_Arrival of Israel at Sinai. Jehovah's purpose to make Israel a people to Himself. The theophany on Sinai_ The account of the sojourn of the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai extends from Exodus 19:1 to Numbers 10:10. So far as Exodus is concerned, it embraces the establishment of the theocracy... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU] the pron. is emphatic, THOU THYSELF.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thou, and Aaron with thee_, &c. This command is nowhere stated to have been carried out: in Exodus 20:21 (E) Moses goes in before God alone; in Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9 Moses and Aaron are accompanied by Nadab and Abihu and seventy elders. _with thee: but_, &c. Or, _with thee, and the priests: but... [ Continue Reading ]
_and_ SAID UNTO _them_ The paraphrase -told" is illegitimate. The word always means to -say"; and is followed regularly by the words said. The narrative is here broken off in the middle. What originally followed must have been the substance of the commands given in _vv._21 24. The next excerpts from... [ Continue Reading ]