Verse 5
"The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel."
This is a very important verse. "The ancient and persistent tradition that connects the beginning of the religion of Israel with this holy mountain (Sinai) confirms the work of Moses beyond the shadow of a doubt."[13]
And that is by no means all that is proved by this reference. It effectively DENIES the critical canard that Yahweh was a Canaanite god which Israel adopted after they conquered the Promised Land. It reflects the great truth that God did indeed bring Israel out of Egypt, that he established the covenant with them at Sinai, and that God actually performed all the wonders that are attributed to Him in the Five Books of Moses.
"Deborah here, in her own distinctive way, conveys the truth that the God who is fighting for His people in this battle is the same God who showed Himself to Israel at Sinai."[14] "God was not a god of Canaan, whose worship Israel, in settling in the land and learning to until the soil, had adopted from the natives, but the God of the invaders, by whose help they conquered Canaan."[15]
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