To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.
- KJV Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
- BSB You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
- NASB You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord, He is God; there is no other besides Him.
- NLT “He showed you these things so you would know that the Lord is God and there is no other.
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Quick answer
These mighty acts were given so Israel would know Yahweh alone is God. Redemption is meant to produce true knowledge of the one God.
Overview
The purpose of the exodus was revelatory: that Israel might know there is no God besides Yahweh. This is a cornerstone of biblical monotheism and the foundation for the first commandment. To know the one true God is eternal life, fully unveiled in Jesus Christ whom he sent (John 17:3).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 45:18For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh; and there is no other.
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
- Isa 45:5I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
- Deut 4:39Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.
- Isa 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
- Ps 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
- Isa 45:22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Deut 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- 1 Kgs 18:36–37At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- Mark 12:32The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
- 1 Sam 17:45–47Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- Mark 12:29Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
- Deut 32:23“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
- Ps 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
- 2 Kgs 19:19Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God alone.”
- 1 Jn 5:20–21We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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