11/16/08. Exodus We are continuing in our verse by verse commentary of the book of Exodus.

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1 1 2 11/16/08 Exodus We are continuing in our verse by verse commentary of the book of Exodus. We now come to the altar of incense that was to stand in the tabernacle of meeting. Remember that the courtyard was 150 feet by 75 feet, which marked the perimeter of the location of the Tabernacle. 1. The Tabernacle had two rooms, the holy place 15 feet wide, 15 feet high, by 30 feet long. a. As you entered on the north side was the table of shewbread. b. On the south side was the lamp stand. c. Before the veil that led to the Holy of Holies was the altar of incense. 2. The Holy of Holies was separated by a veil and was15 feet wide, 15 feet high and15 feet long, a perfect cube. a. The only articles was the ark of the covenant, which had a mercy seat, with two Cherubim at each end, with their wings crossing and looking down to the mercy seat, where God would appear to the High Priest once a year on the Day of Atonement. b. The articles inside the ark were three. 1) The two tables of stone written with the finger of God the Ten Commandments. 2) The rod of Aaron that God caused to bud, as a sign of his office. 3) The pot of manna, which God fed the children of Israel for forty years in the wilderness. 30:1-10 The alter of incense. 30:1-5 The specifics of the altar. 1) The altar to burn incense was to be made of acacia wood. vs. 1 2) The dimensions of the alter were stipulated. vs. 2 a) The length and wide was to be 18 inches, making it square. vs. 2a-b b) The height was to be 36 inches. vs. 2c c) The horns were to be of one piece. vs. 2d 3) The altar was to be overlaid with pure gold, the top, all within and without, including the horns, with a crown molding all around the top. vs. 3 a) The crown like the table of shewbread. Ex. 25:24 b) The horns symbolized power. c) The gold, deity. 4) The alter was to be transported. vs. 4 a) Two gold rings were to be made under the molding on both its sides. vs. 4a

2 3 4 b) A total of four, in order that two poles be inserted to bear the alter. vs. 4b-c 5) The poles were to be made of acacia wood also, overlay with gold. vs. 5 30:6 The location of the altar. 1) The And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you. vs. 6a 2) The alter went in front of the veil separating the holy place from the Holy of Holies, in front of the Ark of the covenant. vs. 6b 3) The alter would be before the mercy seat that covered the ark, where God would meet with the High Priest. vs. 6b-c a) The alter would become one with the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement, Oct. 10. b) The alter of incense represents the prayer of the saints before God to the mediator Christ Jesus. Jn. 17:1-26, Heb. 7:25, 13;15, Rev. 5:8, 8:3-4 30:7-10 The procedures of the altar. 1) Aaron was to burn sweet incense every morning on the alter of incense; when he tends the lamps. vs. 7 a) Without doubt, the Catholic Church applies this to her practices of the priesthood. b) The only problem is that Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment and His priesthood is not transferable. Heb. 7:24 2) The lighting the lamps. vs. 8-9 a) Aaron was to lights the lamps at twilight and burn incense on the alter, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. vs. 8 b) Aaron was not to offer strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor pour a drink offering on it. vs. 9 3) The function of the alter of incense on the Day of Atonement. vs. 10 a) Aaron was to make atonement upon the horns of the alter of incense, once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. vs. 10a b) Aaron was to do this once a year to make atonement upon it throughout the generations. vs. 10b c) It was most holy to the LORD, the tenth day of the seventh month. vs. 10c 30:11-16 The census of the people was to be through the temple tax.

3 5 6 30:11-13 The amount to be given. 1) The LORD told Moses, when he took a census of the children of Israel for their number, they were to give a ransom for themselves, so that there be no plague among them when number them. vs a) The reason being was that numbering people, usually was to see how strong an army one had and God did not want Israel to trust their own strength but God. b) When David told Joab to number the people, Joab warned David but he insisted and God gave David three choices. 2Sam. 24, 1Chron. 21:1-7 2) The method was to be by paying the temple tax, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary, a shekel is twenty gerahs and was to be an offering to the LORD. vs. 13 * Later God will redeem the first born for the Levites and make up the difference with money. Num :14-16 The age of those to be taxed. 1) The age to qualify for the census was from twenty years old and above, giving an offering to the LORD. vs. 14 * Which by the way was the age for military service! 2) The rich were not give more and the poor were not give less than half a shekel, an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for themselves. vs. 15 5) The atonement money of the children of Israel was to be appointed for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, as a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, making an atonement for themselves. vs :17-21 The laver of brass. 30:17-18d The purpose and location of the laver. 1) The LORD told Moses to also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. vs b * Remember again that brass represents judgment. 2) He was to place it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar of brass, vs. 18cd * There was to be absolute holiness before approaching God! 30:19e-21 The persons to use the laver. 1) The laver was to be filled with water for Aaron and his sons to wash their hands and their feet. vs. 18e-19

