The Ten Words (Exodus 20) | What did these commands mean to their original audience?

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Read 'The Unseen Realm' https://amzn.to/3KKoNWY
Israel's Exodus https://amzn.to/3kRhYbz
Durham's Exodus Commentary https://amzn.to/42dkLwj
Dictionary of Classic Hebrew https://amzn.to/3l2Xw7x
New International Dictionary of OT Theology and Exegesis https://amzn.to/3FTQyZG
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The 10 commandments are understood to be a set of rules and a moral guideline for people to follow, but to the original Israelite they were a seal that identified who this people group belonged to. They followed a God wholly unique from all other gods and this was how they demonstrated their allegiance to the one who had already shown His love and favor to them.