Full Ex 19:5–6, 24:3–8 (the covenant ratification at Sinai with blood); Deut 28:1–14 (blessings) + 28:15–68 (curses). Conditional — Jer 31:32 explicitly notes this conditionality when contrasted with the New Covenant. The Mosaic's function per Gal 3:24: "the law was our schoolmaster (paidagōgos) to bring us unto Christ." The tutor-to-Christ function — preserving Israel, exposing sin, anticipating the New Covenant.
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John Calvin
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1. Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu. Before Moses erected the tabernacle and consecrated it by a solemn ceremony, it was necessary for him to fetch the Tables of the Covenant, which were a pledge of God's favor; otherwise, if the ark had nothing in…
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