These verses contain a much fuller narrative of the events briefly described in Exodus 20:18. Here it is important to call attention to the fact that it was on the entreaties of the people that Moses...
II. THE EXPOSITION OF THE LAW, EXHORTATIONS AND WARNINGS, BLESSING AND CURSE 1. The Proclamation of the Decalogue Chapter S 4:44-5:33 _ 1. The introductory words (Deuteronomy 4:44)_ 2. The law pro...
WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. THE LIVING GOD. Both plurals. First occurrence of this title, always in contrast with idols, latent or expressed. Compare Acts 14:15; 1 Thessalonians 1:9,...
The people, fearing the fatal effect of hearing God's voice directly, request Moses to act as mediator. See Exodus 20:19-21, E, a much simpler form of the narrative, but containing in Deuteronomy 5:20...
See on Deuteronomy 4:33. It was contrary to expectation that the people survived the voice of God: they would not repeat the risk....
_flesh_ Emphatic; it cannot endure immediate contact with spirit (Isaiah 31:3). _the living God_ Rather, A _living God_, cp. Deuteronomy 4:33. The phrase always occurs in the O.T. without the article...
b. ISRAEL'S REACTION: FEAR AND DEVOTION (Deuteronomy 5:22-27) 22 These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, wi...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN YE HEARD THE VOICE OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE DARKNESS, (FOR THE MOUNTAIN DID BURN WITH FIRE,) THAT YE CAME NEAR UNTO ME, EVEN ALL THE HEADS OF YOUR TRIBES, AND YOUR ELDERS;_...
THE REPETITION OF THE DECALOGUE This chapter repeats the Law of the Ten Commandments given on Mt. Sinai with the circumstances of its delivery: see Exodus 20, and the notes there....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 Then Moses called together all the *Israelites and he spoke to them. ‘People in *Israel, h...
(23-27) The speech of the elders to Moses is more fully and exactly described here than in Exodus 20, where it is briefly summarised as expressing the mind of the whole people. (25) WHY SHOULD WE DIE?...
כִּ֣י מִ֣י כָל ־בָּשָׂ֡ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֣ע קֹול
MOSES BETWEEN GOD AND THE PEOPLE Deuteronomy 5:22 “He added no more”- _i.e.,_ the Law is perfect. It is written in stone, and therefore is permanent. When the conscience has not learned the efficacy...
Continuing the introductory part of the great discourse, Moses called on all Israel to attend to "statutes and judgments." In addition to these words, he later employed the word "testimonies." The thr...
How much of gospel is in these verses! And how in these early ages was the great doctrine of a Mediator shadowed forth, even in the dispensation of the law! Reader! pause over the perusal of the fears...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
26._For who is there of all. flesh? _The word “flesh” is used in contempt, as often elsewhere, for the human race; for, although we consist of body and soul, yet when the frailty of men, and their per...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5, 6, AND 7. In chapter 5 Moses reminds them of the ten commandments given in Horeb; and it is to be remarked, that the deliverance out of Egypt (not the rest...
FOR WHO [IS THERE] OF ALL FLESH,.... What man was there in any age, that was ever heard of or can be named: THAT HATH HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LIVING GOD; who lives in and of himself, and is the author...
Deu. 5:26. These words, with the context, lead us to suppose that the apprehension that seemed to be so generally fixed in the minds of God's people of old came from a tradition handed down from the a...
_Flesh_ Is here put for a man in his frail, corruptible, and mortal state....
1 The Couenant in Horeb. 6 The ten Commandements. 22 At the peoples request Moses receiueth the Law from God. 1 AND Moses called all Israel, and sayd vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the Statutes and Iu...
ADMONITION TO HEED THE LAW...
For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire as we have, and lived? Flesh in itself, natural man in his inherited sinfulness, to whic...
A REVIEW OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-22) At the beginning of the wilderness journey God had given Israel the ten commandments. Now at the end of the journey it was necessary that these same comman...
23-33 Moses refers to the consternation caused by the terror with which the law was given. God's appearances have always been terrible to man, ever since the fall; but Christ, having taken away sin,...
FLESH is here put for man in his frail, corruptible, and mortal state, as Matthew 16:17 1 Corinthians 15:50 Ephesians 6:12 Hebrew
"And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgements which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them." Let us carefully note...
Deuteronomy 5:26 flesh H1320 heard H8085 (H8804) voice H6963 living H2416 God H430 speaking H1696 (H8764) mids
THE CONTEXT OF THE GIVING OF THE COVENANT AND THE PEOPLE'S FEAR (DEUTERONOMY 5:22). Having repeated the covenant he now sought to emphasise again the circumstances under which it was given. The twofol...
CONTENTS: New generations taught the Mosaic covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Many have their consciences startled by the Law, who are not purified (Deuteronomy 5:29). Promises are made...
Deuteronomy 5:4. _The Lord talked with you face to face._ That is, as the Chaldaic reads, _talked to us,_ without a mediator; but literally, they saw no similitude. His voice was loud, for all the nat...
CRITICAL REMARKS.—The Deuteronomy, or second law, is now given and enforced. But Moses refers to the covenant relation between Jehovah and Israel, and recapitulates the Sinaitic code in its most impor...
EXPOSITION THE DECALOGUE THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT, THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE LAW, AND THE CONDITION OF LIFE AND FELICITY....
Now to chapter 5. AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments, that you may learn them, and keep them, and do them (Deuteronomy 5:1). So these thr...
Flesh — Is here put for man in his frail, corruptible, and mortal state....