“They are to make me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.” -Exodus 25:8 The primary purpose of the tabernacle was to establish a clean and holy place where the Lord could dwell among His people. And the primary feature of the tabernacle is that it was placed right smack dab in the center […]

Today we begin Exodus Chapter 25. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Let’s recall where we’re at in the Book of Exodus based on the following six divisions of this book. -The Deliverance Narrative -The Wilderness Experience -Covenant & Law -The Priesthood and Wilderness Tabernacle -The Golden Calf Rebellion […]

Adonai said to Moshe, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay there. I will give you the stone tablets with the Torah and the commandments I have written on them, so that you can teach them.”-Exodus 24:12 In verse 12, the Lord calls Moses back up to the mountain to receive something special. He is going to receive […]

“Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant which Adonai has made with you in accordance with all these words.‘  Moses, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu and seventy of the leaders went up; and they saw the God of Isra’el. Under his feet was something like a sapphire stone pavement […]

 “He sent the young men of the people of Israel to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings of oxen to Adonai.”-Exodus 24:5 We’re told the “young men of Israel” were assigned to perform the sacrificial offerings. Why? Many scholars will say this was just a practical expedient. In other words, all that brute young muscle […]