Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 5:4
The LORD talked with you (b) face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
(b) So plainly that you do not need to doubt it.
The LORD talked with you (b) face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
(b) So plainly that you do not need to doubt it.
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...
Yahweh's covenant (Deuteronomy 4:13 *) with Israel at Horeb (Deuteronomy 1:2 *) and its obligations (Deuteronomy 5:6). With D's version of the Decalogue ...
TALKED. Compare Exodus 19:19; Exodus 19:20....
_face to face_ i.e. person with person, without the intervention of another. The metaphor is hardly an instance of the tendency of D's style to hyperbole 2 [120]. For although all that the people perc...
_VER._ 4. _THE LORD TALKED WITH YOU FACE TO FACE_— See Exodus 33:11. REFLECTIONS.—Moses summons the people, as many as could come within hearing, to attend the charge that he was farther to deliver; a...
A. THE NATURE, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVENANT MADE AT SINAI (Deuteronomy 5:1 to Deuteronomy 11:32) 1. THE TEN WORDS REVIEWED (Deuteronomy 5:1 to...
_THE LORD TALKED WITH YOU FACE TO FACE IN THE MOUNT OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE,_ The Lord talked with you face to face - not in a visible and corporeal form, of which there was no trace (Deuteronom...
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...
THE LORD TALKED WITH YOU FACE TO FACE. — Yet they saw no manner of similitude (Deuteronomy 4:12), _i.e.,_ no visible form: but the very words of God reached their ears. So in Exodus 20:22, “Ye have se...
פָּנִ֣ים ׀ בְּ פָנִ֗ים דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה עִמָּכֶ֛ם...
THE DECALOGUE-ITS FORM Deuteronomy 5:1 AS the fourth chapter belongs to the speech which concludes the legislative portion of Deuteronomy both in contents and language (see chapter 23), we shall pass...
THE DECALOGUE REPEATED Deuteronomy 5:1 The Law of God is for “ _all_ Israel.” None are exempt. “Not with our fathers” means not with them _only;_ Moses also uses the expression because many of the re...
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...
_To us. Hebrew and Septuagint, "to you." --- Face to face, in such a manner that no doubt could be entertained of his presence. (St. Augustine) --- God addressed the decalogue to all the people, who s...
What is here said of face to face, the Chaldee paraphrase more agreeably to the analogy of faith, renders word to word....
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...
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 “fac...
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...
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, bu...
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, Ver. 4. _Face to face,_] _i.e., _ Openly, and immediately, by himself, and not by a messenger or mediator. Prosper's c...
_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 n...
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...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS GIVEN ON SINAI...
The Lord talked with you face to face, as one Person might talk with another, but not in visible form, IN THE MOUNT OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE, Exodus 20:22,...
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...
1-5 Moses demands attention. When we hear the word of God we must learn it; and what we have learned we must put in practice, for that is the end of hearing and learning; not to fill our heads with no...
Not in a visible shape, which was utterly denied, DEUTERONOMY 4:12,15; but personally and immediately, not by the mouth or ministry of Moses; plainly and certainly, as when two men talk face to face;...
"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 5:4 LORD H3068 talked H1696 (H8765) face H6440 face H6440 mountain H2022 midst H8432 fire H784...
MOSES EMPHASISES THAT THE COVENANT WAS NOT ONLY GIVEN TO THEIR FATHERS BUT WAS GIVEN ALSO DIRECTLY TO THEM OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE (DEUTERONOMY 5:1). Moses now repeats briefly what he has already...
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...
_The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb._ THE PROMULGATION OF THE LAW God was ever wonderful in His works, and fearful in His judgments--but He was never so terrible in the execution of Hi...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 5:1__ These verses restate the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1). The detailed laws recorded later, in...
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...
Deuteronomy 34:10; Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 5:24;...
Face to face — Personally and immediately, not by the mouth or ministry of Moses; plainly and certainly, as when two men talk face to face; freely and familiarly, so as not to overwhelm and confound y...