Deuteronomy 4:13

4:13 And he revealed to you the covenant ¹  he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, ²  writing them on two stone tablets.

Deuteronomy 5:3

5:3 He ³  did not make this covenant with our ancestors ⁴  but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

Deuteronomy 7:12

Promises of Good for Covenant Obedience

7:12 If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the Lord your God will faithfully keep covenant with you ⁵  as he promised ⁶  your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 9:11

9:11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:15

9:15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it ⁷  was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

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¹ sn This is the first occurrence of the word בְּרִית (bÿrit, “covenant”) in the Book of Deuteronomy but it appears commonly hereafter (4:23, 31; 5:2, 3; 7:9, 12; 8:18; 9:9, 10, 11, 15; 10:2, 4, 5, 8; 17:2; 29:1, 9, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21, 25; 31:9, 16, 20, 25, 26; 33:9). Etymologically, it derives from the notion of linking or yoking together. See M. Weinfeld, TDOT 2:255.

² tn Heb “the ten words.”

³ tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁵ tn Heb “will keep with you the covenant and loyalty.” On the construction used here, see v. 9.

⁶ tn Heb “which he swore on oath.” The relative pronoun modifies “covenant,” so one could translate “will keep faithfully the covenant (or promise) he made on oath to your ancestors.”

⁷ tn Heb “the mountain.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.