Author: Jefferson Vann

Exodus 31

Exodus 31:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 31:2 “Notice, I have called by name Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

Exodus 31:3 and I have filled him with the Breath of God, with skill and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,

Exodus 31:4 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

Exodus 31:5 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

Exodus 31:6 And notice, I have appointed as his assistant Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all the skilled workers their skill, so that they may make everything that I have commanded you:

Exodus 31:7 the conference tent, and the ark of the reminder, and the atonement cover that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,

Exodus 31:8 the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 31:9 and the altar of ascending offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand,

Exodus 31:10 and the finely worked garments, the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, for their service as priests,

Exodus 31:11 and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Sacred Place. They will do just what I have commanded you,”

Exodus 31:12 And Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 31:13 “You are to speak to the sons of Israel and tell them, ‘You must keep my Sabbaths, because this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I, Yahveh, sanctify you.

Exodus 31:14 You should keep the Sabbath, because it is sacred for you. Everyone who profanes it should be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that throat should be cut off from among his people.

Exodus 31:15 Work should be done six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of sacred rest, sacred to Yahveh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day should be put to death.

Exodus 31:16 Therefore the people of Israel should keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a permanent covenant.

Exodus 31:17 It is a permanent sign between me and the people of Israel that in six days Yahveh made the sky and land, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'”

Exodus 31:18 And when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave to Moses the two tablets of the reminder, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Exodus 31 quotes:

“But the Old Testament itself draws a distinction between the law given at Mount Sinai and the other laws. For one thing, the Ten Commandments were written down on two stone tablets. So we read that God ‘gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God’ (Exodus 31:18). The traditional understanding of this has been that half the commandments were written on one stone and half on the other; but more recently it has been suggested that one stone was a copy of the other. In the ancient world, it was common practice for a conquering king to impose obligations on other nations he had conquered, to have these written down (in what is often called a ‘vassal treaty’), and to have one copy placed in the temple of the conqueror’s god and another in the temple of the vassal’s god. The two tablets of stone, therefore, may have been two copies of the covenant treaty, one of which was a witness to God, and the other a witness to the people.”

Campbell, Iain D. On the First Day of the Week : God, the Christian and the Sabbath. Day One Publications, 2005. p. 33.

“Yes, according to Exodus 31:16 the children of Israel were “to observe the sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant.” However, this does not prove that the sabbath is to be observed by Christians for a perpetual covenant!”

Sutton, Carrol Ray. Must We Keep the Sabbath Today? : What Do the Scriptures Teach? Thrasher Publications, 2003. p. 36.

“These Tables of the Law were broken by Moses symbolizing to the people of Israel how they had already broken those commandments in their sinful idolatry in making the golden calf (Exodus 32:19). Finally, these commandments were written a second time on Stone(Exodus 34:1-4)and placed in the Ark by Moses (Deuteronomy 10:1-5).They were placed beneath the Blood-stained Mercy Seat.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 28.

Exodus 31 links:

Exodus- God alone … Israel alone
faith in community
introducing the breath of God
invaded
invaded-
the sign day
The sky God is supreme

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, March 26, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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EXODUS in Jeff’s library

Exodus 30

Exodus 30:1 “You should make an altar on which to burn incense; from the wood of acacia trees, you should make it.

Exodus 30:2 Its length should be one cubit, and its breadth one cubit. It should be square, and its height should be two cubits. Its horns should be of one piece with it.

Exodus 30:3 You should overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. You should also make a molding of gold around it.

Exodus 30:4 And you should make two golden rings for it. You should place them under its molding on two opposite sides of it, and they should serve as houses for poles with which to carry it.

Exodus 30:5 You should make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 30:6 And you should put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the reminder, in front of the atonement cover that is above the reminder, where I will meet with you.

Exodus 30:7 And Aaron should burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he should burn it,

Exodus 30:8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he should burn it, a regular incense offering before Yahveh throughout your generations.

Exodus 30:9 You should not offer unauthorized incense on it, or an ascending offering, or a grain offering, and you should not pour a drink offering on it.

Exodus 30:10 Aaron should make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he should make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most sacred to Yahveh.”

Exodus 30:11 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 30:12 “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each should give a ransom for his throat to Yahveh when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

Exodus 30:13 Each one who is numbered in the census should give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel equaling twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to Yahveh.

Exodus 30:14 Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and older, should give Yahveh’s offering.

Exodus 30:15 The rich should not give any more, and the poor should not give less, than the half shekel, when you give Yahveh’s offering to make atonement for your throats.

Exodus 30:16 You should take the atonement money from the people of Israel and should give it for the service of the conference tent, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before Yahveh, so as to make atonement for your throats.”

