Deuteronomy 5:31

But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses while the Israelites remain at a distance, directing him to remain at the mountain to receive the complete legal code before the people enter the promised land.

The words — The Hebrew imperative עֲמֹד ('a.Mod) commands Moses to "stand," paired with עִמִּי ('i.ma.D/i) to "with Me," establishing a sustained, exclusive proximity for direct revelation.

The thread — This mode of direct divine instruction at a sacred site echoes Moses’ ascent in Exodus 24:12 and informs Paul’s later analysis of the law’s temporary function in Galatians 3:19.

Why it lands — The text requires Moses to memorize and transmit the statutes without alteration, creating an unbroken chain of authority from God to the mediator and then to the nation.

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The Hebrew words

וְאַתָּ֗הve./'a.Tahand/ you פֹּה֮pohhere עֲמֹ֣ד'a.Modstand עִמָּדִי֒'i.ma.D/iwith/ me וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הva./'a.da.be.Rahso/ let me speak אֵלֶ֗יךָ'e.Lei./khato/ you אֵ֧ת'et<obj.>כָּל־kol-all הַמִּצְוָ֛הha./mitz.Vahthe/ commandment וְהַחֻקִּ֥יםve./ha./chu.Kimand/ the/ statutes וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖יםve./ha./mish.pa.Timand/ the/ judgments אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich תְּלַמְּדֵ֑םte.la.me.De/myou will teach/ them וְעָשׂ֣וּve./'a.Suand/ they will observe [them]בָאָ֔רֶץva./'A.retzin the/ land אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.Sherwhich אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiI נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[am] about to giveלָהֶ֖םla./Hemto/ themלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le./rish.Ta/hto/ take possession of/ it

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

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.
Exodus 24:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
Deuteronomy 4:1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
Deuteronomy 11:1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
Deuteronomy 12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
Ezekiel 20:11 And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Malachi 4:4 “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.