Deuteronomy 5:30 belongs to Deuteronomy 4-8, which sets out what God required of His ancient people that they might be a holy people to Himself, and it is part of Moses' rehearsal of the commandments the Lord had declared to Israel before they entered Canaan under Joshua. It comes after God spoke with a great voice out of fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the burning mount and wrote those words on two tables of stone. The heads and elders and people feared they would die if they continued hearing the voice of the living God from the fire, for His voice thrilled them with fear, and they asked not to hear His spoken words further but asked Moses to go near and hear all God would say and speak it to them so they would hear and do it.
Their fearful request reveals unbelief. God approved their words with the desire that they would fear Him and keep all His commandments always, so that it might be well with them and their children forever. In the verse God sends the people back to their tents to withdraw, while Moses alone is to stand by God to remain and receive all the commandments and statutes and judgments to teach them to do in the land God gives them to possess. The dismissal stands within the repetition of God's commandment, including strict observance of the Sabbath day that parents are to teach to their children and that every person is to keep for himself, which they must observe without turning to the right hand or to the left and walk in fully so they may live and be well and prolong their days in the land they possess.
The passage is to be studied and read with profit now because the day of God's great final review is near when the people of this world must stand before the Judge of all the earth to answer for their deeds, for the present is the time of investigation when before that review every character will have been investigated and every case decided for eternity. The chapters to which the verse belongs were given to be read to the people and read carefully as a charge holding a lesson, calling for full surrender at the start and continuing simplicity of obedience to all the Lord's commandments according to His special directions with none of the important things specified in His Word neglected, making doing them the special interest, with all searching the Scriptures for themselves and making the Word their study book and every soul sanctifying himself daily according to the Word lest he be found in rebellion, so the Lord is glorified through them. The instruction to which the verse belongs applies to God's people today: God requires sanctification of mind, soul, and body, and perfect obedience to His will, and no excuse is accepted for disobedience to His commandments. The account of God's words spoken at the mount to which the verse belongs is to be taught to children, treasured, and followed throughout home life and business; keeping God's law prepares people to regain Paradise lost through disobedience, while human teachings that oppose God's law, including the reverence demanded for a false sabbath, lead instead to coercion and punishment.
Deuteronomy 5:30 belongs to Deuteronomy 4-8, which sets out what God required of His ancient people that they might be a holy people to Himself, and it is part of Moses' rehearsal of the commandments the Lord had declared to Israel before they entered Canaan under Joshua. It comes after God spoke with a great voice out of fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the burning mount and wrote those words on two tables of stone. The heads and elders and people feared they would die if they continued hearing the voice of the living God from the fire, for His voice thrilled them with fear, and they asked not to hear His spoken words further but asked Moses to go near and hear all God would say and speak it to them so they would hear and do it.
Their fearful request reveals unbelief. God approved their words with the desire that they would fear Him and keep all His commandments always, so that it might be well with them and their children forever. In the verse God sends the people back to their tents to withdraw, while Moses alone is to stand by God to remain and receive all the commandments and statutes and judgments to teach them to do in the land God gives them to possess. The dismissal stands within the repetition of God's commandment, including strict observance of the Sabbath day that parents are to teach to their children and that every person is to keep for himself, which they must observe without turning to the right hand or to the left and walk in fully so they may live and be well and prolong their days in the land they possess.
The passage is to be studied and read with profit now because the day of God's great final review is near when the people of this world must stand before the Judge of all the earth to answer for their deeds, for the present is the time of investigation when before that review every character will have been investigated and every case decided for eternity. The chapters to which the verse belongs were given to be read to the people and read carefully as a charge holding a lesson, calling for full surrender at the start and continuing simplicity of obedience to all the Lord's commandments according to His special directions with none of the important things specified in His Word neglected, making doing them the special interest, with all searching the Scriptures for themselves and making the Word their study book and every soul sanctifying himself daily according to the Word lest he be found in rebellion, so the Lord is glorified through them. The instruction to which the verse belongs applies to God's people today: God requires sanctification of mind, soul, and body, and perfect obedience to His will, and no excuse is accepted for disobedience to His commandments. The account of God's words spoken at the mount to which the verse belongs is to be taught to children, treasured, and followed throughout home life and business; keeping God's law prepares people to regain Paradise lost through disobedience, while human teachings that oppose God's law, including the reverence demanded for a false sabbath, lead instead to coercion and punishment.