Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their o…

Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring me an offering.— God, being about to command the const…

Speak unto the children of Israel. If any objector should raise a question about the time in which I have thought fit to introduce this hi…

Speak unto the children of Israel
That is, when he should go down from the mountain to the camp:

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God chose the people of Israel to be a peculiar people to himself, above all people, and he himself would be their King. He ordered a royal palace …