God repeats here that a person is to be treated the same by the law no matter if they are a native or a foreigner. No privilege is given to either. This causes me to think that the privilege of diplomatic immunity we give to diplomates and foreign visitors is not Biblical. Yes, I understand the need in the world for this but if we are going to do things Biblically then Ancient Israel couldn't have had "modern diplomatic relations" with the world around them. However, from all I read God wanted Israel to be separate, unique, not like everyone else. We can't demand our governments act this way, but perhaps we need to be this way in our churches. Yes, you are welcome but in church, we worship and serve God and anything else isn't allowed.
In this chapter, God also makes it clear that the priest is supposed to see that the lampstand is always attended to. The light was never to go out. As many commentators have said, God's light is always to shine in the darkness.
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