Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-12-14
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson in the international series
for December 10, 1901-The
Passover.
THE LESSON text.

exodus 12:3-1A)
& Speak We unto all the congregation OF
Israel. saying, In the tenth day OF TINS
month they shall take to them every man
q lamb, according to the house OF tnelF
fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little Tor
the lamb. let him and his neighboF next
unto his house take It according TO the
number of the souls; every man accorolnS
to his eating shall make your count foF
the lamb.
male of the first year: We shall take II out
from the sheep, or from the goats:
6. And We shall keep 1t up until the Tour
teenth day of the said month: and the
whole assembly of the congregation OF
Israel shall kill it in the evening.
z. And they shall take of the blood, and
strike 1t on the two side posts and on the
upper door post of the houses. wherein
they shall eat It.
8. And they shall eat the flesh in that
night, roast with fire. and unleavened
bread; and with bitter herbs they shall
eat it.
9. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at ali
with water, but roast with fire; his head
with his legs, and with the purtenanoe
thereof
TO- And We shall let nothing of 1t remain
until the morning; and that which remain
eth of it until the morning We shall burn
with fire.
II. And thus shall ye eat it; with your
loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and
your staff in your hand; and We shall eat it
in haste; 1t is the Lords passover.
L. For 1 will pass through the land OF
Egypt this night, and will smite all the
hrStborn IN the land of Egypt. both man
and beast: and against all the gods of
Egypt 1 will execute judgment: am the
Lord.
10. And the blood shall be to you for
token upon the houses where We are: and
when see the blood. will pass over you.
and the plague shall not be upon you to
destroy you. when I smite the land OF
Egypt.
IA. And this day shall be unto you for q
memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to
the Lord throughout your generations; ys
shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for
GOLDEN TEXT.-ChrIst our passover
Is sacrificed for us.-1 Cor. 6i7.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The whole story of the Passover ana
of the preparations for departure for
the promised land is told in Exodus
1871, 1916. The points, in their or
der, are as follows:
The passover enJoined, Eek. 1918.
The passover observed. Elk. II 1885,
The midnight journey, Elk. 12:37-42.
The passover memorial, Elk. 1913 10.
The place is the land of Goshen in
Egypt. The time according to Usher
is B. C. 1491; according to others, B. 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. 1855; Mum.
9:1-14, %: 1925; Deut. 1918.
The Passover Enjoined (Ex. 12:1-14).'
The exodus was to be the event from
which Israel reckoned 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 to begin on the
tenth day, with the selection of the
animal for sacrifice. The word rem
dered "lamb' means the young of
either sheep or goats, and either a
lamb or a kid might be used. The peo-
pie were not to gather in large COM
panies, but each family was to eat by
itself. If a family were too small to
use a 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
ter part of verse four. The animal
chosen must not be more than a year
old, and must be physically perfect.
Only such animals would serve fog a
sacred feast. For the four days be-
tween the selection of the animal and
the date of the feast, it was to be fed
by those who were to eat it, and so pre-
pared for it's use. The Hebrew word
for seven" means literally "between
the two evenings" and refers to the
time between three o'clock and sum
set. The ASSEMBLY is a word which
later came into use to signify the whole
nation as an organized body. The put
ting of blood on the house was an out
ward confession of loyal faith, but had
also a sacriicial significance similar to
that of the blood or ashes sprinkled for
cleansing on affairs and on defiled per-
sons Lev. 1:5, $50; Mum. 1917, 49,.
Unleavened bread and bitter herbs
were intended as a symbol of the ops
preston which Israel had suffered in
Egypt. The lamb must be completely
eaten, because the idea of feast made
food sacred, so that eating it under
ordinary circumstances would be like
PROCLAMATION.
The Law of the Feast (Ex. 12:14-27,
1851, 13:1-10).-The special point en-
phasized by these laws of the Passover
was that it stood as a memorial Of
Gods great deliverance. To this end,
the law regarding unleavened bread
and the observance of the feast re-
quired that the ordinary customs of
life be altered in marked way; in
struction was provided for, that there
might be no failure in the current of
knowledge regarding Gods deliver
ance;. and every frstborn son was re-
garded as consecrated to Jehovah and
required to be redeemed by formal pay
ment (Num. IS: 15-17). and a similar
provision was made regarding the first
offspring of beasts.
The First Passover and the Exodus
(Ex 12:28-42).-Verse "a seems to in
dictate that the law regarding unleav-
ened bread was not given until later
time, and that the historic reason fos
the law is that mentioned here.