In this verse a colon seems too large a stop after “the word of the Lord.” Perhaps it should rather be read thus: “I stood between Jeh…

I stood between the Lord and you at that time
Between the Word of the Lord and you, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jo…

Moses demands attention. When we hear the word of God, we must learn it; and what we have learned we must put in practice, for that is the end of h…