Deuteronomy 5:3
He made not the covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are now present and living.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
4He spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire.
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.
Deuteronomy 29:10You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,
Psalms 105:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Matthew 13:17For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.
Hebrews 8:8For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:2-6
The Decalogue Repeated. ( b. c. 1451.) 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →