If there is any question from whence came the saying “cleanliness
is next to godliness,” here is a good example of its origin. For God not only told the people to wash
their clothes, but implicit in the command was that they washed their bodies
also. For God told them that after they
washed their clothes and cleansed themselves they should not go near their
wives; for they were about to come near to the presence of God; and He clearly
desired that they present themselves as clean vessels to His presence.
And so it
came to pass that in the morning of the third day, there were thundering and
lightning, and a thick cloud upon the mount; and the voice of the trumpet
exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
And Moses
brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at
the base of the mount. And Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD descended
upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended like the smoke of a furnace and
the whole mountain shook.
And
when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and became louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him by a voice. And the Lord came down upon www.chaberbooks.com
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