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Exhortations and Arguments. (b. c. 1451.)
EXHORTATIONS AND ARGUMENTS. (B. C. 1451.) This most lively and excellent discourse is so entire, and the particulars of it are so often repeated, that we must take it altogether in the exposition of it, and endeavour to…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:24-40
Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against him. Shall we forsake a m…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:41-49
Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. H…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:41-49
Here is, 1. The nomination of the cities of refuge on that side Jordan where Israel now lay encamped. Three cities were appointed for that purpose, one in the lot of Reuben, another in that of Gad, and another in that o…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:1-5
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 notions, or our mouths wi…
The Decalogue Repeated. (b. c. 1451.)
THE DECALOGUE REPEATED. (B. C. 1451.) Here, 1. Moses summons the assembly. He called all Israel; not only the elders, but, it is likely, as many of the people as could come within hearing, Deuteronomy 5:1. The greatest…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-21
The Decalogue. Moses here recalls the Sinaitic covenant, and wishes the Israelites to remember that, though given to their fathers primarily, it was also applicable to them. They were in many cases present as children t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-33
EXPOSITION THE DECALOGUE THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT, THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE LAW, AND THE CONDITION OF LIFE AND FELICITY.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-5
Moses reminds them of the making of the covenant at Horeb, and of the revelation of the fundamental law of the covenant there. As he was about to recapitulate the laws which God their King had enacted, it was fitting th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses called all Israel [called to all Israel], and said. "The calling refers not to the publicity of the address, but to the clear voice which, breaking forth from the inmost heart of Moses, aimed at penetrating, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-5
The Abrahamic covenant renewed. So solicitous was God for the well-being of Israel that, on critical epochs in their history, he reminds them of their privileged condition. Three main thoughts arrest our attention— I. C…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-33
Reminiscences of Horeb. I. THE COVENANT. (Deuteronomy 5:2, Deuteronomy 5:3.) 1. Proposed by God (Exodus 19:3-7). 2. Accepted by the people (Exodus 24:7). 3. Entailed obligations on subsequent generations (cf. Deuteronom…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:5
Mediation. I. MEDIATION IN GENERAL. Mediation has a God-ward side and a man-ward side. The requirements of God's holiness—the needs of man's heart. 1. On God's side, communion with sinners can only be maintained on term…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:6-22
There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabb…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:6-22
Here is the repetition of the ten commandments, in which observe, 1. Though they had been spoken before, and written, yet they are again rehearsed; for precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, and all little en…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6-21
The Divine plan for the conduct of our life on earth. Had we been left in ignorance what the Divine intention in human life was, it had been a calamity indeed. Waste and failure must have been the disastrous result. For…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6
The Divine Law based on a divinely revealed relationship. "I am the Lord thy God," etc. This little word thy, in this connection, gives us the basis on which the Law was set. Of the event called "the giving of the Law,"…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6
I am Jehovah thy God. "The Law, the establishing rule for men, can proceed only from him who alone and over all stands fast; i.e. from God, specially as Jehovah. The eternal, unchangeable One, since he demands the obedi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7-21
Repetition of the Ten Commandments. On these, as the basis of the covenant, the whole legislation rests, and therefore a rehearsal of them is a fitting introduction to a repetition and enforcement of the laws of the the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7-16
FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW praecepta pietatis.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7
In this, the first commandment, the great principle and basis of all true religion is asserted—monotheism, as opposed to polytheism or pantheism There is but one God, and that God is Jehovah, the self-existent and etern…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7
The first commandment. God the sole object of worship. "Thou shalt have none other gods before me." So runs the first of the Ten Commandments. (For the specific direction of each, see enumeration in Homily on Deuteronom…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:8-10
The second commandment. The spirituality of Divine worship. It is sometimes said that there is a reason attached to this second commandment. It is scarcely accurate to affirm that. There is a double sanction attached to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:8-10
Here the spirituality of God is asserted, and, in the prohibition of the use of images in the worship of the Deity, all idolatry is denounced, and all deification of the powers of nature in any sense is prohibited. By t…