341 Now the Lord said to Moses , "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones , and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered . 2 "So be ready by morning , and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai , and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain . 3 " No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain ; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain ." 4 So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones , and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai , as the Lord had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand .
5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord . 6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed , "The Lord , the Lord God , compassionate and gracious , slow to anger , and abounding in lovingkindness and truth ; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands , who forgives iniquity , transgression and sin ; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished , visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations." 8 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship . 9 He said , " If now I have found favor in Your sight , O Lord , I pray , let the Lord go along in our midst , even though the people are so obstinate e , and pardon our iniquity and our sin , and take us as Your own possession ."
10 Then God said , "Behold , I am going to make a covenant . Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations ; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord , for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.
11 "Be sure to observe what I am commanding you this day : behold , I am going to drive out the Amorite before e you, and the Canaanite , the Hittite , the Perizzite , the Hivite and the Jebusite . 12 " Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going , or it will become a snare in your midst . 13 " But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim 14 -for you shall not worship any other god , for the Lord , whose name is Jealous , is a jealous God - 15 otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods , and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice , 16 and you might take some of his daughters for your sons , and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods . 17 " You shall make for yourself no molten gods .
18 "You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread . For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread , as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib , for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt . 19 " The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock , the first offspring from cattle and sheep . 20 " You shall redeem with a lamb the first offspring from a donkey ; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck . You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons . None shall appear before Me empty-handed . 21 "You shall work six days , but on the seventh day you shall rest ; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest . 22 "You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks , that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest , and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year . 23 " Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD , the God of Israel . 24 "For I will drive out nations before e you and enlarge your borders , and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God . 25 " You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread , nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning . 26 "You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God . "Y ou shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk ."
27 Then the Lord said to Moses , " Write down these words , for in accordance e with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel ."
28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did not eat bread or drink water . And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant , the Ten Commandments . 29 It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain ), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. 30 So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses , behold , the skin of his face shone , and they were afraid to come near him. 31 Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the sons of Israel came near , and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai . 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face . 34 But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded , 35 the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses , that the skin of Moses' face shone . So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.
351 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel , and said to them, " These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do : 2 " For six days work may be done , but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the Lord ; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death . 3 " You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day ."
4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel , saying , "This is the thing which the Lord has commanded , saying , 5 ' Take from among you a contribution to the Lord ; whoever is of a willing heart , let him bring it as the Lord'S contribution : gold , silver , and bronze , 6 and blue , purple and scarlet material, fine linen , goats' hair, 7 and rams' skins dyed red , and porpoise skins , and acacia wood , 8 and oil for lighting , and spices for the anointing oil , and for the fragrant incense , 9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece .
10 ' Let every skillful e man e among you come , and make all that the Lord has commanded : 11 the tabernacle , its tent and its covering , its hooks and its boards , its bars , its pillars , and its sockets ; 12 the ark and its poles , the mercy seat , and the curtain of the screen ; 13 the table and its poles , and all its utensils , and the bread of the Presence ; 14 the lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light ; 15 and the altar of incense and its poles , and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense , and the screen for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle ; 16 the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating , its poles , and all its utensils , the basin and its stand ; 17 the hangings of the court , its pillars and its sockets , and the screen for the gate of the court ; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords ; 19 the woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons , to minister as priests .' "
20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses' presence . 21 Everyone e whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord'S contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments . 22 Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women , came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets , all articles of gold ; so did every man who presented an offering of gold to the Lord . 23 Every man , who had in his possession blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats' hair and rams' skins dyed red and porpoise skins , brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the Lord'S contribution ; and every man who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 All the skilled e women spun with their hands , and brought what they had spun , in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen . 26 All the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats' hair. 27 The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece ; 28 and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense . 29 The Israelites e , all the men and women , whose heart moved them to bring material for all the work , which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done , brought a freewill offering to the Lord .
