PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Exodus — Volume 2
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 360,812 words · 378 reading sections
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holy pl11ce. The true Christi11n Church the only light which in the world's darknes 8 reve11ls the things of God 11nd the pathway to his pre8cnce.-U. Vers. 1~0.-The arlc, the table, and the candlestick. The inRtructionR for th~ making of these essontial p11rts of the t11bernacle furniture occupy the remainder of the…
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gnl,l which cnnRtituted the mercy scat, and rose at either end of it, with wings ovcr- ~pr_c-:1,lin~ t.hC' place of propitiation, and faces turned inward. On the various intcrprc- 1:111011H, RC\C t.hc expoHition. The view which finds most favour is that which regards tl_w C'hcruhim, not e.s real and actmil, bnt only…
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for us (John vi. 51), we are to live, not to ourselves, but to him who <lie<l for us, and rose again (2 Cor. v. 15). JI(, 'l'nE GOLDEN OANDLEBTIOK (vers. 31----40). This sacred orna~ent was, ]ikr, tlin morcy seat, to bo mnde of pure gold.. Art was to be allowod to do its best to make it massive, shapely, beo.utiful. S…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 23-30.-THl!:TAJILE OF BREW-BREAD. be affixed to the feet, BB Josepbus telle ns that From the description of the e.rk, which con- they were. (.Ant. Jud. iii. 6, § 6.) Fi itu1 Pd the sole furniture of the mo8t holy Ver. 27.-0ver agai.Dllt the border. Rather "opposite the band" or "framing" -i.e., plar…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Chap. xxv., vers. 23-30; chap. xx.xvii., vers. 10-16.-The table of shew-breaa. Between the ark of the testimony and the table of the shew-bread we see this great correspondence-that they were of the same material of shittim wood and h~ the Ta adornment of gold. But along with this correspo…
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though the wore\ is usod in J<:x. xxvii. 23, supposed t.n have been hdwcen 10,0001. und in the place of tongs, had not been in- 11,U0IJ!. of our money. rcntcd, and were indeed unknown to tue Ver. 40.-Their pattern, which was shewed sncients. thee in the mount. Compare ver. IJ. and the Ver. 39.-0f a talent of pnre gol…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS .AUTHORS. Chap. xxv., vers. 31-40; chap. xxvii., vers. l 7....!.24.-The ca1n.dlestick. .As the shew-bread was a symbol of what Jehovah gave to his people in one way, so the lighted candlestick in all the preciousness of its m&t.erial &Dd elaboration of its workmanship was a symbol in another way. A…
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word for e." tent" in Hebrew, and 1B so tre.ns- This gives for the entire length of the curtai11 ({ by 10), 1:0. cubits, or ten cubits more than le.t~d generally (Gen. iv. 2.0 ; ix. 2.1 ; xiii. 31 ; the length of the boarded space. The roof xviii. 1, etc.), though in this chapter, 11Ilfor- must thus he.ve been e.dve.n…
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tnhemade, rn-ing supported by t.cnt-poles, "of bronze.~ The links of the inner curtain and kept tnut. by mee.ns of cords and pegs were of gold (ver. 6). (eh. XKYii. l!J; xxxv 18). See the repre- Ver. 12.-'i'he remnant whioh remai.neth, sentatmn in Dr. W. Smith's Dictionary of tl,e etc. Both this and the next verso pr…
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under the taoh811. II the " t.&ehcs " of ver r. 1r.ribed in eh. xxv. 31-39. It wu to b4 or en~u of ,·er. 11. a.re intended and" und~r ,; ph1.ced over agabut the table, and conse- i~ to h,• htlrnu strictly e.s" immediately under," quently on the south side ( eh. xl. !U). the ,ni,l,kan mn.st have been divided by the …
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without saw the goats' hair, and the rams' skin8, and sealR' skins, ancl perceived iu it no beauty that they should desire it. The be1rnty was revealed to those onl"' who were within. So now, the Churoh is despised and vilified by those witho, 1t valued as it deserves only by those who dwell in it. Again, the structure…
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divided the sacred enclosure into two apartments, the outer, the holy place, and the inner. the holy of holies, the true dwelling of Jehovah. The division, e.s already seen, "correspnnd!'d to the design of the tabern&Cle, where Jehovah desired not to dwell alone b:, himself, but to come and meet with his people" (Ke…