4 7 8 a) Jesus told His disciples were washed by the word of God. Jn. 15:3 b) The other epistle confirm this regarding the word of God. Jn. 15:3, Eph. 5:25-27, Heb. 10:22, 1Jn.1:9 2) The times they were to use the laver was when they went into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they were to wash with water, lest they die. vs. 20 * Solomon made them ten cubits in diameter, 15 feet. 1Kngs. 7:23 3) The summary statement. vs. 21 a) They had to wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. vs. 21a * Jesus said to Peter, He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you. Jn. 13:10 b) This was to be a statute forever to them--to him and his descendants throughout their generations. vs. 21bc 30:22-38 The formula for the oil and incense The ingredients for the oil. 1) The LORD spoke to Moses stating he recipe process to make the oil. vs ) The product was to be a holy anointing oil. vs :26-31 The things to be anointed with the oil. 1) The tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony. vs. 26 2) The table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. vs ) The purpose for consecrating them was that they may be most holy and whatever touches them must be holy. vs. 29 4) Moses was to anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, in order that they may minister to God as priests. vs. 30 5) Moses was to speak to the children of Israel, saying: This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. vs :32-33 The warning regarding the oil. 1) It was not be poured on man s flesh; nor were they to make any other like it, according to its composition, for it was holy, and was to be holy to them. vs. 32 2) Whoever compounded any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, would be cut off from his people. vs. 33

5 9 10 3) And the LORD said to Moses: Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each. 30:34-36 The ingredients for the incense. 1) The recipe was to be mixed as stated. vs. 34 2) The recipe was to be a compound according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. vs. 35 3) They were to beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting where God would meet the priest and it was to be most holy to them. vs :37-38 The warning regarding the incense. 1) The incense they made was not to be made for themselves, according to its composition, for it was be to them holy for the LORD. vs. 37 2) Whoever made any like it, to smell it, he was to be cut off from his people. vs :1-11 The craftsmen called for the work of the Tabernacle. 31:1-5 The man Bezalel. 1) The LORD told Moses, He had called Bezael. vs. 1-2 a) This is the key to ministry and effective service, being called by God, the personal pronoun I, not man choosing or deciding. vs.1-2a-b b) Bazalel means in the shadow of God i.e. protection. c) Grandson of Ur, of the tribe of Judah and a descendant of Caleb. vs. 2b-d * 1Chron. 2:19 2) God anointed and enabled Bazalel for the task. vs. 3-5 a) God had filled him with the Spirit of God, which is the enabling of God. vs. 3a b) God filled him by the Spirit in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, vs. 3b-e 3) The purpose of God was for the building of the Tabernacle. vs. 4-5 a) To design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze. vs, 4 b) In cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship. vs. 5 31:6-11 The man Aholiab.

6 ) God had called with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. vs. 6ad a) The name Aholiab means Father s tent. b) Once again the personal pronoun I is key, the call of God. 2) God had also anointed Aholiab for the task. vs. 6e-f a) God had put wisdom in the hearts of all who are gifted artisans, others would assist in the work. vs. 6e b) The purpose was that they be able to make all that I have commanded Aholiab. vs. 6e 3) The article are itemized, the tabernacle with all its furnishings. vs ) The priest vestures, the anointing oil for the holy place and incense, according to all God commanded. vs :12-18 The Sabbath day law for Israel. 31:12-15 The command over the Sabbaths. 1) The LORD told to Moses to speak to the children of Israel to keep the Sabbaths. vs a-c a) God calls it My Sabbaths. b) There Sabbaths of weeks, years, and jubilee. 2) God declared it was a sign between Him and them throughout their generations. vs. 13d 3) The purpose was that they may know that He was the LORD who sanctifies you. vs. 13e * God had called them to keep the Sabbath after the Exodus, at the giving of manna. Ex. 16 4) They were to keep the Sabbath because it was holy to them. vs. 14a-c 5) Everyone profaning it by working, was to be put to death and be cut off from among his people. vs. 14d-f 6) The work week was to be ix days, but the seventh was the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD and whoever violated it, would be put to death. vs :16-17 The affirmation of the Sabbath. 1) Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. vs. 16 2) The Sabbath was a sign between God and the children of Israel forever, based on the six days of creation and on the seventh day, which He rested and was refreshed. vs :18 The two table of the law.

7 1) God terminated speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, vs. 18a 2) God gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony. vs. 18b 3) God wrote on tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. vs. 18c a) Literally it is the Ten Words. Ex. 34:28, Deut. 4:13, 10:14 b) They are said to be written by the finger of God again, Ex. 24:18 c) Two tables were given, written on both sides, the work of God and the writing was the writing of God engraved on stones. Ex. 32: