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Dumbrell on Deut 5-11-

"Dean McBride (1987) has suggested that the purpose of Israel's law expounded in this section was to provide a constitutional center for her life and administration."[1]

“This concern for Israel’s moral government is basic to Deuteronomy as a whole reflected in the provision for levels of leadership and governance and then in instructions about the responsibilities of leaders, all of which contribute to a theology of leadership.”[2]

[1] Dumbrell, Faith of Israel, 58.
[2] Ibid., 59.

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