Response Paper 1: The Covenant The Israelites were a small society that was located at the border of Egypt. It was between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the desert to the east. (Tignor 143) The Israelites culture is estimated to have emerged in the area of present-day Israel between 1200 and 1000 BCE. (Tignor, 144) Though it was a small society, the growth of the cities occurred due to religious reasons under the king 's rulerships, in Jerusalem. Under their leadership was a great God that they adhere to. The Israelites only had one temple in Jerusalem and within that temple, the people, only worship and focus on one God. Believing in one god was the longest reigning religion. Where the people believed in only him and no other gods.
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Moses then goes up to the mountain and talked to God. God came before him and was telling Moses what the people, the Israelites should be aware of because he had delivered them away from the evil ones. During the whole conversations, God is telling Moses to go deliver his messages on what the people should do before the third day and not do when God comes before them. "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow… you shall set limits for the people… take care not to go up into the mountains." (Exodus 19:10-12) This was written because it is to be shown as a reminder, of how God had helped them escape Israel and not only that, the Israelites have seen the power of their God. So with all that they had seen, if they obey his voice, they 'll receive all the glory that they at the end. Not only that, but this was created to show what had gone down that day when God had come to them. It wasn 't a sweet, sunshine but instead, it was, a cloud of smoke from the fire that God had sent down. (Exodus 19:18) It lets one knows that this was a serious issue that was to be addressed because everyone and everything were to be consecrated and not only that people could only stay in one particular area and were limited to where they could and should not …show more content…
It has been passed down from century to century. It marked an important day and document because it was a time where God had come down to his people and finally established ground rules. The ten commandments were written because it was to have an established written rule, that the Israelites must oblige. God came before the Israelites and was like, he had brought them out of Egypt, where they had suffered from slavery. (Exodus 20:1) With that the Israelites are his people and since he brought them out they should understand his power and with that go and lead others, by living with these rules. The purpose for this to be written is to be reminded what the rules are, and on what one should and should not do. Not only was that written down, but it is also stated that the people were afraid of how God made his appearance, with the thunder, lightning and the sound of trumpets and it left them afraid. (Exodus 20:19) This was an important factor that was written down because it lets ones knows that this was a serious situation that needed to be addressed and for it to address one had to let people fear them for it to be
Moses then goes up to the mountain and talked to God. God came before him and was telling Moses what the people, the Israelites should be aware of because he had delivered them away from the evil ones. During the whole conversations, God is telling Moses to go deliver his messages on what the people should do before the third day and not do when God comes before them. "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow… you shall set limits for the people… take care not to go up into the mountains." (Exodus 19:10-12) This was written because it is to be shown as a reminder, of how God had helped them escape Israel and not only that, the Israelites have seen the power of their God. So with all that they had seen, if they obey his voice, they 'll receive all the glory that they at the end. Not only that, but this was created to show what had gone down that day when God had come to them. It wasn 't a sweet, sunshine but instead, it was, a cloud of smoke from the fire that God had sent down. (Exodus 19:18) It lets one knows that this was a serious issue that was to be addressed because everyone and everything were to be consecrated and not only that people could only stay in one particular area and were limited to where they could and should not …show more content…
It has been passed down from century to century. It marked an important day and document because it was a time where God had come down to his people and finally established ground rules. The ten commandments were written because it was to have an established written rule, that the Israelites must oblige. God came before the Israelites and was like, he had brought them out of Egypt, where they had suffered from slavery. (Exodus 20:1) With that the Israelites are his people and since he brought them out they should understand his power and with that go and lead others, by living with these rules. The purpose for this to be written is to be reminded what the rules are, and on what one should and should not do. Not only was that written down, but it is also stated that the people were afraid of how God made his appearance, with the thunder, lightning and the sound of trumpets and it left them afraid. (Exodus 20:19) This was an important factor that was written down because it lets ones knows that this was a serious situation that needed to be addressed and for it to address one had to let people fear them for it to be