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Deuteronomy 5 — Sermon Preparation
Moses restates the Ten Commandments and recounts how God spoke them from fire at Horeb, with the people begging Moses to mediate so they would not die. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 472 / 161
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 11 | arrange, speak |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 9 | hear, tell |
| אֵשׁ | ʼêsh | H784 | 7 | fire |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 7 | voice, sound |
| תָּוֶךְ | tâvek | H8432 | 5 | bisection, centre |
| שָׁמַר | shâmar | H8104 | 5 | hedge, guard |
| צָוָה | tsâvâh | H6680 | 5 | constitute, enjoin |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter we have the second edition of the ten commandments. I. The general intent of them; they were in the nature of a covenant between God and Israel, ver. 1-5. II. The particular precepts are repeated (ver. 6-21), with the double delivery of them, both by word and writing, ver. 22. III. The settling of the correspondence thenceforward between God and Israel, by the mediation and ministry of Moses. 1. It was Israel's humble petition that it might be so, ver. 23-27. 2. It was God's gracious grant that it should be so, ver. 28-31. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Deuteronomy 5:1–33 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Deut 5:15
- Mount Horeb— Deut 5:2
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