Exodus 28

Exodus 28

Exodus 28:1 “And you should bring Aaron your brother near to you, and his sons along with him, chosen from among the sons of Israel, to serve me as priests- Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 28:2 And you should make sacred clothes for Aaron your brother, to display glory and for beauty.

Exodus 28:3 You should speak to all those whose hearts are wise, whom I have filled with a breath of wisdom, so that they make Aaron’s clothes to consecrate him for my priesthood.

Exodus 28:4 These are the clothes that they should make: a sacred pouch, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They should make sacred clothes for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.

Exodus 28:5 They should receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

Exodus 28:6 “And they should make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.

Exodus 28:7 It should have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together.

Exodus 28:8 And the skillfully woven band on it should be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

Exodus 28:9 You should take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

Exodus 28:10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

Exodus 28:11 As a jeweler engraves signets, so should you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You should enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

Exodus 28:12 And you should set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron should bear their names before Yahveh on his two shoulders for remembrance.

Exodus 28:13 You should make settings of gold filigree,

Exodus 28:14 and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you should attach the corded chains to the settings.

Exodus 28:15 “With skilled craftsmanship, you should make a sacred pouch for justice. You should make it after the style of the ephod – out of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen should you make it.

Exodus 28:16 It should be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth.

Exodus 28:17 You should set in it four rows of stones. A row of Sardis, topaz, and carbuncle should be the first row;

Exodus 28:18 and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Exodus 28:19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

Exodus 28:20 and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They should be set in gold filigree.

Exodus 28:21 There should be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They should be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

Exodus 28:22 You should make for the sacred pouch twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.

Exodus 28:23 And you should make for the sacred pouch two rings of gold and put the two rings on the two edges of the sacred pouch.

Exodus 28:24 And you should put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the sacred pouch.

Exodus 28:25 You should attach the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.

Exodus 28:26 You should make two rings of gold and put them at the two ends of the sacred pouch, on its inside edge next to the ephod.

Exodus 28:27 And you should make two rings of gold and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

Exodus 28:28 And they should bind the sacred pouch by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the sacred pouch should not come loose from the ephod.

Exodus 28:29 So Aaron should bear the names of the sons of Israel in the sacred pouch of justice on his heart, when he goes into the Sacred Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before Yahveh.

Exodus 28:30 And in the sacred pouch of justice you should put the Lights and the Darks, [1] and they should be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before Yahveh. Thus, Aaron should bear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Yahveh regularly.

Exodus 28:31 “You should make the robe worn with the ephod entirely of blue.

Exodus 28:32 It should have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear.

Exodus 28:33 On its hem you should make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them,

Exodus 28:34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.

Exodus 28:35 And it should be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound should be heard when he goes into the Sacred Place before Yahveh, and when he comes out, so that he does not die.

Exodus 28:36 “You should make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Sacred to Yahveh.’

Exodus 28:37 And you should fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It should be on the front of the turban.

Exodus 28:38 It should be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron should bear any guilt from the sacred things that the people of Israel consecrate as their sacred gifts. It should regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahveh.

Exodus 28:39 “You should weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you should make a turban of fine linen, and you should make a sash embroidered with needlework.

Exodus 28:40 “For Aaron’s sons you should make coats and sashes and headbands. You should make them for glory and beauty.

Exodus 28:41 And you should put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and should anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 28:42 You should make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They should reach from the hips to the thighs;

Exodus 28:43 and they should be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the conference tent or when they come near the altar to minister in the Sacred Place, lest they bear guilt and die. This should be a permanent prescription for him and for his offspring after him.


[1] ‎ אֶת־הָאוּרִים֙ וְאֶת־הַתֻּמִּ֔ים = The Lights and the Darks.

Exodus 28 quotes:

“As the Tabernacle is a type of the plan of salvation, so the high priest is a type of the true High Priest in the plan of salvation, i.e. Jesus. The work of the high priest also is a type of the work of the true High Priest. The Levites who helped the high priest minister in the Tabernacle represent the work of the believers. The description of the high priest and his function appears in Exodus 28:1-39; Leviticus 8:1-9, 24 and Hebrews 5:1-10.”

Pfeffer, John. The Table in the Wilderness. Self Published. 2008. p. 19.

