Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 5:7
Thou shalt have none (c) other gods before me.
(c) God binds us to serve him only without superstition and idolatry.
Thou shalt have none (c) other gods before me.
(c) God binds us to serve him only without superstition and idolatry.
Compare Exodus 20 and notes. Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats them, with a certain measure of freedom and adaptation. Our...
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...
Yahweh's covenant (Deuteronomy 4:13 *) with Israel at Horeb (Deuteronomy 1:2 *) and its obligations (Deuteronomy 5:6). With D's version of the Decalogue ...
The First Commandment as in Exodus 20:3. IN FRONT OF _me_ a strong phrase, but of what exact degree of strength is doubtful. Literally _over against my face_, or _presence_. By D it is elsewhere (Deut...
A. THE NATURE, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVENANT MADE AT SINAI (Deuteronomy 5:1 to Deuteronomy 11:32) 1. THE TEN WORDS REVIEWED (Deuteronomy 5:1 to...
_THOU SHALT HAVE NONE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
THOU SHALT HAVE NONE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. — Literally, _upon my face, in addition to my presence;_ or, as Rashi says, “in any place where I am, that is, in the whole world.” “Whither shall I go from...
לֹ֣א יִהְיֶ֥ה ־לְךָ֛֩ אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים עַל...
THE DECALOGUE-ITS FORM Deuteronomy 5:1 AS the fourth chapter belongs to the speech which concludes the legislative portion of Deuteronomy both in contents and language (see chapter 23), we shall pass...
THE DECALOGUE REPEATED Deuteronomy 5:1 The Law of God is for “ _all_ Israel.” None are exempt. “Not with our fathers” means not with them _only;_ Moses also uses the expression because many of the re...
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...
Sight. Chaldean, "Thou shalt not have any other god but me." Elohim often designates the true God. (Calmet) --- See the decalogue explained, (Exodus xx.,) where we have observed, that pictures are onl...
I hardly think it necessary to comment upon these commandments afresh, after what was offered on this subject in the Commentary for the 20th Chapter of Exodus. I would only beg to point out to the Rea...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 5:6....
Deu. 5:7, 8. That this first commandment has respect to worshipping other gods; but the second has respect to worshipping the true God by images, is confirmed by chap. Deuteronomy 4:16-18. The people...
_Thou shalt have no other gods before me_ Hast thou worshipped God in spirit and in truth? Hast thou made him the end of all thy actions? Hast thou sought for any happiness in preference to the knowle...
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...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS GIVEN ON SINAI...
Thou shalt have none other gods before Me, either over and above Him, or by His side, or beneath Him, as subordinate gods; He is the one and only God....
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...
6-22 There is some variation here from Deuteronomy 5:20 as between the Lord's prayer in Deuteronomy 5:6 and Deuteronomy 5:11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the wor...
No text from Poole on this verse....
"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 5:7 other H312 gods H430 before H6440 Exodus 20:3; Matthew 4:10;...
THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT OF YAHWEH (DEUTERONOMY 5:6). Having provided the context he now expands on the basic covenant. At this point the pronouns change from plural to singular until Deuteronomy 5:2...
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...
_Thou shalt have none other gods before Me._ OUR DUTY TOWARDS GOD The word “gods” in this passage may be regarded as denoting not only the various objects of religions worship, but also all the objec...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 5:1__ These verses restate the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1). The detailed laws recorded later, in...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 5:7 NO OTHER GODS. Exclusive worship of the Lord is the logical response to the fact that there is no other god like him (Deuteronomy 4
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...
1 John 5:21; Exodus 20:3; John 5:23; Matthew 4:10...
There being little said, concerning the spiritual sense of the Ten Commandments, in the notes on the twentieth of Exodus, I think it needful to add a few questions here, which the reader may answer be...
How could Moses alter the wording of the Ten Commandments from that which God spoke to him? PROBLEM: In Deuteronomy 5:6-21 Moses repeats the Ten Commandments to Israel. In reviewing the covenant which...