Upon any supposition, it aimed at teaching the nation that the obligation of the day was not based upon the positive precept, but the precept embodied an older and more fundamental obligation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Abstract truth we can make little of at first hand; it needs to be embodied in a living form before we can live upon it.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
She embodied for him all that he craved of England.
"Command"
William McFee