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"I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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Relationship Before Rules
Commentators emphasize that the Ten Commandments begin not with a command, but with a declaration of relationship. God first establishes who He is ('I am the LORD your God') and what He has done ('who brought you out of Egypt'). This shows that God's law is given within the context of a loving, redemptive covenant, not as a list of rules to earn His favor.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare Exodus 20 and notes.
Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats…
19th Century
Anglican
I am the Lord thy God. —It should never be forgotten that this sentence is an integral part of the Decalogue, and also th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 6-11. I am the Lord your God This is the preface to the ten commandments, and is the same with that in ([Refere…
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There is some variation here from Exodus 20, similar to the variation between the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 and Luke 11. It is more necessary that…
