Numbers 9:1-5
THE PASSOVER PROPER... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PASSOVER PROPER... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at his appointed season. It was true, indeed, that the Lord had instituted the Passover as a memorial before the Lord forever, Exodus 12:14, but there was a possibility of the people's understanding the command as referring to the time of their livin... [ Continue Reading ]
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, literally, "between the two evenings," Exodus 12:6, YE SHALL KEEP IT IN HIS APPOINTED SEASON; ACCORDING TO ALL THE RITES OF IT, AND ACCORDING TO ALL THE CEREMONIES THEREOF, SHALL YE KEEP IT. The essential feature of the festival, the sacrifice of the Pas... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. It is a striking feature of the narrative at this time that it refers time and again to the obedience of the Israelit... [ Continue Reading ]
And there were certain men, probably Mishael and. Elizaphan, Leviticus 10:4, WHO WERE DEFILED BY THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN, THAT THEY COULD NOT KEEP THE PASSOVER ON THAT DAY, Leviticus 19:28; AND THEY CAME BEFORE MOSES AND BEFORE AARON ON THAT DAY;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SUBSTITUTE FESTIVAL, OR LITTLE PASSOVER... [ Continue Reading ]
and those men said unto him, We are defiled, Levitically unclean, BY THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN; WHEREFORE ARE WE KEPT BACK, literally, "shortened," not given our full rights and privileges, THAT WE MAY NOT OFFER AN OFFERING OF THE LORD IN HIS APPOINTED SEASON AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL? They had refe... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses aid unto them, Stand still, have patience, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. He made use of careful prudence in dealing with these men and with the situation in which they found themselves, lest hasty advice should meet with the Lord's disapproval.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, in answer to his inquiry, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity, for this was to be a standing rule, SHALL BE UNCLEAN BY REASON OF A DEAD BODY, OR BE IN A JOURNEY AFAR OFF, the former possibility, of course, including every form of temporary Levitical uncleanness, YET HE SHALL KEEP... [ Continue Reading ]
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, just one month later than the Passover proper, AND EAT IT WITH UNLEAVENED BREAD AND BITTER HERBS, Exodus 12:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it, Exodus 12:10; ACCORDING TO ALL THE ORDINANCES OF THE PASSOVER THEY SHALL KEEP IT. Since the celebration of the Passover was a sign of Israel's close fellowship with God, its solemnity had to be insisted upon, also in the Little... [ Continue Reading ]
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the Passover, deliberately neglects this solemn religious duty, EVEN THE SAME SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE, not only by excommunication, but by death, BECAUSE HE BROUGHT NOT THE OFFERING OF THE LORD IN HIS APPO... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you and will keep the Passover unto the Lord, after submitting to the rite of circumcision, Exodus 12:48, ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE OF THE PASSOVER AND ACCORDING TO THE MANNER THEREOF, SO SHALL HE DO, be put on equal terms with, and treated exactly like, a born... [ Continue Reading ]
And on the day that the Tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered the Tabernacle, namely, the Tent of the Testimony, Exodus 40:34; AND AT EVEN THERE WAS UPON THE TABERNACLE AS IT WERE THE APPEARANCE OF FIRE UNTIL THE MORNING. It was not a pillar of physical, earthly fire, but the brightness of the... [ Continue Reading ]
The Cloud of the Lord's Presence... [ Continue Reading ]
So it was alway, not only on the day of the dedication of the Tabernacle; THE CLOUD COVERED IT BY DAY AND THE APPEARANCE OF FIRE BY NIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle, immediately after its removal, which was a signal to all the people, THEN AFTER THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED, they struck their tents and set forth in their armies; AND IN THE PLACE WHERE THE CLOUD ABODE, where it sank to the ground, THER... [ Continue Reading ]
At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched, they observed the signals of the cloud as He had told them; AS LONG AS THE CLOUD ABODE UPON THE TABERNACLE, THEY RESTED IN TENTS, they remained in camp.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the cloud tarried long upon the Tabernacle many days, if it extended its resting over a long period of time, THEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL KEPT THE CHARGE OF THE LORD, AND JOURNEYED NOT, they observed that which was given them to observe by the Lord, attending to His worship. Leviticus 8:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the Tabernacle, a number of days which was quickly counted; ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THEY ABODE IN THEIR TENTS, AND ACCORDING- TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THEY JOURNEYED.... [ Continue Reading ]
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, only overnight, AND THAT THE CLOUD WAS TAKEN UP IN THE MORNING, THEN THEY JOURNEYED; WHETHER IT WAS BY DAY OR BY NIGHT THAT THE CLOUD WAS TAKEN UP, THEY JOURNEYED.... [ Continue Reading ]
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the Tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.... [ Continue Reading ]
At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. This detailed description of the manner of signaling to the entire host and of the unquestioning obedienc... [ Continue Reading ]