John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 5:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, etc.] Here a neighbour’s wife is put before his house, different from (<022017>Exodus 20:17) and “his field” is added, which with what follows take in everything that is a man’s property; and which is not to be desired or coveted in an unlawful manner by another, and much less should any means be made use of to deprive him of it; but “lust” is the thing intended and prohibited, be it after what it may, which is another man’s: (see <400528>Matthew 5:28 <450707>Romans 7:7), of a man’s field, (see <230508>Isaiah 5:8 <330202>Micah 2:2).

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