“ Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. ”
These verses contain a much fuller narrative of the events briefly described in Exodus 20:18-21 . Here it is important to call attention to the fact that it was on the entreaties of the people tha...
30. Go say to them. He more plainly subjoins God’s consent to the people’s prayer; as much as to say, that what they had asked was ratified by God’s decree; whence it follows that, if they r...
DISCOURSE: 194 EXCELLENCY OF THE LITURGY Deuteronomy 5:28-33 . They have well said all that they have spoken: O that there were such an heart in them! THE further we proceed in the investigati...
Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
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.
(28-31) And the Lord heard the voice of your words... — The Divine comment on the words of the people is recorded only in Deuteronomy; but in order to obtain a complete record of it, we must refer...
Moses between God and the People Deuteronomy 5:22-33 “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...
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...
What a delightful view is here afforded us of the love and mercy of GOD our father! With what affection he speaks of his people; and with what earnestness he desires their salvation. My soul! ever ke...
Go say to them, get you into your tents again. Which they had left, being brought by Moses, at the direction of God, to the foot of Mount Sinai, to receive the law from his mouth; this being done,...
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...
23 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 yo...
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Yahweh's Additional Response ( Deuteronomy 5:29-31 ). In His response Yahweh declares His longing that what His people had said might be true, and allows them to return to their tents, but comman...
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...
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...
Admonition to Heed the Law