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Deuteronomy 5:10

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 5:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy 5:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
8Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
9thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;
10and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
11Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
12Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.
13Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Compare Exodus 20:0 and notes. Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats them, with a certain measure of freedom and adaptation. Our Lord Mark 10:19 and Paul Ephesians 6:2-3 deal similarly with the same subject. Speaker and hearers recognized, however, a statutory and authoritative form of the laws in question, which, because it was familiar to both parties, needed not to be reproduced with verbal fidelity. Deuteronomy 5:12-15 The exhortation to observe the Sabbath and allow time of rest to servants (compare Exodus 23:12) is pointed by reminding the people that they too were formerly servants themselves. The bondage in…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“5:10 who love me: Those who choose to accept the Lord do not hate or reject him.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“showing: Isa 1:16-19; Jer 32:18; Dan 9:4; Mat 7:21-27; Gal 5:6; Jo1 1:7 love me: Deu 6:5, Deu 6:6, Deu 10:12, Deu 10:13; Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21-23, Joh 15:14; Rom 8:28; Jam 1:25; Jo1 5:2, Jo1 5:3 Deuteronomy 5:11”
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