EXODUS 19
In chapter 19 Moses has a unique place in the sovereign ordering of God, calculated to give him [p. 236] officially the position of mediator, as does the moral history of the previous chapter give him confidence among the people as to his leadership. His going to and fro from God to the people, and from the people to God, is to be noted; so verses 3, 7, 10, 20, 21 and 25, all establish in the eyes of Israel the competency of the mediator, and in that way he is typical of the Lord. The departure too, in the third month from Rephidim suggests what a landmark in spiritual history is the battle with Amalek at Rephidim (chapter 17:8), but without it there is no advance into the spiritual realm suggested here. The people are claimed in verse 6 as “a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation”. Aaron however, alone, is to come up in verse 24 with Moses.