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The purpose of God's Law

19 So we could ask: Why did God give his Law to his people after his promise to Abraham? He gave his Law to show them which things are wrong. It would have authority until Abraham's special descendant would come. That was the descendant that God had promised to bless. God used angels to give his Law to his people.[a] It was Moses who received the Law from God, and Moses then took it to God's people.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:19 The Jews believed that God sent angels to Moses on Sinai mountain. See Exodus 19—20, and Acts 7:38,53.