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God’s Law
God led the Israelites to a place
called Mount Sinai where God gave
them the Ten Commandments that
they were to keep, as a sign they
were agreeing to be His people.
Even though God placed them safely
in the land as He had promised,
the Israelites became ungrateful,
forgot God and His Ancient
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“Moses receives the
Ten Commandments
on Mt. Sinai”
(Exodus 20:1-21)
A Substitute to Pay for Their Sins
Instead of destroying the Israelites
for disobeying him, God commanded
that a spotless, young male lamb,
in perfect health, be brought before
His place of worship. The man who
had disobeyed God was to place
his hands on the head of the lamb,
“Symbolic transfer
of man’s sins to
sacrificial lamb”
(Leviticus 1:4)
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symbolizing the transfer of the
man’s rebellion and disobedience
to the lamb.
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