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Deuteronomy 5:1 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 5 · verse 1
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.Deuteronomy 5:1 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:1 in context
1And 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.
2The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentsmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- statuteschôqan enactmentH2706 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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Here, 1. Moses summons the assembly. He called all Israel; not only the elders, but, it is likely, as many of the people as could come within hearing, Deu 5:1. The greatest of them were not above God's command, nor the meanest of them below his cognizance; but they were all bound to do. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5