“Twelve different stones were part of the material offered for use at the tabernacle (see page 59). They were part of the special garments for the high priest. A list of the stones is found in Exodus 28:9 and 17-20. Each of the 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate had a name of one of the 12 tribes engraved upon it. Also, on the shoulders of the robe of the ephod were two onyx stones, each engraved with six names of the 12 tribes according to their birth (Ex 28:10).”

DeWitt, Roy Lee. Teaching from the Tabernacle. Revival Teaching, 1986. p. 40.

” This robe was woven with twelve strands of blue thread and covered the body, except for the arms and head, all the way down to six inches above the ground. At the bottom of this blue robe pomegranates, a fruit in the Near East, were sewn. Between each pomegranate was a bell. As the high priest walked, these bells rang as they bumped into the pomegranates, thereby indicating to the assembled Israelites that the high priest was alive and well in the midst of his duties in the holy place.’”

Zehr, Paul M. God Dwells with His People : A Study of Israel’s Ancient Tabernacle. Herald Press, 1981. p. 120.

Exodus 28 links:

bearing the names
decked out

introducing the breath of God
Lights and Darks
protective clothing


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Exodus 27

Exodus 27

Exodus 27:1 “You should make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar should be square, and its height should be three cubits.

Exodus 27:2 And you should make horns for it on its four corners; its horns should be of one piece with it, and you should overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 27:3 You should make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You should make all its utensils of bronze.

Exodus 27:4 You should also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net, you should make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Exodus 27:5 And you should set it under the border of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

Exodus 27:6 And you should make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

Exodus 27:7 And the poles should be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

Exodus 27:8 You should make it hollow, with boards. As it had been revealed to you on the mountain, this is how it should be made.

Exodus 27:9 “You should make the courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side the courtyard should have drapes of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.

Exodus 27:10 Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases should be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets should be of silver.

Exodus 27:11 And likewise for its length on the north side there should be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets should be of silver.

Exodus 27:12 And for the breadth of the courtyard on the west side there should be drapes for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.

Exodus 27:13 The breadth of the courtyard on the front to the east should be fifty cubits.

Exodus 27:14 The drapes for one side of the gate should be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

Exodus 27:15 On the other side the drapes should be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

Exodus 27:16 For the gate of the courtyard there should be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It should have four pillars and with them four bases.

Exodus 27:17 All the pillars around the courtyard should be filleted with silver. Their hooks should be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

Exodus 27:18 The length of the courtyard should be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with drapes of fine twined linen and bases of bronze.

Exodus 27:19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the courtyard, should be of bronze.

Exodus 27:20 “You should command the sons of Israel so that they bring to you pure processed olive oil for the light, so that a lamp may be regularly set up to burn.

Exodus 27:21 In the conference tent,[1] outside the veil that is before the reminder, Aaron and his sons should tend it from evening to morning before Yahveh. It should be a permanent prescription throughout their generations from the sons of Israel.


[1] אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד = conference tent. Exodus 27:21; 28:43; 29:4, 10, 11, 30, 32, 42, 44; 30:16, 18, 20, 26, 36; 31:7; 33:7; 35:21; 38:8, 30; 39:32, 40; 40:2, 6, 7, 12, 22, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35.

Exodus 27 quotes:

“The ministry of Aaron the High Priest was to (1) trim the wicks by taking away the burnt part and (2) to supply oil in the morning and evening as he ministered at the Altar of Incense (Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3 and Numbers 8:1-3). So Jesus Christ, as our Great High Priest performs His ministry of trimming the wicks of the believers taking away the burnt-out areas and supplying oil for further light-bearing (Philippians 1:19; Matthew 25:1-13 and Revelation I:12, 20). This is done in connection with His ministry of Intercession (Hebrews 7:25; John 17). Unless the wicks are properly trimmed there will be an abundance of smoke and improper light. God wants a pure light and faithful witness to go forth.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 45.

“The olive berry had to be squeezed, or pressed, and also had to be beaten (Exodus 27:20). Christ was not only smitten, but beaten for us.”

Guest, Dean. The Tabernacle : A Study Guide. Dove Press of San Antonio, 1991. p. 34.

“These lamps were ignited at the time of the evening sacrifice (Exodus 30:8). At the time of the morning sacrifice the priests filled and trimmed (Exodus 30:7) them. They were intended to give perpetual light (Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2) which means they burned all night. According to Josephus (Antiquities III. 8:3), three of the lamps also burned during the daytimeOnly the purest olive oil supplied the fuel (Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:1-4). By slightly bruising the olive, rather than crushing it in the olive press, the priests collected this special oil. When in the press, the oil did not reach purity unless the priest gently pounded the olive making the first drops of oil the purest quality.”

