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 38. P S. ALTAR, LAVER, AND COURT. The great altar of
burnt-offering is now so distinguished in Exodus 38:1 (in Exodus 27:1
* it is the altar). The laver is briefly mentioned (Exodus 38:8_ a_,
_cf. Exodus 30:18_), the reference to the mirrors of the host of women
(Exodus 38:8_ b)_ being regard... [ Continue Reading ]