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Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: `You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

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Authority from Experience

God grounds the authority of the following laws in the people's own recent, direct experience. Commentators note that God appeals to what the Israelites themselves 'have seen' and heard. This wasn't a secondhand report; their own senses confirmed that God was the one speaking, making His commands personal and undeniable.

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Exodus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Exodus 20:22–26

18th Century

Theologian

Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the buil…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 20:22–26

19th Century

Bishop

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.

In the remainder of Exodus 20:0, and in the three chapters that follow, we have a series of laws …

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 20:22

17th Century

Pastor

And the Lord said unto Moses
When Moses was come near the thick darkness where God was:

thus you …

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 20:22–26

17th Century

Minister

Moses having entered into the thick darkness, God there spoke in his hearing all that follows from this point to the end of chapter 23, which is mo…