Exodus 30:17 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 30:18 “You should also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You should put it between the conference tent and the altar, and you should put water in it,

Exodus 30:19 with this, Aaron and his sons can wash their hands and their feet.

Exodus 30:20 When they go into the conference tent, they should wash with water, so that they may not die. When they come near the altar to minister, to burn a fire offering to Yahveh,

Exodus 30:21 they should wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It should be a permanent prescribed task for them, both to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.”

Exodus 30:22 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 30:23 “And you, take for yourself the best spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of sweet-smelling cane,

Exodus 30:24 and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

Exodus 30:25 And you should make of these a sacred anointing oil blended like the perfumer would; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

Exodus 30:26 With it you should anoint the conference tent and the ark of the reminder,

Exodus 30:27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 30:28 and the altar of ascending offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.

Exodus 30:29 You should consecrate them, so that they may be most sacred. Whatever touches them is to be sacred.

Exodus 30:30 You should anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 30:31 And you should say to the people of Israel, ‘This should be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations.

Exodus 30:32 It should not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you should make no other like it in composition. It is sacred, and it should be sacred to you.

Exodus 30:33 Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider should be cut off from his people.'”

Exodus 30:34 Yahveh said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each there should be an equal part),

Exodus 30:35 and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and sacred.

Exodus 30:36 You should beat some of it very fine and put part of it before the reminder in the conference tent where I should meet with you. It should be most sacred for you.

Exodus 30:37 And the incense that you should make according to its composition, you should not make for yourselves. It should be for you sacred to Yahveh.

Exodus 30:38 Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume should be cut off from his people.”

Exodus 30 quotes:

“Three metals are mentioned, gold alone being used for the main sanctuary furnishings. Altogether roughly one ton of gold, three tons of copper, and four tons of silver (Exodus 38:24-31) were used. The relatively large amounts of silver came from gifts freely offered by the people (Exodus 30:11-16), and this was added to the silver and gold already obtained from the Egyptians (Exodus 12:15).”

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

“he Golden Altar of Incense was placed in the following position: It was before the Veil. Exodus 30:6 It was also before the Ark. Exodus 40:5 It is spoken of as being before the Mercy Seat. Exodus 30:6. This would place the Incense Altar in line with the Ark of the Covenant, or at the ‘‘Heart” of the Tabernacle, in the Holy Place.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 12.

“Two kinds of outstanding cleansing experiences took place at the laver. First, at the time when the priests consecrated themselves to the office of priesthood the entire body was washed here at the laver (Exodus 29:4; Leviticus 8:6). And second, the priests washed both hands and feet before entering the tabernacle, before ministering at the brazen altar, and before offering a burnt offering (Exodus 30:20, 21). Washing resulted in cleansing. Unless the priests experienced cleansing themselves, they were both unfit to carry on the service of the Lord and were liable for death (Exodus 30:21).”

Zehr, Paul M. God Dwells with His People : A Study of Israel’s Ancient Tabernacle. Herald Press, 1981. p. 54.

Exodus 30 links:

atonement money
Exodus- God alone … Israel alone
FIRST FISH – jeffersonvann
holy smoke
ritual washing
the aroma of worship

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Exodus 29

Exodus 29:1 “This is what you should do to them to consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull – a son of the herd, and two rams without blemish,

Exodus 29:2 and unleavened bread, unleavened loaves mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You should make them of fine wheat flour.

Exodus 29:3 You should put them in one basket and bring them in the basket and bring the bull and the two rams.

Exodus 29:4 You should bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the conference tent and wash them with water.

Exodus 29:5 Then you should take the garments and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the sacred pouch, and wrap him with the skillfully woven sash of the ephod.

Exodus 29:6 And you should set the turban on his head and put the sacred crown on the turban.

Exodus 29:7 You should take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Exodus 29:8 Then you should bring his sons and put coats on them,

Exodus 29:9 and you should wrap Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind headbands on them. And the priesthood should be theirs by a permanent prescription. This is how you will give Aaron’s hands and his sons’ hands fully to their ministry.

Exodus 29:10 “Then you should bring the bull in front of the conference tent. Aaron and his sons should lay their hands on the head of the bull.

Exodus 29:11 Then you should kill the bull before Yahveh at the entrance of the conference tent,

Exodus 29:12 and should take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you should pour out at the base of the altar.

Exodus 29:13 And you should take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them and burn them on the altar.

Exodus 29:14 But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you should burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

Exodus 29:15 “Then you should take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons should lay their hands on the head of the ram,

Exodus 29:16 and you should kill the ram and should take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.

