Deuteronomy 5:2
in Deuteronomy 5The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
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ASV
Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
KJV
The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe 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 Exo 24:7.
This site's exposition
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances
on Deuteronomy 5:1-3
Verse 3 presses the covenant onto the people standing before Moses, "with all of us who are alive here today" and not "with our fathers." Albert Barnes reads the fathers as the patriarchs, so what the verse denies is that the Horeb covenant was made with them.
This site's exposition
made a covenant with us at Horeb
Moses names the law a covenant before he recites a single commandment, and he places it at Horeb, the name Deuteronomy uses for Sinai. John Gill points to Exodus 24:7, where the people answered the book of the covenant with a promise to obey.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
As I have explained, 1 See I.E. on Deut.:5. to make the children hear the words of the covenant. 2 The Decalogue.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כָּרַ֥ת | karat | he made | H3772 → | 288 times |
| עִמָּ֛נוּ | ʾimanu | with us | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּרִ֖ית | berit | a covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| בְּחֹרֵֽב׃ | bechorev | at Horeb | H2722 → | 17 times |
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
כָּרַ֥תhe made
karatH3772 →288 times
עִמָּ֛נוּwith us
ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times
בְּרִ֖יתa covenant
beritH1285 →284 times
בְּחֹרֵֽב׃at Horeb
bechorevH2722 →17 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 24:8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:4–5
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- Exodus 24:6
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Matthew 26:28
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Hebrews 10:4–5
Through
Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
- Ezekiel 16:59
For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
- Joshua 23:16
If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against…
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.