Zehr, Paul M. God Dwells with His People : A Study of Israel’s Ancient Tabernacle. Herald Press, 1981. p. 82.

Exodus 27 links:

entrance fee
Exodus- intercessors
Exodus- the outer courtyard
keepers of the flame
why have a courtyard?


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Exodus 26

Exodus 26

Exodus 26:1 “Further instructions: you should make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you should make them with cherubs skillfully embedded into them.

Exodus 26:2 The length of each curtain should be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains will be the same size.

Exodus 26:3 Five curtains should be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains should be coupled to one another.

Exodus 26:4 And you should make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise, you should make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

Exodus 26:5 You should make fifty loops on one curtain, and you should make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops will be opposite one another.

Exodus 26:6 And you should make fifty clasps of gold and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

Exodus 26:7 “You should also make curtains of goats’ hair for a tarp over the tabernacle; you should make eleven such curtains.

Exodus 26:8 The length of each curtain should be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains should be the same size.

Exodus 26:9 You should couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you should double over at the front of the tent.

Exodus 26:10 You should make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

Exodus 26:11 “You should make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole.

Exodus 26:12 And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, will hang over the back of the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:13 And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, should hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.

Exodus 26:14 And you should make for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and a covering of goatskins on top.

Exodus 26:15 “You should make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

Exodus 26:16 Ten cubits should be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.

Exodus 26:17 There should be two hand holds in each frame, for fitting together. You should do this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:18 You should make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side;

Exodus 26:19 and you should make forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two hand holds, and two bases under the next frame for its two hand holds;

Exodus 26:20 and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,

Exodus 26:21 and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame.

Exodus 26:22 And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you should make six frames.

Exodus 26:23 And you should make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;

Exodus 26:24 they should be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. It should be like this with both of them; they should form the two corners.

Exodus 26:25 And there should be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame.

Exodus 26:26 “You should make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:27 and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

Exodus 26:28 The middle bar, halfway up the frames, should run through it from end to end.

Exodus 26:29 You should overlay the frames with gold and should make their rings of gold for houses for the bars, and you should overlay the bars with gold.

Exodus 26:30 Then you should erect the tabernacle according to the judgment for it that you were shown on the mountain.

Exodus 26:31 “And you should make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It should be made with cherubs skillfully worked into it.

Exodus 26:32 And you should hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.

Exodus 26:33 And you should hang the veil from the clasps and bring the ark of the reminder in there inside the veil. And the veil should separate for you the Sacred Place from the Most Sacred.

Exodus 26:34 You should put the atonement cover on the ark of the reminder in the Most Sacred Place.

Exodus 26:35 And you should set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you should put the table on the north side.

Exodus 26:36 “You should make a screen door for the entrance of the tent, out of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.

Exodus 26:37 And you should make for the screen door five pillars of acacia and overlay them with gold. Their hooks should be made of gold, and you should cast five bases of bronze for them.

Exodus 26 quotes:

“The Golden Candlestick was the next article to be made after the Table of Shewbread. It was positioned immediately opposite the Golden Table on the South side of the Holy Place in the Sanctuary (Exodus 26:35 and 40:4, 24).When we think of a Candlestick we usually think of burning candles. This is not the case here. The Golden Candlestick was more particularly a Lampstand upon which were seven lighted lamps. This was a Candlestick having oil lamps not candles. Candles burn by self-consumption, while lamps burn by the continual supply of oil being poured into them.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 41.

“As with any other building, the foundation blueprints and building structure of the tabernacle must be viewed as a unit because the building structure is dependent upon the foundation’s support. The instructions for the structural design and materials are recorded in Exodus 26:15-30, while Exodus 36:20-34 describes the construction of the components.”

Cooper, Carl. Two Covenants: The Wilderness Tabernacle is a Shadow of the Heavenly Tabernacle. Companion Press, 1993. p. 29.

” The silver was from the atonement money; everything else in the Tabernacle came from the freewill offering. Every man 20 years and older had to contribute (30:11-16). It represented redemption. Rich and poor alike had to pay. The price of redemption was the same for all. At other times, men.”

