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And he 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.
2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. |
2 - Moses alone God distinguishes between leaders of higher authority and others. |
| .3 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. | 3 - All the words God gave these to Moses after he spoke the ten commandments and are recorded from ex2022 through chapter 23. |
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And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning,
and builded an altar under the hill [at the foot of the mountain], and
twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. |
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- Moses wrote The words referred to in the previous verse.
These commands of God were applications of the ten commandments.
4 - Under the hill Or "at the foot of the mountain" NKJV. This was in contrast to the obelisks set up on "high places" by the heathen nations. 5 - Young men In contrast to the "elders." God's work includes everyone. I wonder if these weren't the men whose strong muscles had actually set up the pillars. |
Ruins of a high place for heathen worship at Petra (in ancient Edom) 2ch2520. |
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And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people:
and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. |
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- We will do Affirmation of the covenant.
8 - Sprinkled it on the people The only time in the OT when this was done. |
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Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders
of Israel:
10 And they 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. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. |
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- Saw the God of Israel Wasn't this impossible ex3320?
They would not have seen His face but perhaps His glory.
10 - Body of heaven The sky 11 - Laid not His hand God did not strike them dead. 11 - Eat and drink Consider that this foreshadowed the Lord's supper 1co1125. This was in the presence of God. This with elements of the covenant sealed the marrige between God and the people. The Lord's supper is reestablishment of a friendship. |
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there:
and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which
I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
.13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. |
13 - Minister See 2ki0443. |
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And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again
unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any
matters to do, let him come unto them.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. .18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. |
18 - In the mount forty days Also ex3428. Moses' explanation before his death mentions fasting de0909. |
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