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| 1 And unto Moses He said, 'Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves 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 hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not 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 cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer one voice, and say, 'All the words which Jehovah hath spoken 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 writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel; |
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| 5 and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah calves. |
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 taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath 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 taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, 'All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.' |
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 taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, 'Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.' |
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 And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, |
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| 10 and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity; |
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 unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink. |
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| 12 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct 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 riseth Joshua his minister also and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God; |
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| 14 and unto the elders he hath said, 'Abide ye for us in this [place], until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur [are] with you he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.' |
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| 15 And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount; |
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| 16 and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from 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 honour of Jehovah [is] as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel; |
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| 18 and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights. |
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