(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
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Louis Segond 1910
Je me tins alors entre l'Eternel et vous, pour vous annoncer la parole de l'Eternel; car vous aviez peur du feu, et vous ne montâtes point sur la montagne. Il dit:
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(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
ἐπὶ τῇ δωρεᾷ καὶ σεμνυνόμενος αὐτὴν ἐκδιηγεῖται φάσκων· „κἀγὼ εἱστήκειν ἀνὰ μέσον κυρίου καὶ ὑμῶν“ (Deut. 5, 5), οὔτε ἀγένητος ὡς ὁ θεὸς ὢν οὔτε γενητὸς ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀλλὰ μέσος τῶν ἄκρων, ἀμφοτέροις ὁμηρεύων, παρὰ μὲν τῷ φυτεύσαντι πρὸς πίστιν τοῦ μὴ σύμπαν ἀφηνιάσαι ποτὲ καὶ ἀποστῆ…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
ἢ τῇ μεταξὺ φύσει θνητοῦ καὶ ἀθανάτου γένους. φησὶ γοῦν· „κἀγὼ εἱστήκειν ἀνὰ μέσον κυρίου καὶ ὑμῶν“ (Deut. 5, 5), οὐχὶ τοῦτο δηλῶν, ὅτι ἐπὶ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ποδῶν ἠρήρειστο, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνο βουλόμενος ἐμφῆναι, ὅτι ἡ τοῦ σοφοῦ διάνοια χειμώνων μὲν καὶ πολέμων ἀπαλλαγεῖσα, νηνέμῳ δὲ γαλήνῃ κ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
t is appointed mediator and stands, so to speak, "between" the people and God, as we read of Moses ( Dt. 5:5 ), wherefore it belongs to him to set forth the Divine teachings and sacraments before the people; and besides to offer to the Lord things appertaining to the people, thei…
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