NOVEMBER 10, 2021 Exodus 28:12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial. Though we have alluded to the fact that these shoham stones were worn upon the shoulders of the High […]
NOVEMBER 11, 2021 Exodus 28:15 You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. The breastplate was surely something to behold and, more importantly, something to promote wonder and consideration. First […]
NOVEMBER 9, 2021 Exodus 28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. The two shoham stones worn on the shoulders of the High Priest with both engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel — six […]
NOVEMBER 8, 2021 Exodus 28:9 Then you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel. Though most translations identify these two stones as being onyx stones, the reality is that the Hebrew word shoham is of unknown origin. In fact, many lexicons assign an “unknown meaning” to this […]
NOVEMBER 7, 2021 Exodus 28:3 So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. Just as with all of the other components that were part of the sanctuary, the garments for the […]
NOVEMBER 6, 2021 Exodus 28:2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. That the garments prepared for Aaron and his sons are described as being for “glory and beauty” is interesting considering their duties. No doubt, the craftsmanship was remarkable, and the colorful aspects of the High Priest’s garments […]
NOVEMBER 5, 2021 Exodus 28:1 Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. The selection of Aaron and his sons to be priests unto God has always been interesting to me. All the living sons of […]
NOVEMBER 4, 2021 Exodus 27:20 And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. In addition to providing a pure light in the sanctuary, the menorah was to provide a perpetual light –- one that was never to be […]
November 3, 2021 Exodus 27:20 And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. The oil that was to be presented by the children of Israel, according to the Hebrew word used, was to be “clean, transparent” olive oil. […]
November 2, 2021 Exodus 27:9, 18-19 You shall also make the court of the tabernacle…. The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze. All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the […]
November 1, 2021 Exodus 27:1-2 You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits. You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze. By now you have […]
OCTOBER 31, 2021 Exodus 26:31, 33 “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim. … And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil […]