Exodus I encourage you to revisit this study again someday. But for tonight, we ve got five chapters of scripture to cover

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1 Exdus Our study f Exdus is cming t clse The stry f Mses and Israel freed frm slavery with great pwer and miracles, brught int a cvenant, and given a new relatinship with the Lrd is remarkable t say the least I encurage yu t revisit this study again smeday Yu ll prbably find there were many things that escaped yur ntice the first time But fr tnight, we ve gt five chapters f scripture t cver Yu might wnder hw we re ging t cver s much grund in an hur The answer is simple...we re nt We will certainly read every verse...after all, this is VBVM! But mst f the material we re cvering tnight is an almst wrd-fr-wrd repetitin f the instructins the Lrd gave Mses in chapters cncerning the tabernacle S as we read thrugh thse chapters, we wn t pause t cmment n mst f it Except t nte hw attentive t detail Mses and the peple were in executing the Lrd s instructins Having said that, this des nt mean there aren t pprtunities t teach and learn frm the material tnight On the cntrary, we find several places where the text raises new ideas r issues we can examine And in the end, we will alls celebrate cncluding anther indepth study f a bk f scripture I knw I will Let s remember what transpired in last week s lessn The peple f Israel had sinned against the Lrd and brken the cvenant 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

2 Exdus f 24 S the Lrd tld Mses that the peple wuld g frward t the Prmised Land, but He wuld nt dwell with them Therefre, the tabernacle was n lnger needed In respnse, Mses interceded and appealed t the Lrd fr grace And the Lrd respnded t Mses request by granting a new cvenant, ne f grace The cvenant was granted t Mses and t the natin But Gd reserved the right t extend His grace t whm He chses Meanwhile, He als renewed the cvenant f Law With the SInai cvenant reinstated, the building f the tabernacle is revived as well This explains why the breaking and the renewing f the cvenant is sandwiched in between the giving f the tabernacle instructins and the building Unless the cvenant was renewed, there wuld have been n reasn t build Everything hinged n the Lrd renewing His ffer t dwell in their midst S nw the cnstructin f the tabernacle can prceed, and that brings us t chapter 35 Ex. 35:1 Then Mses assembled all the cngregatin f the sns f Israel, and said t them, These are the things that the LORD has cmmanded yu t d: Ex. 35:2 Fr six days wrk may be dne, but n the seventh day yu shall have a hly day, a sabbath f cmplete rest t the LORD; whever des any wrk n it shall be put t death. Ex. 35:3 Yu shall nt kindle a fire in any f yur dwellings n the sabbath day. As cnstructin begins, Mses first reminds the peple that thugh the cnstructin f the tabernacle is imprtant, it can t take precedence ver the Sabbath 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

3 Exdus f 24 In fact, n instructin in Gd s wrd can be excuse t vilate anther instructin The natin f Israel had been given bth the Sabbath and the instructin t build the tabernacle They needed t bserve bth And in anything we ve been given in Gd s wrd r as persnal cnvictin by the Spirit, we need t perfrm as well But we must perfrm these things in unin with the rest f Gd s wrd as it pertains t us We can t use ne cmmand as excuse t vilate anther I ve heard Christians excuse their lack f cnsistent Bible study by claiming they dn t spend like t spend t much time in study since we re called t be ders f the wrd S they excuse their wn lack f schlarship in the wrd by pinting t ther instructins in the Bible that cmmand us t live ut ur faith They have taken ne instructin f scripture and set it against anther As if ne is an enemy f the ther Clearly, this isn t the way t understand and apply the Bible s teaching Scripture tells us t be life-lng students f the wrd, giving urselves ver t it in a sincere and cnsistent manner And then it als says t life it ut actively In fact, we can t successfully d ne withut the ther! Having set that expectatin, Mses then instructs the peple t cntribute the building f the tabernacle thrugh giving Ex. 35:4 Mses spke t all the cngregatin f the sns f Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has cmmanded, saying, Ex. 35:5 Take frm amng yu a cntributin t the LORD; whever is f a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD S cntributin: gld, silver, and brnze, 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

