Deuteronomy 5:19 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Neither shalt thou steal.”

Deuteronomy 5:19

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

Thou shalt not kill.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Neither shalt thou steal.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any {thing} that {is} thy neighbour's.

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Deuteronomy 5:1

"And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. {keep...: Heb. keep to do them}"

Deuteronomy 5:2

"The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb."

Deuteronomy 5:3

"The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, {even} us, who {are} all of us here alive this day."

Deuteronomy 5:4

"The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,"

Deuteronomy 5:5

"(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,"

Deuteronomy 5:6

"I {am} the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. {bondage: Heb. servants}"

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