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Deuteronomy 5 Darby Translation

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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  • 1890
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1 And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances that I speak in your ears this day, and learn them, and keep them to do them. 2 Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 Not with our fathers did Jehovah make this covenant, but with us, [even] us, those [who are] here alive all of us this day. 4 Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you 5 (I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up to the mountain), saying, 6 I am Jehovah thy God who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth: 9 thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, and upon the third and upon the fourth [generation] of them that hate me, 10 and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 11 Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name. 12 Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; 14 but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence with a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm; therefore Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to observe the sabbath day. 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. 22 These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shewn us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives. 25 And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived? 27 Come thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God will say; and speak thou to us all that Jehovah our God will speak to thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke to me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people that have spoken to thee: they have well spoken all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever! 30 Go, say unto them, Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

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  • Moses

    Deliverer and lawgiver

    Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34

Cross references (32)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Deuteronomy 4:1; Matthew 23:3; Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 29:2
  2. 2 Deuteronomy 4:23; Exodus 19:5–8; Exodus 24:8; Hebrews 9:19–23; Hebrews 8:6–13
  3. 3 Deuteronomy 29:10–15; Hebrews 8:8–9; Psalm 105:8–10; Genesis 17:7; Jeremiah 32:38–40
  4. 4 Exodus 19:18–19; Deuteronomy 34:10; Exodus 19:9; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 4:33
  5. 5 Galatians 3:19; Exodus 20:18–21; Exodus 19:16; Hebrews 12:18–24; Numbers 16:48
  6. 6 Exodus 20:2–17; Psalm 81:5–10; Leviticus 26:1–2; Deuteronomy 4:4
  7. 7 Exodus 20:3; Matthew 4:10; 1 John 5:21; John 5:23
  8. 8 Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 4:15–19
  9. 9 Exodus 20:4–6; Exodus 34:7; Daniel 9:4–9; Numbers 14:18; Exodus 34:14
  10. 10 Romans 8:28; 1 John 1:7; Jeremiah 32:18; John 15:14; Daniel 9:4
  11. 11 Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 19:12; Deuteronomy 6:13; Matthew 5:33–34; James 5:12
  12. 12 Exodus 20:8–11; Isaiah 58:13; Isaiah 56:6
  13. 13 Ezekiel 20:12; Luke 13:14–16; Exodus 35:2–3; Exodus 23:12; Luke 23:56
  14. 14 Hebrews 4:4; Genesis 2:2; Exodus 16:29–30; Exodus 23:12; Nehemiah 13:21
  15. 15 Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:12; Ephesians 2:11–12; Deuteronomy 24:18–22
  16. 16 Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1–3; Colossians 3:20; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 27:16
  17. 17 Exodus 20:13; Romans 13:9; Matthew 5:21–22; Genesis 9:6; James 2:11
  18. 18 Exodus 20:14; Luke 18:20; Matthew 5:27–28; Leviticus 20:10; Proverbs 6:32–33
  19. 19 Exodus 20:15; Romans 13:9; Ephesians 4:28
  20. 20 Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1; Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 19:5; Malachi 3:5
  21. 21 Exodus 20:17; Romans 13:9; Luke 12:15; 1 Kings 21:1–4; 1 Timothy 6:9–10
  22. 22 Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 4:12–15; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 5:4
  23. 23 Exodus 20:18–19; Hebrews 12:18–21
  24. 24 Deuteronomy 4:33; Exodus 19:19; Exodus 33:20; Genesis 32:30; Judges 13:22
  25. 25 Deuteronomy 18:16; Hebrews 12:29; 2 Corinthians 3:7–9; Galatians 3:21–22; Deuteronomy 33:2
  26. 26 Deuteronomy 4:33; Romans 3:20; Matthew 26:63; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Psalm 84:2
  27. 27 Exodus 20:19; Hebrews 12:19
  28. 28 Deuteronomy 18:17; Numbers 36:5; Numbers 27:7
  29. 29 Isaiah 48:18; Ezekiel 33:31–32; Deuteronomy 11:1; Matthew 23:37; Luke 19:42
  30. 31 Galatians 3:19; Deuteronomy 12:1; Ezekiel 20:11; Exodus 24:12; Deuteronomy 4:45
  31. 32 Proverbs 4:27; Joshua 23:6; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 28:14
  32. 33 Jeremiah 7:23; Deuteronomy 4:40; Luke 1:6; 1 Timothy 4:8; Deuteronomy 10:12

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 5:8 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter VI)

    … expound it; but his meaning is similar to that of Moses, when it is said, "Thou shalt not make to thyself any image for God, of whatsoever things are in heaven above, whatsoever in the earth beneath, and whatsoever in the waters under the earth." And he does thus explain what are meant by the things in heaven: "Lest when," …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 5:14 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XXII, Chapter 30)

    For if we attribute them to ourselves, they shall be servile; for it is said of the Sabbath, "Ye shall do no servile work in it." Wherefore also it is said by Ezekiel the prophet, "And I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctify …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 5:16 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)

    … us honour also the fathers of our flesh: since the Lord Himself hath evidently so appointed in the Law and the Prophets, saying, Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and thy days shall be long in the land.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 5:22 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter IX)

    As Moses says in Deuteronomy, "These are all the words which the Lord spake to the whole assembly of the sons of Israel on the mount, and He added no more; and He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me." For this reason [He did so], that they who are willing to follow Him might …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  5. Quotes verse 5:20 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXXI)

    For it is written in the Law, "Thou shalt not bear false witness;" and it is written in the Law, "All men are liars." Recur then to that which I just lately suggested, when I defined in words as best I could the "meek" man.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)