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2-3 “The Lord our God made a contract with you at Mount Horeb—not with your ancestors, but with you who are here alive today. He spoke with you face to face from the center of the fire, there at the mountain. I stood as an intermediary between you and Jehovah, for you were afraid of the fire and did not go up to him on the mountain. He spoke to me and I passed on his laws to you. This is what he said:

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It was not with our ancestors[a] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(A) with all of us who are alive here today.(B) The Lord spoke(C) to you face to face(D) out of the fire(E) on the mountain. (At that time I stood between(F) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(G) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

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Footnotes

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