Deu 4:32  For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? ASV

Deu 4:32  For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?  KJV

Deu 4:32  For ask now of the days past which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there has been a thing as great as this, or has anything like it been heard. LITV

Deu 4:32  For ask now of the days past which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, where there has been a thing as great as this, or has been heard any like it. MKJV
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                                     COMMENTARY

  Read the verse carefully in context with the rest of the chapter. It's a rhetorical question.  Has there ever been any nation or any people to whom God revealed Himself in the same way He showed Himself to Israel? No. Has He ever taken any other nation or people for His own to be a special, chosen nation above all the nations of the earth? No. Has there ever been any other nation or people to whom God has revealed Himself by way of a Ten Commandment Covenant? No! That means folks... what? That before Israel there -was- no Ten Commandments! That means God did ~Not~ give the Ten Commandments to anybody else... ~Including Adam in Eden~!  That means there was no Ten Commandment covenant in Eden. And if there was no Ten Commandment covenant then there was no -Sign- of the covenant, which was... what? The Sabbath! True,, God did "sanctify the 7th day and blessed it". And on that day... He, God, rested, not man. Man did not observe a 7th day rest until God gave him the Sabbath and that did not happen until Exodus.

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