And the elders of Israel: see 5.23. Moses associates the elders with him, although he speaks on his own authority in the first person.

All the commandment: for commandment see 4.2; and for all the commandment see 5.31.

I command: Moses speaks in his own name.

This day: as often throughout these discourses. See 26.16.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .