Sunday, October 14, 2012
Exodus 25
(25:1) The LORD said to Moses, (2) "Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. (3) And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, (4) blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair, (5) tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood, (6) oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, (7) onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. (8) And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. (9) Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it. (10) "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. (11) You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. (12) You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. (13) You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. (14) And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them. (15) The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. (16) And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you. (17) "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. (18) And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. (19) Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. (20) The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. (21) And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. (22) There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. (23) "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. (24) You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. (25) And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim. (26) And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. (27) Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table. (28) You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. (29) And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. (30) And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly. (31) "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. (32) And there shall 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; (33) three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch--so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. (34) And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, (35) and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand. (36) Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. (37) You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it. (38) Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold. (39) It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold. (40) And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
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Summary: God instructs the Israelites to build a sacred residence where He could live among them. He gave specific instructions of how to make the Ark to hold the tablets and said He would meet them above the atonement cover on top of the Ark. He said to always keep gold plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers for drink offerings as well as to always keep the special Bread of the Presence on the table before Him.
ReplyDeleteApplication: Heavenly Father… wow am I blessed to be able to talk to you whenever I want and the ability to see what You have to say whenever I want. You were not always that accessible to the people. Even though You were not with them like today, you still wanted to live with them. Thank you for coming to me at my level. You deserve to be treated with the most respect ever, and yet I take you for granted. Forgive me for not fearing you and treating you with respect.
Summary: God asks the Israelites to make an offering of fine, valuable object for the Tabernacle, God’s sanctuary, so that He could dwell among them. The Israelites were given exact instructions regarding the size and design of the ark, the table and the lampstand. They were all to be made out of pure gold (hammered for the lambstand and overlayed on the ark and the table).
ReplyDeleteApplication: Father God, your instructions are exact and your attention to detail is not a surprise. Your expectation of fine things for your Most Holy dwelling are only appropriate, separating your from the common place. How awesome that you wanted to be mobile travel with the Israelites. Forgive me for being some “fixed in my place” that I don’t travel with my faith in you wherever you call (my neighbors, coworkers, and the ends of the earth). Atonement is through you, Jesus, while the Israelites had only the services performed at the tabernacle. You Jesus are our atonement cover (God dwells between the outstretched wings of the cheribum), as you entered God’s most holy place and shed your blood for us.