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In The Rule of Love, J. V. Fesko gives an introductory exposition of the Ten Commandments. Beginning with the importance of the prologue, and then addressing each Commandment in turn, he sets forth a balanced and biblical approach that places the law in proper perspective. Throughout the book, Fesko analyzes the historical context of God’s giving the law in order to help us accurately understand...

For example, turning the waters of the Nile into blood plunged a dagger into the heart of the god of the Nile (Ex. 7:14–25). The plague of frogs declared that YHWH was sovereign, not Heket, the frog goddess of childbirth (Ex. 8:1–15). God struck down the livestock of Egypt to show that Hathor, the sky goddess depicted as a cow, had no power over God (Ex. 9:1–7). And when God sent darkness upon the land, it taunted Pharaoh, who was supposed to be the incarnation of the sun god, Re (Ex. 10:21–29).
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