Throughout the book Deuteronomy chapter 6, different themes presented are; those themes include Exodus, Passover, righteousness, Torah, redeemer, covenant, and election. The themes correspond to the self-understanding of the Israelites. The first term Exodus means “‘going out’”, the events before and after the Israelites were freed from slavery is in the Exodus (Frigge 60). It shapes the self-understanding of the Israelites community through the narration of those events and the Exodus experience was what sparked the Israelites faith (Frigge 60). A specific verse from the Bible that demonstrates the theme Exodus is “tell him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes, the Lord
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In the Bible, the verse, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts” (Deuteronomy 6:5-6) demonstrates that term; Torah in short means instructions and those are specific instructions God has given us. Another theme is redeemer. Redeemer is a description given to a God or Gods who they believed saved them from slavery (Frigge 61). A verse from the Bible that demonstrates the theme Redeemer is, “be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” (Deuteronomy 6:12). That verse states that God is their redeemer because he was the one that freed them from slavery; the verse“But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors” also demonstrates how He is their redeemer. He helped them be free and that is important to the self-understanding of the Israelites community. Covenant is usually called a contract or promise between God and someone else (Frigge 61). A verse from the Bible that expresses the theme covenant is, “When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you—a land
In the Bible, the verse, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts” (Deuteronomy 6:5-6) demonstrates that term; Torah in short means instructions and those are specific instructions God has given us. Another theme is redeemer. Redeemer is a description given to a God or Gods who they believed saved them from slavery (Frigge 61). A verse from the Bible that demonstrates the theme Redeemer is, “be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” (Deuteronomy 6:12). That verse states that God is their redeemer because he was the one that freed them from slavery; the verse“But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors” also demonstrates how He is their redeemer. He helped them be free and that is important to the self-understanding of the Israelites community. Covenant is usually called a contract or promise between God and someone else (Frigge 61). A verse from the Bible that expresses the theme covenant is, “When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you—a land