As the laws for Israel are given, God inserts a promise for the land in which His people will dwell. Theirs is the land, yet they would not receive it all at once. There were not yet enough people to sufficiently inhabit the land area. God would allow them enough land to meet their present needs; and bless them with increase of population and territory. Too often, we want the end result, and perhaps we need the reminder that God always gives us what is best - including the proportionate size of what is given!
Moses and the leaders are invited to a mountain top to ratify the covenant. The people swear their intentions to keep God's laws, and Moses approaches the place God has established for meeting Him. Moses leaves Aaron in charge of the nation while he is meeting with God - a meeting that will last for 40 days and nights.
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