The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism by S. E. Wishard
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page 39 of 77 (50%)
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Lev. xii. 1: "And the Lord spake unto Moses."
Lev. xiii. 1: "And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron." Lev. xiv. 1: "And the Lord spake unto Moses." Lev. xiv. 33: "And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron." Without further repetition of this phraseology, the reader will find the same in the following references, viz.: xv. 1, xvi. 1, xvii. 1, xviii. 1, xix. 1, xx. 1, xxi. 1, xxii. 1-17, xxiii. 1, xxiv. 1, xxv. 1, xxvii. 1-34. Here are twenty-five positive statements that God spake to Moses, or commanded Moses. Does language mean anything? Is there any escape from the truth, except by a denial of the entire Word of God? God and Moses are the active agents in every chapter in the book of Leviticus. And this fact is definitely stated in the last verse of Leviticus: "These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses." You might as well attempt to blot the sun from the heavens at high noon as to eliminate from the book of Leviticus the one great and divinely-appointed personality, Moses, the lawgiver, the leader the actor, and under God the author of the book. A further word concerning the date of Leviticus. When was it written? As already stated, the critics place the time of the writing after the exile, between nine hundred and one thousand years after the decease of Moses. Something additional should be added to what has already been |
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