What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is in these words; I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.a
- aExodus 20:2
Beddome's Scriptural Exposition 11 questions answered from Scripture
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Were the children of Israel under peculiar obligations to God? Yes.
“He brought them out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage” Exodus 20:22
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Were the children of Israel then in Egypt? Yes.
“These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt” Exodus 1:1
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Were they there as strangers? Yes.
“Ye were strangers in the land of Egypt” Exodus 22:21
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Were they there as bond slaves? Yes.
“Thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 15:15
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And were they long there? Yes.
“We have dwelt in Egypt a long time” Numbers 20:15
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Did God bring them out of Egypt? Yes.
“I made you to go out of Egypt” Judges 2:1
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And that miraculously? Yes.
“Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, the signs and those great miracles” Deuteronomy 29:2–3
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And in haste? Yes.
“Thou comest out of Egypt in haste” Deuteronomy 16:3
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And at the appointed time? Yes.
“In the self same day all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt” Exodus 12:41
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Did this oblige them to thankfulness? Yes.
“It was a night to be much observed to the Lord” Exodus 12:42
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And to obedience? Yes.
“When I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, I said, obey my voice” Jeremiah 7:22–23
Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795), pastor at Bourton-on-the-Water. Verses from the King James Version.
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