A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Chadwick, G. A. (George Alexander) • SECTION 7

Chapter Xvi.

← The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus

THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN, xiii, 1.

The consecration of the firstborn, 199.--The Levite. "They are Mine," 200.--Joy is hopeful. Tradition? 201.--Phylacteries. The ass, 202.--The Philistines. No spiritual miracle, 203.--Education, 204.

THE BONES OF JOSEPH, xiii. 19.

Joseph influenced Moses, 204.--His faith, 205.--Circumstances overcome by soul. God in the cloud, 206.--Hebrew poetry and modern, 207.

THE RED SEA, xiv. 1-31.

Stopped on the march, 208.--Pharaoh presumes, 209.--The panic, 210.--Moses. Prayer and action. "Self-assertion"? 211.--The midnight march, 212.--The lost army, 213.

ON THE SHORE, xiv. 30, 31.

Impressions deepened. "They believed in Jehovah." So the faith of the apostles grew, 214.

THE SONG OF MOSES, xv. 1-22.

A song remembered in heaven. Its structure, 216-17.--The women join. Instruments. Dances, 218. God the Deliverer, not Moses. "My salvation," 219.--Gratitude. Anthropomorphism. "Ye are gods." "Jehovah is a Man--of war," 220-2.--The overthrow, 222.--First mention of Divine holiness, 223.--An inverted holiness, 224.--"Thou shalt bring them in," 225.

SHUR, xv. 22-27.

Disillusion. Marah, 226.--A universal danger, 227.--Prayer, and the use of means, 228.--"A statute and an ordinance." Such compacts often repeated. The offered privilege, 229.--It is still enjoyed, 230.--"The Lord for the body." Elim, 231.

MURMURING FOR FOOD, xvi. 1-14.

_We_ too fear, although Divinely guarded, 232.--They would fain die satiated, 233.--Relief tries them as want does, 234.--The Sabbath. A rebuke, 235.--Moses is zealous. His "meekness," 236.--The glory appears, 237.--Quails and manna, 238.

MANNA, xvi. 15-36.

Their course of life is changed, 238.--A drug resembles manna, 239.--The supernatural follows nature, 240.--They must gather, prepare, be moderate, 241.--Nothing over and no lack. Socialistic perversion, 242.--Socialism. Christ in politics, 243-4.

SPIRITUAL MEAT, xvi. 15-36.

Manna is a type. When given, 244.--An unearthly sustenance, 245. What is spirituality? Christ the true Manna, 246.--Universal, daily, abundant, 247.--The Sabbath. The pot of manna, 248.

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