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 33:1 J, EXODUS 33:5 E, EXODUS 33:12 J. YAHWEH'S PRESENCE. The
sections of 34 have been glossed and disarranged. In Exodus 33:1 J,
Yahweh's refusal to go up in the midst of Israel leads the people to
put off their ornaments. In Exodus 33:5 f. follows from E Yahweh's
order to put off ornaments... [ Continue Reading ]