Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
You go close to God and listen to everything the LORD our God will say. Then come back and tell us everything the LORD our God tells you, and we will listen to it and obey it.
The Israelites are asking Moses to be their go-between with God because they're too afraid to approach Him directly themselves.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is retelling the events at Mount Sinai, where God directly gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites. The people were terrified by God's overwhelming presence and asked Moses to serve as their intermediary, going near to God to hear His words on their behalf. They committed to listening and obeying whatever Moses would relay from God, establishing a pattern of mediation in their relationship with the divine.
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