To whom were the covenants, the law, and the promises given?
The covenants, the giving of the law, and the promises were given to the nation of Israel—the Israelites. The context identifies them as the people to whom these provisions belonged, and their forefathers include Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, and later leaders and prophets.
Les teaches that along this same line, these things were given to these Israelites, to the nation of Israel—the covenants, the giving of the law, and the promises. He then moves into verse 5, asking, “whose are the fathers?” and points to Israel’s forefathers: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, Joshua, Samuel, the judges including Gideon and Samson, King David, Solomon, and the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. All of those things pertain to the forefathers of this little nation of Israel, and it all comes in this book.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;