“First Commandment Right: Freedom To Serve” Exodus 20:1-2 Bible Study ✞-word Puzzle | 2.21.24

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  1. 1. Jews consider Exodus 20:2 to be the ___ of the Ten Commandments.
  2. 4. Like the greatest two commandments (Mt 22:35-40), the Ten Commandments entail vertical ___ (i.e., obedient devotion) for God (Commandments I-IV; cf. Dt 6:5) and horizontal ____ (i.e., sacrificially striving for the good) for one’s neighbors (Commandments V-X; cf. Lev 19:18).
  3. 7. The Ten Commandments are the commands of the Creator – good ___ from God our Deliverer (cf. Ex 20:2).
  4. 9. Over and over again, through Moses, the LORD tells Pharaoh to let His people go so that the Israelites may ____ Him (Ex 7:16, 8:1, 20, 9:1, 13, 10:3).
  5. 10. Israel was freed to ___. They were to be the LORD’s obedient, treasured possession – a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Ex 19:5-6; cf. 1 Pet 2:9-10).
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  1. 2. Not Moses, or Aaron, or any prophet, but the LORD Himself ____ all the words of the Ten Commandments (Ex 20:1; cf. Ex 20:18-19).
  2. 3. After a new Pharaoh comes to power, the Israelites become ___ in Egypt (Ex 1:8-11, 20:2).
  3. 5. When the LORD delivers the Israelites from Pharaoh, they are not freed to live however they want. Essentially, they change ____ (cf. Ex 6:6-7).
  4. 6. More literally translated, the Ten Commandments are the Ten ___ (Ex 20:1; cf. Ex 24:3, 34:28; Dt 4:13, 10:4).
  5. 8. The LORD also brings His people out of Egypt so that He can ___ among them in the Tabernacle (a.k.a. the tent of meeting) (Ex 29:44-46). With His people, God seeks a godly relationship and a godly residence.