furniture, so that his glory might descend upon them and dwell among them. He had given them his holy law, informing their minds and guiding their behaviour, so that the beauty of their conduct and the richness of their experience might stand in illuminating contrast to the Gentiles’ grimy immoralities and crassly absurd and obscene idolatries. Then he installed Israel as a vine in the land of Canaan, protected them there with the wall of his presence and power, nourishing them constantly with his