. The Bible and its . hat first punishment inflictedupon Israel. The following day Moses summoned thesubdued and shivering people, and told them the wicked-ness of their sin. He promised to secure their pardonfrom God, and indeed he had already done so. Yet Godwarned Moses that He would no longer dwell with Israelin person, for thou art a stiff necked people: lest I con-sume thee in the way. Hearing this, the- people mourned. They were afraidto venture across the wilderness unprotected by their Moses entreated the Lord to stay with them, offeringhimself as a sacrifice in Israels
. The Bible and its . hat first punishment inflictedupon Israel. The following day Moses summoned thesubdued and shivering people, and told them the wicked-ness of their sin. He promised to secure their pardonfrom God, and indeed he had already done so. Yet Godwarned Moses that He would no longer dwell with Israelin person, for thou art a stiff necked people: lest I con-sume thee in the way. Hearing this, the- people mourned. They were afraidto venture across the wilderness unprotected by their Moses entreated the Lord to stay with them, offeringhimself as a sacrifice in Israels stead. And all Israelentreated God also. At length, as Moses approachedthe tent, wherein was the altar of worship, the temporarytabernacle or house of God, the pillar of cloud which hadindicated the divine presence among them, returned sud-denly to its place before the opening of the tent. By thissign all Israel knew that their Lord had forgiven them;and all the people rose up and worshipped,every man in his tent door. 11-59. ^ ^f)t tablets; i^esitoreb AITER THE ENGLISH ARTIST, JOHN R. HERBERT, \4nd when Aaron and all the children of Israel sawMoses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they tvereafraid to come nigh him.—Ex., 34^, 30. ND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee twotables of stone like unto the first: and I will writeupon these tables the words that were in the firsttables, which thou breakest. So all matters were placedas nearly as possible where they had been before Israelhad broken the covenant. Moses went up again intoSinai, having risen higher than ever in Gods love, becausehe had been willing to perish utterly himself, but not toabandon his followers. Here upon Sinai Moses even ven-tured to pray that he might be blessed by beholding Godin His full glory. As nearly as might be, God granted himthis marvelous beatitude, yet not wholly; for there shallno man see me, and live. As God passed by in His Glory, He placed Moses in acleft of the rock and shelter
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