of the will of God for the people. The rest of the law, while also important, is seen to be a teaching of God’s will growing out of the primary ten words. (Miller, “Decalogue”). One feature belonging to the Deuteronomic profile of Moses is his role as teacher. By joining the teacher with Moses as suffering servant (see commentary on 3:12–29), intercessor (see commentary on 9:25–29; 10:10–11), and prophet (see commentary on 18:9–22), we are presented with a model figure
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