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grows out of · the promise given form
The people God rescues at Sinai are the offspring promised to Abraham; the law is given to a family that already belongs, not to earn belonging.
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points forward to · the terms spoken
The commandments open with rescue — 'I brought you out of Egypt' — before they ask anything.
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points forward to · fifty days later
Pentecost is the feast counted fifty days from Passover, associated in Jewish tradition with the giving of the law at Sinai. Fire, wind and a voice arrive again — this time on people rather than a mountain.
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points forward to · another mountain
Matthew places Jesus on a mountain giving instruction to a gathered people, deliberately recalling Moses without simply repeating him.
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grows out of · broken at once
The covenant is violated while Moses is still on the mountain receiving it — the clearest evidence that a written law cannot by itself change a heart.