II. THE LESSER LAW (_continued_).

An enemy's cattle. A false report, 359.--Influence of multitude: the
world and the Church, 360-1.--Favour not the poor, 361-2.--Other
precepts. "A kid in his mother's milk," 362.

LESSER LAW, V. ITS SANCTIONS xxiii. 20-33.

A bold transition: the Angel in Whom is "My Name," 363.--Not a mere
messenger, 364.--Nor the substitute of chap. xxxiii. 2, 3,
365-6.--Parallel verses, 366-7.

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE COVENANT RATIFIED. THE VISION OF GOD, xxiv.

The code is accepted, written, ratified with blood, 368.--Exclusion and
admittance. The elders see God: Moses goes farther. Theophanies of other
creeds, 369.--How could they see God? 370.--Moses feels not
satisfaction, but desire, 371.--His progress is from vision to shadow
and a Voice, 372.--We see not each other, 373.--St. Augustine,
373-4.--The vision suits the period: not post-Exilian, 374-5.--Contrast
with revelation in Christ, 375.

CHAPTER XXV.

THE SHRINE AND ITS FURNITURE, xxv. 1-40.

The God of Sinai will inhabit a tent. His other tabernacles, 376-7.--The
furniture is typical. Altar of incense postponed, 377.--The ark
enshrines His law and its sanctions, 377-8.--The mercy-seat covers it,
378-81.--Man's homage. The table of shewbread, 382-3.--The golden
candlestick (lamp-stand), 383-6.

THE PATTERN IN THE MOUNT, xxv. 9, 40.

Use in Hebrews. Plato, 386.--Not a model, but an idea. Art,
387.--Provisional institutions, 387-8.---The ideal in creation, 388.--In
life, 389.

CHAPTER XXVI.

THE TABERNACLE.

"Temple" an ambiguous word, 390.--"Curtains of the Tabernacle,"
391.--Other coverings, 392.--The boards and sockets, 392-3.--The bars.
The tent, 393.--Position of veil, 394, and of the front, 395.

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE OUTER COURT.

The altar, 396.--The quadrangle, 397.--General effect, 398-400.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE HOLY GARMENTS.

Their import, 401.--The drawers. "Coat." Head-tires. Robe of the ephod.
Ephod. Jewels, 402.--Breastplate. Urim and Thummim. Mitre. Symbolism,
403.

THE PRIESTHOOD.

Universal desire and dread of God, 404.--Delegates, 405. Scripture.
First Moses, 406.--His family passed over. The double consciousness
expressed, 407-9.--Messianic priesthood, 409.

CHAPTER XXIX.

CONSECRATION SERVICES.

Why consecrate at all? 410.--Moses officiates. The offerings,
411.--Ablution, robing, anointing, 412-13.--The sin-offering, 413-14.
"Without the camp," 414. The burnt-offering, 415.--The