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Atomic Bible
Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
from The Covenant at Horeb, Deuteronomy 5:1-4
What it says

Moses says this covenant was not made only with their fathers, but with those alive and present before him now.

What it is doing

It brings the covenant into the present generation's responsibility.

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.