Small, P. Douglas. Principles of Worship : A Study of the Tabernacle of Moses. Revised, Alive Publications, 2013. p. 186.

Exodus 26 links:

behind curtain number 2
Exodus- connecting
putting together the holy place
the LORD among us


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Exodus 25

Exodus 25

Exodus 25:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 25:2 “Speak to the people of Israel, so that they take for me a donation. You should receive the donation for me from every man whose heart moves him.

Exodus 25:3 And this is the kind of donation that you should receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

Exodus 25:4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,

Exodus 25:5 tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood,

Exodus 25:6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

Exodus 25:7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the sacred pouch.[1]

Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sacred place, and I will live in their midst.

Exodus 25:9 You should make it exactly as I am showing you according to the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture.

Exodus 25:10 “They should make an ark of acacia wood. Its length should be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and its height a cubit and a half.

Exodus 25:11 You should overlay it with pure gold, covering it from the house and from the street. And you should make on it a border of gold around it.

Exodus 25:12 You should cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four legs, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

Exodus 25:13 You should make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 25:14 And you should put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, using them to carry the ark.

Exodus 25:15 The poles should remain in the rings of the ark; they will not be taken away from it.

Exodus 25:16 And you should put into the ark the reminder that I will give you.

Exodus 25:17 “You should make an atonement cover[2] of pure gold. Its length should be two and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half.

Exodus 25:18 And you should make two cherubs of gold; you should make them of hammered work, on the two ends of the atonement cover.

Exodus 25:19 Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. You should make the cherubs of one piece with the atonement cover on its two ends.

Exodus 25:20 The cherubs should spread out their wings above, overshadowing the atonement cover with their wings, their faces one to another; the faces of the cherubs should be toward the atonement cover.

Exodus 25:21 And you should put the atonement cover on the top of the ark, and in the ark you should put the reminder that I will give you.

Exodus 25:22 There I will meet with you, and from above the atonement cover, I will speak with you about all that I will give you as commands for the sons of Israel from between the two cherubs that are on the ark of the reminder.

Exodus 25:23 “You should make a table of acacia wood. Its length should be two cubits, its breadth a cubit, and its height a cubit and a half.

Exodus 25:24 You should overlay it with pure gold and make a border of gold around it.

Exodus 25:25 And you should make a rim around it a hand-breadth wide, and a border of gold around the rim.

Exodus 25:26 And you should make for it four rings of gold and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

Exodus 25:27 The rings should be placed close to the frame, serving as houses for the poles to carry the table.

Exodus 25:28 You should make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried with these.

Exodus 25:29 And you should make its plates and dishes for incense, and its pitchers and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you should make them of pure gold.

Exodus 25:30 And you should place the face bread on the table before me regularly.

Exodus 25:31 You should make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand should be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its flower buds, and its flower petals should be of one piece with it.

Exodus 25:32 And there should be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

Exodus 25:33 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with flower bud and flower petals, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with flower bud and flower petals, on the other branch – and like so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34 And on the lampstand itself there should be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their flower buds and flower petals,

Exodus 25:35 and a flower bud of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:36 Their flower buds and their branches should be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

Exodus 25:37 You should make seven lamps for it. And each of the lamps should be placed so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Exodus 25:38 Its tongs and their trays should be of pure gold.

Exodus 25:39 It, with all these utensils, should be made out of a talent of pure gold.

Exodus 25:40 And make sure that you make them following the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.


[1] חשֶׁן = sacred pouch. Exodus 25:7; 28:4, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30; 29:5; 35:9, 27; 39:8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21.

[2] כַּפֹּרֶת = atonement cover. (see HALOT, 4395). Exodus 25:17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 35:12; 37:6, 7, 8, 9; 39:35; 40:20.

Exodus 25 quotes:

“The Ark of the Covenant was the only piece of furniture inside the Most Holy Place. It is significant that it was the first piece of furniture commanded to be made. However, when it came to the construction, the Ark was made after the Tabernacle itself, presumably so that it could be housed immediately (Exodus 25:9; compare 36:8-37:28).”

Dowley, Tim. The Tabernacle. Candle Books, 2001. p. 15.