30 Then Moses said to the sons of Israel , "See , the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah . 31 "And He has filled him with the Spirit of God , in wisdom , in understanding and in knowledge and in all craftsmanship ; 32 to make designs for working in gold and in silver and in bronze , 33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood , so as to perform in every inventive work . 34 "He also has put in his heart to teach , both he and Oholiab , the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan . 35 " He has filled them with skill e to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer , in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen , and of a weaver , as performers of every work and makers of designs .
23 On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection ) came to Jesus and questioned Him, 24 asking , "Teacher , Moses said , ' IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN , HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE , AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER .' 25 "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died , and having no children left his wife to his brother ; 26 so also the second , and the third , down to the seventh . 27 "Last of all , the woman died . 28 "In the resurrection , therefore , whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her." 29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken , not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God . 30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage , but are like angels in heaven . 31 "But regarding the resurrection of the dead , have you not read what was spoken to you by God : 32 ' I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM , AND THE GOD OF ISAAC , AND THE GOD OF JACOB '? He is not the God of the dead but of the living ." 33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching .
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees , they gathered themselves together e e . 35 One of them, a lawyer , asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 "Teacher , which is the great commandment in the Law ?" 37 And He said to him, " ' YOU SHALL LOVE THE Lord YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART , AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL , AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND .' 38 "This is the great and foremost commandment . 39 "The second is like it, ' YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF .' 40 " On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets ."
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together , Jesus asked them a question : 42 "What do you think about the Christ , whose son is He?" They said to Him, " The son of David ." 43 He said to them, "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord ,' saying , 44 ' THE Lord SAID TO MY Lord , "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND , UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET "'? 45 "If David then calls Him 'Lord ,' how is He his son ?" 46 No one was able to answer Him a word , nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question .
(Read Matthew 22:23-33)
The doctrines of Christ displeased the infidel Sadducees, as well as the Pharisees and Herodians. He carried the great truths of the resurrection and a future state, further than they had yet been reveled. There is no arguing from the state of things in this world, as to what will take place hereafter. Let truth be set in a clear light, and it appears in full strength. Having thus silenced them, our Lord proceeded to show the truth of the doctrine of the resurrection from the books of Moses. God declared to Moses that he was the God of the patriarchs, who had died long before; this shows that they were then in a state of being, capable of enjoying his favour, and proves that the doctrine of the resurrection is clearly taught in the Old Testament as well as in the New. But this doctrine was kept for a more full revelation, after the resurrection of Christ, who was the first-fruits of them that slept. All errors arise from not knowing the Scriptures and the power of God. In this world death takes away one after another, and so ends all earthly hopes, joys, sorrows, and connexions. How wretched are those who look for nothing better beyond the grave!
(Read Matthew 22:34-40)
An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to try, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great commandment, and the sum of all the commands of the first table. Our love of God must be sincere, not in word and tongue only. All our love is too little to bestow upon him, therefore all the powers of the soul must be engaged for him, and carried out toward him. To love our neighbour as ourselves, is the second great commandment. There is a self-love which is corrupt, and the root of the greatest sins, and it must be put off and mortified; but there is a self-love which is the rule of the greatest duty: we must have a due concern for the welfare of our own souls and bodies. And we must love our neighbour as truly and sincerely as we love ourselves; in many cases we must deny ourselves for the good of others. By these two commandments let our hearts be formed as by a mould.
(Read Matthew 22:41-46)
When Christ baffled his enemies, he asked what thoughts they had of the promised Messiah? How he could be the Son of David and yet his Lord? He quotes Psalm 110:1. If the Christ was to be a mere man, who would not exist till many ages after David's death, how could his forefather call him Lord? The Pharisees could not answer it. Nor can any solve the difficulty except he allows the Messiah to be the Son of God, and David's Lord equally with the Father. He took upon him human nature, and so became God manifested in the flesh; in this sense he is the Son of man and the Son of David. It behoves us above all things seriously to inquire, "What think we of Christ?" Is he altogether glorious in our eyes, and precious to our hearts? May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to him, and more devoted to his service.
