John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 5:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, etc.] And is the first commandment with promise, as the apostle observes, (<490602>Ephesians 6:2,3) with a promise of long life and happiness in the land of Canaan, as follows: that thy days may be prolonged; (see <022012>Exodus 20:12) here it is added, and that it may go well with thee; and which the apostle also has in the place referred to: in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; the land of Canaan; which the same apostle explains to a greater latitude, that thou mayest live long on the earth; applying it to Christians under the Gospel dispensation, whether Jews or Gentiles. Ver. 17-20. Thou shalt not kill, etc.] The following commands begin with the copulative “and”, different from the manner in which they are expressed, (<022017>Exodus 20:17) which joins these together, and them with the preceding ones; hence the law is by some said to be one copulative, and may serve to illustrate a passage in (<590210>James 2:10).

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