You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God. The positive frame following the negative: obey my laws, follow my decrees. The covenant community's sexual ethics are not primarily defined by what they reject (the practices of Egypt and Canaan) but by what they embrace (the Lord's laws and decrees). The I am the Lord your God formula following the positive command grounds the obedience in the relationship: you obey because of who I am and because of who you are to me.

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