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    Andrew Bonar on How our Light Is to Shine Before Men

    ”The priest setting the lamps in order daily represents Christ causing his people daily to receive and give forth light and life. In the midst of a dark world, believers are set up as lights. See Phil. 2:15; Matt. 5:16. They should be as the Baptist, "burning and shining lights." They should be...
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    Andrew Bonar: The Flock of Goats is Saved by the Death of One

    "The goat stands here in the same relation to the peace-offering from the herd, as did the turtle-dove and pigeon to the bullock of the whole burnt-sacrifice. The poorer sort might bring the goat; when he could not bring the blood of bulls, he brought the blood of goats. And thus, still, they...
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    Drinking the Blood

    Under the Mosaic Covenant it was forbidden to drink any blood. A sacrificer could not drink the offering's blood, nor a Levite, nor a Priest, nor the High Priest himself. The blood was sprinkled on the altar, and on people, and applied to their ears, thumbs and toes, but never did anyone drink...
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    The Proper Interpretation of the Perpetual Statute (חֻקַּת עוֹלָם Chuqqath 'olam)

    This phrase has been used recently in a discussion offline on whether or not the biblical feasts need to be observed, from the side of the man who tried to argue passover should be kept today. This post will not contain any conclusions on the meaning of the term and it's proper interpretation -...
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    Why was the ark of the covenant (apparently) separated from the Tabernacle in the time of David and Solomon?

    I am doing a study on God our Refuge. This included a study on the Gibeonites who found their refuge in God, albeit by deceiving the Israelites. It seems that God blessed the Gibeonites for not siding with the other nations in Joshua's time, but taking their refuge with Israel. They were...
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    When the Scriptures Describe Sacred Furniture

    Do you have any brief expositions or meditations to recommend, to guide me as my bible reading get's to that part of Exodus where you are reading for a long while about the details of the tabernacle? Particularly for today, this chapter:
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