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READ: Ex. 32:1–14: … I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people … Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel … So the LORD relented … Moses remains forty days on the mountain to receive His instructions from the LORD.. Upon his return he encounters a disturbing situation. The people, having received no news from […]

READ: Ex. 31:1–18: … Bezalel … wisdom … workmanship … Aholiab … According to all that I have commanded you they shall do … Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death … It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever … on the seventh day

READ: Ex. 30:1–38: … Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning … Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement … When they go into the tabernacle … they shall wash with water, lest they die … a holy anointing oil … The principal

READ: Ex. 29:1–46: … Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy … The priestly consecration consists of acts intended to sanctify the priests for service to the LORD. First they are washed, signifying cleansing from their sins. Then

READ: Ex. 28:1–43: … you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty … The LORD calls Aaron and his sons to occupy the priesthood. Aaron, as high priest, symbolizes the priesthood of Christ, particularly with respect to atonement. His sons will assist him as priests. Heb. 5:1–5 speaks of the earthly

READ: Ex. 27:1–21: … as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it … to cause the lamp to burn continually … Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord … In the courtyard outside the sanctuary stands the altar of burnt offering, on which

READ: Ex. 26:1–37: … And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain … A tabernacle is a tent, movable and temporary. The temple, by contrast, is permanent. The tabernacle was the predecessor of the temple that Solomon would eventually build for the LORD. Nevertheless, the

READ: Ex. 25:1–40: … According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it … On the mountain the LORD instructs Moses to ask the Israelites for voluntary offerings for the materials needed for the tabernacle and the

READ: Ex. 24:1–18: … And they said, ‘All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.’ … ‘This is the blood of the covenant …’ The covenant is formally concluded. Moses, who has heard all the laws and ordinances, comes to the mountain with representatives of the people. He ascends further toward

READ: Ex. 23:1–33: … And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth … After urgent exhortations, among others concerning the nature of testimony in legal cases and the refusal of bribes, the sabbatical year