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Deuteronomy 5:28-33

Listen to Deuteronomy 5:28-33
28 “And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. 1They are right in all that they have spoken.
29 2Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, 3that it might go well with them and with their descendants[a] forever!
30 Go and say to them, “Return to your tents. ”
31 But you, stand here by me, and 4I will tell you the whole commandment and the statutes and the rules that you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess. ’
32 You shall be careful therefore to do as the Lord your God has commanded you. 5You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 6You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and 7that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.

Deuteronomy 5:28-33 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.

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Cross References 7

  • 1. 5:28 ch. 18:17
  • 2. 5:29 ch. 32:29; Ps. 81:13; Isa. 48:18; [Matt. 23:37; Luke 19:42]
  • 3. 5:29 See ch. 4:40
  • 4. 5:31 Gal. 3:19
  • 5. 5:32 ch. 17:20; 28:14; Josh. 1:7; 23:6; 2 Kgs. 22:2; Prov. 4:27
  • 6. 5:33 ch. 10:12; 30:16; Jer. 7:23; [Luke 1:6]
  • 7. 5:33 See ch. 4:40

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 5:29 Or 'sons'
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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