Theocracy: Established

And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. …

He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand. …

But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.