1 Moses called out to all Israel, saying to them: "Israel! Listen to the regulations and the case laws that I’m recounting in your hearing right now. Learn them and carefully do them.
2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb.
3 The Lord didn’t make this covenant with our ancestors but with us—all of us who are here and alive right now.
4 The Lord spoke with you face-to-face on the mountain from the very fire itself.
5 At that time, I was standing between the Lord and you, declaring to you the Lord’s word, because you were terrified of the fire and didn’t go up on the mountain."The Lord said: