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| 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. |
Pure oil olive – Type of the holy Spirit. T116
Beaten for the light – Representing the spirit of truth. T116
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| 3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations. |
Without the vail – Passing the second veil represents death of the human body. T22
Shall Aaron – Type of The Christ. T38
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| 4 He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure lampstand before Jehovah continually. |
Pure candlestick – Type of the Church as a whole. T16
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| 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. |
Twelve cakes – Representing the truth, the Word of God. T16, T115
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| 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah. |
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| 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. |
Frankincense – Representing praise, heart adoration. R3703:4
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| 8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant. |
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| 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute. |
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| 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: |
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| 11 and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. |
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| 12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah. |
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| 13 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. |
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| 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. |
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| 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death. |
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| 17 And he that smiteth any soul of a man mortally shall surely be put to death. |
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| 18 And he that smiteth the soul of a beast shall make it good, soul for soul. |
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| 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: |
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| 20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him. |
Eye for eye – It was very necessary that these lessons of just retribution for sin should be deeply impressed upon the people of Israel. R5645:2; OV21:4
But we are not to apply this principle in our dealings with fellow men. It is not the time now for us to judge and discipline the world. R5644:5
The death of angels and archangels could never take away sin because of the divine arrangement of a life for a life, a man for a man. R3174:5
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| 21 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. |
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| 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God. |
One manner of law – In its regard for the rights and interests of foreigners and enemies the Mosaic Law was 32 centuries ahead of its time. HG535:3; A50
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| 23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses. |
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