the words, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” (20:2). What more need be said? In effect this is a summary of all that Moses has recorded before it, not only in Exodus but Genesis too. The history of the world is the prologue to the LORD’s sovereign demands on his people. He had graciously given his covenant promises to their forefathers, but now he has gone beyond that by providing an even fuller demonstration of his commitment to his people by his
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