The thunder and lighting and billowing voice of God charging the Ten Commandments has subsided. In the aftermath the people are informed of the Mishpatim - the rules that God presents them with for living. These are not the overarching high moral principles of the Ten Commandments. No, these laws are of the daily intricacies of life: borrowing and lending, property law, damages, interpersonal behaviours and more. It is after these laws, however, that the people accept the covenant at Sinai and sign on the dotted line in blood. What is it that these laws bring to the people that make them respond this way? We explore that question this week.