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have expected thllt there would be equnl sternness in forbidding the creation of an11ht in the shape of a holy house. For what on the face of it woul,\ seem more pmhnhle tha~ thi~ that the erection of aholy home would he a strong inducement towards the fashionin11 ,,1 some visible representation of Deity? Thus we might…
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all the perfection of its related parts. So far ae me.n w11.11 concerned, it might be R purely ideal structure; but the ideals of earth e.re the realities of hooven. The holy of holies, and the holy place, and the outer court--all these must exist, or Moses could not have been shoWD them. May we not e.lso discern di…
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EXPOSITION. nacle was to stand Ancient temple.1 were CHAPTER llVIl &I.most universally surrounded by precincu., Ven;. 1-8.-Tu ALTAB or B'DBBT orn:a- which the Greeks called Tf/J,E"'lt whereto a UIG. From the description of the tabemacle, or sacred character attached ; and this was par- ~red tent in which wonhip was …
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HOMILETICS. Ven;, 1-8.-The B,'fmholi-sm of the brazen aUar. The noticeaHe points of this altar a.re its position, material, ornaments, and purpose or use. I. !'I'll l'OSITION. (1) It was wi~l.cmt the sanctuary, in the open court beyond; (2) under the canopy of heaven; (.<1) directly in front of the sanctuary, and s…
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into the service of the BBnctuary. Withrmt some wreBth, or monlding, where the grating began, the nltnr would have had a bBre and unfinished look. It. wo 11 J<l hnv~ been wanting in elegance nnd beBnty. The pattern shown to Moses in the m,,1Jnt did not allow of this. 1t left nothing bare, unsightly, inelegant, out of t…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 9-18.-Tm: OOUBT BEPOBE THE T.t.- number), and their sockets, twenty (in nwn- BERl,ACLE. The description of the altar is (as ber, shall be) of bronze." The hook& of the aJready observed) naturally followed by that pillan are loops whereto the curtains were to be attached. See eh. llXvi. 32. Their 11…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 9-18.-The Oourt of the Tabernacle. I. TnE UBE OJI' THE COURT. The court w0,9 primarily a precinct inclosing the sacred structure, and preserving it from contact with the roughnesses of the rude world without. It formed a sort of vestibule to the tent-temple, which awoke solemn thoughts, and gave men …
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 19.-Tlte wl,u.e in God's sight of whaJ, is common and h01n1Jly. God does not despise anything that he has made. "His mercy is over all his works" (Ps. ex.Iv. 9). Each of them has its fit and proper place. Ea.eh one of them is needed in his universe. Much less does he despise any of his human creatures…
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it unfit for l1 u:ning._ Next, it was t,o he "heAt.cm oil "~ii made with extra trouble by c!Lreful pounding with the hand, mAt~.nd of rough mechamcal crusbin11; in mills. Il. T11E PRIESTS' DUTY. The priest~ were perpetually to trim and tend the lamps. l laily, at even, they were to light them; de.ily, in the morning…
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the victims slain; nround the altor the atoning bloorl. was poured or sprinkled; in th•i cnso of the sin offering, the blood was Hmeared upon the horns: with live coals from tho nltar did the priest replenish his censer when he went in to burn incense before the Lord. On this nltnr wns laid the daily burnt-offering, to…
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ntt<-ntion to the poculinr glory 1md eminence of our nature. The more faithful his ~n·ant.~ have been to the gospel charge JJUt into their hRnds, the more they have n•vealed how vile a thing humanity i11. God wishes us in all our connection with him to he worthy of our humanity, and to koop ever in our thoughts the …
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willingly 08 in nil others. (See Lov. viii. structing a set of priestly gurmcnts; bnt f-80.) l'rom among the ohildren of llrael. wh_ere "glory aud beauty" are required, high The LXX. ree.d "An,l from among the chilrl- nrt1st1c power 1s needed; and this power i• ron of Israel," os if others besides the family regarded b…
