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Talmud for Deuteronomy 5:5

אָ֠נֹכִי עֹמֵ֨ד בֵּין־יְהוָ֤ה וּבֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא לְהַגִּ֥יד לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י יְרֵאתֶם֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֵ֔שׁ וְלֹֽא־עֲלִיתֶ֥ם בָּהָ֖ר לֵאמֹֽר׃ (ס)

I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount—saying: .

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah

Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac went to a synagogue. A man stood up to translate while leaning on a pillar. He said to him, this is forbidden to you; just as it was given in trembling and fear so we have to treat it in trembling and fear. Rebbi Ḥaggai said, Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac went to a synagogue. He saw Huna11With Rif (§1133) where the entire paragraph is copied, for חונה read: חזנה “the rabbi”, the organizer of the religious services, who in an unlearned congregation both read the Torah and delivered the Aramaic translation. However, the Ashkenazic Qonteros Aḥaron (ed. L. Ginzberg) also reads הונא. standing up translating without putting up another person in his stead. He said to him, this is forbidden to you; just as it was given by an agent, so we have to treat it by an agent. Rebbi Jehudah bar Pazi went and turned it into a question12He turned the statement that the Torah was given by Moses as God’s agent into a question-and-answer matter of study., I was standing between the Eternal and you at that time to tell you the Eternal’s word13Deut. 5:5.. Rebbi Ḥaggai said, Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac went to a synagogue. He saw a teacher delivering the translation from a book. He said to him, this is forbidden to you; matters which were said orally orally14This declares the accepted Targum, Onkelos in the East and an unknown Targum in the West, as part of the oral tradition made by Ezra into an organic part of Judaism., matters which were said in writing in writing15Babli Giṭtin 60b..
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