Deuteronomy 5:1
Summary for Deut 5:1: 5:1–26:19 a This section contains the heart of the covenant document, the stipulations. The first subdivision (5:1–11:32 b) sets forth the major stipulations relating especially to the first two commandments (5:7-10 c). The more specific minor stipulations make up the rest of the section.Summary for Deut 5:1-32: 5:1-32 d The rest of the covenant laws expand and comment upon the Ten Commandments (5:6-21 e), on which they are based. Moses had first given the Ten Commandments to the people of Israel nearly forty years earlier (Exod 20:2-17 f). 5:1 g decrees and regulations: These technical terms describe the stipulations that Israel must obey as the junior partner in the covenant.
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