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Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
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Grace Magnifies Sin
Commentators stress that God isn't just reciting history. He recounts His foundational acts of salvation—the Exodus and wilderness journey—to highlight the extreme ingratitude of Israel's current rebellion. As John Calvin and Matthew Henry note, remembering God's past mercies adds to the evil of present sins. This serves as a powerful reminder for believers to consider God's past faithfulness as a motivation for present holiness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Also I - (Literally, “And I,” I, emphatic; thus and thus you did to Me; and thus and thus, with all the mercy from the first, I did to you,)…
19th Century
Anglican
Forty years. —The forty years’ wandering was a punishment for fickleness and cowardice, but during the incidence of this judgment,…
16th Century
Protestant
God reasons earnestly here with the Israelites for their ingratitude. He recounts the benefits He had previously conferred on that people, and then…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt Where they were bond slaves, and in great affliction and distress, and …
We often need to be reminded of the mercies we have received, as these greatly add to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had spiritual pr…