The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-12
THE LESSON TENT
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memorial, and We shall Keep IT q least &c
IT," Lord throughout your generations; ye
shall keep IT " feast by an ordnance tor
ever
GoiDE> TENT.-Christ our passover
IL sacrificed Tor "s.--i Cor. 81.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The whole story of the Passover and
of The preparations for departure for
the promised land is told in Exodus
12:l, 10: l6 The points, in their or.
der, are az follows:
The passover enJoined. Ex ELS :
The passover observed. FIX l2:GC- So
l ne nllhhlEht journey. Ek T. 81, y
The passover a memorial. Ex l2:43. 1910
The place is the land of Goshen il
Egypt The time according to USHER
is Il {. l49l; according TO others Z. c.
1900. One writer makes it aS late as
l216. The time Of year corresponds tG
our Easter
For further legislation concerning
the Passover. read Lev. 23:5-S; Mum.
.: l-lI. 2S: 1925; Drut. l6:l-S
The Passover Euioined Gen. 12:I-I4J.
The exodus was to be the event from
which Israel reckoned time, as we
reckon time from the supposed date Of
Chrst's birth. The Passover and fo.4
lowing exodus did not occur. however,
until the fourteenth day Of the month.
Preparations were TO 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 .
lamb or n kid might he used The peo-
pie were not to gather in large COM
panles, but each family was TO eat by
itself. II family were too small to
use n whole lamb. two families were to
unite, and arrangements were to be
made according To the appetite of each
individual. as is suggested in the lat
fer part of verse four. The animal
chosen must not be more than vrnr
old. and must be physically perfect.
Only such animals would serve for q
sacred feast For the four DAYS be-
tween the selection Of the animal and
the date of the feast, it was to he fed
by those who were to cat II. and so pre-
pared for it's use. The Hebrew word
for even" means literally .'brtwpen
the two evenings" and refers to the.
time between three O'Clock and sun
set. The "asscmhly" is a word which
later came into use to signify tn" whole
nation as an organized body The put
ting of blood on he house was an oMti
ward confession Of loyal faith. hut had
also sacrifcial significance similar TO
that Of the blood or ashes sprinklcd for
cleansing on al,ars and on dcfled per-
sons Uev la. 40; Mum. 1ot7. ls).
Cnleavened bread and bitter herbs
were intended as n symbol Of the ep-
preston which Israel had suffered in,
Egypt. The lamb must he completely
eaten, because the idea Of feast made
food sacred. so that eating il under
ordinary circumstance would he like n
PROCLAMATION.
The Law Of the Feast (Ex l2:i4.27.
1851. l3:1-lO) - The special poin. en-
phaszrd by these laws of the Passover
was that il stood as memorial Of
Gods great delivcrance. TO this end.
the law regarding unleavened bread
and the observance Of the feast re-
Guired that the ordinary customs Of
life be altered in y marked way; in
struction was provided for. that here
might be no failure in the current Of
knowledge regarding Gods deliver
ance; and every tirstborn son was re-
gardcd as conserratrd TO Jehovah and
required to be redeemed by formal pay
mcnt (Num. lS:1j-17). and similar
provision was made regarding the frs.
offspring Of beasts.
The First Passover and the ENoduS
NV. 1":2S-i2) Verse - sepns to in
dicate that the law regarding unleav-
cucd bread was not given until Inter
time. and that the historic reason for
the law is that mentioned here