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 ]
These two Chapter s form an appendix to Exodus 25-29. The golden
incense altar finds no place in Exodus 25 or Exodus 26:33 or Leviticus
16 (where the annual rite of Exodus 30:10 is ignored). Instead we hear
of censers in Leviticus 16:12 and Numbers 16:6 f., while the great
altar in the court is call... [ Continue Reading ]