E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 5:10
mercy = kindness. read more
as = according as. read more
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. read more
And remember. A parenthetical break in Moses' recital, in view of their shortly having servants of their own. through = by. read more
or. Figure of speech Paradiastole. App-6 . his ox. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "or his ox". read more
spake. See note on Deuteronomy 2:1 . wrote. See note on Exodus 17:14 ; and App-47 . in = on. read more
This entire chapter is devoted to a rehearsal of the Decalogue by Moses himself on the eve of Israel's entry into Canaan. The longest chapter in my Commentary on Exodus (Vol. II in the Pentateuch Series) is devoted to a detailed discussion of the famed "Ten Words," and we shall not recapitulate that material here.There are a few very minor differences in the two reports, of which Alexander said, "These differences are of little moment."[1] Scott listed the so-called "differences" between the... read more
Ver. 3. The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers— According to Houbigant, the word fathers here signifies, not their immediate predecessors, but their remote progenitors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were not the inheritors of the land of Canaan. Moses considers not the covenant itself, which God indeed made with the patriarchs, but the effect of that covenant; which effect pertained not to their fathers, but to them: as much as to say, he promised indeed to them the land of Canaan,... read more
Ver. 4. The Lord talked with you face to face— See Exodus 33:11. REFLECTIONS.—Moses summons the people, as many as could come within hearing, to attend the charge that he was farther to deliver; and needful it was, that they should thoroughly know what they were so solemnly bound to obey. He calls upon them to hear the statutes, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which God delivered in Horeb, when he talked to them face to face with an astonishing familiarity; and where, they consenting to God's... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 5:8
graven image. Hebrew. pesel , a sculpture. First occurrence is Exodus 20:1 See note on Deuteronomy 4:16 . likeness = form. read more