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By the time we have read through Exodus we have learned the basic vocabulary of the Gospel—words like blood, redeem, sacrifice, glory, law, tabernacle and Passover are all here, part of the great drama in which God saves a people for himself. To study Exodus, therefore, is to come to the heart of the message of redemption, to see God as the Savior of his people, caring for them and present with...

characteristics. He is a God of holiness, of majesty, of justice, of sovereignty. As he gives the law to his people he says, ‘I am the LORD your God’ (Exod. 20:2), covenant words which remind his people of the majesty that belongs to him. SECOND, the law defines the people of the covenant. The regulations for living which God gave to his people made them distinctive. They were devoted to Jehovah. God was setting them apart. ‘Keeping the covenant’ on the part of Israel meant obeying the laws which
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