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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 20:1

Deuteronomy 4:33, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 5:4, Deuteronomy 5:22, Acts 7:38, Acts 7:53 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:10 - all the words Deuteronomy 10:4 - which Nehemiah 9:13 - spakest Psalms 147:19 - word John 1:17 - the law Hebrews 12:19 - and the voice read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 20:1

And God spake all these words, saying,God spake all these words - The law of the ten commandments is a law of God's making; a law of his own speaking. God has many ways of speaking to the children of men by his spirit, conscience, providences; his voice in all which we ought carefully to attend to: but he never spake at any time upon any occasion so as he spake the ten commandments, which therefore we ought to hear with the more earnest heed. This law God had given to man before, it was... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:1

1. God spake The Creator of man and the world, who has all authority in heaven and earth, is the fountain of law . Many Jewish and Christian expositors affirm that the Sinaitic proclamation of the decalogue was, literally, by the voice of God; that is, “that words were formed in the air by the power of God, and not by the intervention and ministry of angels.” (Keil.) This is thought to be the necessary meaning of Deuteronomy 5:4: “Jehovah talked with you face to face out of the midst of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:1-17

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Exodus 20:1-17. The preceding chapter has furnished an awe-inspiring preparation for the announcement of the fundamental law which here follows. Nothing in all the myths, legends, or histories of law-giving among other peoples is comparable with this sublime issuing of Israel’s decalogue. And the marvelous perfection of this summary of law, the inner excellency, the universal applicability of the several precepts, and their abiding, unchangeable nature, elevate this... read more

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