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I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.” Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation. “Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to

Book of covenant also known as the law would be referred to as the Torah. The purpose of the Law was proved that it was impossible for mankind to achieve the law and the need of Jesus Christ’s.

“The law that God gave to Moses had many aspects – e.g., civil, dealing with the legal system of the people of God considered as a state, with courts and penalties; moral, the law of holy living; and religious, the law of the ceremonies and sacrifices.” These laws set the stage for Christ’s Law and eventually a new covenant made by Christ.

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As Moses continued speaking he said, "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

This line is taken directly from the Ten Commandments, a part of the covenant of which G-d had made with the Jewish people, which essentially made it law. These Ten Commandments would be the basis of the law that would be set in the Promised Land,

The Christ of the Covenants demonstrates the relationship between five covenants God instigated with Adam, Abraham, Noah, Moses, and David in the Old Testament, and how they are reflected in Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection in the New Testament. In answering four basic questions, I discovered this main idea to be true time and time again. Robertson exhibits his vast knowledge of the subject with a concisely structured index outlining one clear point for the entire novel.

17:7). In what resembles a covenant renewal, made in the land of Moab, Moses addresses the leaders of Israel, along with the men of Israel, wives and children, as ready to enter a sworn covenant which Yahweh their God is now making with them, that He may establish you this day as His people, and that He may be your God (Dt. 29:

The first address looked back when they were wandering in the wilderness. Moses reminded them how he sent spies to Canaan to spy out the land.

Third speech of Moses (27: 1-28: 68). For this the elders of Israel and the priests are with Moses, while he recites in detail the curses of Yahweh for disobedience and the blessings for faithfulness. Serious warnings are given regarding the frightening results of infidelity. If those of Israel as their holy people continue to hear the voice of Jehovah their God, they will enjoy wonderful blessings, and all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of Jehovah is called upon them. However, if they do not do this, Yahweh will send upon them "the curse, confusion and rebuke" (28:20). They will be afflicted by disgusting diseases, drought and hunger; their enemies will persecute and enslave them, and they will be scattered and annihilated

The pericope or main focus of this paper the scene in Exodus 33:7 through 34:3. In this selection of emphasized text we have the Israelites meeting to inquire of Yahweh, in a tent that is some distance away. the speech then goes into distinct detail of what happens when regular israelites go to inquire of Yahweh, In comparison to when Moses goes to inquire of Yahweh in the tent of worship. During Moses’ time with Yahweh, the people of Israel waited for Moses and his aide Joshua to go into the tent, and the people, waited outside the tents until they saw the sign- a pillar of smoke then the would worship Yahweh outside their tents. During one of these conversations, Moses ensures that Yahweh will go with the Israelites into the promise land, and then asks to be shown the glory of Yahweh. To which yahweh responds that no one may see his face and live but Moses can look at him from behind and see the glory of Yahweh on Mt Sinai. During this time Yahweh also plans to give Moses another copy of the Book of the Covenant.

     “Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Horev, the mountain of Elohim. The angel of YHVH appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush. He gazed: the

Next, he summons Joshua and announces Joshua’s inheritance of his gift from God. Moses also predicts that Israel will turn to other gods but if they repent and turn back to God, He will welcomes them back and pour out more blessings upon them.

10 As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the LORD. 11They said to Moses, ‘Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? 12Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, “Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.’ 13But Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the LORD will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never

The first address of Moses (1:1 – 4:43) recounts God’s mighty acts on Israel’s behalf from the time of the covenant at Sinai to this renewal ceremony in Moab. Moses wanted to teach about God’s nature as savoir and protector in order to motivate the Israelites to keep the covenant (4:35-40).