“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. YouContinue reading “Exodus 27: 1-8…. Preparations for the outer court of the Tabernacle.”
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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: 9-17….For the future.
“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor ofContinue reading “Exodus 23: 9-17….For the future.”
Exodus 20:22-21:6….Laws under the Constitution begin.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. An altar of earth you shall makeContinue reading “Exodus 20:22-21:6….Laws under the Constitution begin.”
Exodus 20: 12-21….The Constitution Continued.
Point 4. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Point 5. “You shall not murder.Point 6. “You shall not commit adultery.Point 7. “You shall not steal.Point 8. “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Point 9. “You shall notContinue reading “Exodus 20: 12-21….The Constitution Continued.”
Exodus 20: 1-11….Another Look.
Comment: As I said yesterday there were no numbers in this list in the original text. I am suggesting (in no way to change the meaning or implications) a different way of numbering this. I said yesterday that I think of ‘the ten commandments’ as a ‘Constitution’ for Israel which the rest of the BibleContinue reading “Exodus 20: 1-11….Another Look.”
As I read it! 