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ULTAnd Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments that I command you today.
USTMoses, along with the other Israelite leaders, said this to the people: “Obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today.
BSB § Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
JPSAnd Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
ASVAnd Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
DRAAnd Moses with the ancients of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep every commandment that I command you this day.
YLT'And Moses — the elders of Israel also — commandeth the people, saying, Keep all the command which I am commanding you to-day;
DrbyAnd Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
RVAnd Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
WbstrAnd Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
KJB-1769And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
KJB-1611¶ And Moses with the Elders of Israel commaunded the people, saying, Keepe all the Commandements which I command you this day. (¶ And Moses with the Elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keepe all the Commandements which I command you this day.)
BshpsAnd Moyses with the elders of Israel commaunded the people, saying: Kepe al ye commaundements which I commaunde you this day. (And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: Kepe all ye/you_all commandments which I command you this day.)
GnvaThen Moses with the Elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keepe all the comandements, which I command you this day.
CvdlAnd Moses with ye Elders of Israel, commaunded the people, & sayde: Kepe all the commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye. (And Moses with ye/you_all Elders of Israel, commanded the people, and said: Kepe all the commandments which I command you this day.)
WycForsothe Moyses comaundide, and the eldre men, to the puple of Israel, and seiden, Kepe ye ech `comaundement which Y comaunde to you to dai. (Forsothe Moses commanded, and the eldre men, to the people of Israel, and said, Kepe ye/you_all each `commandment which I comaunde to you to day.)
LuthUnd Mose gebot samt den Ältesten Israels dem Volk und sprach: Behaltet alle Gebote, die ich euch heute gebiete! (And Mose gebot samt the elders Israels to_him people and spoke: Behaltet all Gebote, the I you heute gebiete!)
ClVgPræcepit autem Moyses et seniores Israël populo, dicentes: Custodite omne mandatum quod præcipio vobis hodie. (Præcepit however Moyses and seniores Israel populo, saying: Custodite omne mandatum that præcipio to_you hodie.)
BrTrAnd Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day.
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded Mosheh and,elders Yisrael DOM the,people to=say keep DOM all/each/any/every the,commandment which/who I commanding DOM,you_all the=day )
Moses is speaking to the Israelites as a group, so the word “you” is plural.
(Occurrence 0) I command
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded Mosheh and,elders Yisrael DOM the,people to=say keep DOM all/each/any/every the,commandment which/who I commanding DOM,you_all the=day )
Here “I” refers to Moses. The elders are there in agreement with Moses, but he is the only one speaking.
A quick search on the internet reveals that some of the top ways to commit something to long term memory include: 1) organizing the information; 2) making associations; 3) using visual cues (graphs, etc.); 4) creating mnemonic devices (rhymes, acrostics, etc.); 5) writing it down; 6) saying it out loud; 7) quizzing yourself; 8) and rehearsing it (https://www.usa.edu/blog/science-backed-memory-tips/). There should be no doubt, then, that the covenant renewal ceremony at Shechem would have been a truly memorable event for all involved. Two times in the book of Deuteronomy the Israelites are instructed to renew the covenant at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal after they have entered the Promised Land of Canaan, and then the actual event is recorded in the book of Joshua. Located in the heartland of Israel, Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal sat on either side of the ancient city of Shechem, where the Lord had promised centuries earlier to give Canaan to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12:6-7). The renewal ceremony was essentially the corporate, verbal affirmation of the terms of the covenant that the Lord had established with Israel at Mount Sinai. As with virtually all ancient Near Eastern covenants, the terms included blessings for those who remained faithful to it and curses for those who broke it. Joshua and the priests stood between the two mountains with the Ark of the Covenant and read the entire book of the law. Six of the tribes (Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin) stood in front of the Ark on Mount Gerizim and shouted the blessings for faithfulness to the covenant, and six of the tribes (Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali) stood in front of the Ark on Mount Ebal and shouted the curses for unfaithfulness. It is very possible that this ceremony was performed within a natural amphitheater that exists even today on both Gerizim and Ebal at the place shown on this map. By standing within the concave spaces of the two mountains, the tribes would have been both “on” the mountains (Deuteronomy 27:11-13) and “on opposite sides of” the Ark (Joshua 8:33), and they would have been entirely capable of hearing Joshua’s words as well as each other’s shouts of blessings and curses. As far as why Gerizim was assigned the place of blessing and Ebal the place of curses, it is not entirely clear, but it may be because the ancients typically regarded east as being in front of them, so Gerizim would have been located on their right, which was typically favored over the left. Also, commentators have often expressed confusion over the mention of “the arabah” and “Gilgal” in Deuteronomy 11, typically because it is assumed that they refer to the Jordan Valley and the Gilgal near Jericho, respectively. This author, however, is convinced that “the arabah” (often meaning, “plain”) refers to the small plain immediately east of Shechem. And “Gilgal” (meaning, “wheel/circle”) in this verse refers to a location just across the plain at Khirbet Gulegil. (The name “Gilgal” was likely applied to at least four locations throughout Canaan; see Joshua 4:19; 15:7; Judges 3:19; 2 Kings 2:1; 4:38; Deuteronomy 11:30.) Centuries later, a Samaritan temple was built atop Mount Gerizim after foreign peoples were resettled in Israel, and this is what the Samaritan woman was referring to when she said to Jesus, “Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem” (John 4:20). But Jesus replied to her, “Believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem….But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth” (John 4:21-23; see also “Shechem and the Hill Country of Samaria” map).
