prey (e.g., Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40; 49:22). Such imagery is also fitting for Exodus 19:4, for God behaved as a fierce predator with respect to Egypt in order to carry Israel to safety.3 Not only are the Israelites to remember what God has done, but that memory is to motivate them to obey (v. 5). Their movement to the mountain is not a free ride; something is expected of them. But having said this, I must make something else clear: That Israel’s faithfulness to the covenant is required should