HONR 1101 Lecture Notes - Golden Calf, Book Of Deuteronomy, Israelites
Document Summary
The relationship between moses and god continues to grow deeper throughout. Moses" entire journey with him, until the day that he dies on mount nebo looking over the land of canaan. It is evident in both exodus and deuteronomy that they rely on a relationship built on trust and loyalty to one another. It is not a typical god-mortal relationship in the way that the god is authoritative and the human is submissive and obedient. While moses is obedient to god, he is far from a meek servant. Instead, we see that moses is a valuable companion and deferential aide to god. Not only is he an important intermediary for the israelites to. God, but god himself also needs moses to be his intermediary to the people. In the last couple chapters of exodus, we observe communication between god and his prophet moses, and moses even offers advice and reminders to god multiple times.
