The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the International series
for December rs, 10O1-The
Passover.
THE LESSON TEXT,

THE LESSON TEXT
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numper Vi ,he souis' every man accoIo,hs
70 ms ea''hs sha'' MAKE your COUNT ior
'ne ,anp'
p iour .amb shall be without blemish.
q male OF the first year; ye shall take II out
g. And ye shall keep 1t UP until me four
teenth day of the said month: and the
whole assembly Of the congregation OF
lsrael shaIl XIII II In the evening
q And they shall take Of the blood. and
strike Ii on the two side posts and on the
upper door post of the houses, wherein
they shall eat II. .s.y.r. q.
.. AND they snail eat the flesh In that
brsaS and xisb h,t,er harhs rS ue'eu ,hev sbaii
eat IL. ~
O. Eat not OF It raw. nor sodden at all
wi,h wh %a'er, VIA I'D ou' roas, W,tn ire; ms neaa
thereof
10. And ye shall let nothing of II remain
until the morning; and that which remain
eth of II until the morning We shall burn
with fire.
II. And thus shall ye eat 1t; with your
,nnr r ssSeE, & your snoes on your iee,, ana
in haste; IL is the Lord's passover
Y. For will pass through the land OF
Egypt .his nish;, ana VIII smite all the
and 6easi. and aga,us, ai, ny H. oo,n aoas man ~
Egypt | will execute judgment: am the
Lord
token mnon The u bousss s.'. ,or oe 20 you LOT =
when see the blood, will pass over YOU.
and the plague shall not be upon you to
Eanr,' EV' 'ou' "hen sm''e the iahd OF
H. And this day shall he unto vou for n
memorial; and ye shall keep It a feast to
the LORD throughout your generations; ye
ever ever 'e"'' W an or''nahee 'or
GOLDEN TExT.-Christ our passover
10 s"crihced for us.-1 Cor. 5,7.
m NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Inc "hoie story OF the Passover and
., 'he preparations Tor departure for
.ne PROMISED iand is told in Exodus
i@'i' 1917. Inc points, IN their or.
yer, are as toilows:
me me passover en1oined' Ex i2I-S
The midnight iournev Ex Io.ss'aS
The passover memorial, FIX. i2:43, 1910
The place is the land of Goshen in
Egypt. The time according to USHER
is b. c. 1891: according TO Others, B. C.
1900. One writer makes IL as late as
1875. The time of year corresponds TO
our Easter.
For further legislation concerning
the Passover, read Lev. 23:5-s: Mum.
9:1-14, 2s:l6-25; Deut. IG:l-s.
The Passover Enjoined lex. 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 ont bv
II a family were too small 10
use a whole lamb. two families were N
unite, and arrangements were IN he
made according to the appetite Of each
as is supDested In the lat.
ter part of verse four. The animal
chosen must mt he moro than a year
old, and must be physically perfect.
Only such animals would serve for a
sacred feast. For the four davs he.
tween the selection OF the animal and
the date of the feast. II was 10 he led
by those who were to eati and 50 pre.
pared for its use. The Hebrew word
for seven" means literally "between
the two evenings" and refers tn the
time between three o'clock and sun.
set. The "assembly" Is a word which
later came into use to signify the whole
nation az an organized BODY. The mt
ting of blood on the house was an ont.
ward confession of loyaI faith hut had
also sacrificial sipnificance similar
that of the blood or ashes sprinkled for
cleansing on altars and on defIed nor.
sons (Lev. LIS, 3:2; Mum. 1917, 1s).
Unleavened bread and bitter herbs
were intended as a symbol of the op.
preston which Israel had suffered in
Egypt. The lamb must be completely
eaten. because the idea Of a feast made
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