³⁸ He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors.^(A) He received living oracles to give to us.^(B)

The Purpose of the Law

¹⁹ Why, then, was the law given?^(A) It was added for the sake of transgressions^[a] until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels^(B) by means of a mediator.^(C)

² For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding^[a](A) and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,^(B)