Deuteronomy 5:31 — Meaning and Application

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“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.”

Deuteronomy 5:31

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O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

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.

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and {that it may be} well with you, and {that} ye may prolong {your} days in the land which ye shall possess.

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Deuteronomy 5:1

"And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. {keep...: Heb. keep to do them}"

Deuteronomy 5:2

"The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb."

Deuteronomy 5:3

"The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, {even} us, who {are} all of us here alive this day."

Deuteronomy 5:4

"The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,"

Deuteronomy 5:5

"(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,"

Deuteronomy 5:6

"I {am} the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. {bondage: Heb. servants}"

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