If we were to try to pick out one chapter of the Bible as being the single most important one, we should probably choose a well-known passage such as Matthew 5 or Psalm 23, but Stephen Dray suggests that Exodus 19 may perhaps be the most important in the whole of the Scriptures because it contains many of the most vital lessons that we all need to abide by. It also comes at the commencement of the nation of Israel.1 That nation was born in the
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