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HOMILETICS. Ver6. l-5.-T/..e glory ef holy garments. "Holy garments"-garments appropriated t.<., the, !;clrvic.e of Gud in his sanctuary-will always be " glorious," however simple they art :-1. Ai', the dress of office for those whose office is of an exalted and glorious charatcer, wl,0 are" amLa.ssa.dors for God," an…
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HOMILIES BY Y ARIOUS AUTHORS. Vf'r•. 1----4.-Thr priP~tfi' garm,ont". I. OBSERVE HOW TRE [Nl)IVIDUAL rs HERB l'U11onnrt-A1'ED TO TRE oFFI0E. Jehovah tells Mo888 here, amid the solemnities of the mount, that hi~ brother Aaron and Aaron's sons are to be taken for service in the priest'~ office; but no word is said co…
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h_igh priest shows "'.hat t~e m~n must be li~o who would aUcrnpt ~. 1.,1ke thosn stPps. 'l ho dress of tho l11gh priest 1s usually ea1d to havo cnns1ste,l ol e1~ht, pictea, viz.: hrcast-plnto, epbod with its girdle, robe of the ephod, mitre, gol,l plate or holy crown, hroidered robe, drnwers, girdle. Such a dress is…
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Y,•rs. J--'1:1.-Thc prie.•f~ nnd their garmen.ts. From instructions llbout iMnimllte thi11l.'.,. WC' come now hi persons. Aaron and hie four eone were to be eet apart for t h<' , ,fli('c of the priesthood, and garments were to be made for them, "for glory and for h,•:111ty." A:tron was to be high priest (" the pries…
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proceeds to clothe thorn. As the office was of his appoinl,ment, so m11~t the gamients ho which nro to be the insignia of it. Nothing is left to individual taste. Thu articles of attire; their ehnpe, material, colour, workmanship; the manner of t! 11, 11 omamentntion; everything is fixed after a Divine pattern. The gar…
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EXPOSITION. Ven;, 13--80.-Tm: BREABT-rLATB. It bes introductory paragraph to this section. Kalisch been noticed that the ephod had for ill; main traDRlates "the breast-plate of decuion." It object or purpose to be a receptacle for the was to be made, eo far e.s its main fabric wos breast-plate which WBB attached to…
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eupp09ed tho thir1I stone in tho first row to LXX. -1, 3-/rAoum ""'I -1, iiA-/r9rni: still worse hy have heen the "heryl," end the third in the the Vulgllte, Doetrina rt Verit,1•. Whnt ex- 1ccond the "onyx." Perhaps we should trens- actly the two words represented is rlonhtlul in late, "o. tnrquoise, o. sardonyx, and a…
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E1.<'k. xxi. 21 : Zech. x. 2), ""e might t.hence theory, that the material objects were derived obtain snrnl' inkling of t,hl' t.ruth, since there from the roligion of Egypt (Plumpt.re). Tlie i,. murh probability in t.hc view, that t.lie objech! must have been well kno11·n to MosC8 teraphi111 Wl're employ<'d e.s an un…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers.1-38.-..daron in his priesthood the type of Jeilm. I. IN ms APPOINTMENT (ver. 1). 1. He is chosen of God (Heh. v. 4), and therefore our accepted intercessor. 2. He is taken from among his brethren; "from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me." The priest who mini…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 31.-The Teachings of the Robe. L TuE ~'EED o:r HEAVENLY CALK AND PURITY. The robe was to be of one hue--uniform, peaceful; without glitter; something on which the eye could rest it.self with a quiet satisfaction. And it was to be "blue"- the colour of heaven, the hue which God hw. spread over " tha.t …
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HOMILETICS. Vera. 36:-38.-The Teachings of the Mitre. The main lesson taught by all the priestly garments is intensified in the mitre, namely, the need of holiness. "Without holiness no one shall see God;" "Holiness becometh thine house for ever." The high priest was to be-- I. HoLY, OFFICIALLY, By his birth, of Levi…
