With the completion of the priestly garments, everything God commanded Moses to build has been finished. In chapter 40 they will put the tabernacle up and place everything where it goes and we will be finished reading the book of Exodus.
Exodus 39
From the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made garments to do service in the Holy Place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Have you ever started a new year with the goal of reading the Bible straight through, Genesis to Revelation, and finish by December 31st? I know people that do, my dad was one of them. In addition to preaching and studying texts for teaching Sunday School, he made it a point to read straight through each year and did that like 30 times. We should read the Bible and that’s one way to do it. But many people have tried and failed and sometimes instead of trying something else they just quit.
Continue readingIn this chapter, Bezaleel makes the bronze altar for burnt offerings and the poles and curtains for the courtyard of the tabernacle. And we get some math, the calculations for how much gold, silver and bronze was used. It’s mind boggling.
Exodus 38
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: the length of it was five cubits, and the width five cubits; it was square and three cubits was the height.
Continue readingIn Exodus 25, Moses is given the instructions for making the ark of testimony as well as the table and lampstand that will be in the Holy Place. In this chapter those things are put together and the details of materials and measurements are repeated.
Exodus 37
Bezaleel made the ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the width of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
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Slaw Dog barely beat out Chi Dog on Friday to win the first ever Wienie 500. All six Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles competed. Here is a link to an AP News article filled with more puns than you would expect an AP article to to ever use.
This is Happy Monday #589.
Continue readingIf you go back to Exodus 26 you will find the instructions God gave Moses to build the tabernacle. There are measurements and materials for curtains, boards, sockets, coverings and so forth. In this chapter Bezaleel and Aholiab are following those instructions. The reading looks very similar but in this case they are doing all the things God described before.
Exodus 36
“Then Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded.”
Continue readingMoses will now repeat the instructions he has received from God on top of Sinai to the congregation of Israel It’s time to collect the offerings and make the stuff.
Exodus 35
Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them “These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them.
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Is every person at church a born again believer that is doing the best they can to please God? Probably not; almost certainly not. But I think that’s where you are most likely to find the people that are. Everyone in the hospital isn’t sick, every person in prison may not be guilty, and every person at church isn’t going to heaven. But in each of these cases I think you will find the highest concentration of those that are.
Continue readingMoses goes up Mount Sinai for the 10 Commandment reboot. Spending time with God has an unexpected consequence: his face shines. He wears a veil when speaking to the children of Israel and removes the veil to meet with God again.
Exodus 34
The LORD said to Moses “Cut two tables of stone like the first: and I will write on these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke.
Continue readingAfter several days in a row at Sinai – days for us, about six weeks for the people of Israel – it is time to move on toward Canaan. Here is a link to Read the Bible: Exodus 24 if you want to review either the text or the discussion about seeing God. I just listened to it again because I’ve been asleep since then. Skip to about 5:30 for the discussion of what we can and cannot see.
Exodus 33
The LORD said to Moses “Depart, and go up from here, you and the people which you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying ‘Unto your offspring I will give it:’
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The Master's Table 