PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Exodus — Volume 2
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 360,812 words · 378 reading sections
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EXPOSITION. MrscELLANEO'CS LAws (ven;. 16-31) maiden, suffer with her the penalty of death Vers. 16, 17.-.La1D11 agai,lllt ,eduction. (Dent. :ui.i. 23, 24) It has been alrearlv observed that in the Ver.16.-U a man entioe. Rather" sed•1ce. remainder of the Bo~k of the Covena.nt there Ke llhall BUrely endow her to be …
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G). Bom,wing upon pledge WAS prertiscd first-born o{ their children were to be redeemed lnrgely in the t imr of Nehemiah, and loo to by a money payment (eh. xiii. 13; Num. iii. ,·en- ill rPFults. S,•c Nd1. eh.,·. Thon 1halt deliver it unto him by that the 111n goeth 46-48); bnt the rest was to be offered in down. T…
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compnAsion. 'l'ho twofold aspect of the Divine Natllre is stearlily kept before us by an arrangoment in which its opposite sides are presented to our contemplatinn alternately. l. INBTANOES OF THE DIVINE SEVERITY. 1. "Thou she.It not sufTer a wit~h tn Jive., ( \'Crse 18). 2. "Whoso lieth with e. beast shall surely be …
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nor oppress him•· (vcr. 21). 2. "Yi, shRll no1. afflict e.ny widow or fatherless child" ( \'l'r. ~:!). ~- "Thou Hhelt. not. lenrl thy nwne)' unto a~y of my people the.t is poor 11r~,11 nanry • (ver. 25). 4. "Thou shRlt not. te.ke thy neighbour's raiment to pledgo" ('l"cr. 26). 'l'he Divine protection is extended esp…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vera. lG-21.-.Abominations. This series of precepts deals with Reduction, witch- craft, bestinlity, nnd the sin of sacrificing to other gods than Jehovah. The case of the seducer might hnve bt"en brought under the laws embodying the principle of resti- rution. It forms a tmnsition to the o…
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1<eparated in many 'l'l'RY6 &.~ hy the l:rnrl of t.heir rlwellinj!;, their n11t.ional institutions, their wor•hip, their perF10no.l rite of circ11mci~ion; but sep1m1.tion, with R.ll its rigours and all the penaltie~ for neglecting it., ('oulrl never become isolation. Holemnly indeed were the people enjoined to drh·e…
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confiding. Dut aro God's people amenable to charges of this kind? lt is evi<lent thnt tho lsrnelites were, from this warning to them. It was so easy to turn Jehovah's denun- cintions of the idolater into excuses for ml\ltreating the stranger because he hnd the )f)()k of an idolat\)r, .Nay more, how easy it was both to …
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all (Deut. xxiv. 17). The forgotten eheaf in the field, and the gleanings of the olivo hou~hs and of the vineyards, were t-0 be left for the stranger, the fatherless, Rnd the ";dow (Deut. xxiv. 19-21); and cursed was be to be who perverted the judgment of the Mme (Deut. x:nii. 19). When God suste.ined Elije.h, at th…
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He who counselled, by hie Son, to pluck out the right eye and cut off the rH 1t harnl is not likely to pny respect to B thing like wealth, even more external still. The chief matter in these regulations is how the poor and needy may be most advant,'\acd, and whatever will do that most effectually i11 the thing to be do…
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n r11l11mn~- : th(' ol.h('r clau,,c prohihits the fallen beBRt ""ould bring the enemies into )Pining wit.h olhl'rF in spreading one. Both friendly cont.act, and soften their feelings rlnn~('• he\"e a sper.ie.l reference to hearing towards each other. "·,t.n...,. m a court, hut neither would seem to \tM', 6.-As in ve…
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regulat.inne or the kincl existed in most Vc_r. 1_2.-Law nf tlie 8nl,lmth, T'"/1"'''""· cnnnl.ries But entire yenrs of rest were Nothmg 1s hero added to lhc teaching of the wholly unknown t.o nny nation except the Fourth Comm11ndment; but ilB ni,,reif"l cha- Israelites, ancl expo,,,cl them to the repronch racter is esp…
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thus lo rxpn-~s il~<'II. Thr<'c great. fca.ots made out of the whoat l'nBt gathered in, and "'<'rt• app,,inlt'd.. of "·hirh the m08t. remark- called the fint-frnitB o the harvest. The nhl<' f<>•tu.rrs wer!'-1. That t.hoy were at. once festival llllltod only a Bingle day • hut it WRB ~rultural and hist<>rieal~onnoot.…
