Deuteronomy 4:10
in Deuteronomy 4The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
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ASV
the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
KJV
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 4
Commentary
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Only take heed to thyself
on Deuteronomy 4:9-10
Verse 9 is the first of the nine times Deuteronomy says forget, and what stands at risk is the things which thine eyes have seen. The guard against losing them is teaching, and the reach is stated to two generations, thy sons and thy sons' sons, the same span chapter 6 opens with. Verse 10 fixes the day being remembered as Horeb, and the purpose God stated there was that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live, and that they may teach their children.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), hear them with a witness; the attention which was then constrained by the circumstances of the delivery ought ever after to be engaged by the excellency of the things themselves.
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Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord in Horeb,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the day that thou stoodest before the Lord . . . in Horeb--The delivery of the law from Sinai was an era never to be forgotten in the history of Israel. Some of those whom Moses was addressing had been present, though very young; while the rest were federally represented by their parents, who in their name and for their interest entered into the national covenant.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The middle of heaven. 12 The heart lies in the middle of the body. Hence heart is used in the sense of middle.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
31 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| י֗וֹם | yom | [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָמַ֜דְתָּ | ʾamadta | you stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לִפְנֵ֨י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּחֹרֵב֒ | bechorev | at Horeb | H2722 → | 17 times |
| בֶּאֱמֹ֨ר | beemor | when said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַ֗י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַקְהֶל־ | hakhel- | assemble | H6950 → | 39 times |
| לִי֙ | li | to me | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖ם | veashmiem | so I may make hear them | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּבָרָ֑י | devarai | words my | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִלְמְד֜וּן | yilmedun | they will learn ! | H3925 → | 85 times |
| לְיִרְאָ֣ה | leyirah | to fear | H3372 → | 315 times |
| אֹתִ֗י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּמִים֙ | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵ֤ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| חַיִּים֙ | chaiyim | [will be] alive | H2416 → | 498 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם | beneihem | children their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְלַמֵּדֽוּן׃ | yelamedun | they will teach ! | H3925 → | 85 times |
י֗וֹם[the] day
yomH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhen
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָמַ֜דְתָּyou stood
ʾamadtaH5975 →521 times
לִפְנֵ֨י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
בְּחֹרֵב֒at Horeb
bechorevH2722 →17 times
בֶּאֱמֹ֨רwhen said
beemorH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַ֗יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
הַקְהֶל־assemble
hakhel-H6950 →39 times
לִי֙to me
li
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖םso I may make hear them
veashmiemH8085 →1159 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דְּבָרָ֑יwords my
devaraiH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִלְמְד֜וּןthey will learn !
yilmedunH3925 →85 times
לְיִרְאָ֣הto fear
leyirahH3372 →315 times
אֹתִ֗י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיָּמִים֙the days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֵ֤םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
חַיִּים֙[will be] alive
chaiyimH2416 →498 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הthe land
haadamahH127 →225 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּנֵיהֶ֖םchildren their
beneihemH1121 →4930 times
יְלַמֵּדֽוּן׃they will teach !
yelamedunH3925 →85 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 17:19It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all…
it leads to
- Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
- Psalms 119:97–100
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- John 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- Joshua 1:8
Through
Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…
it leads to
- Hebrews 12:18–19
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- Psalms 18:11–14
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
- Hebrews 12:18–19
Through
Exodus 20:20“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 13:3
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all…
- Deuteronomy 13:3
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.