Moses is commanded to stand by God in order to receive other laws (than the Ten Words) to teach the people subsequently.

all the commandment or charge; Heb. miṣwah. - "The (or this) commandment "recurs Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; Deuteronomy 30:11; with "all," Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 8:1; Deuteronomy 9:8; Deuteronomy 9:22; Deuteronomy 15:5; Deuteronomy 19:9; Deuteronomy 27:1 (of a special injunction), Deuteronomy 31:5. As Deuteronomy 11:22; Deuteronomy 19:9 show, it denotes the deuteronomic legislation generally (esp. on its moral and religious side) viewed as the expression of a single principle, the fundamental duty of Deuteronomy 6:5 " (Driver); yet it is also possible to interpret it here, as in Deuteronomy 11:22; Deuteronomy 19:9, of the principles underlying the laws and expounded in this discourse. See below on Deuteronomy 6:1.

the statutes, and the judgements With Sam. omit the preceding and. The statutes and judgements(the usual deuteronomic phrase) are thus the contents or detailed applications o (the miṣwah, the separate laws to be subsequently given in Moab on the eve of the people's entrance to the promised land (as the rest of the verse declares), and which are contained in chs. 12 26.

the land which I give them Rather, am about to give them. So without addition Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 11:17, in the Pl. address, and Deuteronomy 15:7; Deuteronomy 18:9; Deuteronomy 26:2; Deuteronomy 27:2-3; Deuteronomy 28:8; Deuteronomy 28:52, all passages in the Sg. address. With the addition to possess itas here, Deuteronomy 3:18 (hath given), Pl.; Deuteronomy 9:6; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 17:14 (shalt possess), Deuteronomy 19:14, all Sg. (except perhaps Deuteronomy 12:1, which is doubtful). With the addition for an inheritance, Deuteronomy 4:21; Deuteronomy 15:4 (+ to possess it), Deuteronomy 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:4; Deuteronomy 25:19; Deuteronomy 26:1, all Sg. Cp. Deuteronomy 12:10 causeth you, Deuteronomy 19:3 causeth thee, to inherit.

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