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5:1	Fourth Reading Moses summoned all Israel, and said to them: Listen, Israel, to the rules and laws that I am publicly declaring to you today. Learn them and safeguard them, so that you will be able to keep them. Vayikra Moshe el-kol-Yisra'el vayomer alehem shma Yisra'el et-hachukim ve'et-hamishpatim asher anochi dover be'ozneychem hayom ulemadetem otam ushmartem la'asotam.
5:2	God your Lord made a covenant with you at Horeb. Adonay Eloheynu karat imanu brit beChorev.
5:3	It was not with your ancestors that God made this covenant, but with us - those of us who are still alive here today. Lo et-avoteynu karat Adonay et-habrit hazot ki itanu anachnu eleh poh hayom kulanu chayim.

Commentary:

summoned
To repeat the Ten Commandments to the younger generation that had not been at Sinai (Chizzkuni; cf. Bachya).

publicly
Literally, 'in your ears.' See Genesis 20:8, 23:10.

covenant
See Exodus 19:5, 24:8, 34:27 (cf. Lekach Tov). Also see Deuteronomy 4:23, 28:69.

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