The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the 1nternatiOnal ssSsee
for December 10, iooi-Ths
Passover.
THE LESSON TEXT.
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THE LESSON TEXT.
Exodus i2:s-li)
Speak ye unto all the congregation OF
Israel. saying In the tenth day OF THIS
month they shall take TO them every man
a lamb. according TO the house oil theH
fathers. a lamb for an house:
I. And II the household be too little LOT
the lamb, let him and his nelshpor mex
unto his house take II according 70 .he
number Of the souls. every man aeso'"s
10 his eating shall make your count LOT
The lamb.
B Your lamb shall be without blemlsh.
q male OF the first year: Sc shall take II out
from the sheep. or from the goats;
g. And ye shall keep IL up until Inc iour-
teenth DAY of the said month: ana the
whole assembly OF the congregation OF
Israel shall Kill II in the evening,
Z And they shall take Of the blood. and
strike IL on the two side posts and on the
upper door post OF the houses, wherein
they shall cat IT,
s. And they shall eat the fesh In that
night, roast with fire. and unleavened
bread: and with bitter herbs they shall
eat IT,
q Eat not OF II raw. nor sodden at all
with water. but roast with fire. his head
with his legs, and with the purtenance
thereof.
10. And We shall let nothing Of 1t remain
eth OF II until the morning sc shall burn
with fire.
H. Ard thus shall ye eat It: with your
loins girded. your shoes on your feet. and
your stan in your hand. and ye shall eat 1t
In haste. IL is the Lords passover.
r. For l will pass through the land or
Egypt this night. and Will smite all the
iirs thorn In the land of Egypt. both man
and beast, and against all the gods OF
Egypt l will execute judgment: am the
Lord.
- And the blood shall be to you for a
token upon the houses where ye are: and
when see the blood, / viii pass over you.
and the plague shall not be upon you 20
destroy you, when ! smite the land OF
Egypt.
g. And this day shall be unto you for a
me mortal: and ye shall keep IL a feast to
the Lord throughout your generations: ye
shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for
ever
GOLDEN TExT.-Christ our passover
II sacrificed for us.-f Cor. 5s7.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The whole story of the Passover and
Of the preparations for departure for
the promised land is told in Exodus
la:1, 49, The points, in their or
der, are as follows:
The passover enjoine6. Eek 1e.i-cs
The passover obs erved. Ex i2.2sa6.
The midnight journey. Ex. l2.3,-4e
The pass over a memorial, TX. II 49, l6: 10
The place is the land OF Goshen in
Egypt. The time according TO Usher
Is Il. c. 149l according 10 others, II. C..
1900. One writer makes it as late as
1876. The time of year corresponds TO
our Easter.
For further legislation concerning
the Passover. read Lev. 23:5-s; Mum.
D.i-14. %: 16-25, Deut. 16:1-s.
/ The Passover Enjoined lex. 12:l-1D.
The exodus was TO be the event from
which Israel rcckoned time, as we
reckon time from the supposed date of
\ Christ's birth The Passover and fol-
lowing exodus did not occur. however.
until the fourteenth day Of the month.
Preparations were 10 begin on the
tenth day, with the selection Of the
animal for sacrifice. The word rem
dercd "lamb" means the young of
either sheep or goats. and either a
lamb or a kid might he used The peo-
pie were not TO gather in large com
panies. but each family was to eat by
itself. IL a family were too small to
use whole lamb, two families were 10
unite. and arrangements were TO he
made according to the appetite Of each
Individual. as is suggested in the lat
ter part OF verse four. The animal
chosen must not be more than year
Aold. and must be physically perfect
Only such animals would serve for a
sacred feast For the four days be.
tween the selection Of the animal and
the date Of the feast, Il was TO he fed
by those who were 10 eat il. and so pre-
pared for its use. The Hebrew word
for "cven" means literally "bctweer
the two evenings" and refers TO the
time between three o'clock and sun
set The "assembly" is 4 word which
later came into use to signify the whole
nation a. an organized body. The put
ting ~ blood on the house was an out
ward confession OF loyal faith, but had
also a sacrific,al significance similar {
that Of he blood or ashes sprinkled FOL
cleansing on affairs and on dcfiled per
sons Gev. Us. 3:2; Mum. 1917, 1s)
} Unleavcnod bread and bitter herbs
were intended as symbol Of the OF
preston which Israel had sufered II
Egypt. The lamb must he completed,
eaten. because the idea Of feast made
: food sacred. SO that eating il undci
ordinary circumstances would he like ,
profanaiion.
The Law Of the Feast fFx. f2:1i-27
1851. IL: 1-10).-The special point EN-
: phasized by these laws Of the Passove
. was that IL stood as memorial o
Gods great deliverance. To this end
the law regarding unleavened brea'
and the Observance Of the feast re
CURED that the ordinary customs o
. life he altered in marked way: in
: strnciion was provided for, that Their
. might be no failure in the current o
knowledge regarding Gods deliver
] ance; and every frstborn son was re
, garGed as consccrated to Jehovah an,
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