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had a similar, but much greater, effect of the in eh. xxx.iv. 2(j_ nn1l 11i.rain in Drnt x·<111 eamo kinrl. 18, this "place" is pluinly rleclur,,,1 to he Ver. 18.-Lato of lh8 P,uirlurl sacrifwe. 0 houee '' or " t,,~mple. '' Thu.t tho PBBchal lamb is here intended by [,n;u, (IIJCl"in,! ,ee!M119 (l kirl ;,. a.,, mntl…
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Vers. 5, 6.-The duti.es which me,i owe to their enemies. Tbese duties may be con- sidered as they were revealed to men. 1. Under the law: and 2. Under the gospel. I. UNDER THE LAW. Men were required to protect the interests of their enemies when they could do so without loss to themselves. For instance--1. They were…
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and oil olive," "I\ ll\nn of wheat, l\nd barley, and vines, an,\ fig-tree~, and pomegranates -a ll\nd of oil olive, n.nd honey-n. ln.nd wherein thou slrnlt en.t bren.d without- scarr;e- 'less, thou shn.lt not In.ck anything in it" (Deut. viii. 8, 9). II. OF THE DIVINE BENEFJOENOE. Under the system thus Divinely impos~…
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<'llnle!i round when they happened to us. Our birth-day, our wedding-day, a.re thus made domeRtic festivals. Similarly, a. na.tion commemorates the l>ay of its Indcpen- dcnc-e, or the three glorious de.ys of its Revolution, or the day on which its a.nnics g&im><I a great e.nd crowning vict,ory. It is ree.ROna.ble th…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1-10.-Doing justice and lomng mercy. In pursuance of its great require- ment of love to one's neighbour, the law next prohibits the raising of a. false report, the bearing of false witness in a court of justice, and the wresting of judgment. Recognising however, that "out of the hear…
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J>OJ>Uli,. i~ _not e.lwayR "vox Dei ;" that the f11.11hion of the day can never make that right winch the IRW of God declares to be wrong; tbat the voioe of the multitude is one thing to-da~·, and another thing to-morrow, while truth and duty remain one and the same; that whatever others think, it ce.n never be la\\ful…
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to fostcl' n sense of unity in the people, to qnicken religious life, to fornish oppnrt11nitie~ of public worship. They afforded a means of strengthening the bon<l between the people nnd J ehov11h, promoted brotherly intercourse, infused warmth and gladness in t.o religio, 18 service, and were connected with a. rit,ual…
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,,ffort of one me.y not secure e. jn~t jnrlgmont, lmt C11Ch individual must do his part. Th<'n the stain of inju~tice is not on his ~armcnts. II. At. IN,JURED PERflON MUllT KEEP cu;AR OF PERBONAI, ANIMOSITY IN THE PURSUIT o!' m~ RIGHTS. An illustration is given from the misfortune which may happen to his erwmy'~ ox. …
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more important than that in the homo. The leaven of malice anci wickerlness m,rnt he Rought out and put away; so long as they retained that, freedom WM but a nominal privilege. II. 'l'm: FEAST OF FmsT-l"RUITB, Linked on to the second clay of unleavenerl hrcarl. God would hwe his children look forward; and so he makes …
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rrp1 t hr promise to send 1he Rngel, is RhRolnk nhnminRtion of hnman sacrifices, and pnllutod Thr1r rrRliRation depcn,ls on H strir.1 anrl hPRrl)· wi1b the s1ill more dchll8ing evil of religious ,,hi:"l\1('UrP. impurity. "The •Rrrifice offered to Ash- t-Orcih," says Dr. Dollinger," consisted in the Yer. 20.-Beholcl, …
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shnll rench the term nllotted to man, end die related that when the kingdom ul Samnrin m 11 good old ngo, hnving fnlfilled their time. was depopulated by the removul of the Ten O•,dly living, persisted in for several genern- Tribes, there wns e. grent increru;e of lions, tions, might, perhnps, produce this result. whic…
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would not go 1:mck fl'\lm it. They should l'eACh Oitn11an, l\nd e.n e.ngel should lead them; but the rest we.s e.11 more or Iese uncertain. If they indeed obeyed God, l\nd did M he commn.nded, then he would be l\n enemy to their enemies, l\nd give them full possession of the land of promise. If they truly eerved Jehova…
