A fourth implication of the great revelation in Exodus concerns the importance of words, and the importance of words for freedom—God created the world through a word, and God reveals himself in words. Words are therefore essential for creating bonds and building a world of freedom, so all who know God and love freedom must be champions and guardians of words. The lofty Sinai view of words bears on today’s situation in two main ways. First, and more generally, Sinai’s high view of