Deuteronomy 5:3

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Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

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Egypt was the land of Israel’s bondage, from which the Lord delivered the generation addressed through their parents. Mount Horeb, another name for Sinai in the wilderness, was where God made the covenant and gave his commandments to Israel, grounding Moses’ reminder that this covenant now binds the present assembly.

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Deuteronomy 5:3 mentions Egypt and Mount Horeb.

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