Deuteronomy 31 · Verse 10

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,
Deuteronomy 31:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 31:10 in other translations

BSBThen Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
WEBMoses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of booths,
ASVAnd Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
YLTand Moses commandeth them, saying, ‘At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths,
DARBYAnd Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, at the set time of the year of release, at the feast of tabernacles,
BBEAnd Moses said to them, At the end of every seven years, at the time fixed for the ending of debts, at the feast of tents,
WebsterAnd Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

What does Deuteronomy 31:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

De 31:9-13. He Delivers the Law to the Priests, to Read It Every Seventh Year to the People. 9-13. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests--The law thus committed to writing was either the whole book of Deuteronomy, or the important part of it contained between the twenty-seventh and thirtieth chapters. It was usual in cases of public or private contract for two copies of the engagement to be…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 At the end of every seven years - thou shalt read this law - Every seventh year was a year of release, Deu 15:1, at which time the people's minds, being under a peculiar degree of solemnity, were better disposed to hear and profit by the words of God. I suppose on this ground also that the whole book of Deuteronomy is meant, as it alone contains an epitome of the whole Pentateuch. And in this way some of the chief Jewish rabbins understand this place. It is strange that this commandment, relative to a public reading of the law every seven years, should have been rarely attended to. It does not appear that from the time mentioned Jos 8:30, at which time this public reading first took place, till the reign of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 17:7, there was any public seventh year reading - a period of 530 years. The next seventh year reading was not till the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, 2Chr 34:30, a space of two hundred and eighty-two years. Nor do we find any other publicly mentioned from this time till the return from the Babylonish captivity, Neh 8:2. Nor is there any other on record from that time to the destruction of Jerusalem. See Dodd.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

Though we read the word in private, we must not think it needless to hear it read in public. This solemn reading of the law must be done in the year of release. The year of release was typical of gospel grace, which is called the acceptable year of the Lord; for our pardon and liberty by Christ, engage us to keep his commandments. It must be read to all Israel, men, women, children, and to the strangers. It is the…

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Deuteronomy 31:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְצַ֥וvay.Tzavand he commandedH6680
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אוֹתָ֣ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
מִקֵּ֣ץ\׀mi.Ketzfrom [the] end ofH7093
שֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
שָׁנִ֗יםsha.NimyearsH8141
בְּמֹעֵ֛דbe.mo.'Edat [the] appointed time ofH4150
שְׁנַ֥תshe.Nat[the] year ofH8141
הַשְּׁמִטָּ֖הha.she.mi.Tahthe remissionH8059
בְּחַ֥גbe.Chagat [the] festival ofH2282
הַסֻּכּֽוֹת\׃ha.su.Kotthe boothsH5521

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 31:10

  • Deuteronomy 15:1-2

    At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.

  • 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 Lord. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: …

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15:1,2; Le 23:34-43

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 31:9

    And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.

  • 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,

  • Deuteronomy 31:11

    When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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Deuteronomy 31:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y mandóles Moisés, diciendo: Al cabo del séptimo año, en el año de la remisión, en la fiesta de las Cabañas,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse leur commanda, disant: Au bout de sept ans, au temps fixé de l’année de relâche, à la fête des tabernacles,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose gebot ihnen und sprach: Am Ende von sieben Jahren, zur Zeit des Erlaßjahres, am Feste der Laubhütten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Præcepitque eis, dicens: Post septem annos, anno remissionis, in solemnitate tabernaculorum,