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nncl hermliful---0f many colours, the work of tho skilled embroiderer. The fameliteR were tl\ugbt by this, that things devoted to God's service, whether they he .,,·en or 110 1 should be of the best. The intention is not to please men's eyes by bennty of colnnr .,; form, or richness of material, but to do honour to God…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTEBXXIX. sort of corruption. See the comment on eh. xii. 15. Oa.kee tempered with oil. Literally, Vers. 1-37.-TBE CoNtmoiu.TION or THE " mixed with oil," i.e., having oil as one of PRIESTS. From the description of the priestly their ingredienta, in contrast with the wafera, attire, the Divine Law-giv…
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(ib. xiv. 8). It was also employed for the title of Christ ( or Meesu,h) hccauso ho w11.• p~uific11tion of m~ny minor defilements (ib. "anointed with tho Holy' GhOAt and with x1. 25 ; xv. 5; xvu. 15, etc.). At what. c!Ate power" ( Acts x. 38). U ntler Mosnism t.h is it fim~ came int_o use in the admission of prose- ide…
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V<'r. 13.-Thou llhalt 1aln all the fa\, etc. indicated tbatself-aaerifice wuwbolly RCC4!pt- Amotlj/: ell natiow: "·ho have offored l!&Crifices, able to God; whereu in sin-offering& thf'm it h"" been very· wone.l to select certain part!; of was a taint of evil which rendered all but th<' victim only for burning upon th…
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ponnd.•, Rod is AometiJnes )&id npon a little (Nnm. xx. 28); but not tlrnt of any l,it,,r cnrt with two wheol•. which the sheep drags high priPst. nfler it (Herod. iii. 113; Leo Afrie&n. ix. p. Ver. 31.-The um of oonseoratiou-i., .. 2!13 A ; Fellows, A8itJ Millll1', p. 10; Oesenius the part or the ram thut WILS left. a…
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HOMILETICS. ,<'rs. 1---37.-The 00fl.BeCration of the first Hi,gh Prieat. AR.rOn may be viewed R8 l'ither (1) a type of Christ, or (2) a pattern to all ministel'!I who shall come after him. I. A~ A 'l'¥PE OF CHRIST, he typifies especially Christ's priestly character. (1) Christ "glorified not himself to be me.de an …
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thnn these introductory ceremonies, which yet, in connection with the symbolism ,,f the dross, rnennt n grent deal. They "filled the hand" of the priest with hi 8 nfli,·•J (ver. \J), declared the need of holiness in the discharge of his duties, and conveye•l to him tho gifts of hcnvenly grace necessary fr r their right…
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hnl~·. end lin•ly ~acrifice •• to him. The burnt- part of •~ ~ of wine for !- 4rink-otrering, off eriu!-'" were to be arcompe.nied by appro- The application of the "drmk-offerings ·• is prin1 r "meat end drink-offering,; "--i.e., by a uncertain. JosephD!! 11&ys (Ant. Jtul. iii. 9, § 4) that they were poured out round …
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 43--46.-Goo's PROMISES. The chap- and acceptance. The tabernacle shall be ter terminates with a parenthetic insertion of sanati.11.ed by my glory. Compare eh. xl. 3-l. various promises, intended to cheer the The presence of the Shechinah was the trne sanctification of the tabernacle-all the rest Isr…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER XXX. of t~ Past, vol. x. pp. 18, 19); 11nd on one OCCOl!1on an Egyptmn sovereign sent " Vere.1-10.-Tm!lALTAROJ' INCENSE. This naval expedition to AmbiEL for the express ch11pter hOB the appeMance of being one in purpose of bringing frankincense a.nil frank- which accidentel omissions are snppli…
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"bol.- of boli!!S." Where I will meet with exception made to thi& general le.w, see tho thee." 8<'<' above, eh. xxv. 22. comment on the next verse Ver. 7.-Bweet inoeue. Lit<'rally, "in- Ver. 10.-Aaron ■hall make an atone- ~<'rn-r of perfumes." For tbecomposition of the ment upon the horn, of it onoe in the year inr…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 11-16.-TnE BA.NBOlll OF SOULS. The if they had been too proud to lll8Jl:e it, would various commands given with respect to the have been punished by some " plague " or tabernacle e.nd its furniture would necessarily other (ver. 12). involve a very considerable outlay; e.nd it W88 important that M…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 12-16.-77ie atonement~- Remark three things:- 1. THE ATONEMENT IIOKEY WAS RJDQUmED OF ALL. "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. iii. 23). "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- selves, and the truth is not In us" (1 John i. 8). There was to be no exemption. Moses and …