Exodus 29:17 Then you should cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head,

Exodus 29:18 and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is an ascending offering to Yahveh. It is a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh.

Exodus 29:19 “You should take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons should lay their hands on the head of the ram,

Exodus 29:20 and you should kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

Exodus 29:21 Then you should take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and dab it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments should be sacred, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

Exodus 29:22 “You should also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (because it is a ram of ordination),

Exodus 29:23 and one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahveh.

Exodus 29:24 You should put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahveh.

Exodus 29:25 Then you should take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the ascending offering, as a pleasing aroma before Yahveh. It is a fire offering to Yahveh.

Exodus 29:26 “You should take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it for a wave offering before Yahveh, and it will be your portion.

Exodus 29:27 And you should consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons.

Exodus 29:28 It will be for Aaron and his sons as a permanent prescribed task from the people of Israel, because it is a contribution. It should be a contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to Yahveh.

Exodus 29:29 “The sacred garments of Aaron should be because his sons after him; they should be anointed in them and ordained in them.

Exodus 29:30 The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the conference tent to minister in the Sacred Place, should wear them seven days.

Exodus 29:31 “You should take the ram of ordination and boil its meat in a sacred place.

Exodus 29:32 And Aaron and his sons should eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the conference tent.

Exodus 29:33 They should eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider should not eat of them, because they are sacred.

Exodus 29:34 And if any of the meat for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you should burn the remainder with fire. It should not be eaten, because it is sacred.

Exodus 29:35 “Thus you should do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days should you ordain them,

Exodus 29:36 and every day normally, you should offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also, you should purge the altar, when you make atonement for it, and should anoint it to consecrate it.

Exodus 29:37 Seven days you should make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar should be most sacred. Whatever touches the altar should be sacred.

Exodus 29:38 “This is what you should offer on the altar: two rams a year-old day by day regularly.

Exodus 29:39 One ram you should offer in the morning, and the other lamb you should offer at twilight.

Exodus 29:40 And with the first ram a tenth seah of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.

Exodus 29:41 The other lamb you should offer at twilight and should offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh.

Exodus 29:42 It should be a regular ascending offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the conference tent before Yahveh, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.

Exodus 29:43 There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it should be sanctified by my glory.

Exodus 29:44 I will consecrate the conference tent and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.

Exodus 29:45 I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.

Exodus 29:46 And they should know that I am Yahveh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am Yahveh their God.

Exodus 29 quotes:

“We learned that before Aaron and the priests entered the tabernacle, they were washed and anointed (Exodus 29, 30). This washing represents cleansing, and the anointing represents being chosen. This is a birth of water and of the Spirit, much like baptism and confirmation and the sacrament.”

Shields, Mark A. Your Endowment : Gain Greater Joy and Satisfaction in Your Temple Service. CFI, 2009. p. 123.

” In the early morning of every day, therefore, a blazing fire burned on the brazen altar in the courtyard to consume the sacrifice — a lamb of the first year — for the morning burnt offering. So the Word of God had ordained it in Exodus 29:38-46. The living God desired to be daily honored and satisfied through a burnt offering, morning and evening. In connection with this continual burnt offering, the eternal God declared that the people would be “sanctified through his glory.”’ So this unique offering became a wonderful proof of grace.”

Kiene, Paul F. The Tabernacle of God in the Wilderness of Sinai. Zondervan Pub. House, 1977. p. 47.

“Between this Tri-une piece of gold, there was the very Presence and Glory-Brightness of God in visible manifestation upon the Blood-stained Mercy Seat. As we have said, it was here that God spoke in an audible voice (Exodus 29:42; 30:6, 36 and Numbers 7:89).The Hebrews called this manifestation of the visible Glory or Brightness of God ‘‘the Shekinah’’. Although this word never occurs in the Bible, it does occur in extra-Biblical Hebrew writings. In Shabbath 22b we are told that the burning lamps outside the veil were a witness ‘‘that the Shekinah abides in the midst of Israel.’’ Apart from this, however, the Old Testament is saturated with the thought of the visible presence and brightness of God. The word ‘Shekinah’ means “‘the one who dwells”. It refers to God’s dwelling visibly among His people.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 26.

Exodus 29 links:

burn the whole ram on the altar
exclusive dining
Exodus- living symbols
getting used to the new look
hands given over fully
I will meet with the people
invaded
laying hands on the head
take them from their hands

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, March 27, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Saturday, August 26, 2017
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Sunday, August 27, 2017

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EXODUS in Jeff’s library

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.

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[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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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, March 25, 2019

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EXODUS in Jeff’s library