Exodus19:7

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Translation

Then MOSES

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came and called for the elders of the people and set before their faces all these words YHVH (read Adonai) had commanded.

Paraphrase

Then THE RESCUED ONE came back to the people and called for the elders of the people to come to him, and he laid out in front of them all these words THE ETERNAL AND PERSONAL GOD had charged him with.

Footnotes

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The name Moses means “drawn out” and is a reference to him being pulled out of the Nile river by Pharaoh’s daughter. “Rescued” is one step further toward the intent of the action, not just the meaning of the word. He was drawn out in order to save his life.