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 35-40. P S. THE CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF THE SACRED TENT. This division of the book is generally recognised as coming from the latest stratum in the Hexateuch. This conclusion can be denied (as recently by A. H. Finn in JThS 16:449- 481) only by those who ignore the number, variety, and i... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS 35:30 TO EXODUS 36:7 P S. THE CRAFTSMEN AND THEIR SUPPLIES. The first paragraph (to Exodus 36:1) describes the call of Bezalel and Oholiab (_cf. Exodus 31:2_ ff.). The second (Exodus 36:2) relates, with a glowing idealisation of the conditions of that golden age, how the craftsmen had to rest... [ Continue Reading ]