 | Michael Berenbaum - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 240 pages
...and the God experienced at Sinai. The Midrash Tanhuma comments on the first verse of the decalogue: "I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt." Because the Holy One Blessed be He appeared to them at the Sea as a warrior and at Sinai... | |
 | Kenneth Seeskin - Religion - 1995 - 156 pages
...worship wants to be known not for strength, power, or beauty but for an act of redemption (Exodus 20:2): "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." Later in the Book of Exodus (34:6-7) God expands on this idea... | |
 | Michael Rosenak - Jewish religious education - 1995 - 312 pages
...said to Him: Master of the universe, what is written in this Torah which You are about to give me? 'I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt' (Ex. 20:2). Moses said to the angels: Did you go down to Egypt? Were you enslaved to Pharaoh?... | |
 | David Curzon - Religion - 1996 - 216 pages
...Children of Israel the Book for a guidance and for a reminder to men possessed of minds. As it is said: "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the Land of Egypt, out of the House of Bondage." This refers to a God who expects devotees to look in the Book... | |
 | David Curzon - Religion - 1996 - 216 pages
...Children of Israel the Book for a guidance and for a reminder to men possessed of minds. As it is said: "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the Land of Egypt, out of the House of Bondage." This refers to a God who expects devotees to look in the Book... | |
 | Julia Reinhard Lupton - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 310 pages
...momentous declaration made by God himself of the principle of monotheism at the beginning of the Decalogue: "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" (Ex. 20:2). This opening line of the Decalogue, constituting... | |
 | Raphael Patai - Civilization - 1996 - 660 pages
...shalt" or "Thou shalt not. " The first, instead of saying, "Thou shalt believe in Me," merely says, "I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. " 16 Nahmanides, the great medieval Bible commentator, aware... | |
 | Jewish Publication Society - Religion - 1996 - 406 pages
...them.' :'So Moses went down unto the people, and told them. Cbapter 20 AND GOD spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 'Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make... | |
 | Stephen E. Lammers, Allen Verhey - Medical - 1998 - 1034 pages
...places the moral duties of the people within the all-important context of a divine act of deliverance: "I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage." Thus the promises which the people of Israel make at Mt. Sinai to... | |
 | Michael Shapiro, Daniel Shapiro, Nancy Hartman - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 406 pages
...to Spielberg's worldwide critical acclaim. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) And God spoke all these words, saying: I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shall have no other gods before Me. Thou shall not make... | |
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God's Commandments. Tell me how many there are ? Answer. Ten. Question. Which are they ? Answer. THE same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of... 
