& under the hill, andtwelve pillars /, according to the twelve tribes of Iſrael. ; : s Towit, inaBook, Heb, 9: 19: And the Ten Commandments God himſelf wrote alſo in Tables of Stone, Exed. 31: 18: k Reprex ſenting God in Chriſt, as one party in the Covenant. / Repreſent- ing the people of 1/rael, the other party. So here are the outward 7-ooy and ſymbols of a Covenant made between God and the Iſra- ites, : 6 5 4ndheſent young men » of thechildren of Iſrael 2: which offered burnt-offerings,aad ſacrificed peace-ofte- 2 rings of oxen unto the LORD. 3. _ mn Ir matters not whether they were the firſt-born, or others ; it = is ſufficient that they were perſons appointed and authoriſed forrhe *E preſent ſervice, not without Gcd's dire&ion,, » One kind, as the principal is named for all ; fur there was offered alſo Goats,as appears
both from Hzb. 93 19: and from hence, thar 4wrnt offerings were utually . made of the Goats, Lev. 1: 10: Numb, 7; 28; S
6 And Moſes took half of the blood » and put it in
baſons ; and half of- the blood he ſprinkled on the al- altar 7. |
o Of the Beafts killed, which for conveniency of ſprinkling was mixed with a lictle water, #6. 9; 19: whereby alſo Chriſt was moſt firly repreſented, who came by water aud blood, 1 Jon 5: 6: fTo fignify, as well chat God was appeaſed and atoned by this blood, as
it repreſented the Blood of Chriſt, as alſo char Chriſt was ſanftified with his own Blood, Heb, 9: 12,
- 7 And he took the book of the covenant p, and read *Vaſ in the audience of the peopleq,and they ſaid, * Allthar "© 3: the LORD hath ſaid, will we do, and be obedient.
pþ Wherein Moſes had written the Conditions of this Covenant, to wit,the words and Laws of Gad, above ver. 4, q (5.e,) In rhe
' hearing of a great number of them, or of ſome in the name of all
the people, by whom it was tread, or otherwiſe publiſhed to all the people {uccefhively.
8 4nd Moſes took the blood » and ſprinkled 5: on - P 4 : ths
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'4 Pet: 1: W 2:
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*Chap.3r 18 & Z2:
* Numb:
14: 10;
if hap. XXIV.
* Ezek. 1: - 26: and 10.
the people s, and ſaid, Behold *, the blood of the co- vyenant # which the LORD hath made with you concer-
ning all theſe words: KW!
r The other half ofthe Blood, which was put in the Baſons fcr this end, ver. 6 5 Either upon the 12 Pillars repreſenting the peo- ple - ox upon the peoples Repreſentatives,to wit, the Elders mentio- ned wer. x. as when the people are commanded to lay on their harids, the Elders do it in their name and ſtead, Lev: 4: 15: Dew. 2:: 2: or upon thoſe of the people which are neareſt him, which was impured to all the reſt, and was to be taken by them as if ir had r:.ached vnro them all. Now this ſprinkling of the Blood upon the people 01d ſignifie, 1. their ratification of the Covenznt on their parts, and their fecret wiſhing of the effuſion of their own Blood if they did not keep ir. 2 Their ſprinkling of their Conſciznces wich the Blocd of Chriit, and their cbtaining redemprion,juſtificaticn, and acceſs to God through it alone. See Heb. 9: 20, 22: and 13 20. Whereby the Covenant is made and confirmed, as was uſual both in Scripture, Matth. 26: 28: Lnke 25: 20: and among Heathens-.
9 1 Then went up « Moles, and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and ſeventy of the E'ders of Itrael.
# In obedience to that command of God given wer. r.
to And they ſaw the God of Iſrael x, and here 2»»as under his feet as it were a paved work * of a {aphire ſtone 7, and as it were the body of heaven in his clear-
neſs z, 1
x Not any viſible reſemblance of the Divine Nature, which is ex- preſly denied, Dent. 4.15: 1 Tim. 6. 16. and was refuſed ro Moſes when he defired it, Exod. 33: 18, 20: and therefore ſurely would never be :ranred to the Elders of Iſrael ; but ſome gl -r1ous appearance or token of God's ſpecial Preſence ; or rather, the ſecond perſon in the Trinity, who now ſhewed himſelf ro them in an Humane an Glorious Shape, as an Efſay and Teſtimony of his future Incarnaci- on. This may ſeem probable, 1. Becauſe here is mention of his feer. 2. Becauſe this way of Chriſt's appearance was not unuſual. See Gen. 18, &c. 3. Becauſe the perſon who delivered the Law in Sinaz was Chriſt,as app-ars from A#s 7: 38: though he be there called an 4rge!, 2 name oft given to Chriſt, as hath been formerly thewed. y. Which is ofa clear Sky-colonr,mixed with Golden ſpors like Stars in the Sky. z Or, For clearneſs. A clear Sky in Propherical Stile fig- nifying God's favour, as a cloudy Sky no'es his Anger.
1r And upon the nobles « of the chi'dren of Iſrae] he laid not his hand 6: alſo they ſaw God, and did eat
and drink c.
a Or ſeparated of ſelef ones, 1. e. the perſons who were ſingled our to go up with Mvſes, werſe 1, 9: the ſam+ of whom it 15 ſaid here,and werſe 10: thor they ſaw Grd, b ( ive.) Dd nor hurt or deſtroy them as they might exp:& according to the vulgar O;1nion, G-7. 16: 13: and 32: 20. Oc. and the Conſcience of their ewa Guilr, as being now before rheir Lord and Judge. And ſv the phrale of purting
' or ſtretching forth the hand is moſt frequently uſed, as Gen 37: 22:
1 Sam 26: 11, 23 Efth. 2:21: Job 1.11, 12- Pjal-1;8: 5: &c. ec So far were they from being deſtroyed,that they were not affrighte at this g'orious appearance of God, but were refreſhed and comforted by i', and did joyfully eat and drink together in God's Preſence, celebrating the ſacred Feaſt made of the remnanr of the Peace-offer- ings, according to the manner. Thus God gave them a raſte of his Grace and Mercy in this Covenanr,and an Aſſurance that he would not del with them according to the rigors of the Law, bur for the
fake of the Blond of Chriſt rypically repreſented here, wou'd »4
'ciouſly pardon and accept all thoſe that ſincerely, though imperteCt- ly, obey him.
12 } Andthe LORD faid unto Moſes, Come up to me. into the mount, and be d chere: and I will give thee * tables of ſtonee, and a law, and commandmentsFf, which T have wricten ; that thou mayeſt teach them