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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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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 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 25:1 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.

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[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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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, August 24, 2017
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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