Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 31 This chapter is based on Leviticus 10:1-11. After the dedication of the tabernacle, the priests were consecrated to their sacred office. These services occupied seven days, each marked by special ceremonies. On the eighth day they entered upon their ministration. Assisted by his sons, Aaron offered the sacrifices that God required,…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 30 This chapter is based on Exodus 25 to 40; Leviticus 4 and 16. The command was communicated to Moses while in the mount with God, “Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them;” and full directions were given for the construction of the tabernacle. By their apostasy…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 29 The very first effort of Satan to overthrow God’s law—undertaken among the sinless inhabitants of heaven—seemed for a time to be crowned with success. A vast number of the angels were seduced; but Satan’s apparent triumph resulted in defeat and loss, separation from God, and banishment from heaven. When the conflict…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 28 This chapter is based on Exodus 32 to 34. While Moses was absent it was a time of waiting and suspense to Israel. The people knew that he had ascended the mount with Joshua, and had entered the cloud of thick darkness which could be seen from the plain below, resting…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 27 This chapter is based on Exodus 19 to 24. Soon after the encampment at Sinai, Moses was called up into the mountain to meet with God. Alone he climbed the steep and rugged path, and drew near to the cloud that marked the place of Jehovah’s presence. Israel was now to…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 26 This chapter is based on Exodus 15:22-27; 16 to 18. From the Red Sea the hosts of Israel again set forth on their journey, under the guidance of the pillar of cloud. The scene around them was most dreary—bare, desolate-looking mountains, barren plains, and the sea stretching far away, its shores…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 25 This chapter is based on Exodus 12:34-51; 13-15. With their loins girt, with sandaled feet, and staff in hand, the people of Israel had stood, hushed, awed, yet expectant, awaiting the royal mandate that should bid them go forth. Before the morning broke, they were on their way. During the plagues,…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 24 This chapter is based on Exodus 11; 12:1-32. When the demand for Israel’s release had been first presented to the king of Egypt, the warning of the most terrible of the plagues had been given. Moses was directed to say to Pharaoh, “Thus saith the Lord, Israel is My son, even…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 23 This chapter is based on Exodus 5-10. Aaron, being instructed by angels, went forth to meet his brother, from whom he had been so long separated; and they met amid the desert solitudes, near Horeb. Here they communed together, and Moses told Aaron “all the words of the Lord who had…

Patriarchs and Prophets—Chapter 22 This chapter is based on Exodus 1 to Exodus 4. The people of Egypt, in order to supply themselves with food during the famine, had sold to the crown their cattle and lands, and had finally bound themselves to perpetual serfdom. Joseph wisely provided for their release; he permitted them to…