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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 8 – Vision of the Ram, He-Goat & Little Horn
therein for thy name.” Taken alone, some try

to draw an inference from Exodus 15:17 that

the mountain was the sanctuary; but when we

take in connection with it the language of

David, which is a record of the fulfillment of

Moses’ prediction, and an inspired

commentary upon his language, such an idea

cannot be entertained; for David plainly says

that the mountain was simply the “border” of

the sanctuary; and that in that border, or land,

the sanctuary was “built” like high palaces,

reference being made to the beautiful temple

of the Jews, the center and symbol of all their

worship. But whoever will read carefully

Exodus 15:17, will see that not even an

inference is necessary that Moses by the word

sanctuary means the mountain of inheritance,

much less the whole land of Palestine. In the

freedom of poetic license, he employs