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 17-21.-TBE BRAZEN LAVEii That wards " of victims (ib. 17). We have now the tabernacle was to have an ample supply in this place, the special wrections given to of water bad been implied in the directions Moses on the subject. He was to provide a given for the washing of Aaron o.nd his sons brazen, or…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 22-33.-THE HOL'I OIL. The com- funerall! (John xix. 39) ; and was largely position of the oil required for anointing the exported from Arabia e.nd Ethiopia int-0 vari- priest.a ( eh. xxix. 7), the altar ( ib. 36), the ous part.a of Asia. e.nd Enrope. Sweet oinDa- tabernacle it.self (ver. 26), e.nd it…
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HOMILETICS. Ven.. 23-25.-The sweetneas of the Holy anointing Oil. The holy oil had infused into it the essence of four "principal spices "-myrrh, that scents the garments of the great king (Ps. xlv. 8; Cant. iii 6) ; cinnamon, the choicest of the spices of distant Ind ; sweet calamus, that exhe.les its best fragrance …
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nnm<'s wit.bin the space of ten vel'8es, we now from the high lands of India. It. exude~ 11,ust ""fll'°"e the latter to be meant.. Gum from a tree ea.lied 11alai (the BofflJellia aer- st,,rax i• the producl' of a tree allied to the rata or thurifera of botanists). Some think puplu, and known as Slyr'ax officinali8, 11·…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-11, 34--38.-The golden altar and the perfume. The golden altar was of small dimensions, a cubit in length, a cubit in breadth, and two cubits higli. It was a. true altar, 9.5 shown by its square shape, and by its horns. Its place was immediately in front of the vail dividing the tw…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 2.-I have aalle4 by na.me. God CHAPTER XXXI "calls by name" only those whom he ap- Ven; 1-ll.-Tmc CALL OP Bnil.EEL points to some high office, as Moses (eh. iii 4; x.xxiii. 12), Cyrus (Is. xiv. 8, 4), and here AND AHOLIAB. The directions for the con- Bezaleel and Aholiab. He honours us highly stru…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 3-6.-Artistic excellence. I. lTs FOUNDATION A NATURAL GIFT. God singled out from the mass of the people such as were "wise hearted." A natural foundation was necessary for his spirit to work upon. It is generally allowed, in the case of a poet, that " nascitur, non flt." But the same is true of all a…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-12.-Bezal.eel and .Aholiab. The calling of these two craftsmen for the work of the 811.Ilctua.ry, and the stat.ement concerning Bezaleel that Jehovah had "filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship" (ver.…
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-vork will thus be bett.er done, if done in the spirit of prayer. And so with the n,,h)est. Milton speaks of his great epic as a work "not to be raised from the herit of y,,11th, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen "f s011111 v11l~."r nmourist or the trencher-fury of a rhyming pamsite--…
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pl11rc.'' K111isch e.nd othere view it re.ther as the i.e., would relllisc severally in their own per- srqud tn the directions concerning the taber- sons, that God "'RS their se.nctifier. S1tnctifi- nedc. end e.s designed to t.eech "the.t the holy cation "'ould be the fruit of their obedi~nce. sen-icc in the te.heme…
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II. 'rm,; SECOND COVENANT SIGN WAS cIRCUlllCIBION. When God selecte<l Abrnh:nn out of tho entire m11Rs of m11nkinci to be the progenitor of the chosen rnce an<l 0f J,irn especi11lly in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed, and entere<l into a covenant with him, it was in these words-" Thou shalt keep my…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 18.-The Tablu of Testimmi,y were in many respects like the document impressed upon them. For instance, they were-- I. OF STONE, AND TBEBEFOBE ENDURING AND WELL !.'IGB Ill(PEBISBABLE. Few things are more enduring than some kinds of stone. Inscriptions exist, engraved on st.one, which are certainly …
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