He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
It was given through Moses after the Ten Commandments as part of the instruction on the mount in Exodus 19-24, among the laws and judgments written in a book in Exodus 21-23. It was given by Christ Jesus Himself, the same Teacher who gave the directions on Mount Sinai and has spoken in human flesh, as His special directions to Israel. It does not come from a Christless dispensation and is not of a lower order than the statutes given in this age.
It requires sacrifice to the LORD only and appoints utter destruction for sacrificing to any other god, so worship belongs to the Lord alone. It was one of the specifications by which Christ was training Israel to guide them in their treatment of one another. As one of the laws written in a book, it guards against doing injustice and guides dealings with one another, guards the interests of God's people, and shows His impartial ways and exalted requirements.
A people thus trained should have supplied Solomon in building the temple with all possible strength and ability. It was to be strictly obeyed along with the judgments recorded in the twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third chapters of Exodus. It is instruction men should obey and that must be studied and presented before the people now just as truly as by the children of Israel in the days of Moses, though many depart from it.
Given in jots and tittles down to its smallest details, it is to end all contention and to lead to loving as brethren with softened and subdued hearts.
It was given through Moses after the Ten Commandments as part of the instruction on the mount in Exodus 19-24, among the laws and judgments written in a book in Exodus 21-23. It was given by Christ Jesus Himself, the same Teacher who gave the directions on Mount Sinai and has spoken in human flesh, as His special directions to Israel. It does not come from a Christless dispensation and is not of a lower order than the statutes given in this age.
It requires sacrifice to the LORD only and appoints utter destruction for sacrificing to any other god, so worship belongs to the Lord alone. It was one of the specifications by which Christ was training Israel to guide them in their treatment of one another. As one of the laws written in a book, it guards against doing injustice and guides dealings with one another, guards the interests of God's people, and shows His impartial ways and exalted requirements.
A people thus trained should have supplied Solomon in building the temple with all possible strength and ability. It was to be strictly obeyed along with the judgments recorded in the twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third chapters of Exodus. It is instruction men should obey and that must be studied and presented before the people now just as truly as by the children of Israel in the days of Moses, though many depart from it.
Given in jots and tittles down to its smallest details, it is to end all contention and to lead to loving as brethren with softened and subdued hearts.