Exodus 35:30. This solemn call of Bezaleel and Aholiab is full of
instruction. Their work was to be only that of handicraftsmen. Still
it was Yahweh Himself who called them by name to their tasks, and the
powers which they were now called upon to exercise in their respective
crafts, were declared to... [ Continue Reading ]
The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. In the fourth commandment
the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the
conscience of the people (see Exodus 20:8 note): in this place, the
object is to declare an infraction of the commandment to be a capital
offence. The two passages stand... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY - See Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:15.
The tables of stone which represented the covenant between Yahweh and
His people, and which, when covered with the mercy-seat were to give
the sanctuary its significance, are now delivered to Moses in
accordance with the promise in Exodus 24... [ Continue Reading ]