to his own at the burning bush. Surely it is no accident that the Book of the Covenant begins (20:24–26) and ends (23:14–19) with worship-related emphases. And in 24:1 Moses and others are to come up and worship, albeit at a distance, Moses excepted. But in chap. 40, nobody needs to “go up” to worship, for the divine glory came down and “settled upon” the shrine. G. I. Davies (1999:149) has appropriately called Exodus “a theology of liberation for worship.” Exodus concludes with two powerful contrasts.
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