MERIBAH, xvii. 1-7.
A greater strain. What if Israel had stood it? 249.--They murmured against Moses. The position of Aaron. An exaggerated outcry, 250.--Witnesses to the miracle. The rock in Horeb, 251.--The rod. Privilege is not acceptance, 252.
AMALEK, xvii. 8-16.
A water-raid, 252.--God's sheep must become His warriors. War, 253-4.--Joshua. The rod of God, 255.--A silent prayer. Aaron and Hur must join in it, 256.--So now. But the army must fight, 257.--"The Lord my banner." Unlike a myth, 258.
JETHRO, xviii. 1-27.
Gentiles in new aspect. Church may learn from secular wisdom, 259.--Little is said of Zipporah: Jethro's pleasure, 260.--A Gentile priest recognised. Religious festivity, 261.--Jethro's advice: its importance, 262.--Divine help does not supersede human gift, 263.
Narrative is also allegory. Danger of arbitrary fancies. Example from Bunyan. Scriptural teaching, 264.--Some resemblances are planned: others are reappearances of same principle, 265.--So that these are evidential analogies, like Butler's, 266.--Others appear forced. "I called My Son out of Egypt" refers to Israel, 267.--But the condescending phrase promised more, and the subsequent coincidence is significant, 268. Truths cannot all be proved like Euclid's, 269.
AT SINAI, xix. 1-25.
Sinai and Pentecost. The place. Ras Sufsâfeh. God speaks in nature, 270.--Moses is stopped; the people must pledge themselves. Dedication services, 271.--An appeal to gratitude, and a promise, 272.--"A peculiar treasure." "A kingdom and priests," 273.--The individual, and Church order. "On eagles' wings," 274.--Israel consents. The Lord in the cloud. Manifestations are transient, 275.--Precautions. The trumpet, 276. "The priests." A plébiscite. Contrast between Law and Gospel: Methodius, 277.--Theophanies, 278.--None like this, 279.