We have the preamble, and the historical background to the covenant in God's summary introduction to the people in Exodus 20: "I am Yahweh who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

我们有开场白，签订契约的历史大环境,就像《出埃及记》20中上帝总结性的介绍：,“我是将你们从为奴之地领出来的耶和华“

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Now, mind you, notice these are not people referred to as god-fearing or lovers of god, no. They are just about equal to the gods according to these terms.

请注意他们并不是所谓的,虔诚的信徒或神明的拥护者,不是,根据这些别称,他们几乎是和神明一样的存在

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And the election was entirely God's initiative and is no cause for Israel to boast. So Deuteronomy 7, verses 6-8 read: For you are a people consecrated to the Lord your God: of all the peoples on earth the Lord your God chose you to be His treasured people.

而选择也完全是上帝自愿的,不该是以色列吹嘘的原因，《申命记》第7章6-8节：,因为你归耶和华你身为圣洁的民：,从地上的万民中拣选你,耶和华选你作自己的子民。

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It is attributed always to God. So you see in Exodus 24:3 and 4: Moses went and repeated to the people all the commands of the lord and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, saying "All the things that the lord has commanded we will do!" Moses then wrote down all the commands of the Lord.

它往往归因于上帝，在《出埃及记》第24章第3，4节里提到：,摩西下山，将耶和华的命令，典章都述说给百姓听,众百姓齐声说,“耶和华所吩咐的，我们都必遵行“，摩西,将耶和华的命令都写上。

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