Nun
PSALM 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.It is the signature verse of Psalm 119, the central theme of importance to the Psalmist.
God’s word. More than words – actions of man directed by God – a way of life.
The Proverbs advise of God’s word:
- 1:23b I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
- 4:4b Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- 4:20b attend to my words
- 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
How are God’s words a lamp (as translated from the KJV)?
Contributions for the Sanctuary
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me…
8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst…
16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you. 17 “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold…
22 There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel…
31 “You shall make a lampstand of pure gold…
37 You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
The seven lamps on the lampstand light the sacred Tabernacle of the Lord, the place where the High Priest meets with the LORD, the commands are given and oaths sworn on behalf of the people to obey the LORD.
106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to keep your righteous rules.
107 I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O Lord, according to your word!
108 Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
and teach me your rules.
The KJV demonstrates more reverence for the Lord’s sanctuary and presence by the words of v.108
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109 I hold my life in my hand continually,
but I do not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
Returning to the KJV: Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
And use of the same Hebrew word in Exodus 25:21-22
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony H5715 that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, H5715 of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
112 I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end.
This is what it means to love the Lord your God with your whole heart.
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