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Deuteronomy 5:3

Covenant and promises

1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

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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.

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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

    Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

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  • Hebrews 8:8–9

    For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

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  • Psalms 105:8–10

    He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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  • Jeremiah 32:38–40

    And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

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  • Matthew 13:17

    For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

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  • Galatians 3:17–21

    And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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  • Genesis 17:21

    But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

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