Deuteronomy 5:2

2 ¹The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:2

The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
] Which is Sinai, as Aben Ezra observes; it being the same mountain, only it had two tops, which bore these different names; for certain it is that the decalogue after repeated was given at Sinai, and had the nature and form of a covenant; see ( Exodus 24:7 Exodus 24:8 ) .

Deuteronomy 5:2 In-Context

1 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

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

3 Not with our fathers did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.

4 The LORD spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire,

5 while I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 4:23; Exodus 19:5