Another interpretation: "And he said: The LORD came from Sinai" (Deuteronomy 33:2). When the Holy One, blessed be He, was revealed to give the Torah to Israel, it was not to Israel alone that He revealed Himself, but to all the nations. First He went to the children of Esau and said to them: Do you accept the Torah? They said to Him: What is written in it? He said to them: "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13). They said: The very nature of those people and of their father is to murder, as it is said: "And the hands are the hands of Esau" (Genesis 27:22), and: "By your sword you shall live" (Genesis 27:40). He went to the children of Ammon and Moab and said to them: Do you accept the Torah? They said to Him: What is written in it? He said to them: "You shall not commit adultery" (Exodus 20:13). They said to Him: Our very nature is sexual immorality, as it is said: "Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father" (Genesis 19:36). He went to the children of Ishmael and said to them: Do you accept the Torah? They said to Him: What is written in it? He said to them: "You shall not steal" (Exodus 20:13). They said to Him: The very nature of our father was to be a brigand, as it is said: "And he shall be a wild man" (Genesis 16:12). And so He asked each and every nation whether they would accept the Torah, as it is said: "All the kings of the earth shall give You thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of Your mouth" (Psalms 138:4). Might one think they heard and accepted? The verse states: "And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations that have not hearkened" (Micah 5:14). Not only did they not hearken, but even the seven commandments that the children of Noah accepted upon themselves they could not uphold, until they cast them off. When the Holy One, blessed be He, saw this, He gave them to Israel. So too Israel accepted the Torah with its interpretations and its fine details. Therefore it is said: "And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them" (Deuteronomy 33:2).
God Offers The Torah To Israel
Sifrei Devarim 343
דָּבָר אַחֵר וַיֹּאמַר ה׳ מִסִּינַי בָּא, כְּשֶׁנִּגְלָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִתֵּן תּוֹרָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּלְבַד הוּא נִגְלָה אֶלָּא עַל כָּל הָאֻמּוֹת. תְּחִלָּה הָלַךְ אֵצֶל בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו, אָמַר לָהֶם: מְקַבְּלִים אַתֶּם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מַה כָּתוּב בָּהּ? אָמַר לָהֶם ״לֹא תִרְצָח״. אָמְרוּ, כָּל עַצְמָם שֶׁל אוֹתָם הָאֲנָשִׁים וַאֲבִיהֶם רוֹצֵחַ הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו״, ״וְעַל חַרְבְּךָ תִחְיֶה״. הָלַךְ אֵצֶל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב, אָמַר לָהֶם: מְקַבְּלִים אַתֶּם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מַה כָּתוּב בָּהּ? אָמַר לָהֶם ״לֹא תִנְאָף״. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, כָּל עַצְמָהּ שֶׁל עֶרְוָה לָהֶם הִיא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַתַּהֲרֶיןָ שְׁתֵּי בְנוֹת לוֹט מֵאֲבִיהֶן״. הָלַךְ אֵצֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל, אָמַר לָהֶם: מְקַבְּלִים אַתֶּם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מַה כָּתוּב בָּהּ? אָמַר לָהֶם ״לֹא תִגְנֹב״. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, כָּל עַצְמָם אֲבִיהֶם לִיסְטִים הָיָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְהוּא יִהְיֶה פֶּרֶא אָדָם״. וְכֵן לְכָל אֻמָּה וְאֻמָּה שָׁאַל לָהֶם אִם מְקַבְּלִים אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״יוֹדוּךָ ה׳ כָּל מַלְכֵי אָרֶץ כִּי שָׁמְעוּ אִמְרֵי פִיךָ״, יָכוֹל שָׁמְעוּ וְקִבְּלוּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״וְעָשִׂיתִי בְּאַף וּבְחֵמָה נָקָם אֶת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁמֵעוּ״, לֹא דַיָּם שֶׁלֹּא שָׁמְעוּ אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁבַע מִצְוֹת שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם בְּנֵי נֹחַ לֹא יָכְלוּ לַעֲמֹד בָּהֶם עַד שֶׁפְּרָקוּם. כֵּיוָן שֶׁרָאָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כָּךְ, נְתָנָם לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. כָּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל קִבְּלוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה בְּפֵרוּשֶׁיהָ וּבְדִקְדּוּקֶיהָ. לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר: וַיֹּאמַר ה׳ מִסִּינַי בָּא וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ.