And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,/So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall theLordbe my God:/And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
It is God who reminds Jacob to go back to Bethel (35.1) and the Spirit repeats the names of the place for a purpose. "So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him./And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel." It is anointed by God for which Jacob instructs his people to put away strange gods and humble themselves. "and be clean, and change your garments."(35.2-4) Subsequently he pours oil ans drink offering, which is mentioned in Num.15.7.'And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto theLord."
"And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon."(35.14). This pillar serves as a memorial to Luz and to Bethlehem to which we shall come anon. Next we have another pillar that erected, "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem./And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.(35.19-29) Bethlehem means the house of bread and we shall recall Jacob's vow, "and will give me bread to eat" connects with the place where Christ was born.
Remember Melchizedek bringing bread an wine to Abraham and blessed him? Melchizedek, the Priest-King validated Abraham so this office shall pass through Jacob and none other. Abraham gave him one tenth and it figure in the vow Jacob made.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,/So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall theLordbe my God:/And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
It is God who reminds Jacob to go back to Bethel (35.1) and the Spirit repeats the names of the place for a purpose. "So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him./And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel." It is anointed by God for which Jacob instructs his people to put away strange gods and humble themselves. "and be clean, and change your garments."(35.2-4) Subsequently he pours oil ans drink offering, which is mentioned in Num.15.7.'And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto theLord."
"And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon."(35.14). This pillar serves as a memorial to Luz and to Bethlehem to which we shall come anon. Next we have another pillar that erected, "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem./And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.(35.19-29) Bethlehem means the house of bread and we shall recall Jacob's vow, "and will give me bread to eat" connects with the place where Christ was born.
Remember Melchizedek bringing bread an wine to Abraham and blessed him? Melchizedek, the Priest-King validated Abraham so this office shall pass through Jacob and none other. Abraham gave him one tenth and it figure in the vow Jacob made.
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