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Atomic Bible
Deuteronomy 5:2
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
from The Covenant at Horeb, Deuteronomy 5:1-4
What it says

He tells Israel to hear, learn, and carefully keep the statutes and ordinances, then names Horeb as the place where the LORD made covenant with them.

What it is doing

It states the chapter's call to attentive obedience and covenant memory.

In context

1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: 2Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today. 4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.