as was within the spiritual ability of Moses to receive, the Lord taking away His hand

after He had passed by so that His "back parts" only might be seen. Then follows the

writing of the fresh set of tables of stone, the proclamation of the name of the Lord, His

mercy and His justice, "And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth,

and worshipped" (Exod. 34: 8).

It is somewhat striking to observe that in the four outstanding passages we have as yet

reviewed, the words "make haste" (Hebrew mahar) occur.

To attempt an analysis of this expression and consider its bearing upon the subject

before us would take us too far afield and prevent the inclusion of the remaining

references, but some readers may be interested enough to pursue the matter further for

As a result of this revelation of divine goodness we read, "Behold, the skin of his face

shone", although he wist it not.

The three passages from Exodus associate worship with the believing of the typical

gospel, with the memorial of the typical passover, and with the proclamation of the name

of the Lord, His goodness, His mercy, His justice, and with the transfiguring effect upon

the face of Moses--a foreshadowing of that antitypical change, when "we all, with

unveiled face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same

image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord" (II Cor. 3: 18).

Before we have traversed the references that employ the word qadad, "to bow", four

more illuminating episodes await us, but these must be left for our next article. In this we

have seen worship associated with leading, gospel, sacrifice and revelation, each of

which has its fellow in the fuller teaching found in the N.T., and consequently demands

fuller and higher worship than was possible in a dispensation of types and shadows.