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Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Num 21:8: Look And Live And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it … Continue reading “029. NUM 21:8: LOOK AND LIVE”

Num 23:10: The Death to Die Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!'97Num_23:10. 1. The Israelites were now, after long wandering in the wilderness, on the point of taking possession of the Promised Land. Arrived on its verge, their numbers and their discipline, strengthened and consolidated … Continue reading “030. NUM 23:10: THE DEATH TO DIE”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Num 10:29-31: Come with Us And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. And … Continue reading “028. NUM 10:29-31: COME WITH US”

Lev 6:13: The Continual Fire Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.'97Lev_6:13. Ancient religion spoke much by emblem and symbol. Words were not its sole medium of communication with men. Its faith did not come by hearing alone. All the senses were more or less employed as a … Continue reading “025. LEV 6:13: THE CONTINUAL FIRE”

Lev 16:22: The Scapegoat The goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land.'97Lev_16:22. I The Day of Atonement This is part of the ritual of the Day of Atonement. Now the Day of Atonement represents the culminating institution of the Levitical system. Not only, from a merely formal point of view, … Continue reading “026. LEV 16:22: THE SCAPEGOAT”

Exo 34:29: Unconscious Glory And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai '85 that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.'97Exo_34:29. Whatever view we take of the manner in which God communicated to Moses those moral truths which are contained in … Continue reading “023. EXO 34:29: UNCONSCIOUS GLORY”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Exo 14:15: Forward! And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.'97Exo_14:15. These words, which were spoken at the crisis of Israel's history'97at the very moment when, so to speak, Israel came into existence as a nation'97were the motto stamped upon the whole … Continue reading “021. EXO 14:15: FORWARD!”