III. ISRAEL AT SINAI ( XIX.- XL.).
The division Num 19- 40 presents difficulties due to its very
importance, _see_ introduction to Ex. (last paragraph). But Num 25-
31, 35- 40 readily fall apart from the rest, as containing P's account
of the Tabernacle (_see_ on Exodus 25:1), the introduction to wh... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS 26. P. THE DWELLING. This chapter deals with the tent, or
tabernacle proper, describing in succession the four thicknesses of
different materials which were to make its covering (Exodus 26:1.
_cf._ Exodus 36:8); the framework that should support them (Exodus
26:15; cf. Exodus 36:20); the inne... [ Continue Reading ]