“But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.”
But the LORD has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day -- the metaphor of Egypt as an 'iron furnace' captures the forge of refining. Exodus is liberation from slavery into a unique status: 'a people of inheritance' (am nachalah). Israel is the LORD's own possession (nachalah), acquired through redemptive action. This status demands exclusive loyalty.
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