Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord, our God, any more, then we shall die. The consciousness of their sinfulness would rest upon them so heavily as to make them die for fear and dread of God's majesty.
These verses contain a much fuller narrative of the events briefly described in Exodus 20:18. Here it is important to call attention to the fact that it was on the entreaties of the people that Moses...
II. THE EXPOSITION OF THE LAW, EXHORTATIONS AND WARNINGS, BLESSING AND CURSE 1. The Proclamation of the Decalogue Chapter S 4:44-5:33 _ 1. The introductory words (Deuteronomy 4:44)_ 2. The law pro...
WHY. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6...
See on Deuteronomy 4:33. It was contrary to expectation that the people survived the voice of God: they would not repeat the risk....
The people, fearing the fatal effect of hearing God's voice directly, request Moses to act as mediator. See Exodus 20:19-21, E, a much simpler form of the narrative, but containing in Deuteronomy 5:20...
b. ISRAEL'S REACTION: FEAR AND DEVOTION (Deuteronomy 5:22-27) 22 These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, wi...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN YE HEARD THE VOICE OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE DARKNESS, (FOR THE MOUNTAIN DID BURN WITH FIRE,) THAT YE CAME NEAR UNTO ME, EVEN ALL THE HEADS OF YOUR TRIBES, AND YOUR ELDERS;_...
THE REPETITION OF THE DECALOGUE This chapter repeats the Law of the Ten Commandments given on Mt. Sinai with the circumstances of its delivery: see Exodus 20, and the notes there....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 Then Moses called together all the *Israelites and he spoke to them. ‘People in *Israel, h...
(23-27) The speech of the elders to Moses is more fully and exactly described here than in Exodus 20, where it is briefly summarised as expressing the mind of the whole people. (25) WHY SHOULD WE DIE?...
וְ עַתָּה֙ לָ֣מָּה נָמ֔וּת כִּ֣י תֹֽאכְלֵ֔נוּ...
MOSES BETWEEN GOD AND THE PEOPLE Deuteronomy 5:22 “He added no more”- _i.e.,_ the Law is perfect. It is written in stone, and therefore is permanent. When the conscience has not learned the efficacy...
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 thr...
_Die. Past experience did not entirely remove from them the fear which was so generally entertained, that the sight of the heavenly beings would prove destructive. So Daniel (chap. x. 17) said on a si...
How much of gospel is in these verses! And how in these early ages was the great doctrine of a Mediator shadowed forth, even in the dispensation of the law! Reader! pause over the perusal of the fears...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5, 6, AND 7. In chapter 5 Moses reminds them of the ten commandments given in Horeb; and it is to be remarked, that the deliverance out of Egypt (not the rest...
NOW THEREFORE WHY SHOULD WE DIE?.... Since we are now alive, and have so wonderfully escaped the danger we were exposed unto, let us be careful that we are not liable to it again: FOR THIS GREAT FIRE...
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. Ver. 25. _Why should we die?_] But why should they fear to...
_Why should we die_? For though God hath, for this season, kept us alive, yet we shall never be able to endure any further discourse from him in such a terrible manner, but shall certainly sink under...
1 The Couenant in Horeb. 6 The ten Commandements. 22 At the peoples request Moses receiueth the Law from God. 1 AND Moses called all Israel, and sayd vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the Statutes and Iu...
A REVIEW OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-22) At the beginning of the wilderness journey God had given Israel the ten commandments. Now at the end of the journey it was necessary that these same comman...
HEAR: _ Heb._ add to hear...
23-33 Moses refers to the consternation caused by the terror with which the law was given. God's appearances have always been terrible to man, ever since the fall; but Christ, having taken away sin,...
WHY SHOULD WE DIE? for though God hath for this season kept us alive to our admiration, yet we shall never be able to endure any further discourse from him in such a terrible manner, but shall certain...
"And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgements which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them." Let us carefully note...
Deuteronomy 5:25 die H4191 (H8799) great H1419 fire H784 consume H398 (H8799) hear H8085 (H8800) voice...
THE CONTEXT OF THE GIVING OF THE COVENANT AND THE PEOPLE'S FEAR (DEUTERONOMY 5:22). Having repeated the covenant he now sought to emphasise again the circumstances under which it was given. The twofol...
CONTENTS: New generations taught the Mosaic covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Many have their consciences startled by the Law, who are not purified (Deuteronomy 5:29). Promises are made...
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 nat...
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 impor...
EXPOSITION THE DECALOGUE THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT, THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE LAW, AND THE CONDITION OF LIFE AND FELICITY....
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 thr...
2 Corinthians 3:7; Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 33:2; Galatians 3:10;...
Why should we die? — For though God hath for this season kept us alive, yet we shall never be able to endure any farther discourse from him in such a terrible manner, but shall certainly sink under th...