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 […]
NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Exodus 28:33, 35 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around. … And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord and when […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2021 Exodus 28:30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually. Though Scripture doesn’t specify exactly what the Urim and […]
NOVEMBER 14, 2021 Exodus 28:30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually. When Peter refers to believers as a “peculiar people” […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2021 Exodus 28:16-17 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones. As we discussed yesterday, God considers His people to be His own “special treasure” — His jewels in fact. That is […]
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 Exodus 28:16-17 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones. Upon the breastplate, which was foursquare, were twelve stones representing the twelve tribes of Israel. These were not just common stones […]