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Deuteronomy 5:1

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Moses gathered all the Israelites together and said to them, 'Listen, Israel, to the laws and rules that I'm telling you today. Learn them, remember them, and follow them.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Moses is calling all the people of Israel to pay careful attention to God's laws so they can learn them and live by them.

📚 Historical Context

This takes place near the end of Israel's 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, just before they enter the Promised Land. Moses is giving his final speeches to prepare the new generation for life in Canaan, as most of the original generation that left Egypt had died during the wilderness journey. This marks the beginning of Moses restating and explaining the Ten Commandments and other laws that God had given them.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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