True. Never before Exodus 19 & 24 was such an agreement entered into:In Deuteronomy 5, Moses gives Israel, what? The covenant God gave on the mountain - the one Moses said no one but them received before, not even their FATHERS
Exo 19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Exo 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Exo 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exo 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exo 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exo 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Exo 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exo 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exo 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Yet, God's "my covenant" (the Ten Commandments) already existed prior to that agreement, covenant. Even with Abraham:
Gen_26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Gen_18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Notice carefully in Exodus 19:6, "these are the words" of the 'old covenant'. The Ten Commandments are differing a "word" (Deuteronomy 4:2).
You just said it yourself. "part of". That, by your admission, shows that the Ten Commandments are not the covenant itself. They are part of the "terms" agreed to in covenant with God. While the Ten Commandments existed prior to this, the agreement/covenant then made (entered into) was never made before them.- and as part of that covenant
Indeed, "commands". They had agreed 3 days prior to "obey all" of what God commanded.He gives them the ten commands
Deu_4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Again, "his covenant", the "my covenant" of God is not the 'old covenant' (agreement of the peoples to obey God), they are what the peoples agreed to "obey" and "perform".
Except you need to look more carefully at Deuteronomy 5:12 first, before considering Deuteronomy 5:15.- then note that AFTER God gave Israel the sabbath day command in the scripture passage below, He said exactly WHEN , WHY and TO WHOM He gave the sabbath day command in verse 15:
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Deu 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Deu 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 5:15 is not the primary reason, but a secondary reason. Look at Deuteronomy 5:12:
Deu 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Did you notice the words "Keep", "as" (the manner already given) and "hath commanded" (past tense)?
When did God command them in their covenant agreement? Exodus 20:
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Did you see the primary reason ("For") in verse 11? The "therefore" in Deuteronomy 5:15 is secondary (additional reason) to that previous "for".
Can you show me anywhere in Exodus where God then made the Sabbath holy? It was already "made" (Mark 2:27) holy (sanctified) from Genesis 2:1-3. It was already in existence long before Mt. Sinai, even as Paul states:
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
The passage in Deuteronomy, thus shows two reasons, a primary (Exodus 20:11), and then a secondary in addition to the primary (Deuteronomy 5:15). The first is a matter of Creation, the second a matter of Redemption.
God had already reminded Israel the peoples to keep the Sabbath of the LORD through Moses (Exodus 5 & 16). Moses was a sabbath reformer, for while in Egypt they had forgotten God's sabbath as a whole (though some individuals still observed it). See Genesis 18:19; 26:5 as previously given, for Abraham had kept the sabbath of the LORD, and taught i to his children, and they to theirs. Even Joseph had it in Egypt, but due to the long years of captivity they backslid, and eventually forgot. This is why God said "Remember" (it already existed), and asked them in Exodus 16:
Exo_16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Exo_16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Exo_16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Read 1 Corinthians 10. As they were tested on this, so too we upon whom the ends of the world have come. Then read Revelation 14:6-12. Same test.