The Law and God’s Heart
Interestingly, there are two sets of Laws that are to be found in the Pentateuch. The First being the simple and more direct words of God as commandments to the Israelites, namely the Ten Commandments. After that in a way God disassociated with the Israelites, and the working rules and regulations sometimes given by God through Moses, like the instructions for the building of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle, but mostly the other rules and regulations were given by Moses, among others the concession of divorce.
The Commandments
“You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.” The understanding of today’s readings, are in this line. God is saying, understand your identity. Understand who you are. When you do, you will know me as Father, and yourselves as my children.