What Is Yahweh's Relationship With Israel?

The Historical prologue reviews the events or relationship between parties leading up to the moment of entering into the covenant. Emphasis falls on the suzerain’s treaties and beneficial acts toward the vassal (Lopez, 76). In Exodus 20:2b, the phrase who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage serves the same purpose as the historical prologues of the Ancient Near East. Deliverance from Egypt is a past event that constitutes the basis for Yahweh’s relationship with Israel; thus, the vassal sees the reason to respond in obedience.Other Scripture passages that reflect the typical historical prologues of the ancient Near East are Deuteronomy 1:6–4:4035 and Joshua 24:2– 13.36 Here, both historical accounts in a more extensive