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 peace-offering (“ram of consecration”), 415.—The wave-offerings, 415–16.—The result, 416–17. CHAPTER XXX. INCENSE, xxx. 1–10. The impalpable in nature, 418.—“The golden altar,” 419.—Represents prayer. Needs cleansing, 420. A CENSUS, xxx. ii–16. A census not sinful. David’s transgression. The half-shekel. Equality of man, 421.—Christ paid it, 422.—Its employment, 423. THE LAVER, xxx. 17–21. Behind the altar. Purity of priests, 423.—Made of the mirrors, 424. ANOINTING OIL AND INCENSE, xxx. 22–38. Their ingredients. All the vessels anointed, 424.—Forbidden to secular uses, 425.—Modern analogies, 426–7. CHAPTER XXXI. BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB, xxxi. 1–18. Secular gifts are sacred, 428–30.—The Sabbath. The tables and “the finger of God,” 431. CHAPTER XXXII. THE GOLDEN CALF. Sin of the people; of Aaron. God rejects them, 432.—Intercession. The Christian antitype, 433–4. CHAPTER XXXIII. PREVAILING INTERCESSION. The first concession. The angel, 435.—“The Tent of the Meeting,” 436. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE VISION OF GOD. To know is to desire to know. A fit season. The greater Name, 438.—The covenant renewed. The tables. The skin of his face shone, 439.—Lessons, 440. CHAPTERS XXXV.–XL. CONCLUSION. The people obey, 441.—The forming of the nation: review, 441–3. CHAPTER I. _THE PROLOGUE._ EXODUS i. 1–6. “And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt.” Many books of the Old Testament begin with the conjunction And. This fact, it has been often pointed out, is a silent indication of truth, that each author was not recording certain isolated incidents, but parts of one great drama, events which joined hands with the past and future, looking before and after.