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Deuteronomy 5:5

in Deuteronomy 5

At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount), saying,

KJV

(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

This verse in Deuteronomy 5

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Between the Lord and you - As a mediator between you, according to your desire. The word of the Lord - Not the ten commandments, which God himself uttered, but the following statutes and judgments.

This site's exposition

The LORD spoke with you face to face

on Deuteronomy 5:4-5

The phrase "face to face" in verse 4 stands beside 4:12 and 4:15, where the people "saw no form" and heard only a voice. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take it as directness of address, with no sight of a form implied.

This site's exposition

I was standing between the LORD and you

The verse ends with And He said, which hands the recital to God's own words in verse 6. John Wesley limits the word Moses declared to the statutes and judgments that followed, since God spoke the Ten Commandments himself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

I stood between the Lord and you at that time,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

I stood between the Lord and you at that time--as the messenger and interpreter of thy heavenly King, bringing near two objects formerly removed from each other at a vast distance, namely, God and the people (Ga 3:19). In this character Moses was a type of Christ, who is the only mediator between God and men (1Ti 2:5), the Mediator of a better covenant (Heb 8:6;

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The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אָ֠נֹכִיI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • עֹמֵ֨ד[was] standing

    ʾomedH5975 →521 times

  • בֵּין־between

    bein-H996 →407 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וּבֵֽינֵיכֶם֙and between you

    uveineikhemH996 →407 times

  • בָּעֵ֣תat the time

    baetH6256 →296 times

  • הַהִ֔וא<the> that

    hahiv'H1931 →1879 times

  • לְהַגִּ֥ידto declare

    lehagidH5046 →370 times

  • לָכֶ֖םto you

    lakhem

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דְּבַ֣ר[the] word of

    devarH1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כִּ֤יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • יְרֵאתֶם֙you were afraid

    yeretemH3372 →315 times

  • מִפְּנֵ֣יof <the face of>

    mipeneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הָאֵ֔שׁthe fire

    haeshH784 →378 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • עֲלִיתֶ֥םyou went up

    ʾalitemH5927 →890 times

  • בָּהָ֖רon the mountain

    baharH2022 →546 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃ ס<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 3:19

    Why 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.

  • Through

    Exodus 19:16

    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 12:18–19

      For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

    • Psalms 18:11–14

      He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

    • Hebrews 12:21

      The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.