Deuteronomy 5:2

2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. ^[a]

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 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.

3 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:

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai