JANUARY 20, 2022 Exodus 38:21 This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. There are many things recorded in Scripture that, at first glance, seem to be laborious and […]
JANUARY 19, 2022 Exodus 38:8 He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. The Laver that was in the court of the Sanctuary was where washing and cleansing would occur as the priests readied themselves […]
JANUARY 18, 2022 Exodus 37:6 He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width. All of our lives, we have heard the cover of the Ark of the Covenant referred to as the “mercy seat.” As a child I always wondered what […]
JANUARY 17, 2022 Exodus 37:1-2 Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits was its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it. We have noted on many occasions […]
JANUARY 16, 2022 Exodus 36:8 Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them. I have always found it interesting that the curtains of the Sanctuary, as well as the veil, were […]
JANUARY 15, 2022 Exodus 36:6-7 And the people were restrained from bringing, for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much. Let us consider something: have you ever been in a church service where the minister had to instruct the people to stop bring their offerings? Have you ever been […]
JANUARY 14, 2022 Exodus 35:30-32 The Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, […]
JANUARY 13, 2022 Exodus 35:30-32 The Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, […]
JANUARY 12, 2022 Exodus 35:21 Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. When it came to “funding” the Sanctuary, Moses didn’t have to ply the people with smooth words or exact a […]
JANUARY 11, 2022 Exodus 35:10-11 “All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets…” The Hebrew phrase translated as “gifted artisans” is more literally translated as “every wise-hearted man.” This […]
JANUARY 9, 2022 Exodus 35:4-5 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord.’” There is a common perception among Christians that most everything Israel was instructed […]
JANUARY 10, 2022 Exodus 35:10-11 “All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets…” In these and several other verses, God instructs the people to build the Sanctuary which was a project the entire nation […]
