And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. Ver. 1. _Worship ye afar off._] Thus under the law; but now by grace we draw nigh with boldness, and "have access with confidence by the faith of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. Ver. 2. _But they shall not come nigh._] But half-way only. Exo 24:2 _See Trapp on "_ Exo 19:12 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. Ver. 3. _And told the people,_] So he became a Mediator Gal 3:19 - _non redemptionis sed relationis._ Will w... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Ver. 4. _An altar._] Representing God on the one party, as the twelve pillars did the people on the other party. So here wa... [ Continue Reading ]
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. Ver. 5. _Young men._] The firstborn of the families. Exo 13:2... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Ver. 6. _Half of the blood._] Having mingled it first with water Heb 9:19 See 1 John 5:6, _See Trapp on "_ 1Jn 5:6 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. Ver. 7. _Will we do, and be obedient._] Christ will enjoy his spouse's love by a willing contract, not by a ravishment.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Ver. 8. _On the people._] The representative people, the elders: or, as others will, the twelve pillars. _See Trapp on "_ Exo 24:4 _... [ Continue Reading ]
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: Ver. 9. _And seventy of the elders._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 24:2 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness. Ver. 10. _And they saw the God of Israel._] A glimpse of his glory. _See Trapp on "_ 1Ti 6:16 _"_ As it were a paved work of sapphire st... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. Ver. 11. _He laid not his hand,_] i.e., They came off without hurt; which is reckoned as a great mercy: since no man, ordinarily, can see God and live: besides the infinite distance that is... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. Ver. 12. _Tables of stone._] To show, (1.) The stony hardness of the people's hearts; (2.) The lastingness o... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. Ver. 13. _And Moses went up._] Joshua stayed the while in some convenient place.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. Ver. 14. _And Hur._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 17:10 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. Ver. 15. _And Moses went up into the mount._] But he went not yet into the cloud, as Exodus 24:18, till the seventh day, that he might, by degrees, be heavenlised, and edged with an earnest expectation of beholding God's glory, and un... [ Continue Reading ]
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. Ver. 16. _Six days._] The people had but three days of preparation to receive the law; Moses hath six. Singular holiness is required of minist... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. Ver. 17. _Was like devouring fire._] So it is still; Heb 12:29 which so terrifieth the sinners in Zion, that they run away with these words in their mouths, "Who among us... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. Ver. 18. _Forty days._] All which time he never ate nor drank, Deu 9:9 and so better merited the surname of Nesteutes, _the faster,_ than that proud prelate John, Bisho... [ Continue Reading ]