Midrash su Levitico 26:12

3) (Vayikra 26:12) ("And I will walk in your midst, and I will be, unto you, a G d, and you will be unto Me, a people.") To what may this be compared? A king went out to walk with his tenant-farmer in his orchard. The tenant-farmer (sees him) and hides from him. The king says to him: "Why do you hide from me? I am like you" (i.e., I planned the orchard and you are tending it.) (And the Holy One Blessed be He speaks (in this wise) to the righteous ones.) Thus is the Holy One Blessed be He destined to walk with the righteous in the Garden of Eden in time to come. They will see Him and recoil before Him, (and He will say to them) "I am like you."

4) I might think (this implies that) My awe will not be upon you; it is, therefore, written "and I will be unto you, a G d, and you will be unto Me, a people." If you do not trust Me in all of these things (remember that) (Vayikra 26:13) "I am the L–rd your G d, who took you out of the land of Egypt, etc." I am the one who wrought miracles for you in Egypt and I am the one who is destined to perform all of these miracles for you.

5) "so that you not be slaves to them": What is the intent of this? Because it is written (Devarim 7:8) "And he rescued you from the house of bondage," I might think that they were slaves to slaves; it is, therefore, written "slaves to them" — They were slaves to kings, and they were not slaves to slaves.