Numbers 15:41

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Israel immediately following the execution of a Sabbath-breaker and the command to attach tassels to garments.

The words — The declaration centers on הוֹצֵאתִי (ho.Tze.ti), literally “I brought out,” and אֲנִי (’a.Ni), meaning “I,” structuring the statement as a direct claim of personal deliverance.

The thread — This exact formula appears in Leviticus 22:33 and Leviticus 25:38 to ground Israel’s covenant status, while 1 Peter 2:9 transfers the resulting identity of a set-apart people to the New Testament community.

Why it lands — The text states Yahweh’s past action of extraction as the direct reason for His present claim of ownership, requiring the reader to respond with remembered obedience rather than theoretical assent.

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The Hebrew words

אֲנִ֞י'a.NiI יְהוָ֣הYah.weh[am] Yahweh אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ your אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwho הוֹצֵ֤אתִיho.Tze.tiI brought out אֶתְכֶם֙'et./Khem<obj.>/ you מֵאֶ֣רֶץme./'E.retzfrom/ [the] land of מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt לִהְי֥וֹתli/h.Yotto/ becomeלָכֶ֖םla./Khemfor <the>/ youלֵאלֹהִ֑יםle./lo.Him<into>/ God אֲנִ֖י'a.NiI יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] Yahweh אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ פ'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ your

King James Version

I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Leviticus 22:33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 25:38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
Psalms 105:45 that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 32:37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Hebrews 11:16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.