Deuteronomy 5:32-33

32 So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.
33 Walk in obedience to all that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Deuteronomy 5:32-33 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.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 10:12
  • 2. Deuteronomy 17:11,20; Deuteronomy 28:14; Joshua 1:7; Joshua 23:6; 1 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 22:2; Proverbs 4:27
  • 3. Isaiah 3:10; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 38:20; S Luke 1:6
  • 4. S ver 29; Deuteronomy 4:40
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