NOVEMBER 29, 2021 Exodus 31:12-13 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.’” Today, I want to expound a bit more on the idea that the Sabbath — along with other […]
NOVEMBER 28, 2021 Exodus 31:12-13 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.’” That this reminder about the Sabbath follows immediately after the instructions pertaining to the Sanctuary and its furnishings […]
NOVEMBER 27, 2021 Exodus 31:2-3, 6 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship…and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, […]
NOVEMBER 25, 2021 Exodus 30:12 When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when you number them. In our day and time, a census is conducted by counting heads, but in ancient […]
NOVEMBER 24, 2021 Exodus 30:1, 6 You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood…. And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you. As we discussed yesterday, the smoke that arose from […]
NOVEMBER 26, 2021 Exodus 30:15 The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. When it came to supporting the upkeep of the sanctuary, everyone was considered equal in that all could do something — the poor and […]
NOVEMBER 23, 2021 Exodus 30:1, 6 You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood….And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you. Considering that the altar of incense was situated before the […]
NOVEMBER 22, 2021 Exodus 29:43-44 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory. So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests. In these verses we see a summation of […]
NOVEMBER 21, 2021 Exodus 29:21 And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be hallowed. In consideration of the fact that […]
NOVEMBER 19, 2021 Exodus 29:4 And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water. On the day the priests were consecrated, and on every day they entered the sanctuary, the priests had to be ceremonially washed before they could “draw near” unto […]
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 Exodus 28:36 You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. There is a tradition that says when the High Priest was to enter the Sanctuary, he would place his hand upon the golden plate worn upon his crown so […]
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 Exodus 28:36 You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. The plate referred to here was a head plate that was attached to the mitre — or crown — worn by the High Priest. As it says in the […]
