5 Moses is the mean between God and the people. 6 The Law is repeated. 23 The people are afraid at God’s voice. 29 The Lord wisheth that the people would fear him. 32 They must neither decline to the right hand nor left.

Then Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the ordinances and the laws which [a]I propose to you this day, that ye may learn them, and take heed to observe them.

(A)The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The Lord [b]made not this covenant with our fathers only, but with us, even with us all here alive this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:1 Hebrew, I speak in your ears.
  2. Deuteronomy 5:3 Some read, God made not this covenant, that is, in such ample forth and with such signs and wonders.

The Ten Commandments(A)

Moses summoned all Israel and said:

Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws(B) I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. The Lord our God made a covenant(C) with us at Horeb.(D) It was not with our ancestors[a] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(E) with all of us who are alive here today.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or not only with our parents