Bible Commentary

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; 23. ye came near unto me ] Deu 1:22. even all the heads of your … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:23”

These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 22. The Close of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:22”

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbor’s. 21. The Tenth Commandment, carrying the Law from the sphere of action into that of thought and feeling, and therefore not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:21”

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. Deu 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness. The Ninth Commandment I will speak first of the negative part of this commandment; secondly, of the affirmative. Under the former are forbidden these two things: first, more largely all evil speaking that may be any ways hurtful … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:20”

Neither shalt thou steal. Deu 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal. The Eighth Commandment I will consider the negative and, secondly, the positive part of the commandment. For the first, the negative part, to wit, what is forbidden here, we are to know that it extends to ourselves as well as to our neighbours. I begin … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:19”

Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Deu 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. The Seventh Commandment The original word which our translators restrain to committing adultery is of a large signification, and comprises all kinds of uncleanness and lewdness. So that all unlawful lust and carnal pleasure is here forbidden, and we are enjoined to preserve … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:18”

Thou shalt not kill. 17 20. The Sixth to the Ninth Commandments, as in Exo 20:13-16, except that for the simple not used there, we have here and not = neither, to introduce the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Commandments; and that in the Ninth instead of sheer = false of Exo 20:16 there is the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:17”

Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 16. The Fifth Commandment as in Exo 20:12, with however two additions: as Jehovah thy God commanded … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:16”

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 15. A different reason for the keeping of the Sabbath from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:15”

But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 5:14”