The History And Literature of the Israelites According to the Old Testament And
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XV. XXVIII. XXIX; Deut. XII, 1118, 26, 27. XXVI, 111. ] The place of worship had been duly appointed by God, the priests had been chosen, their garments prescribe^ then- consecration ordained. The Israelites were now not only a free, but destined to be a holy people, the people of God. The purity of their faith was to be their mark of distinction among the nations of the earth. All others worshipped a multitude of idols ; the Israelites were to do homage to the One God. All others bowed down be...fore representations of created things, or before vain productions of their own imagination; the Hebrews prostrated their hearts before the glory of the Lord, whom they pictured by no figure or image. Their faith was indeed totally different from that 13* 196 46. SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS. of the nations around them : does the same hold true with respect to their worship? Far from it: their faith was Di- vine, hut the form of their worship was necessarily human: and adapted as it was to the requirements of an imperfectly educated people, it inevitably consisted of ceremonies and varied rituals.
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