Deuteronomy 5

Covenant Reminder Deuteronomy 5:6–10

⁶Verse 6. “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ⁷Verse 7. “You shall have no other gods before me. ⁸Verse 8. “You shall not make a carved image for yourself, any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ⁹Verse 9. You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;

¹⁰Verse 10. and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

The Ten Commandments Deuteronomy 5:11–21

¹¹Verse 11. “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. ¹²Verse 12. “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. ¹³Verse 13. You shall labor six days, and do all your work; ¹⁴Verse 14. but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

¹⁵Verse 15. You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. ¹⁶Verse 16. “Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. ¹⁷Verse 17. “You shall not murder. ¹⁸Verse 18. “You shall not commit adultery. ¹⁹Verse 19. “You shall not steal. ²⁰Verse 20. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

²¹Verse 21. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

The Divine Encounter Deuteronomy 5:22–27

²²Verse 22. Yahweh spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me. ²³Verse 23. When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; ²⁴Verse 24. and you said, “Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.

²⁵Verse 25. Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear Yahweh our God’s voice any more, then we shall die. ²⁶Verse 26. For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived? ²⁷Verse 27. Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say, and tell us all that Yahweh our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.”

God's Response to the People Deuteronomy 5:28–31

²⁸Verse 28. Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken. ²⁹Verse 29. Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever! ³⁰Verse 30. “Go tell them, ‘Return to your tents.’ ³¹Verse 31. But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.”

Call to Obedience Deuteronomy 5:32–33

³²Verse 32. You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left. ³³Verse 33. You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.