4 Exdus f 24 Ex. 35:6 and blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, gats hair, Ex. 35:7 and rams skins dyed red, and prpise skins, and acacia wd, Ex. 35:8 and il fr lighting, and spices fr the aninting il, and fr the fragrant incense, Ex. 35:9 and nyx stnes and setting stnes fr the ephd and fr the breastpiece. Ex. 35:10 Let every skillful man amng yu cme, and make all that the LORD has cmmanded: Ex. 35:11 the tabernacle, its tent and its cvering, its hks and its bards, its bars, its pillars, and its sckets; Ex. 35:12 the ark and its ples, the mercy seat, and the curtain f the screen; Ex. 35:13 the table and its ples, and all its utensils, and the bread f the Presence; Ex. 35:14 the lampstand als fr the light and its utensils and its lamps and the il fr the light; Ex. 35:15 and the altar f incense and its ples, and the aninting il and the fragrant incense, and the screen fr the drway at the entrance f the tabernacle; Ex. 35:16 the altar f burnt ffering with its brnze grating, its ples, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; Ex. 35:17 the hangings f the curt, its pillars and its sckets, and the screen fr the gate f the curt; Ex. 35:18 the pegs f the tabernacle and the pegs f the curt and their crds; Ex. 35:19 the wven garments fr ministering in the hly place, the hly garments fr Aarn the priest and the garments f his sns, t minister as priests. Ex. 35:20 Then all the cngregatin f the sns f Israel departed frm Mses presence. Ex. 35:21 Everyne whse heart stirred him and everyne whse spirit mved him came and brught the LORD S cntributin fr the wrk f the tent f meeting and fr all its service and fr the hly garments. Ex. 35:22 Then all whse hearts mved them, bth men and wmen, came and brught brches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles f gld; s did every man wh presented an ffering f gld t the LORD. Ex. 35:23 Every man, wh had in his pssessin blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and gats hair and rams skins dyed red and prpise skins, brught them. Ex. 35:24 Everyne wh culd make a cntributin f silver and brnze brught the LORD S cntributin; and every man wh had in his pssessin acacia wd fr any wrk f the service brught it. Ex. 35:25 All the skilled wmen spun with their hands, and brught what they had spun, in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. Ex. 35:26 All the wmen whse heart stirred with a skill spun the gats hair. Ex. 35:27 The rulers brught the nyx stnes and the stnes fr setting fr the ephd and fr the breastpiece; Ex. 35:28 and the spice and the il fr the light and fr the aninting il and fr the fragrant incense Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

5 Exdus f 24 Ex. 35:29 The Israelites, all the men and wmen, whse heart mved them t bring material fr all the wrk, which the LORD had cmmanded thrugh Mses t be dne, brught a freewill ffering t the LORD. Mses tells the peple that the Lrd asked Mses t take a cllectin frm amng the peple And the cllectin wuld be taken frm thse will a willing heart The wrd fr willing in Hebrew is nadib, which means inclined t be generus Mses was t seek frm amng generus hearts within the peple The list f items includes all the essentials needed fr the tabernacle as Gd directed earlier What are the dds that every kind f diverse material and item Gd required fr the cnstructin f the tabernacle wuld just happen t be fund in the pssessin f the natin? Clearly, the Lrd had svereignly planned fr the peple t acquire these items as they left Egypt, s they culd be emplyed in the building f the temple But then Mses says in vs that the items were given freely by thse whse hearts stirred and whse spirits were mved The wrd translated stirred in v.21 is nasah, which means t be lifted up It cnveys the sense f an utside frce acting n the heart And we knw the that utside actr is the Lrd s Spirit, mving the hearts t meet the need Then later in the verse, it says that every whse spirit mved came frward S the Spirit s stirring caused men t them act accrding t the mvement f their hearts Again in v.22 it says that thse with hearts that were mved came frward 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

