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 34:1 J. THE COVENANT WORDS. After removing Exodus 34:5, the
sublime account of the revelation of Yahweh's nature as mercy and
truth in their unity, which follows on Exodus 33:23, the remainder is
the sequel of J's account of the descent upon Sinai in Exodus 19, and
the clauses (Exodus 34:1; E... [ Continue Reading ]