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Exodus 19–40: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The conclusion of William H. C. Propp’s masterful study of Exodus, this informative, clearly written commentary provides a new perspective on Israelite culture and on the role of ritual, law, and covenant in biblical religion. Exodus 19–40 sets a new standard in biblical scholarship. Thorough and up-to-date, it is the first commentary on Exodus to include critical textual evidence from the...

With what shall I come before Yahweh, Bow down to the deity of the Height (heaven)? Should I come before him with Ascending-offerings, With calves sons of a year? Does Yahweh delight in thousands of rams, In tens of thousands of oil streams? Should I give my firstborn (for/as) my fault, My belly’s fruit (for/as) my soul’s Sin-offering? It has been told to you, Man: what is good, And what does Yahweh require of you, But doing justice and loving fidelity And walking humbly with your deity? Micah rejects
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