“The Divine purpose in the building of the Tabernacle is summed up in the key verse found in Exodus 25:8 and 29:46-47. ‘‘Let them make me a Sanctuary that I may dwell among them.’’ This verse is the key thought of all that pertains to the Tabernacle. God’s desire is to dwell in the midst of His redeemed people on His own terms and His own grounds. God follows the pronouncement of His purpose by giving a pattern that is to be followed in the construction of His dwelling place.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 8.

““And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst” (Exodus 25:8). In these words, spoken to Moses by God, we perceive the purpose for the tabernacle, namely, that God might dwell in their midst. Moses, having been well educated, and having had access to one of the best libraries in the ancient world (Acts 7:22), was the one to whom was given divine instructions on how to build the tabernacle (Exodus 25-31, 35-40). In fact, he not only received specific plans for various parts of the tabernacle, but the entire structure was to be constructed according to a pattern shown to Moses while on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 25:9, 40; 26:30; Numbers 8:4; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:2, 5). Many interpreters have speculated endlessly regarding what Moses saw at Mt. Sinai; they are mere speculations, however. Let us simply affirm that the tabernacle was divinely designed and be content.”

Zehr, Paul M. God Dwells with His People : A Study of Israel’s Ancient Tabernacle. Herald Press, 1981. p. 26.

Exodus 25 links:

a sacred place
Exodus- the precious presence
face bread
invaded
lights for the world
the ark of the testimony


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Exodus 24

Exodus 24

Exodus 24:1 Then he told Moses, “Come up to Yahveh, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

Exodus 24:2 Moses alone should come near to Yahveh, but the others should not come near, and the people should not come up with him.”

Exodus 24:3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahveh and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that Yahveh has spoken we will do.”

Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahveh. He got up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 24:5 And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, who offered ascending offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to Yahveh.

Exodus 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.

Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that Yahveh has spoken we will keep doing, and we will remain obedient.”

Exodus 24:8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, Notice, the blood of the covenant that Yahveh has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Exodus 24:9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,

Exodus 24:10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the sky itself for clearness.

Exodus 24:11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they saw God and ate and drank.

Exodus 24:12 Yahveh told Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the instruction and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

Exodus 24:13 So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And notice, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”

Exodus 24:15 Then Moses climbed the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Exodus 24:16 The glory of Yahveh stayed on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Exodus 24:17 Now the appearance of the glory of Yahveh was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the sons of Israel.

Exodus 24:18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24 quotes:

“What is worth noting is that, from the beginning of Exodus to the end, the issue of divine presence was of deep concern. God assured Moses that God would be with him before Moses ever confronted Pharaoh (Exodus 3:12; 4:12). The people had worried in the wilderness about God’s » presence (Exodus 17:7). From the time when God’s “glory” (kabod), veiled + by the heavy cloud, had settled on Mount Sinai, Moses and the people had. struggled with a desire for and fear of the presence of God (Exodus 24:15). After the debacle of the golden calf, Moses was deeply concerned whether God would go with him and the people and had to be reassured by God» (Exodus 32:14). Once again, Moses had prayed for God’s presence even after | receiving the proclamation of God name (Exodus 34:9, NRSV). Now Moses’ shining face was the eloquent demonstration of God’s continuing presence.

March, W. Eugene. Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. Abingdon Press, 2012.p. 45.

“God seemed always to appear in some semblance of human form. Naturally, many texts are too sketchy to give much of an indication, but where there is a brief hint, human form seems to have been the characteristic feature. Genesis 18 and 32; Joshua 5:13-15; Judges 13:3, 6, 8-11 and other portions clearly speak of the form by designating the theophanic individual a “man.” In addition, Exodus 24:911 and 1 Samuel 3:10, 21 record theophanies where a human appearance is strongly implied. This man-like form of the Christophany being properly emphasized, let it also be reaffirmed here that human form is not equivalent to full participation in human nature with body, soul, and spirit. This was reserved solely for the unique and permanent incarnation of Christ.”

Borland, James A. Christ in the Old Testament. Revised and expanded edition, Mentor, an imprint of Christian Focus Publications, 1999. p. 30.

“The altar was built in preparation for the sacrifice without which no covenant was considered binding. By making the people wait one day before they could officially ratify the covenant, Moses reduced the emotional influence of the Israelites’ hasty acceptance of the covenant.”

Kroll, Woodrow. Early in the Morning. Loizeaux Brothers. 1990. p. 42.

Exodus 24 links:

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joining up
preparing ourselves for his presence
The Gospel Choice (Gal. 4-21-31)


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