CHAPTER V _God's covenant with the people in_ Horeb, 1-4. _Moses the mediator of it_, 5. _A repetition of the ten commandments_, 6-21; _which God wrote on two tables of stone_, 22. _The people are filled with dread at the terrible majesty of God_, 23-26; _and beseech Moses to be their mediato... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:3. _The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers_ (only) _but with us_ (also.)... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:6. _I AM THE LORD THY GOD_] See these commandments explained in _Clarke's notes on "_Exodus 20:2_"_, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:15. _AND REMEMBER THAT THOU WAST A SERVANT_] In this and the latter clause of the preceding verse Moses adds another reason why one day in _seven_ should be sanctified, viz., that _the servants_ _might rest_, and this is urged upon them on the consideration of _their_ having been... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:21. _HIS FIELD_] This clause is not in the tenth commandment as it stands in Exodus 20:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 23. - c. _AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN YE HEARD THE VOICE_] Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:18, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:29. _O THAT THERE WERE SUCH A HEART IN THEM_] Or rather, מי יתן והיה לבבם זה _mi yitten vehayah lebabam zeh_, _Who will give_ _such a heart to them, that they may fear_, c. They refuse to receive such a heart from _me_ who then can supply it? If they had not been such perfectly... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:32. _YE SHALL OBSERVE TO DO_] He who _marks_ not the _word_ of God is never likely to fulfil the _will_ of God. _YE SHALL NOT TURN ASIDE TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT._] The way of truth and righteousness is a _right line_; a man must walk straight forward who wishes to go to... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 5:33. _YE SHALL WALK IN ALL THE WAYS, C._] God never gave a commandment to man which he did not design that he should obey. He who selects from the Divine testimonies such precepts as he feels but little inclination to transgress, and lives in the breach of others, sins against the... [ Continue Reading ]