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Page 304
... covenant differed from the Mosaic Sinaitic Covenant in that it was modelled upon a royal grant to favourites and contained no obligations , the ful- fillment of which was to be the condition of their happi- ness . Evidently not the same ...
... covenant differed from the Mosaic Sinaitic Covenant in that it was modelled upon a royal grant to favourites and contained no obligations , the ful- fillment of which was to be the condition of their happi- ness . Evidently not the same ...
Page 305
... Covenant " rested . When journeying , the sacred objects were carried and guarded by the Levites ( a tribe serving religious functions ) , whose rivals , the Aaronites , had a monopoly on the priesthood . God , sometimes called " the ...
... Covenant " rested . When journeying , the sacred objects were carried and guarded by the Levites ( a tribe serving religious functions ) , whose rivals , the Aaronites , had a monopoly on the priesthood . God , sometimes called " the ...
Page 309
... Covenant documents that came to be the core of the present Pentateuch . Observ- ance of the sabbath - a peculiarly public feature of com- munal life - achieved a significance among the exiles vir- tually equivalent to all the rest of ...
... Covenant documents that came to be the core of the present Pentateuch . Observ- ance of the sabbath - a peculiarly public feature of com- munal life - achieved a significance among the exiles vir- tually equivalent to all the rest of ...
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