And he (a) 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.
(a) When he called him up to the mountain to give him the laws,
beginning at the 20th chapter till now.... [ Continue Reading ]
(b) 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.
(b) When he had received these laws in mount Sinai.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he sent young (c) men of the children of Israel, which offered
burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
(c) For as yet the priesthood was not given to Levi.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said,
Behold the (d) blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with
you concerning all these words.
(d) Which signifies that the covenant broken cannot be satisfied
without shedding of blood.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they (e) 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.
(e) As perfectly as their infirmities could behold his majesty.... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he (f) laid not his
hand: also they saw God, and (g) did eat and drink.
(f) He did not make them afraid, nor punish them.
(g) That is, rejoiced.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD (h) said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee (i) tables of stone, and a law, and
commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach (k) them.
(h) The second time.
(i) Signifying the hardness of our hearts, unless God writes his laws
in i... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like (l) devouring fire
on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
(l) The Lord appears like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them
that he draws with his Spirit, he is like pleasant sapphire.... [ Continue Reading ]