[CHAPTER XXIII. THE LESSER LAW (continued).]
An enemy’s cattle. A false report, [358].—Influence of multitude: the world and the Church, [359]–[60].—Favour not the poor, [360]–[1].—Other precepts. “A kid in his mother’s milk,” [361].
Lesser Law, V. Its Sanctions xxiii. 20–33.
A bold transition: the Angel in Whom is “My Name,” [362].—Not a mere messenger, [363].—Nor the substitute of chap. xxxiii. 2, 3, [364]–[5].—Parallel verses, [365]–[6].
[CHAPTER XXIV.]
The Covenant Ratified. The Vision of God, xxiv.
The code is accepted, written, ratified with blood, [367].—Exclusion and admittance. The elders see God: Moses goes farther. Theophanies of other creeds, [368].—How could they see God? [369].—Moses feels not satisfaction, but desire, [370].—His progress is from vision to shadow and a Voice, [371].—We see not each other, [372].—St. Augustine, [372]–[3].—The vision suits the period: not post-Exilian, [373]–[4].—Contrast with revelation in Christ, [374].
[CHAPTER XXV.]
The Shrine and its Furniture, xxv. 1–40.
The God of Sinai will inhabit a tent. His other tabernacles, [375]–[6].—The furniture is typical. Altar of incense postponed, [376].—The ark enshrines His law and its sanctions, [376]–[7].—The mercy-seat covers it, [377]–[80].—Man’s homage. The table of shewbread, [381]–[2].—The golden candlestick (lamp-stand), [382]–[5].