"The LORDour Godmadea covenantwith us at Horeb.
with whom the LORDmadea covenantand commandedthem, saying,"You shall not fearothergods,norbowdownyourselves to them norservethem norsacrificeto them.
In the thirdmonthafter the sonsof Israelhad goneout of the landof Egypt,on that very daythey cameinto the wildernessof Sinai.
So Mosestookthe bloodand sprinkled[it] on the people,and said,"Beholdthe bloodof the covenant,whichthe LORDhas madewith you in accordancewith allthesewords."
Then God said,"Behold,I am going to makea covenant.Beforeallyour peopleI will performmiracleswhichhave not been producedin allthe earthnoramong anyof the nations;and allthe peopleamongwhomyou live will seethe workingof the LORD,for it is a fearfulthingthat I am going to performwith you.
whichI commandedyour forefathersin the daythat I broughtthem out of the landof Egypt,from the ironfurnace,saying,Listento My voice,and doaccording to allwhichI commandyou; so you shall be My people,and I will be your God,'
not like the covenantwhichI madewith their fathersin the dayI tookthem by the handto bringthem out of the landof Egypt,My covenantwhichthey broke,although I was a husbandto them," declaresthe LORD.
"Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,I madea covenantwith your forefathersin the daythat I broughtthem out of the landof Egypt,from the houseof bondage,saying,
"Rememberthe lawof MosesMy servant,[even the] statutesand ordinanceswhichI commandedhim in Horebfor allIsrael.
"The LORDour Godspoketo us at Horeb,saying,You have stayedlongenoughat thismountain.
Theseare the wordsof the covenantwhichthe LORDcommandedMosesto makewith the sonsof Israelin the landof Moab,besidesthe covenantwhichHe had madewith them at Horeb.
"So He declaredto you His covenantwhichHe commandedyou to perform,[that is], the TenCommandments;and He wrotethem on twotabletsof stone.
"So watchyourselves, that you do not forgetthe covenantof the LORDyour GodwhichHe madewith you, and makefor yourselves a gravenimagein the formof anything[against] whichthe LORDyour Godhas commandedyou.
Then MosessummonedallIsraeland saidto them: "Hear,O Israel,the statutesand the ordinanceswhichI am speakingtodayin your hearing,that you may learnthem and observethem carefully.
