This paper considers God's covenant with Moses, or rather the covenant with Israel with Moses as mediator. The author considers the relationship between covenant and law and the covenant form and the Sinai covenant.

Does the traditional antithesis between law and gospel indeed function in the Mosaic covenant? The article gives specific attention to the use of the contrast between the principles of inheritance by works and inheritance by grace through faith. Can it be argued that the Mosaic covenant is in a certain sense a republication of an original covenant of works?