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victory for the latter. Something whispers to them that their " time is short" ( L Cnr. vii. 29; Rev. xii. 12; cf. Matt. viii. 29). Moral forces are all on the si<le of the kingdom of God. They assist its friends, and operate to enervate and discourage its enernies. 'fhe Christian worker may rely on numerouH invisible …
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H:r.pansirm of ho1111ds (ver. 31). Only once or twice W&B this mnimum of possession loucherl by lsr~el. Failure in ~be !ulfilment of the condition kept b:tck fulfilment of the pro1~1se. 'lhe Church's destmy 1s to possess the whole earth (Ps. ii. 8). 11. V.· An:i:irnos. If these glorious promises are to be fulfilled to…
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J)eut xxxii. 6, 16-28). They would be "surely" punished. 3. The general asser- tion that transgressions will not be pardoned does not imply that there is no room left for intercession and repentance; that, e.g., an alteration in the spiritual conditioo,; might not procure, if not remission, at least a sensible alleviat…
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al,,n(' is jmlge of how far, e.nd with what m011.SUre of benefit to the lndividue.1, 1md of glnr~- tn l11m~elf, he c-an remit temporal chMtisements (Ex. xxxiii. 19). Respect will dn11 ht_lC'ss ~ had t.o the circumRtRncos under which the sin we.s committed, to the depth ,111<1 s1ncenty of the ropent&nce, to the publi…
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tho true guide, of courRo, mertns all the loss, prtin and destrnction that come fr, ,rn getting into false ways. But such consequences are not dwelt upon here. 'l'I"' thoughts of the people are mther directed to the sin they would commit by nP~lectin!.( tho intimations or the angel. "My nrtrne is in him." It waH not a …
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sif:tial will he their defeat. We must ever believe that our true strength is in God. It ~vas llC'Y<'r rntcuded thnt Israel should be looked on as a mighty military power. llnther 11 shnuld he n cau~c of RRtonishment among the nations that it was able to stand arrninRt all t hr resource~ gathered against it. "rhenev…
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Ver. 20.-Mine a-11_qel shall go before thee. A prepared people have to b~ Jed into a prepared place (ver. 20). To lead tl,em a guide iH necessary, and Ood provides a c,uide. l. THE ounm Al'rn ms on·wE. 1. //is nature and character. (1) An awrl -i.e. ~ Divine ,messenger; not merely e. messenger of God's appoi-ntmcnt, b…
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-;,.~ishes to deRl with 11.ny of these laws, he will find 11, careful 11.nd exhaustive an11.lysiB in Lange on " ExoduB." MoBt of them have strict and eole reference to the Hebrew Commonwealth, and are obsolete for the Christian.] This passage contains a series of promiRes, which all centre in an august personage, ca…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 32, 33.-The Peril of Idolatry. Idolatry is the interposition of any object between man and God, in such sort that the object takes the place of God in the heart and the affections, occupying them to his exclusion, or to his disparagement. Idolatry proper, the interposition between God and the soul of…
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lends them to mnko pledges, whirh they nre poesy called forth hy the pussag" or the Rrrl nry unwilling to stand hy afterwards. Hence Sea (eh. xv. 1-18), would seem to have ,·0111- JfoReR requires somothing more than n verh11l mencerl with "the Book or the Cnvenant." nss.,nt. Upon this nucleus the rest or the lnw was …
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,h,inn<'<L The reasons which make disobedience to a father morally wrong tell with increased force if applied to God, who is far more truly than our father,-1. 'l'he author of om existence; 2, The preserver of our life; and 3, 'l'he bestower upon us of favours and benefits which we cannot possibly repay. II. MAN'S BES…
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there is a cess1ttion of such terrorising manifestations as we rea.d of in eh. xix. When we see nil t,he,t strange mingling of terrible darkness, light, and ~ound, which make np the thunderstorm, we know that Nature is striving to recover her balance. That bala.nce, rocovored, the body of heaven rosumes its clearneHs; …