6 Exdus f 24 Then we see the effect f this mvement f the Spirit amng the peple Ntice that thrughut the passage I read we see mentins f every man and everyne and all wh had smething t ffer came frward The text makes clear that there are n hlduts Everyne is cming frward willingly and giving what they have fr the tabernacle This is a 100% participatin rate Which is what we wuld expect since the Lrd has mved hearts t respnd Men wh are mved by Gd will act accrding t His will But then in v.29, Mses sums up the prcess by emphasizing that this ffering t the Lrd was a freewill ffering T ur mdern ears, this phrase carries laded and distrted meaning Many assume this term means acting entirely free f utside influence - including free f Gd s influence That has becme the cmmn understanding f free will in the culture including the church culture f tday There is Gd s will and there is man s will And many teach that Gd has created man with a will that perates cmpletely independently f Gd s will In fact yu will ften hear peple thrw arund the cmment that it s a sign f Gd s lve that he allws us t have free chices And n the cntrary, it wuld be unlving fr Gd t intervene in men s lives and verride ur desires This passage sets the recrds straight and crrects thse false ntins f Gd and man s will First, the definitin f a freewill ffering means a vluntary ffering It is the ppsite f a mandatry r cmpulsry ffering The terms is describing nature f the request and respnse 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

7 Exdus f 24 Mses says the giving act is vluntary He des nt require the peple t give S when they give, it is a vluntary act, a freewill gift But the term freewill in this cntext des nt mean free f Gd s influence The passage makes clear this act was nt free f Gd s influence The text says plainly that the Lrd rchestrated a mvement in the hearts f these peple They are reacting t the Spirit s leading They came frward t give because the Lrd spurred it And we can see further evidence f the Lrd s influence in the fact that everyne participates N ne in a natin f ver 2 millin hld back frm the Lrd This kind f participatin clearly reflects hw the natin is being led by the Lrd S a freewill ffering desn t mean an ffering absent Gd s influence It means that n man cmpelled the giving It was a vluntary gift Secndly, let s deal with the false ntin that Gd s lve is evidenced by His unwillingness t intervene in ur free will The Bible s definitins f lve never include a mentin f free will Lve is defined as sacrificing neself fr anther Fr Gd s lved the wrld that He gave His nly begtten Sn... The Bible says this 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

8 Exdus f 24 Rm. 5:6 Fr while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died fr the ungdly. Rm. 5:7 Fr ne will hardly die fr a righteus man; thugh perhaps fr the gd man smene wuld dare even t die. Rm. 5:8 But Gd demnstrates His wn lve tward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died fr us. Furthermre, ur wn experience as parents raising children tells us that the truth is the ppsite f this ntin If yu lve yur child, d yu shw that lve by refraining frm intervening in their free will? If yu lve yur child, d yu allw them t rule themselves? Yur child will certainly lve it, at least at first And if yu ask yur child hw best t shw yur lve t them, they will likely tell yu that want yu t leave them alne and have what they want That s where this ntin cmes frm t Gd s children, immature and uninfrmed f what the wrd says, have prpsed a rule fr themselves We said we think Gd shws us lve by nt intervening in ur free will It s the same lie, brn f pride, that the enemy sld in the Garden What is the truth? A healthy, happy child is created when a parent frequently intervenes t cntrl his will Parents are cnstantly impsing their will n the child, and they d s because they lve their child What d we say abut a parent that will nt cntrl a child s free will? We say they are bad parents S is it reasnable t say that Gd s lve is fund in His willingness t let us d whatever we please absent any interventin? If we knw it s a gd thing when an imperfect, weak human parent intervenes t cntrl the will f his child 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

