4. When God was about to proclaim His law to Israel, of what did He tell Moses to remind them? “Tell the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto Myself.” Ex. 19:3, 4. 5. What proposition did He submit to them? “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: and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.” Verses 5, 6. 6. What response did the people make to this proposition? “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.” Verse 8. 7. In this covenant with Israel, what obligation was imposed upon the people? “Now therefore, if ye will _obey My voice_ indeed, and _keep My covenant_.” Verse 5, first part. 8. What was the Lord’s covenant which they were to keep as their part of this covenant? “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.” Deut. 4:13. NOTE.—The ten commandments were the “covenant” to which the Lord referred, when, in proposing to make a covenant with Israel, He said, “If ye will obey _My voice_ indeed, and keep _My covenant_,” etc. Ex. 19:5. The ten commandments were termed God’s covenant before the covenant was made with Israel: hence they cannot be the old covenant itself. They were not an agreement made, but something which God commanded them to perform, and promised blessings upon condition they were kept. Thus the ten commandments—God’s covenant—became the _basis_ of the covenant here made with Israel. The old covenant was made _concerning_ the ten commandments; or, as stated in Ex. 24:8, “concerning all these words.” A covenant means a solemn pledge or promise based on conditions. 9. After the law had been proclaimed from Sinai, what did the people again say? “And all the people answered with one voice, and said, _All the words which the Lord hath said will we do_.” Ex. 24:3. 10. That there might be no misunderstanding, what did Moses do? “And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, ... and he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people.” Verses 4-7. 11. What did the people once again promise to do? “And they said, _All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient_.” Verse 7. 12. How was this covenant then confirmed and dedicated?