These are the laws you are to set before them. The Book of the Covenant begins — the first extended legal code in Scripture, covering Exodus 21–23. The phrase set before them is a teaching instruction: these laws are not hidden in priestly archives but placed in front of the community for everyone's knowledge. Deuteronomy 17:18–19 requires the king to write a copy of the law for himself and read it every day. The transparency of the covenant law — available to all, not only to specialists — is the basis of its accountability. James 1:25 says whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it will be blessed in what they do. The law set before Israel is the law looked into for formation and freedom.

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