"He kept him as the apple of His eye.” “In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.” Deuteronomy 32:10 ; Isaiah 63:9 . PP 407.2"
"He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye."
Ellen White directly references Deuteronomy 32:10 in this passage.
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 63:9 in this passage.
"Enraged at this decision, he cursed the judge, and in the heat of passion blasphemed the name of God. He was immediately brought before Moses. The command had been given, “He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death” ( Exodus 21:17 ); but no provision had been made to meet this case. So terrible was the crime that there was felt to be a necessity for special direction from God. The man was placed in ward until the will of the Lord could be ascertained. God Himself pronounced the sentence; by the divine direction the blasphemer was conducted outside the camp and stoned to death. Those who had been witness to the sin placed their hands upon his head, thus solemnly testifying to the truth of the charge against him. Then they threw the first stones, and the people who stood by afterward joined in executing the sentence. PP 407.5"
"And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death."
Ellen White directly references Exodus 21:17 in this passage.
"And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)"
While EGW cites Exodus 21:17 regarding cursing parents, the narrative she describes closely aligns with the event in Leviticus 24:11-14, where a blasphemer is brought to Moses and ultimately stoned after God's direction. The Exodus verse provides a legal context, but Leviticus provides the narrative context.
"Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people."
While Exodus 21:17 is mentioned earlier in the EGW passage, the direct connection here is to the general principle of not cursing or reviling authority, which is present in Exodus 22:28. The EGW passage expands on the severity of blasphemy and its consequences, echoing the principle in Exodus 22:28.