake directly to the people, as he did to Moses, only Moses was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:4

Deuteronomy 5:4. The Lord talked with you face to face Personally and immediately, and not by the mouth or ministry of Moses; plainly and certainly, as when two men speak face to face; freely and familiarly, so as not to overwhelm and confound you. It may also signify that they beheld a conspicuous symbol of the divine presence, and heard a divine voice speaking from thence clearly and distinctly. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

4:44-11:32 BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE COVENANTIn the address just concluded, Moses outlined God’s dealings with Israel in the past, and on the basis of this urged Israel to be obedient in the future. He now called a second meeting, this time to ‘renew’ the covenant, not in the ceremonial sense but in the practical sense. That is, he reawakened the people to their responsibilities under the covenant. He recalled the events when the covenant was made at Sinai (4:44-5:5), he repeated the basic... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 5:4

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 5:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 5:1-33

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