Deuteronomy 5:31
in Deuteronomy 5But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
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ASV
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
KJV
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBlessed is that mind which, surpassing the nature and essence itself, deserves to hear what was said to Moses when he was separated from the people: 'But you stand with me' (Deut. V, 31)!
This site's exposition
Go say to them
on Deuteronomy 5:30-31
The people go back to their tents and Moses is told to stand by God, and that arrangement is what the rest of the book runs on. Chapters 6 to 26 are the delivery of what verse 31 promises here, all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments. The purpose attached is that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it, so the law is aimed at a settled life rather than at the camp where it was given.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
[Celsus] continues by making further remarks as if they were what we should agree to, although none of those Christians who have any intelligence would agree to them. Not one of us says that "God participates in shape or color." Nor does he "partake of movement"; because it is his nature to be established and firm, he calls the righteous man to imitate him in this respect when he says, "But as for you, stand with me." If, however, some texts suggest that there is movement of some sort on his part, as for example that which says "They heard the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening," we should understand such sayings in the sense that God is regarded as being moved by those who have sinned. Or we should interpret such texts in the same way as we do when there is a figurative reference to God's sleep or his anger or anything of this sort.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But as for thee, stand thou here by me,....
Here the matter was settled by consent of both parties that God should hence-forward speak to us by men like ourselves, by Moses and the prophets, by the apostles and the evangelists, and, if we believe not these, neither should we be persuaded though God should speak to us as he did to Israel at Mount Sinai, or send expresses from heaven or hell.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| פֹּה֮ | poh | here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| עֲמֹ֣ד | ʾamod | stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| עִמָּדִי֒ | ʾimadi | with me | H5978 → | |
| וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה | vaadaberah | so let me speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלֶ֗יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֵ֧ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמִּצְוָ֛ה | hamitzvah | the commandment | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וְהַחֻקִּ֥ים | vehachukim | and the statutes | H2706 → | 127 times |
| וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים | vehamishpatim | and the judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תְּלַמְּדֵ֑ם | telamedem | you will teach them | H3925 → | 85 times |
| וְעָשׂ֣וּ | veasu | and they will observe [them] | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בָאָ֔רֶץ | vaaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֛י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| נֹתֵ֥ן | noten | [am] about to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to them | ||
| לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ | lerishtah | to take possession of it | H3423 → | 231 times |
וְאַתָּ֗הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
פֹּה֮here
pohH6311 →82 times
עֲמֹ֣דstand
ʾamodH5975 →521 times
עִמָּדִי֒with me
ʾimadiH5978 →
וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הso let me speak
vaadaberahH1696 →1141 times
אֵלֶ֗יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
אֵ֧ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמִּצְוָ֛הthe commandment
hamitzvahH4687 →181 times
וְהַחֻקִּ֥יםand the statutes
vehachukimH2706 →127 times
וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖יםand the judgments
vehamishpatimH4941 →422 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תְּלַמְּדֵ֑םyou will teach them
telamedemH3925 →85 times
וְעָשׂ֣וּand they will observe [them]
veasuH6213 →2628 times
בָאָ֔רֶץin the land
vaaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֛יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
נֹתֵ֥ן[am] about to give
notenH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֖םto them
lahem
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃to take possession of it
lerishtahH3423 →231 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Galatians 3:19Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
it leads to
- Acts 7:53
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
- Romans 7:7–13
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting…
- Hebrews 2:2
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
- Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- 1 Timothy 1:8–9
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.
- Acts 7:53
Through
Exodus 24:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:22
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them…
- Deuteronomy 5:22
Through
Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of…
it leads to
- Romans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Romans 10:5
Through
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
it leads to
- Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Matthew 28:20
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, On Cain and Abel, Book 1, Chapter 2, Section 7; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, AGAINST CELSUS 6.64.