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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. The ark of the covenant was the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it, and thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the ring by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. So that it was always ready to be moved.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. That is to say, the two tables of stone were to be put into the ark of the covenant.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. It exactly fitted upon the top of the ark, and so completely covered whatever was put within. It was of pure gold. This, perhaps, was the most important part of this very important article of the tabernacle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof, and the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. Remember, as long as there was a Jewish state, the morning and the evening were to open and to close with the sacrifice of a lamb.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. God’s glory is in the lamb: it is there he is pleased to manifest himself in the glory of his infinite grace to his people.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. Not without the lamb, you see; that morning and evening sacrifice must be the token and the way of God’s dealing with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. Now concerning this same lamb, we will read in: — This exposition consisted of readings from Exo_29:38-46; Isaiah 53.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us, for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. They wanted something to look at, — something...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. What a terrible speech to be made by the people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. People are often very generous in their support of a false religion; and, to make idol...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. Poor Aaron! He never had the backbone of his brother Moses. He was a better speaker; but oh, the poverty of his heart! He yields to the will of these idolatrous people, and bows to their wicked...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. Idolaters spare no expense; there is many a worshipper of a god of wood or mud who gives more to that idol than professing Christians give to the cause of the one living and true God. It is sad that it should be so.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a gravinq tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. No doubt they copied the Egyptian God, which was in the form of a bull, which the Holy Spirit, by the pen of Moses, here calls a calf. The psalmist...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. This was an Egyptian idolatry, the worship of God under the fashion of an ox, the emblem of strength; but God is not to be worshipped under emblems...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD. “To Jehovah.” They intended to worship Jehovah under the form of a bull — the image of strength. Other idolaters go further, and worship Baal and various false gods, but, between the worship of a golden calf and the worship...