III. ISRAEL AT SINAI ( XIX.- XL.).
The division Num 19- 40 presents difficulties due to its very
importance, _see_ introduction to Ex. (last paragraph). But Num 25-
31, 35- 40 readily fall apart from the rest, as containing P's account
of the Tabernacle (_see_ on Exodus 25:1), the introduction to wh... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS 29. P (Exodus 29:21; Exodus 29:38 later). CONSECRATION OF THE
PRIESTHOOD (_cf._ Leviticus 8). The ritual of consecration is
described at length. For the various sacrifices, _see_ the appropriate
sections of Leviticus 1-7*, which belong to an older stratum of P, and
are presupposed throughout.... [ Continue Reading ]