Story · 21 · Yhwh and His People
At Sinai, refugees became a nation
Amid fire, smoke, and a blaring shofar, God offers the freed slaves a covenant. They answer: 'All that Yhwh has spoken, we will do!'
A people formed by choice, law, and loyalty.
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Moses sprinkles sacrificial blood on the people to seal the pact. No event is etched more deeply in biblical memory. A motley multitude became a fellowship bound to each other and to one God through kinship, law, and steadfast love.
Bible reference: Exodus 19; 24:3–8
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 334–335
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