III. Covenant at Sinai (19 – 24) EXODUS. Plain of el-Raha near Jebel Musa

III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) EXODUS

Plain of el-Raha near Jebel Musa

Wadi el-Deir near Jebel Musa

Wadi el-Deir and St. Catherines Monastery

Jebel Musa above St. Catherines

Plain of Rafah at Sinai Where Israel Camped

Elijah's Spring

III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) A.General Comments: 1. This is a covenant Theophony encounter with God i.In the ANE a covenant was made between a King and the people (Suzerainty/Vessel) 2. The Law Code had two types of Laws i. Apodictic ii. Casuistic

III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) A.General Comments: 1. This is a covenant Theophany encounter with God i.In the ANE a covenant was made between a King and the people (Suzerainty/Vessel) 2. The Law Code had two types of Laws i. Apodictic ii. Causistic 3. Laws were Para-dynamic

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III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) A.Ex. 20:1-2 PREAMBLE AND PROLOUGE 1. Exodus 20:1-2 And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 2. This verse emphasizes who is giving the commands I. God spoke all these words, not man. I. It also reminds us of how Israel and YHWH came to be in this relationship 3. Vs. 2 Who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of Slavery all these words ~yrIb'D>h;-lK' cal ha-de-va- reem.

III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) A.Ex. 20:1-2 PREAMBLE AND PROLOUGE 4.ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LAW CODES i. Two things reigned in the Ancient Near East. Covenants and Law Codes. II. The Difference between a covenant and a law code a. Covenants: b. Ancient Near Eastern Law Codes Victor Hamiltons Book Handbook on the Pentateuch 2 nd ed., (Baker Academics, Grand Rapids, MI., 2005) pg, 201.

III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) A.Ex. 20:1-2 PREAMBLE AND PROLOUGE 1.Ancient Near Eastern Law Codes Code of Ur Nammu: (2100 2000 BC) Code of Eshnunna: (1980 BC) Code of Lipit-Ishtar: (1930 BC) Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) The Hittite law code: (1552-1500 BC) The Middle Assyrian Laws: (1115-1107 BC)

SIX BASIC INGREDIENTS OF ANCIENT COVENANTS OF THE A.N.E. 1. Preamble: 2. Prologue. 3. Stipulations. 4. Sanctions 5. Witnesses. 6. Preservation of the Covenant

III. Covenant at Sinai (19 24) 20:1-17 Decalogue Ten Commandments No other Gods No Idols Shall not misuse the name of the Lord Remember the Sabbath day Honor your father and mother You shall not murder You shall not commit adultery You shall not steel You shall not give false testimony You shall not covet

Late Bronze standing stones at Hazor

"Honor (Exo 20:12) Greek: To Honor Hebrew: Ca-ved: To honor, to make heavy Same word used for the Glory of God

NIV Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (Col 3:20 NIV) Hoop-oh to come under Akoo-oh to listen

(Exo 20:13 WTT) Pre-Meditated cold blooded killing

NIV Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

NIV Galatians 5:19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;. Sexual immorality / fornication, (porneia), sexual immorality, sexual sin of a general kind, that includes many different behaviors (Mt 5:32; 15:19; 19:9; Mk 7:21; Jn 8:41; Ac 15:20; 1Co 6:18; 7:2; 2Co 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 5:3; 1Th 4:3)

NIV Galatians 5:19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;. Impurity , , literally worthless material, waste; of graves decayed flesh, causing ceremonial uncleanness, defilement (MT 23.27); figuratively, moral uncleanness, impurity (1TH 2.3), opposite (holy living); of sexual vice immorality, indecency, sexual impurity (RO 1.24) Debachery / lascivious avse,lgeia living without any moral restraint licentiousness, sensuality, lustful indulgence unbridled lust, sensual excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence Key point to this word is that is a comprehensive expression for evil and perversion. It is one of the vices that destroy an individual from within (Mark 7:22).

NIV Galatians 5:19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; Debachery / lascivious avse,lgeia living without any moral restraint licentiousness, sensuality, lustful indulgence unbridled lust, sensual excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence Key point to this word is that is a comprehensive expression for evil and perversion. It is one of the vices that destroy an individual from within (Mark 7:22).

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III. Covenant at Sinai (19 – 24) EXODUS. Plain of el-Raha near Jebel Musa