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c,,mpl~t.e c0nformity_ to the will of Gorl; for thcr_c were men of David's spirit long before Dr\\"1d s time. But m how many was there nothmg more than the inconsirlernte shout of those who, after all Gorl had said, hnd yet not the slightest knowledge of his will I Aml yet with all these profound differences the sup…
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the words ?f the. Lord," n~d, when he had read what. he had written, the poop le c<>□- firmed their prev10_11s promise (ver. 7). A wri~ten remmder of ~he covenant as accepted by them was all-1mportnnt; a dying enthusiasm goes hand m hand with a wani □" memory; only a record which will revive the memory can avail to rek…
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,, ,•nter into it. 'l'he linv was uttered bv God's own voice. The II judgments" were r<'cited to them by Moses. They were read 11. second time from the II book." '!'heir n8S<'llt to the covenant WIL8 thus sought to be made an ;ntelligent one. If we engage .. nr~<'lves to God, be would have us do it with II understan…
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Vers. 7, 8.-0onsecration. By the sprinkling of the blood of sacrifice, and by their voluntary acceptance of obligations to obedience, the children of Israel became, formally, the people of Jehovah. 'fhey had avouched themselves to be the Lord's. They had taken on them the vows of his service. They were now consecrate…
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R11<l ideal a~ our own, A.nd seek to give them reality by self-dedication, and the strenuous 1nirnuit of holiness, the.L our consecrA.tion becomes tr•1ly effoctuA.l. God's consecration of us becomes, so to speak, the ground of our own consecration of ourselves, and of constant striving after that perfection which is im…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 9-11.-TnE BA0RIFICIAL FEAST AND The mountain was to be partially ascended, TRE VISION OF Goo. After the covenant had but not to any great height. Nadab, Abihu, been ratined by the unanimous voice of the and the elders were to "worship God afar off." people, Moses proceeded to carry out the injunc- …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1, 2, 9-12. .A vision of God.-Prior to the ratification of the covenant, God had given Moses iru;tructions that, im.mE>diately on the conclusion of the ceremonies, he, together with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu (representatives of the future priesthood), and seventy of the elders of Israe…
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all shnuld he pleasinl!: and accept.Rble to "t.lie Before taking his departure for the long Hii,h and Bol1· One which inhabiteth eternitv," sojourn implied in God's address to him, it wa• thought fitting that " pat.terns" sbo~ld " Come up to me into the mount, and be be sho"'ll to Moses of ell that was to be made Oi…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 12-18.-Prolonqerl comm·une with God. Prolonged commune with G0d i8 ~!.o soul's truest strengthening, and sweetest refreshment. Without it our spirits lang11isn- _ we grow weary all(\ foint--worlriliness creeps upon us--our thoughts and discourse tecvtIJIJ "of the eo.rth, earthy "-we have no life o…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 12-18.-MOBeS ascends the mount. Observe, 1. He alone ascends (ver. 12). Aaron and his sons, with the seventy elders, were left behind. Their privilege was great as compared with the.t of the body of the people. Yet even they are not per- mitted to enter the cloud-to draw nigh into Go…
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CHAPTER XXV noble spirit which the people showed when the appeal wa.s made to them, see eh. xxx v Vcrs. 1-7.-TIII!: TABERNAOLE AND THE 21-29; and eh. xxxv1. 3-7. OIFTH FOR IT. The great principles of the moral Ver. 3.--Thia ia the off'ering-gold and law had been given in the Ten Commandments silver and br888. Gold wa…
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(',,,..,,. ;,.-c;•. or c:,ochineRl in~cct. of the holm so RbundRnt.ly in the Sinaitic pcnillS'tlR, or the nak. whirh bes no"' ht>en supet"Bedl'd bv the A~twia Ni/.olica. or t.hc Seri8Ba, is uncertAin. (',,,,.,.,,,, rvrcli. or P-O?hineeJ insect of the prickly The seyal wood is "hard and close-grRined. J"'•r. 111trodu…
