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| 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off: |
Seventy of the elders – Supposedly the original Sanhedrin. R4037:2, R3346:3
Similarly, the 70 whom the Lord sent forth represented all the leaders or elders amongst his people today. R3346:3
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| 2 and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. |
And Moses alone – Moses was the Mediator of the Law covenant. Christ became the heir of its promises of life and the (head of) the Mediator of the New covenant. R1725:4
God dealt with only one man in making the Law covenant. Moses stood in the position of a father, the nation being treated as children under age. R5046:4
Moses is Mediator of the Law covenant as long as it is in effect. Moses is Mediator of the Law covenant today. Q498:3
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| 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do. |
Moses came and told – For a period of 1000 years, this Mediator will do a work for mankind. R5292:3
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| 4 And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. |
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| 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah. |
Burnt offerings, and – The blood of peace-offerings and burnt-offerings sealed the Law covenant, picturing the Church sacrificing earthly rights, and that God accepts these sacrifices as sealing the New covenant-entirely aside from the Atonement for Adamic sin accomplished by the same sacrifices, viewed from the standpoint of the sin-offering. R4389:6
Peace-offerings are a type of entire consecration to God during the next age. T98
More than one bullock and goat because of the multitude of the people to be sprinkled. In reality, one bullock and one goat duplicated as often as necessary to provide a sufficiency of blood. R2874:5; CR485:5
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| 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. |
And Moses took – Representing a greater than Moses, Jesus and his Church. Q29:4
Sprinkled on the altar – Representing the satisfaction of justice. R5162:6
In the antitype, our Lord's blood was first applied on our behalf. R4513:6
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| 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient. |
The covenant – Representing the better covenant. Q29:4
God agreed that if Israel would keep his Law they would have everlasting life. R5292:2
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| 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words. |
Took the blood – Representing man's acceptance of the divine arrangement. R5342:6
The sprinkling of the books of the Law took only a few seconds; sprinkling the people took a long time. R5342:6
On the people – Sprinkled from all sympathy with evil, mankind will make their declaration of full loyalty to God. R5164:2
Probably not on the two millions, but upon representatives of the whole, the heads or chiefs of the tribes. R3046:2
Bringing them under the obligation of the Law covenant. R5000:1, R5162:6
So The Christ, during the Millennium, will sprinkle the world of mankind, bringing them into harmony with the divine law. It will require the thousand years. R5421:5; CR485:5
The sprinkling with the blood represents justification. R5421:5
The Mediator will antitypically sprinkle the people; that is, he will show them how to come back into full accord with God. R5164:2
In antitype, the blood sprinkling the whole world means restitution. R5878:4
When the Church shall have finished using the blood that same merit will be applied "for all the people," sealing the New covenant. R4513:6
Of the covenant – A covenant does not go into operation until after it has been fully mediated. R5164:1
Which the LORD hath made – To last for centuries, but only one year at a time; renewed by the annual Day of Atonement sacrifices. R5162:6
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| 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: |
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| 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. |
Saw the God of Israel – That is, the Lord's special messenger, the angel of the Lord. Q360:2
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| 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink. |
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| 12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. |
Which I have written – Moses thus attributes the origin of the Mosaic Law to God, not to himself. A53
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| 13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God. |
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| 14 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; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them. |
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| 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. |
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| 16 And the glory of Jehovah 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. |
Cloud covered it – Similarly, the Church is generally enveloped in clouds of trouble which hide the glory from others. By and by her glory shall be manifested without the enveloping cloud. R1982:2
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| 17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. |
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| 18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. |
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