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 ]
XL. P S. THE ERECTION OF THE TENT. After a further summary of
instructions mostly given before (Exodus 40:1), and involving the very
latest developments (_cf._ the anointing of the assistant priests in
Exodus 40:15), the actual erection is described _in_ Exodus 40:16,
Moses himself inaugurating the... [ Continue Reading ]