68. But chose the tribe of Judah. To give
the nation another trial this tribe was elected to supremacy. This was
according to Jacob’s dying prophesy. Our Lord spring out of Judah, and he it is
whom his brethren shall praise. The Mount Zion which he loved. The
tabernacle and ark were removed to Zion during the reign of David; no honor was
left to the wayward Ephraimites. Hard by this mountain the father of the
faithful had offered up his only son, and there in future days, the great
gatherings of his chosen seed would be, and therefore Zion is said to be lovely
unto God.
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