9 Exdus f 24 Then why d we say it s a bad thing fr a hly, perfect, wise and strng Gd, Wh has the pwer t lead His children int all righteusness, t intervene in ur will? It s simply illgical The Bible says we were helpless t save urselves, s the Lrd had t intervene t save us Left t ur wn will, we wuld have perished Thank the Lrd He lved us s much that He intervened t impse His will upn us S the Lrd stirred the hearts f Israel t d the right thing when the request came, and s they willingly respnded t Mses request With their respnse, the Lrd ensures that Mses receives what He needs Therefre, the time cmes t put all that material t use S nw the natin needs a team f wrkman capable f building what the Lrd wants Ex. 35:30 Then Mses said t the sns f Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the sn f Uri, the sn f Hur, f the tribe f Judah. Ex. 35:31 And He has filled him with the Spirit f Gd, in wisdm, in understanding and in knwledge and in all craftsmanship; Ex. 35:32 t make designs fr wrking in gld and in silver and in brnze, Ex. 35:33 and in the cutting f stnes fr settings and in the carving f wd, s as t perfrm in every inventive wrk. Ex. 35:34 He als has put in his heart t teach, bth he and Ohliab, the sn f Ahisamach, f the tribe f Dan. Ex. 35:35 He has filled them with skill t perfrm every wrk f an engraver and f a designer and f an embriderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and f a weaver, as perfrmers f every wrk and makers f designs. Just as Gd s Spirit led the peple t give, s He will guide the hands f the wrkmen t craft exactly what the Lrd needs built We already heard that Gd wuld call and equip Bezalel t lead the effrt and here we see it happen He is filled with the Spirit 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

10 Exdus f 24 The term filled with the Spirit is anther misunderstd term in Christendm When used in the cntext f preparing a persn t respnd t Gd s call (like the respnse t build the tabernacle), it means the Spirit s cntrl ver a persn Like tday we might say that smene is filled with jealusy We mean they are cntrlled by their jealusy S here we see Bezalel filled, that is cntrlled, by the Spirit fr the purpse f fulfilling his call t build the tabernacle He is filled in fur ways: wisdm, understanding, knwledge, and craftsmanship Wisdm refers t an ability t make wise judgments, insightful decisins, based n experience Slmn had wisdm Our elders ften acquire wisdm after living many years and making many mistakes Understanding means discernment, the ability t reasn thrugh a set f facts and appreciate their true significance A gifted Bible teacher culd be said t have an understanding f Gd s wrd Jseph and Daniel had understanding f the dreams Gd gave t Gentile rulers Knwledge is an acquiring f learned facts and the applicatin f thse facts Luke, authr f the Gspel, was a dctr wh demnstrated a knwledge f the facts f Jesus life And he endeavred t cllect that knwledge and reprt it accurately Finally, Bezalel was given craftsmanship, which is the skill f wrking in raw materials t create finished gds In his case, he was gifted t wrk in silver, brnze, stne, wd, setting precius stnes, carving and ther inventive wrks 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

11 Exdus f 24 Nrmally, a craftsman wuld wrk a lifetime t becme an artisan in just ne f these Bezalel will have the ability t d all these things with great skill Is there any dubt remaining that the Lrd verrides ur will by His Spirit t accmplish His wrk? Hw else culd we explain this man s ability t perfrm such amazing wrk ut f the blue? Clearly, the text says the Spirit filled him t enable this talent And alng with him, Gd raises up ther men and gifts them as well This pattern is smething we discussed in an earlier lessn But it bears repeating here...gd s wrk never ges unfinished fr lack f men r materials As we see in the pening f chapter 36 Ex. 36:1 Nw Bezalel and Ohliab, and every skillful persn in whm the LORD has put skill and understanding t knw hw t perfrm all the wrk in the cnstructin f the sanctuary, shall perfrm in accrdance with all that the LORD has cmmanded. Ex. 36:2 Then Mses called Bezalel and Ohliab and every skillful persn in whm the LORD had put skill, everyne whse heart stirred him, t cme t the wrk t perfrm it. Ex. 36:3 They received frm Mses all the cntributins which the sns f Israel had brught t perfrm the wrk in the cnstructin f the sanctuary. And they still cntinued bringing t him freewill fferings every mrning. Ex. 36:4 And all the skillful men wh were perfrming all the wrk f the sanctuary came, each frm the wrk which he was perfrming, Ex. 36:5 and they said t Mses, The peple are bringing much mre than enugh fr the cnstructin wrk which the LORD cmmanded us t perfrm. Ex. 36:6 S Mses issued a cmmand, and a prclamatin was circulated thrughut the camp, saying, Let n man r wman any lnger perfrm wrk fr the cntributins f the sanctuary. Thus the peple were restrained frm bringing any mre. Ex. 36:7 Fr the material they had was sufficient and mre than enugh fr all the wrk, t perfrm it. Mses tells the wrkmen t begin the cnstructin And even as the wrk begins, the gifts frm the peple cntinue t arrive 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

