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| 1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, |
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| 2 'Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up 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 at the outside of the vail of the testimony in the tent of meeting doth Aaron arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah continually a statute age-during to 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 by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually. |
Pure candlestick – Type of the Church as a whole. T16
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| 5 'And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake, |
Twelve cakes – Representing the truth, the Word of God. T16, T115
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| 6 and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah, |
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| 7 and thou hast put on the rank pure frankincense, and it hath been to the bread for a memorial, a fire-offering to Jehovah. |
Frankincense – Representing praise, heart adoration. R3703:4
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| 8 'On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel a covenant age-during; |
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| 9 and it hath been to Aaron, and to his sons, and they have eaten it in the holy place, for it [is] most holy to him, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah a statute age-during.' |
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| 10 And a son of an Israelitish woman goeth out (and he [is] son of an Egyptian man), in the midst of the sons of Israel, and strive in the camp do the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel, |
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| 11 and the son of the Israelitish woman execrateth the Name, and revileth; and they bring him in unto Moses; and his mother's name [is] Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; |
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| 12 and he causeth him to rest in charge to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah. |
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| 13 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, |
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| 14 'Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him. |
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| 15 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God then he hath borne his sin; |
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| 16 and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death. |
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| 17 'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death. |
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| 18 'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body. |
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| 19 'And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him; |
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| 20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in 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 who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth [the life of] man is put to death; |
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| 22 one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; 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 speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and they bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones; and the sons of Israel have done as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. |
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