Deuteronomy 5:22-33
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Moses the Mediator of God’s Will
22 “These words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and he added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.(A) 23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders, 24 and you said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the fire. We have seen this day that God may speak to someone and the person may still live.(B) 25 But now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we shall die.(C) 26 For who is there of all flesh that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?(D) 27 Go near, you yourself, and hear all that the Lord our God will say. Then tell us everything that the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and do it.’
28 “The Lord heard your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you; they are right in all that they have spoken.(E) 29 If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!(F) 30 Go say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 But you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, the statutes and the ordinances, that you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess.’(G) 32 You must therefore be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn to the right or to the left.(H) 33 You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.(I)
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Deuteronomy 5:22-33
Lexham English Bible
22 “These words Yahweh spoke to your whole assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire and the very thick cloud with a loud voice, and he did not add anything,[a] and then he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. 23 And then[b] when you heard[c] the voice from the midst of the darkness, and as the mountain was burning with fire, and and all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me, 24 you said, ‘Look, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire; this day we have seen[d] that God can speak with a human being, yet he remains alive.[e] 25 And so then why shall we die, for this great fire will consume us if we continue[f] to hear the voice of Yahweh our God any longer, and so we shall die? 26 For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire as we have heard it and remained alive?[g] 27 You go near and hear everything[h] that Yahweh our God will say; and then you tell us all that Yahweh our God tells you, and we will listen, and we will do it.’
28 “And Yahweh heard the sound of your words when you spoke to me,[i] and Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard the sound of the words of this people that they have spoken to you; they are right with respect to all that they have spoken. 29 If only[j] they had such a mind’;[k] that is, to fear me and to keep all my commandments at all times,[l] so that it will go well[m] for them and for their children forever.[n] 30 Go! Say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 But you stand here with me, and let me tell you all of the commandments and the rules and the regulations that you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land that I am giving to them to take possession of it.’
32 “So you must be careful to do just as Yahweh your God commanded you; you shall not turn to the right or to the left. 33 In exactly the path[o] that Yahweh your God has commanded, you must go, so that you may live and it will go well[p] for you and you may live long[q] in the land that you will take possession of.”
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- Deuteronomy 5:22 Literally “and not he added”
- Deuteronomy 5:23 Literally “And it happened”
- Deuteronomy 5:23 Literally “and as/when you heard” or “at the moment of your hearing”
- Deuteronomy 5:24 Or “saw”
- Deuteronomy 5:24 Literally “and he lives”
- Deuteronomy 5:25 Literally “we do again to hear”; or “we are doing again to hear”
- Deuteronomy 5:26 Literally “and lives”
- Deuteronomy 5:27 Literally “all of that which”
- Deuteronomy 5:28 Literally “in/at you to speak to me”
- Deuteronomy 5:29 Literally “Who gives/will give”
- Deuteronomy 5:29 Literally “it would be their heart this to them”
- Deuteronomy 5:29 Literally “all the days”
- Deuteronomy 5:29 Literally “he/it is good”
- Deuteronomy 5:29 Literally “to eternity”
- Deuteronomy 5:33 Literally “In all the way/path”
- Deuteronomy 5:33 Literally “and good it is”
- Deuteronomy 5:33 Literally “you may make long”
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