introduced with a statement of his nature (“I am Yahweh”) and continues with a statement of their identity (“your God, who brought you forth from the land of Egypt”). It then moves on to a compact summary of what this means for their living. The first of Yahweh’s expectations is absolute priority and total loyalty. Those who are to be as his people are to have no other gods—they are to seek out and worship him alone. The next three expectations are descriptions of how Israel is and is not to express