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- Where is the selected text placed within the particular book or even in the whole of scripture?
If one talks about Moses, from his birth to his death, the narrative is shown in four books: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, but if one talks only about Exodus, the narrative includes three phases of the Israelite people in their journey to Promised Land: 1) escape from Egypt (Exodus 1-15), 2) From Egypt to Sinai, including the first stage of the journey to the Promised Land, and a lengthy stay at Mount Sinai (Exodus 16-24, and 3) Law, ritual and holiness (Exodus 20:22-23 and 25-40). The verses under research, Exodus 34:29-35, are placed within the third part of book. The importance of the last part of this book is because of these collections, the whole Pentateuch got its standing as a law book. …show more content…

Later, Moses prayed to the Lord, interceding for the sin of his people, and asking for their forgiveness; God forgave them, then Moses received the departure order to go to the Promised Land. Right before the departure, Moses prayed again to the Lord asking for guidance during the second part of the exodus, and Moses wanted to see God. The Lord gave the instruction to Moses to prepare two tablets again and ordered him to go up the Sinai Mountain. Moses did as the Lord said to him. The verses under study are the part where Moses came down from Sinai with the tablets of the covenant for the second and last time. I found that the selected verses are located at the very end of the apostasy of Israel and the renewal of the covenant, right before instructions about the execution of building a sanctuary. It seems that the Lord is enforcing new precepts when people enter into the new land, but they are still in Sinai. The Lord wants people build a

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