The first commandment portrays exclusive devotion to God not as restrictive but as protective, anchored in God’s acts of rescue and faithfulness to Israel.
Reflect
If God is both the one who made Israel and the one who rescued them, what does that say about why he gives them these commands?
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Wisdom Metaphor
