Deuteronomy 5:1

And Moses called all Israel,.... The heads of the various tribes, and elders of the people, as he had on occasion been used to do; unless it can be thought that at different times he repeated the following laws to separate parties and bodies of them, until they had all heard them: and said unto them, hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day; the laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which he was about to repeat, and afresh declare unto them, being what they had all a concern in, and under obligation to regard.

Deuteronomy 5:1 . Moses called all Israel — Moses having in his first discourse, by a general recapitulation of the mercies and providences which had attended them, prepared the minds of the Israelites for further impressions, summons them by their elders and representatives to a second meeting, in which, after repeating to the new generation the several laws which God had enjoined, he earnestly exhorts them to lay them to heart, and make them the rule of their spirit and conduct.

(1) And Moses called all Israel, and said. —What follows is thus presented to us as an actual exhortation, not merely a portion of a book. The statutes and judgments.—The religious ordinances and institutions, and the general requirements. The mention of these is prefixed to the Decalogue, of which they are only the application—to a special people under special circumstances. More precisely, the words apply rather to what follows the Decalogue than to the Ten Commandments themselves. (See Deuteronomy 6:1.)

Verse 1. - And Moses called all Israel [called to all Israel], and said . "The calling refers not to the publicity of the address, but to the clear voice which, breaking forth from the inmost heart of Moses, aimed at penetrating, as far as possible, to all ( Genesis 49:1 ; John 7:37 )" (Schroeder). (Cf. also Proverbs 8:4 .) Deuteronomy 5:1

CHAPTER 5 De 5:1-29. A Commemoration of the Covenant in Horeb. 1. Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments—Whether this rehearsal of the law was made in a solemn assembly, or as some think at a general meeting of the elders as representatives of the people, is of little moment; it was addressed either directly or indirectly to the Hebrew people as principles of their peculiar constitution as a nation; and hence, as has been well observed, "the Jewish law has no obligation upon Christians, unless so much of it as given or commanded by Jesus Christ; for whatever in this law is conformable to the laws of nature, obliges us, not as given by Moses, but by virtue of an antecedent law common to all rational beings" [Bishop Wilson].God, upon Mount Horeb, makes a covenant with Israel, Deu 5:1-5. The covenant or ten commandments is delivered to Moses in two tables, Deu 5:6-22. The Israelites desire that not God, but Moses, may speak to them, Deu 5:23-27; which God approves of, Deu 5:28-31. Moses exhorts them to obedience, with a pro mise of life, Deu 5:32,33. Moses called all Israel, to wit, by their elders, who were to impart it to the rest.

1 . called unto ] i.e. summoned together. So rightly LXX. all Israel ] D’s characteristic phrase for the people: see Deuteronomy 4:44 . Hear, O Israel ] The verb is the only Sg. in this Pl. passage. So in the same association in other Pl. passages: Deuteronomy 4:1 , Deuteronomy 20:3 (cp. Deuteronomy 1:8 ): the statutes and the judgements ] also characteristic of D. observe to do ] also characteristic of D; occurring some 20 times both with Sg. and Pl.; but many of the instances are editorial.

1 . And now ] Emphatic call to the practical purpose of the discourse; the same in Deuteronomy 10:12 , the beginning of the last stage of the second introduction to the Code. O Israel, hearken ] Sg. imper. confirmed by Sam. and LXX in a context using the Pl. form of address; an instance of the natural transition by the same author from one to the other, cp. Deuteronomy 4:5 and Deuteronomy 1:8 . the statutes and … the judgements ] Heb. ḥuḳḳîm and mishpaṭîm , a common title for the deuteronomic Laws, Deuteronomy 4:1 ; Deuteronomy 4:5 ; Deuteronomy 4:8 ; Deuteronomy 4:14 , Deuteronomy 5:1 , Deuteronomy 11:32 , Deuteronomy 12:1 , Deuteronomy 26:16 ; sometimes combined with or varied by miṣwah, commandment , and ‘edwôth , solemnly pronounced decrees (see on Deuteronomy 4:45 ). Ḥôḳ means engraven or instituted, a statute covering ‘positive institutions or enactments, moral, ceremonial, civil (e.g. Deuteronomy 7:1-3 ; Deuteronomy 7:12 ; Deuteronomy 7:14 ; Deuteronomy 7:16 f. etc.)’; mishpaṭ , lit. judgement , judicial decision, ‘the provisions of the civil and criminal law’ (Driver). which I teach you ] The participle, am about to teach you ; cp. Deuteronomy 4:5 . It is remarkable that in the Pent. D alone uses this verb—teach and learn—of religion and the Law, and this no fewer than 17 times.

Deuteronomy 5:1-5 form the introduction, and point out the importance and great significance of the exposition which follows. Hence, instead of the simple sentence "And Moses said," we have the more formal statement "And Moses called all Israel, and said to them." The great significance of the laws and rights about to be set before them, consisted in the fact that they contained the covenant of Jehovah with Israel.

[Bible] 4:47. Possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who were beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun: 4:48. From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, unto mount Sion, which is also called Hermon, 4:49. All the plain beyond the Jordan at the east side, unto the sea of the wilderness, and unto the foot of mount Phasga. Deuteronomy Chapter 5 The ten commandments are repeated and explained. 5:1. And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies and judgments, which I speak in your ears this day: learn them, and fulfil them in work. 5:2. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 5:3. He made not the covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are now present and living. 5:4. He spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire. 5:5. I was the mediator and stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you his words, for you feared the fire, and went not up into the mountain, and he said: 5:6. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 5:7. Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight. 5:8. Thou shalt not make to thy self a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth. 5:9. Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me, 5:10. And shewing mercy unto many thousands, to them that love me, and keep my commandments. 5:11. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing. 5:12. Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 5:13. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.