“ Thou shalt have none other gods before me. ”
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...
Thou shalt have none (c) other gods before me. (c) God binds us to serve him only without superstition and idolatry.
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...
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
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.
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 fr...
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 5:6 .
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 knowl...
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...
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 o...
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
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...