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Ramban on Exodus 19:7/רמב"ן על שמות י״ט:ז׳

אוַיָּשֶׂם לִפְנֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה טַעְמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לָהֶם הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם הַדְּבָרִים, בַּחֲרוּ לָכֶם הַיּוֹם אִם תַּעֲשׂוּן כֵּן, וְלָכֵן עָנוּ אוֹתוֹ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה (שמות י"ט:ח'), כְּטַעַם "רְאֵה נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ הַיּוֹם אֶת הַחַיִּים וְאֶת הַטּוֹב וְאֶת הַמָּוֶת וְאֶת הָרָע" (דברים ל טו) וְכֵן "וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶם" (שמות כ"א:א'), שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ אִם יִבְחֲרוּ וִיקַבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹתָם. וְעַל כֵּן אָמַר שָׁם (כד ג) "וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיְסַפֵּר לָעָם אֵת כָּל דִּבְרֵי ה' וְאֵת כָּל הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים, וַיַּעַן כָּל הָעָם קוֹל אֶחָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה". וְכֵן "וְזֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂם מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (דברים ד מד), שֶׁאָמַר לַדּוֹר הַבָּא בָּאָרֶץ אִם יְקַבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, כִּי בָּא לִכְרֹת עִמָּהֶם בְּרִית בְּעַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַת עִם אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם בְּחֹרֵב:
וְהַגָּאוֹן רַב סְעַדְיָה אָמַר כִּי "וַיָּשֶׂם לִפְנֵיהֶם" כְּמוֹ "שִׂימָהּ בְּפִיהֶם" (דברים לא יט), וְאֵינֶנּוּ אֶלָּא כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי. וְכֵן טַעַם "וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל הָעָם יַחְדָּו", כִּי מֹשֶׁה קָרָא לְזִקְנֵי הָעָם שֶׁהֵם חַכְמֵיהֶם וְשׁוֹפְטֵיהֶם, כִּי לָהֶם הַבְּחִירָה, וְשָׂם לִפְנֵיהֶם כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּמַעֲמַד כָּל הָעֵדָה, כִּי עַל כֻּלָּם צִוָּה "כֹּה תֹאמַר לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב וְתַגֵּיד לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (שמות י"ט:ג'), וְהֵם לֹא הִמְתִּינוּ לְעֵצָה וּבְחִירָה, וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל הָעָם יַחְדָּו וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְמִקָּטוֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה, וְכֵן אָמַר עוֹד (שמות כ"ד:ג') "וַיַּעַן כָּל הָעָם קוֹל אֶחָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ":

1AND MOSES CAME AND CALLED FOR THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND SET BEFORE THEM ALL THESE WORDS. This means that he said to them: “Behold, I have presented before you the words [of G-d]. Choose you this day¹⁶⁶ if you will do so.” Therefore, they answered him, All that the Eternal hath spoken we will do.¹⁶⁷ This is similar in meaning to the verse: See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil,¹⁶⁸ and also: And these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them,¹⁶⁹ meaning that they are to say if they choose to observe them and accept [them] upon themselves. It is for this reason that it says there, And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Eternal, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Eternal hath spoken will we do.¹⁷⁰, 24:3. Similarly, And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel¹⁷¹ means that Moses asked the generation that was to come into the Land whether they would accept the Torah upon themselves, for he was about to make a covenant with them in the plains of Moab, just as he had done with their fathers in Horeb.¹⁷², 28:69. And the Gaon Rav Saadia¹⁷³, Verse 9:31, Note 230. said that the expression, and he set before them, is similar in meaning to the expression, put it in their mouth,¹⁷⁴ [this being a reference to the Oral Law, which is the commentary to the Written Law]. But the correct interpretation is only as I have explained.And all the people answered together.¹⁷⁵ This also means that Moses called together the elders of the people, who are their wise men and their judges, for theirs is [the power of] choice. And he set before them all these words in the presence of the whole congregation, since it was with reference to all the people that G-d had commanded, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.¹⁷⁶ But they did not wait for the counsel and decision [of the elders, but readily], all the people answered together — both small and great¹⁷⁷ — and said, All that the Eternal hath spoken will we do.¹⁷⁵ And so it says again, and all the people answered with one voice, and said: All the words which the Eternal hath spoken will we do.¹⁷⁸