For anybody who has even a cursory understanding of the Bible, it’s no secret the Tribe of Levi was chosen to be the priestly tribe for God. However, although given the label “priestly tribe”, the truth is NOT all Levites were priests. To put it simply, the terms “Levites” and “priests” are NOT synonymous. It’s true […]

Today we begin Exodus Chapter 28. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “You are to summon your brother Aharon and his sons to come from among the people of Isra’el to you, so that they can serve me as cohanim — Aharon and his sons Nadav, Avihu, Eleazar and […]

“You are to order the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pounded olives for the light, and to keep a lamp burning continually. Aaron and his sons are to put it in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain in front of the testimony, and keep it burning from evening until morning […]

Let’s imagine for a second that you are an ancient Israelite. You wake up one morning knowing that you have to take a trip to the Wilderness Tabernacle to pay homage to your God. Other nations have their gods but you have yours. Your God’s Name is YAHWEH. And He was the one who through […]

Today we begin Exodus Chapter 27. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. We’ve spent the last couple of days talking about the Tabernacle’s tent sanctuary which housed both the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. From today, we’re going to move to the outer courtyard (the third zone […]