You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not worship other gods — the covenant memory itself becomes a theological obligation: Israel is commanded not to "forget the covenant" (לֹא־תִשְׁכְּחוּ אֶת־הַבְּרִית, *lo-tishkechu et-ha-berit*). The covenant relationship is not merely legal obligation but remembrance-based relationship. The phrase "the covenant that I have made with you" invokes the personal, relational character of the covenant. Yet Israel and the replacement populations alike violated this covenantal memory and obligation.

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