With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will costContinue reading “Proverbs 7: 21-27….The Trap Snaps Shut!”
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Prov 7: 6-20….The Trap is Set!
For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house in the twilight, in the evening, at the time ofContinue reading “Prov 7: 6-20….The Trap is Set!”
Proverbs 6:30-7:5 The hungry steals, what punishment is suitable?
People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will notContinue reading “Proverbs 6:30-7:5 The hungry steals, what punishment is suitable?”
Proverbs 6: 20-29….Marital Faithfulness.
My son, keep your father’s commandment,and forsake not your mother’s teaching.Bind them on your heart always;tie them around your neck.When you walk, they will lead you;when you lie down, they will watch over you;and when you awake, they will talk with you.For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,and the reproofs ofContinue reading “Proverbs 6: 20-29….Marital Faithfulness.”
Exodus 26: 1-30 Making the Place for Worship….
“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them. The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size.Continue reading “Exodus 26: 1-30 Making the Place for Worship….”
Exodus 25: 10-22….Tabernacle items – the ark!
“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding ofContinue reading “Exodus 25: 10-22….Tabernacle items – the ark!”
Exodus 25: 1-9….Building the Tabernacle.
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fineContinue reading “Exodus 25: 1-9….Building the Tabernacle.”
Exodus 24: 9-18…. The Full Story.
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of theContinue reading “Exodus 24: 9-18…. The Full Story.”
Exodus 24: 1-8 The Mosaic Covenant.
Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”Moses came and told theContinue reading “Exodus 24: 1-8 The Mosaic Covenant.”
Exodus 23: 18-33….Marching Orders!
“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning. “The best of the first-fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. Comment: leaven in many instances in the scriptures is used as an exampleContinue reading “Exodus 23: 18-33….Marching Orders!”
As I read it! 