Source Text: Judges 6:8-10
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Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Anchor Text: Exod 20 — The Decalogue
Significance: The unnamed prophet's speech in Judges 6:8-10 directly echoes the Decalogue preamble and first commandment from Exodus 20:2-3. He declares "I am the LORD your God who brought you up out of the land of Egypt" (אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם), nearly quoting Exodus 20:2, and then charges Israel: "I said to you, 'You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites,'" echoing Exodus 20:3's prohibition against other gods. This prophetic indictment uses Sinai covenant language to diagnose Israel's Midianite oppression as the direct consequence of covenant violation. The prophet grounds his accusation in the very words God spoke at Sinai, making the connection between disobedience and judgment explicit.