SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER VIII

Section I. General Remarks.—The Tabernacle and Its Ministers.

I.

GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT THE MOSAIC LAW:

              1. Main purposes of the Mosaic Law.

              2. Its principal features:

              A. Constitutional (the Jewish Theocracy).

                            B. Civil (no distinction of castes; high regard for individual rights).

                            C. Criminal (human and displinary character of punishments).

                            D. Judicial (judges the representatives of God; their principal qualities).

                            E. Religious (enforcement of Montheistic belief and worship).

II.

THE TABERNACLE AND ITS MINISTERS.

              1. The Tabernacle (Exod. 36–40):

              General idea of this centre of Jewish worship.

                            Its principal parts:

              The Court and its contents.

                                          The Sanctuary (size, divisions and contents).

              2. Its Ministers (Exod. 28, 29; Levit. 8, 9; Numb. 3, 4):

              The Tribe of Levi (why selected? how divided)?

                            The simple Levites (dedication and functions).

                            The Jewish Priests (consecration; sacred vestments; duties and maintenance).

                            The High Priest (sacred character; special garments and functions).