The “fathers” are, as in (Deuteronomy 4:37), the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. With them God did indeed make a covenant, but n…

Not ... with our fathers, but with us. —That is, according to the usage of the Hebrew language in drawing contrasts, not …

The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers
That is, not with them only, as Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Abendana rem…

Moses demands attention. When we hear the word of God, we must learn it; and what we have learned we must put in practice, for that is the end of h…