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Basic Stipulations

And then Moses summoned all of Israel and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the rules and the regulations that I am speaking in your ears today,[a] and you shall learn them, and you must observe them diligently.[b] Yahweh our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. It was not with our ancestors[c] that Yahweh made this covenant, but with these of us who are here alive today. Face to face[d] Yahweh spoke with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire. I was standing between Yahweh and you[e] at that time to report[f] to you the word of Yahweh, for you were afraid because of the presence of[g] the fire, and so you did not go up the mountain. He said,[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:1 Literally “the day”
  2. Deuteronomy 5:1 Literally “you shall observe them carefully to do them”
  3. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or “fathers”
  4. Deuteronomy 5:4 Literally “Faces to faces”
  5. Deuteronomy 5:5 Literally “between Yahweh and between you”
  6. Deuteronomy 5:5 Or “declare”
  7. Deuteronomy 5:5 Literally “the faces of”
  8. Deuteronomy 5:5 Literally “To say”

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) The Lord spoke(G) to you face to face(H) out of the fire(I) on the mountain. (At that time I stood between(J) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(K) 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