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EXODUS CHAPTER 20
The object of man’s worship, Exo_20:1,2. The decalogue, Exo_20:3-17. The people fear, Exo_20:18. They desire Moses to speak to them, and not God, Exo_20:19. Moses encourages them, Exo_20:20. Moses drawing near the darkness, God speaks to him, Exo_20:21,22. God’s charge about making no other gods, Exo_20:23. God’s command to build an altar, and of what they should make it, Exo_20:24,25; and in what manner they should approach unto it, Exo_20:26.
Or, Then, to wit, when Moses was returned into the mount.
God spake immediately, and not by an angel. For though an ambassador or messenger may act in the name of his master, yet it is against the use of all ages and places for such to call themselves by his name. As well might an ambassador of France say, I am the king of France, which all men would account absurd, arrogant, and ridiculous, as an angel might say,
I am the Lord. All these words, i.e. commands, for so the word is used, Deu_17:19 Est_1:12.