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Deuteronomy 5:4

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The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire,

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Verse 4. To us. Hebrew and Septuagint “to you.”—Face to face, in such a manner that no doubt could be entertained of his presence. Saint Augustine—God addressed the decalogue to all the people, who saw no similitude. But to Moses he delivered the rest of his ordinances, with as much familiarity and condescension as one friend would use in speaking to another. Exodus 33:2. Calmet.

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