Category: EXPOSITIONS

    ‘And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the    two sons of Aaron when they offered before the Lord,    and died; 2. And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto    Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into    the holy place within the vail before the mercy-seat,    which is upon the ark; that he die…

    ‘And it came to pass after these things, that God did    tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said,    Behold, here I am. And He said, Take now thy son, thine    only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the    land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering    upon one of the mountains…

    ‘For they are My servants, which I brought forth out    of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.’    –LEV. xxv. 42.This is the basis of the Mosaic legislation as to slavery. It did notsuppress but regulated that accursed system. Certainly Hebrew slaverywas a very different thing from that of other nations. In the…

    ‘And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that    generation. 7. And the children of Israel were fruitful,    and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed    exceeding mighty….’–EXODUS i. 6, 7.These remarkable words occur in a short section which makes the linkbetween the Books of Genesis and of Exodus. The writer recapitulatesthe list of the immigrants into Egypt,…

          ‘Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever          and ever, Amen. Salute every saint in Christ          Jesus. The brethren which are with me salute you.          All the saints salute you, especially they that          are of Caesar’s household. The grace of the Lord          Jesus Christ be with your spirit.’–PHIL. iv.          20-23 (R.V.).These closing words fall into three unconnected parts,…

    ‘Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old    age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered    to his people.’–GENESIS xxv. 8.‘Full of years’ does not seem to me to be a mere synonym for longevity.That would be an intolerable tautology, for we should then have thesame thing said three times…

    ‘And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy    labours, which them hast sown In thy field: and the    feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year,    when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.’    –EXODUS xxiii. 16.The Israelites seem to have had a double beginning of the year–one inspring, one at the…

    ‘Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be    long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.    13. Thou shalt not kill. 14. Thou shalt not commit    adultery. 15. Thou shalt not steal. 16. Thou shalt not    bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17. Thou    shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not    covet thy…

    ‘Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same    year an hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him. And the    man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he    became very great: For he had possession of flocks, and    possession of herds, and great store of servants: and    the Philistines envied him. For all the wells which his    father’s…

    ‘And God spake all these words, saying, 2. I am the Lord    thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of    Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3. Thou shalt have    no other gods before me. 4. Thou shalt not make unto    thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing    that is in the heaven…