Deuteronomy 31:10

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֖ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
commanded	וַיְצַ֥ו vay.Tzav	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
end	מִקֵּ֣ץ mi.Ketz	H7093	an extremity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
seven	שֶׁ֣בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנִ֗ים sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
solemnity	בְּמֹעֵ֛ד be.mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
year	שְׁנַ֥ת she.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular construct
release	הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖ה ha.she.mi.Tah	H8059	remission (of debt) or suspension of labor) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
feast	בְּחַ֥ג be.Chag	H2282	a festival · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
tabernacles	הַסֻּכּֽוֹת ha.su.Kot	H5521	a hut or lair · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 23:34-43 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the…
Deuteronomy 15:1-2 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

The law was given by Moses; so it is said, Joh 1:17. He was not only entrusted to deliver it to that generation, but to transmit it to the generations to come; and here it appears that he was faithful to that trust. I. Moses wrote this law, Deu 31:9. The learned bishop Patrick understands this of all the five books of Moses, which are often called the law; he supposes that though Moses had written most of the Pentateuch before, yet he did not finish it till now; now he put his last hand to that sacred volume. Many think that the law here (especially since it is called this law, this grand abridgment of the law) is to be understood of this book of Deuteronomy; all those discourses to the peop…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:10

At the end of every seven years, . . . thou shalt read this law--At the return of the sabbatic year and during the feast of tabernacles, the law was to be publicly read. This order of Moses was a future and prospective arrangement; for the observance of the sabbatic year did not commence till the conquest and peaceful occupation of Canaan. The ordinance served several important purposes. For, while the people had opportunities of being instructed in the law every Sabbath and daily in their own homes, this public periodical rehearsal at meetings in the courts of the sanctuary, where women and children of twelve years were present (as they usually were at the great festivals), was calculated t…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:10

And Moses commanded them,.... The priests and the elders, to whom the law was delivered: saying; as follows: at the end of every seven years; every seventh year was a year of rest to the land, and of remission of debts to poor debtors: at the close of this year or going out of it, according to the Misnah (t), even on the eighth year coming in, the following was to be done, namely, the reading of the law; and so Jarchi interprets it of the first year of release, the eighth, that is, the first year after the year of release; but Aben Ezra better interprets it of the beginning of the seventh year; for as he elsewhere observes on Deuteronomy 15:1; the word signifies the extremity of the year,…

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy — In all the Hebrew manuscripts the Pentateuch (q.v.) forms one roll or volume divided into larger and smaller sections called parshioth_ and _sedarim. It is not easy to say when it was divided into…
Geber — A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Hilkiah — Portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1).…
Feast Of Sabbatical Year, The · Enactments respecting: Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles — Enactments respecting: Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
Feast Of Tabernacles, The · The law publicly read every seventh year at — The law publicly read every seventh year at
Law Of Moses, The · Publicly read: At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year — Publicly read: At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
Sabbatic Year · General references — General references
School · Like a Bible school — Like a Bible school
Tabernacles, Feast Of · The law read in connection with, every seventh year — The law read in connection with, every seventh year

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 31:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:10

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:10

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 31:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:10

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:10

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 31:10-13

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 31:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 31:10

Rashi on Deuteronomy 31:10