Having formed his new government, the Lord begins to define his relationship with Israel. The first rule? Love me as I have loved you.

The Lord introduces a radical new concept: personal property rights for everyone. But how can he enforce such radical equality in such a radically unequal world?

As God’s people realise, to their horror, that they have no hope of keeping his law, God offers them a hint at the atonement to come, and the promise of his eternal presence with them.