There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moshe put there at Chorev, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Yisra'el, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
After the reading of the Torah and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, *Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.*