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Deuteronomy 5:17-21

The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:17-21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW: praecepta probitatis.

In the enactments of the second table there is a progression from the outward to the inward. First, sins of deed are prohibited, such as murder, adultery, and theft; then sins of word, such as injury of a neighbor's good name by false testimony; and finally, sins of the heart, which do not come into open manifestation, such as covetousness and evil desire. The "commandment" is thus seen to be" exceeding broad" (). So that only the man "who hath clean hands and a pure heart, and who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully," shall "ascend into the hill of the Lord, or stand in his holy place" (, ).

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