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Deuteronomy 5:7-17

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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 1thousands[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.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 but 2the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, 3that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 4You shall remember that you were a slave[c] in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there 5with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 "'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, 6that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
17 7"'You shall not murder.[d]
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Deuteronomy 5:7-17 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

Cross References 7

  • 1. Exodus 20:6; Jeremiah 32:18
  • 2. Exodus 16:29, 30; Hebrews 4:4
  • 3. [Exodus 23:12]
  • 4. Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:12; Deuteronomy 24:18, 22
  • 5. See Deuteronomy 4:34
  • 6. See Deuteronomy 4:40
  • 7. Matthew 5:21, 27; Luke 18:20; James 2:11

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or besides
  • [b]. Or to the thousandth generation
  • [c]. Or servant
  • [d]. The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.