Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me!

Being "Jehovah thy God", the God of His people, the Lord brought His people out of the house of bondage. Through this act of delivering them, He did not from the point of view of right become their God. He was their God and therefore freed them from their bondage. And they were His people. As His people they had taken up their residence in Egypt. Thus in enslaving this people, Pharaoh had brought under his cruel yoke that which was God's very own, God's son. What Pharaoh was therefore commanded...