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Proper 22
Preaching
Preaching and Reading the Old Testament Lessons
With an Eye to the New
Our story of Israel has brought us to Mount Sinai, where Israel has heard that she is God's elected people, his kingdom of priests and his holy nation, set apart for God's purpose. Upon hearing of her election, she has promised, "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do" (Exodus 19:8). Now she learns what that promise entails. She is given God's commandments in this famous passage of the Decalogue (cf. the parallel in Deuteronomy 5:6-21), and these ten commandments form the absolutely necessary requirements for the life of the people of God.