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tho sick" (Me.I. i. 8) to him. Things excellent in their kind befit hi8 service. Golrl and ~ilver, of i:nete.ls; of fabrics, silk, aml velvet, and fine linen; of woods, cerfa.r, and ncl\cm, Bnd olive, Bnd BBndal-wood; of stones, ruby and diamond, and emerald, of spices, myrrh, and cinnamon, and cassia, and frankincense…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-7.-The materials for the sanctuary, I. Goo REQUIRED THESE FROM THE PEOPLE. It might have been thought that in order to make this holy habitation, this tent for God travelling along with his people, God himself would have in some way supplied the material. Even as he gave Moses the …
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nro worthlo~A: God is ~ood_ enough to _make needs for him~lf that hiH creat,ucs may hnvo tho pnviloge of sat1sfymg them; 1f they degrade tho pnv1lcgo into a tax, he wo 11 1,t mthor bo without their assistance. How often is this forgotten! We !rive to God ~vhon :19lrn_cl, for many rens?ns. It is the ~rol:'er t~ing to do…
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(3) all varieties of human skill. The design was to make a. palace for Jehovah: 11 beautiful and glorious hou~e. 2. Alnwdant. There was to be no stint in the gift.s. Profuse liberalit)• befitted the occaHion. Grudging in our gifts to God betrays an unworthy spirit. 3. Free-will offerings (ver. 2). This point is put …
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Christ pointed to himself a~ the anti type _of the t~1_nple (Matt. xii. G; ,Juhn ii. J '.J-2~). Ho was Immanuel, God with us (Matt. 1. 23). !he fu!ness of the Gochcad dwelt in him (John i. 14; Col. i. 15; ii. 9). The temple in this caRe is not a mere material structure, but a holy, and now perfected, humanity. The unio…
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the Uchrcws, it is inconccivabfo that religion eh. xxix. 46; Num. xxxv. St. There is o rould he,·c Dlllinteincd it6 ground for long , .. ith- Bense in which "God dwelleth not in temples out something of the kind. "It WM," es Ko- madewithhands"(Actsvii. t8; xvii. 24)--i.e., l isch Reys, " abo,•c ell things necessary …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 8, 9.-God's dwelling-place among hi8 peopk. God announces to Israel that he is about to take up his abode in their midst, and that various offerings are to be used in the construction of a suitable dwelling-place. Observe here- I. JEHOVAH's CONDESCENDING BEGABD FOB THE WANTS OF ISRA…
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EXPOSITION. Ven;. 10-22.-Tw!: PATTERN OF THE Allll:. in a procession, a.nd had commonly rings at the -Moses is first shown, not the pattern of the side, through which poles were passed on such tabernacle, but the patterns of those things occasions. It must be freely admitted, that the general idea of the "Ark," as we…
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within. It may, !1owcver, have been ovcrle.id e.n,: other scnso thnn that of covering. or f,,;· with thin plates of gold (a pmct,ice also known glv1ng ems. In this sense it iR nsf'd in t !11! in Egypt, nnd common olsowhere)-which is Old Testament some seventy times. Wh,,tl1<·r t.ho view t.nken hy the Jowish commentator…
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1hr hrn <'nrls ''-i.~.. "rising," or," standing of guardian angels, who watched over the up from tlll' two rnc!.,.'' precious depoeit below-to wit, the two Y rr. 19.--0II. the one end . on the other tables. end . . . on the two endB. The preposition Ver. 21.-Thon llhalt pnt the mero:, eeat IIS<'d is in CYCn- case the…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Chap. xxv., vers. 10-16; chap. xxxvii., vers. 1-5.-The ark of the testimony. When Jehovah provided for Israel an abiding record of his holy will, it was needful that Israel should also provide an appropriate receptacle. Nor was it left to Moses a.ncl the people to determine what might be m…
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( '1,np. xxv., vcrR. 17-22; chap. xxxvii., vers. 6-9.-The mercy seat and the r-hr-r11 1.,·rn. The nrk alrendy indicated as the rcposit.ory of the two tables, is now further mcl1catc1I nR the resting-place of the mercy seRt and the chemhim. Thus there WM pre- "'"_lt>~\ to the thoughts of the people a Divinely constit…
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