“ Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: ”
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 adaptati...
Six days (f) thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: (f) Meaning, since God permits six days for our labours, we should willingly dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly.
Yahweh's covenant ( Deuteronomy 4:13 *) with Israel at Horeb ( Deuteronomy 1:2 *) and its obligations ( Deuteronomy 5:6-21 ). With D's version of the Decalogue ( Deuteronomy 5:6-21 ) compare the ea...
labour. This word is emphasized by the Hebrew accent zarha, to show that the fourth Commandment is twofold, and that the one day's rest cannot be enjoyed without the preceding six days of labour....
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: No JFB commentary on this verse.
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.
(12-15) The language of this commandment is identical with the form it takes in Exodus only so far as the 13th and 14th verses are concerned; and even here the special mention of the ox and the ass i...
THE DECALOGUE-ITS FORM Deuteronomy 5:1-21 AS the fourth chapter belongs to the speech which concludes the legislative portion of Deuteronomy both in contents and language (see chapter 23), we s...
the Decalogue Repeated Deuteronomy 5:1-21 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...
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 th...
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 Re...
Deuteronomy 5:12 .
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 com...
6 I am the L ORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven i...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Words of the Covenant of Yahweh ( Deuteronomy 5:6-21 ). Having provided the context he now expands on the basic covenant. At this point the pronouns change from plural to singular until Deut...
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 im...
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...
Keep the Sabbath day. The Fourth Commandment I. Here is resting from ordinary employments. When a man does his work, his thoughts and tongue and hands are engaged in it. Consequently, on this d...
EXPOSITION THE DECALOGUE THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT , THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE LAW , AND THE CONDITION OF LIFE AND FELICITY . Deuteronomy 5:1-5 Moses re...
The Ten Commandments as Given on Sinai
Exodus 23:12 ; Exodus 35:2 ; Exodus 35:3 ; Ezekiel 20:12 ; Luke 13:14-16 ; Luke 23:56