Deuteronomy 5:30 meaning and explanation

Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

Deuteronomy 5:30, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is retelling the story of Israel at Horeb, and in this verse God is speaking to Moses after the people, terrified by the fire and the voice, begged him to stand between them and the LORD. The command to return to their tents is not a rejection.

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