And Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at the Feast of Booths,
10. And Moses commanded them. The object of this precept is the same as that of the foregoing. He would have (the Law Added from the French. ) represented, and constantly kept before their eyes; now He commands that it should also be recited every seventh year, lest the knowledge of it should ever depart. But let us follow the order of the words.
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.
Commenting on Deuteronomy 31:9-13
When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God,.... As all the males were obliged to do three times in the year, and one of those times was the feast of tabernacles, and so a proper season for the reading of the law; see Exo 23:14; in the place which the Lord shall choose; the city of Jerusalem, and the temple there...