1. Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am proclaiming as you hear them today. Learn and follow them carefully.
2. The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3. He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
4. The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.
5. At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to report the word of the Lord to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. And He said: