When the law was given, Israel, degraded by the long bondage in Egypt, had need to be impressed with the power and majesty of God; yet He revealed Himself to them no less as a God of love. "The Lord came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from Mount Paran, And He came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At His right hand was a fiery law unto them. Yea, He loveth the tribes; All their holy ones are in Thy hand: And they sat down at Thy feet; Everyone received of Thy words." Deuteronomy 33:2, 3, R.V., margin. 46

Det var for Moses, Gud åbenbarede de vidunder lige ord, der er blevet værnet om som alle tiders nedarvede skat: »Herren, Herren, Gud, som er barmhjertig og nådig, langmodig og rig på miskundhed og trofasthed, som bevarer miskundhed mod tusinder, som tilgiver brøde, overtrædelse og synd.« (2Mos. 34,6-7).