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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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Law Built on Redemption
Commentators emphasize that God prefaces the law not by stating His power as Creator, but His love as Redeemer. By reminding Israel, "I...brought thee out of the land of Egypt," He grounds the commandments in a relationship of love and gratitude. As one scholar notes, God desires obedience that "springs from love, not fear," making the law a response from a free people to their deliverer.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the Ten Commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; and Deuter…
19th Century
Anglican
I am the Lord your God. —The binding nature of commands upon the conscience depends upon the authority of the person who …
Baptist
God is the only God, and no other object of worship is to be tolerated for a moment.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I am the Lord your God This verse does not contain the first of these commands, but is a preface to them, showing th…
God speaks in many ways to the children of men—by conscience, by providences, by his voice, all of which we should carefully attend to; but he neve…
