...excellent law, those holy and most gracious words, namely, " I am the Lord thy God, which brought thce out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods, &c. Shewing mercy to thousands, &c. Honour thy father and thy mother,...

...Commandment Expounded. Q. WHAT is the first commandment? A. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the...

...estates to know and observe the same. The first table. I AM the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage : Thou shalt have none other gods but me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor any...

...condemned image worship, were blended into one, as follows : — " I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage — thou shalt have no other gods before me : thou shalt not make to thyself a graven image, et cetera."...

...the Law on Mount Sinai, he prefaced it with these words: " I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage." (See also Numbers xv. 41, Deut. xiii. 5, 10, and many other places.) When he would encourage them in...

...first and second Commandments are thus blended together : " I. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage, Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven thing, nor the...

...assisted the " enchantments " of the Hebrew sage by miracles, and thus drew forth the chosen people out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. In those days, and long before and after, the sciences were hidden in the temples, and that god was...

...conjecture, the rendering would be, " And hearken, ye foundations of the earth." 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt ; And out of the house of slaves I redeemed thee. And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my people, remember now...

...respect peculiar and proper to themselves, viz. that they were servants of that God who redeemed Israel out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage^ For upon the morning-watch of that very day they kept for their sabbath, he overwhelmed Pharoah and...

...of Isaac, the angel that redeemed Jacob from all evil. It was he that brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. He had led them through the wilderness, as their directing star, by night, their sheltering cloud,...