Deu 5:6 | KingComments | STEP | What we will see in , is not just a repetition of the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20. We can see this for instance when we look at the Sabbath commandment. In Exodus 20, the motive to keep the Sabbath is that the LORD made heaven and earth in six days and then rested ( ), while here the motive is that God realized a work of salvation ( ). Furthermore, the last five commandments are explicitly linked here by the word ‘and’ between the commandments, which is lacking in Exodus 20. God reminds them of the deliverance He has given them. He revealed Himself in the first place as the redeeming God, Who is now their God. This can’t but bring about love for Him. He asks love, but He first loved us and first manifested His great love for us by sending his Son to be “the propitiation for our sins” ( ; ). At the same time there should be respect. The nearer we get to Him – and He wants us to be near to Himself! – all the more we will see His majesty and exaltedness.

‏ Deuteronomy 5:6

The Redeeming God

What we will see in Deu 5:6-21, is not just a repetition of the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20. We can see this for instance when we look at the Sabbath commandment. In Exodus 20, the motive to keep the Sabbath is that the LORD made heaven and earth in six days and then rested (Exo 20:11), while here the motive is that God realized a work of salvation (Deu 5:15). Furthermore, the last five commandments are explicitly linked here by the word ‘and’ between the commandments, which is lacking in Exodus 20.

God reminds them of the deliverance He has given them. He revealed Himself in the first place as the redeeming God, Who is now their God. This can’t but bring about love for Him. He asks love, but He first loved us and first manifested His great love for us by sending his Son to be “the propitiation for our sins” (1Jn 4:9-10 ; 19; Rom 5:8). At the same time there should be respect. The nearer we get to Him – and He wants us to be near to Himself! – all the more we will see His majesty and exaltedness.