A Commentary on Exodus: Commentary (Biblia.com)

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The true fountainhead of Old Testament theology, Exodus illuminates the significance of the name Yahweh and introduces the title I AM. It tells of Israel’s formative historical event, the exodus, as well as the making of the covenant at Sinai. It includes the first code of the Law in the Decalogue and Book of the Covenant. It details Israel’s besetting sin in the idolatry of the golden calf...

to the centralization of authority.237 So understood, the whole land is “the place where YHWH chooses to have his name dwell.” It is possible that there was to be an official, national celebration of Passover at the temple in addition to (not instead of) the local celebrations. 2 Chronicles 30:1–18 describes a national celebration of Passover conducted at the temple. For practical reasons, this probably took place later than the normal Passover time. This may explain a problem in the New Testament,

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