For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.This really spells out well who God is. First, he is the God of gods. He is the one who is the creator of all the other things that we revere and worship, the one who has control over them and us, and everything else. Second, he is the ruler of rulers. He controls what leaders do, and they can do nothing without His permission, whether they happen to believe in Him or not. Should ever God turn against a leader, that leader will fall very quickly.
Also, He does not show partiality. This is kind of interesting, given that Moses just finished saying that God had chosen the Israelites over all other people. For this, I have to assume He means that He is not unjust or cruel to one person and merciful to another without reason or purpose. Also, I find the idea of bribing God rather humorous. I know plenty of people try to do it, mostly by what we would call bargaining, but the idea of flat-out trying to bribe God with something that He made just strikes me as funny
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