exodus-20:2

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 20:1-11

The Decalogue v. l. And God spake all these words, saying, v. 2. I am the Lord, thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. That was the Lord's solemn introduction to the legislation on Mount Sinai, a reminder of the wonderful deliverance which He had wrought when He led forth His people out of the land of Egypt, where they had virtually been slaves. Note that the Decalog, as here given, was intended for the children of Israel and applied its... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 20:1-21

SECOND SECTIONThe Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments. Historical ProphecyExodus 20-31a.—The ten words, or the ethical law; and the terrified people, or the rise of the need of sacrificial ritesExodus 20:1-211, 2And God spake all these words, saying, I am Jehovah thy God, which [who] have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3Thou shalt have no other gods before me... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Exodus 20:1-11

Exodus THE DECALOGUE: I-MAN AND GOD Exo_20:1 - - Exo_20:11 . An obscure tribe of Egyptian slaves plunges into the desert to hide from pursuit, and emerges, after forty years, with a code gathered into ‘ten words,’ so brief, so complete, so intertwining morality and religion, so free from local or national peculiarities, so close fitting to fundamental duties, that it is to-day, after more than three thousand years, authoritative in the most enlightened peoples. The voice that spoke from... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 20:1-17

the “Ten Words” Spoken at Sinai Exodus 20:1-17 The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of Moses. See John 1:17 ; Acts 7:53 . It tells us, not what God is, for that is only shown in Jesus Christ, but what man should be. It combines in a concise form that moral code which is part of the nature of things, and is written on man’s conscience. See Romans 2:5 . Even the Fourth Commandment is deeply graven on our physical nature. These laws are mostly negative, but their... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 20:1-26

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and, third, the basis of relationship, His deliverance of them from bondage. The Ten Words fall into two sections: the first, of four commandments dealing with the relationship between God and man; the second, of six commandments conditioning human interrelationships. The Ten Words constitute a... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 20:1-17

Breaking the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written on one table, carried commands which were Godward; the second group of six, written on the second table of stone, carried commandments which were manward. Jesus Christ summed up the Ten Commandments under two short expressions as found in Mark 12:30 , Mark 12:31 . It has been argued by some that the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 20:1-20

The Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christian and the Law. 1. Saints are not under the Law for salvation. We say with unequivocable terms, salvation by the Law is utterly impossible. "Do and live" may have been and still may be true so far as physical life, and physical health, are concerned; but not so far as eternal life is concerned. The Commandments were never given as a method of obtaining... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:1-17

Exodus 20-24, 34. The Codes in Exodus.— Recent study has by many converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with the historical and prophetical literature, etc., and from an immense accumulation of Biblical facts, proved the extraordinary complexity of the laws in the Pentateuch. Only results can be given here. i. Perhaps the oldest collection is the little code in Exodus 34:17-Ezekiel : * J, all short... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 20:2

The only true God, and thy God by special title, having entered into covenant with thee, and chosen thee for my peculiar people, to protect, and rule, and bless thee above all others. God’s authority and right over them is fitly put in the front, as the foundation of all God’s commands, and their duties. Which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt; and so by right of redemption thou art mine. Out of the house, i.e. the place; for so the word house is sometimes used, as Judges 16:21. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 20:1-3

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 20:1. All these words.] Concerning which observe (1.) That they form the basis of the covenant, of which ch. Exodus 19:3-6 offers the first proposal; chs. 21–23, the detailed sketch; and ch. Exodus 24:1-8, the formal ratification. (2.) That they are all grounded upon the existing relationship between Jehovah and Israel announced in Exodus 20:1; so that THE LAW, par excellence, is itself founded upon redeeming grace. (3.) That thus they may all be united by the principle... read more