^5:24You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory³² and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us³³ that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living. ^5:25But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die! ^5:26Who is there from the entire human race³⁴ who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived? ^5:27You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he³⁵ says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.” ^5:28When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he³⁶ said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you—they have spoken well. ^5:29If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey³⁷ all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever. ^5:30Go and tell them, ‘Return to your tents!’ ^5:31But as for you, remain here with me so I can declare to you all the commandments,³⁸ statutes, and ordinances that you are to teach them, so that they can carry them out in the land I am about to give them.”³⁹^5:32Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left! ^5:33Walk just as he⁴⁰ has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long⁴¹ in the land you are going to possess.

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Footnotes

32 Heb “his glory and his greatness.”
33 Heb “this day we have seen.”
34 Heb “who is there of all flesh.”
35 Heb “the Lord our God.” See note on “He” in .
36 Heb “the Lord.” See note on “He” in .
37 Heb “keep” (so , , , ).
38 Heb “commandment.” The actually has the singular (הַמִּצְוָה, hammitsvah), suggesting perhaps that the following terms (חֻקִּים [khuqqim] and מִשְׁפָּטִים [mishpatim]) are in epexegetical apposition to “commandment.” That is, the phrase could be translated “the entire command, namely, the statutes and ordinances.” This would essentially make מִצְוָה (mitsvah) synonymous with תּוֹרָה (torah), the usual term for the whole collection of law.
39 Heb “to possess it” (so , ); “as their inheritance.”
40 Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
41 Heb “may prolong your days”; “may have long life”; “will continue to live.”