CHAPTER 18

^[p. 357] CHAPTER 18

Verse 1 — There is the possibility of getting such a sense of possession that it gives a person rest for the time, so that they can turn to God. They “set up the tabernacle”. I think, without pressing the thing too much, that we now get into the true place of worshipping God.

Verses 4 - 6 — What is the meaning of these three men out of each tribe? The seven tribes do not get their turn yet I think it answers to the ministry. You see service is never over. A man never can say he has done serving the church — edifying the body of Christ — no one can ever say he has done enough. I suppose the number three shows that there is a sure testimony. “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established”.

Very often difficulties in the word of God prove the occasions for the unfolding of the greatest light. I think people ought not to be in a hurry to find out the meaning of a thing; it is well to raise questions for yourself; to say, What does this mean?