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Deuteronomy 5:2-12

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2 1The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 2Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.
4 The Lord spoke with you 3face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire,
5 4while I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For 5you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:
6 6“‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 “‘You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
8 “‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
10 but showing steadfast love to 7thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 “‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.
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Deuteronomy 5:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 5

In this chapter Moses, after a short preface, De 5:1-5, repeats the law of the decalogue, or ten commands, with some little variation, De 5:6-21, and then reminds the Israelites of the terrible manner in which it was delivered to them, De 5:22,23 which put them upon making a request that Moses might be a mediator between God and them, and hear what the Lord had to say, and report it to them; to which they promised obedience, De 5:24-27 and which being agreeable to the Lord was granted, De 5:28-31, and this laid them under a greater obligation to observe the commands of God, and keep them, De 5:32,33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 7

  • 1. 5:2 ch. 4:23; Ex. 19:5
  • 2. 5:3 [Heb. 8:9]
  • 3. 5:4 [ch. 34:10; Ex. 33:11; Num. 14:14; Judg. 6:22]
  • 4. 5:5 Ex. 20:21; [Gal. 3:19]
  • 5. 5:5 Ex. 19:16; 20:18; 24:2
  • 6. 5:6 For ver. 6-21, see Ex. 20:2-17
  • 7. 5:10 Ex. 20:6; Jer. 32:18

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 5:7 Or 'besides'
  • [b] 5:10 Or 'to the thousandth generation'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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