_AT THAT TIME THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, HEW THEE TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE UNTO THE FIRST, AND COME UP UNTO ME INTO THE MOUNT, AND MAKE THEE AN ARK OF WOOD._ At that time the Lord said unto me. It was when God had been pacified, through the intercessions of Moses, with the people who had so greatly off... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL WRITE ON THE TABLES THE WORDS THAT WERE IN THE FIRST TABLES WHICH THOU BRAKEST, AND THOU SHALT PUT THEM IN THE ARK._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I MADE AN ARK OF SHITTIM WOOD, AND HEWED TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE UNTO THE FIRST, AND WENT UP INTO THE MOUNT, HAVING THE TWO TABLES IN MINE HAND._ I made an ark of shittim wood. It appears, however, from Exodus 37:1, that the ark was not framed until his return from the mount; or, most probabl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WROTE ON THE TABLES, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST WRITING, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WHICH THE LORD SPAKE UNTO YOU IN THE MOUNT OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE IN THE DAY OF THE ASSEMBLY: AND THE LORD GAVE THEM UNTO ME._ He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing - i:e., not Moses, acting un... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOOK THEIR JOURNEY FROM BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN TO MOSERA: THERE AARON DIED, AND THERE HE WAS BURIED; AND ELEAZAR HIS SON MINISTERED IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE IN HIS STEAD._ The children of Israel took their journey. So sudden a change from a spoken discourse to a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AT THAT TIME THE LORD SEPARATED THE TRIBE OF LEVI, TO BEAR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, TO STAND BEFORE THE LORD TO MINISTER UNTO HIM, AND TO BLESS IN HIS NAME, UNTO THIS DAY._ At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi. "At that time" is a phrase used in a large sense (see the note... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE LEVI HATH NO PART NOR INHERITANCE WITH HIS BRETHREN; THE LORD IS HIS INHERITANCE, ACCORDING AS THE LORD THY GOD PROMISED HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I STAYED IN THE MOUNT, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST TIME, FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS; AND THE LORD HEARKENED UNTO ME AT THAT TIME ALSO, AND THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY THEE._ Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exh... [ Continue Reading ]