Deuteronomy 5:1
in Deuteronomy 5Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
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ASV
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
KJV
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances
on Deuteronomy 5:1-3
Verse 3 presses the covenant onto the people standing before Moses, "with all of us who are alive here today" and not "with our fathers." Albert Barnes reads the fathers as the patriarchs, so what the verse denies is that the Horeb covenant was made with them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Moses called all Israel,....
He refers them to the covenant made with them in Horeb, as that which they must govern themselves by. See the wonderful condescension of divine grace in turning the command into a covenant, that we might be the more strongly bound to obedience by our own consent and the more encouraged in it by the divine promise, both which are supposed in the covenant.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And Moses called all Israel, and said - Hear, etc. - 1. God speaks to the people. 2. The people are called to hear what God speaks. 3. To learn what they heard, that they may be thoroughly instructed in the will of God. 4. To keep God’s testimonies ever in mind, and to treasure them up in a believing and upright heart. 5. That they might do them - obey the whole will of God, taking his word for the invariable rule of their conduct. Should not all these points be kept in view by every Christian assembly?
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
As I have explained, 1 See I.E. on Deut.:5. to make the children hear the words of the covenant. 2 The Decalogue.
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. 3 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
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֣א | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֮ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֗ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁמַ֤ע | shema' | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | O Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֻקִּ֣ים | hachukim | the statutes | H2706 → | 127 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים | hamishpatim | the judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֛י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| דֹּבֵ֥ר | dover | [am] speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֖ם | beazeneikhem | in ears your | H241 → | 187 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣ם | ulemadtem | and you will learn | H3925 → | 85 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם | ushemartem | and you will take care | H8104 → | 468 times |
| לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃ | laasotam | to observe them | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֣אand he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
מֹשֶׁה֮Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֗םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
שְׁמַ֤עhear
shema'H8085 →1159 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙O Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַחֻקִּ֣יםthe statutes
hachukimH2706 →127 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםthe judgments
hamishpatimH4941 →422 times
אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֛יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
דֹּבֵ֥ר[am] speaking
doverH1696 →1141 times
בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֖םin ears your
beazeneikhemH241 →187 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣םand you will learn
ulemadtemH3925 →85 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םand you will take care
ushemartemH8104 →468 times
לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃to observe them
laasotamH6213 →2628 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 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of…
it leads to
- Romans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Ezekiel 20:11
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 8:1
You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- Romans 10:5
Through
Matthew 23:3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
- Romans 2:19–24
if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
- Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- 2 Timothy 3:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.