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"Neither shall you commit adultery.
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An Unchanged Command
Scholarly commentators note that this commandment against adultery is presented with the exact same wording as in Exodus 20. Unlike other commandments in this chapter, such as the Sabbath law, Moses offers no additional commentary, motivation, or explanation, indicating its straightforward and unchanging authority.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare Exodus 20 and notes.
Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats…
19th Century
Anglican
The wording of these four commandments is the same as that of Exodus 20:0.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:17).
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There is some variation here from Exodus 20, similar to the variation between the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 and Luke 11. It is more necessary that…
