# General Information: "May the man be cursed"...This phrase is repeated several times in this chapter and serves as a warning to the Israelites when they will live in the Promised Land. This is part of the covenant Yahweh made with Moses. # command you today Moses is speaking to the Israelites as a group, so the word "you" is plural. # I command Here "I" refers to Moses. The elders are there in agreement with Moses, but he is the only one speaking.