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But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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Moses, the Appointed Mediator
The people, terrified by God's direct presence, asked for a go-between. Commentators explain that God approved this request and appointed Moses to a unique role. He was to 'stand by' God, receive the complete law, and then mediate it to the people, establishing a pattern of mediation between a holy God and humanity.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses contain a much fuller narrative of the events briefly described in (Exodus 20:18–21). Here it is important to call attenti…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Lord heard the voice of your words ... — The divine comment on the words of the people is recorded only in Deuter…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But as for thee, stand thou here by me On the mount by him whither he was called up; Moses was not permitted to go t…
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Moses refers to the consternation caused by the terror with which the law was given. God's appearances have always been terrible to man, ever since…
