Deuteronomy 5:3
1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
4 The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
5 At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
- KJV
- The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- WEB
- The LORD didn’t make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.
- ASV
- Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- DARBY
- Not with our fathers did Jehovah make this covenant, but with us, [even] us, those [who are] here alive all of us this day.
- BLB
- Not with our fathers did YHWH make this covenant, but with us—we, these here today, all of us who [are] alive.
- ÅB
- Ikke med våre fedre gjorde Herren denne pakt, men med oss, vi som er her, alle vi som er i live idag.
- OTB
- Det var ikke med våre forfedre Herren gjorde denne pakten, men med oss, alle vi som lever her i dag.
- B1930
- Ikke med våre fedre gjorde Herren denne pakt, men med oss, vi som er her, alle vi som er i live idag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 29:10–15
All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
Read in contextHebrews 8:8–9
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Read in contextPsalms 105:8–10
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
Read in contextGenesis 17:7
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:38–40
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Read in contextMatthew 13:17
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Read in contextGalatians 3:17–21
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
Read in contextGenesis 17:21
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
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