# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_December 1864_S358
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358 Proposal and Specimen for the Preparation of a Bible Commentary, etc.

is set down, and for that reason it is called a letter; and thus the apostles name the Scripture, for it has only pointed to the Christ who was to come, whereas the Gospel is a living proclamation of Christ, who has now come."

Moses' Writings. Instruction on how Christians should conduct themselves with regard to Moses (from the year 1527, 1st class). W. 3, 2ff. and 1543-1550.

Moses' Writings, presumptuous judgments concerning them (from the years 1536-39, 4th class). W. 1, 1460. "I have often heard in the schools, not only from jurists but also from theologians, that nothing is written in Moses except concerning the unchastity of the Jews, since he is very diligent in the descriptions of genealogies and of the married state. But such judgments show nothing other than impure hearts, which judge and speak of holy works presumptuously, after their own fashion."

(The number of all the passages contained in this section is 66.)

2. Samples from the register of sayings.

Genesis through Deuteronomy. Content and composition. (From the year 1545, 3rd class.) 14, 1172ff. "The five Books of Moses were born, that is, written and issued, at this time (1500 before the birth of Christ).

Forty years in the wilderness, full of great wonders and excellent histories, which are comprised in four books of Moses, namely Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. But the history of the first two years of the exodus is described from chapter 14 of Exodus to the end, and further throughout Leviticus and in the fourth Book of Moses up to chapter 15. Thereafter, beginning at chapter 20 of Numbers, and throughout the whole of the fifth Book of Moses, only the events of the last, that is, the fortieth year of the exodus are described; for in that same year Aaron died, at the age of 123, when Moses was 120 years old, as is expressed in the text.

Therefore in 38 years nothing further happened in the wilderness except what is read in chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Numbers — unless it be that much is described per hysteron proteron, that is, the latter [event] before the former." Book I of Moses, Sermons (from the year 1527, 2nd class). W. A. 330ff. Exposition (from the years 1536-1542, 3rd class). 1, 1ff.

Book I of Moses. In all the histories, faith is the chief point (from the year 1527, 2nd class). 3, 736. "Thus we have found nothing from the beginning of this book except that everything is directed toward faith and the Word; although ever some other matter and new history is set before us, it nevertheless still always turns out accordingly, so that faith remains, through and through, the chief point. So both the histories and the figures are nothing but gold and silver built upon the one foundation, so that always one and the same thing is taught, although person, event, time, and manner differ and differ again."

Genesis 1:1. W. A. 10, 1224. "Moses begins his book thus: In the beginning Elohim created heaven and earth. Now it is indeed evident that Elohim is of the plural number and signifies not One, but many, so that, according to the grammar, one must first translate it into German: In the beginning the gods created hea-