12 Exdus f 24 Every mrning there is yet anther cntributin awaiting the wrkmen Cnstructin is underway, and yet mre dnatins are made This reminds us f Paul s statement in Ephesians Eph. 3:20 Nw t Him wh is able t d far mre abundantly beynd all that we ask r think, accrding t the pwer that wrks within us, Gd s wrk never ges unfinished fr lack f supply Gd supplies what is required fr His wrk And He can always d mre than we imagine r expect But dn t verlk that He chse t bring that prvisin thrugh the hands f individuals wh respnded t the Spirit s leading Never sit n yur supply and assume that Gd will raise it smewhere else The fact that Gd can raise mney withut yur help desn t acquit us fr failing t supprt Gd s wrk when the Spirit leads us t d s We are expected t be as generus as these Jews Eventually, Mses says turn ff the spigt There was mre than enugh material t supprt the cnstructin And mre wuld be unneeded Therefre, cllecting mre than was needed fr Gd s wrk was nt helpful This example frms a pwerful cunter principle t the earlier truth that Gd s peple shuld be generus t fund Gd s wrk A ministry r wrk f Gd shuld nt seek t btain mre than it needs t supprt the wrk Gd has cmmanded Ministries are nt banks We are nt called t sit n large amunts f mney 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

13 Exdus f 24 We are called t be funnels, that receive and then pur it ut again And when the supply exceeds the need, dn t seek mre until the need resumes This can be difficult t manage precisely, but in general terms supprt shuld be put t use, And if it can t be used, then allw it t g smewhere else where it can be put t wrk Nw we enter the chapters devted t the cnstructin f the tabernacle and its furnishings The rder f the descriptin is different than the rder in which the Lrd spke it t Mses The difference in the rder is in keeping with the difference in the tw narratives In the earlier part f the Exdus, the Lrd described the parts f the tabernacle in an rder that reflected a prgressin frm the Hly f Hlies utward In this part f the bk, the narrative explains the wrk dne t cnstruct the building and furnish it S the descriptin fllws the rder in which the wrk was accmplished The wrk n the tabernacle and the furnishings is chapters while the priesthd garments are in chapters I m ging t read these chapters in tw sectins And after each sectin I ll make a few bservatins as we finish this pwerful bk S sit back and relax as yu listen t the meldius (mntnus?) sund f my vice reading fur chapters f scripture 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

14 Exdus f 24 Ex. 36:8 All the skillful men amng thse wh were perfrming the wrk made the tabernacle with ten curtains; f fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the wrk f a skillful wrkman, Bezalel made them. Ex. 36:9 The length f each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and the width f each curtain fur cubits; all the curtains had the same measurements. Ex. 36:10 He jined five curtains t ne anther and the ther five curtains he jined t ne anther. Ex. 36:11 He made lps f blue n the edge f the utermst curtain in the first set; he did likewise n the edge f the curtain that was utermst in the secnd set. Ex. 36:12 He made fifty lps in the ne curtain and he made fifty lps n the edge f the curtain that was in the secnd set; the lps were ppsite each ther. Ex. 36:13 He made fifty clasps f gld and jined the curtains t ne anther with the clasps, s the tabernacle was a unit. Ex. 36:14 Then he made curtains f gats hair fr a tent ver the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains in all. Ex. 36:15 The length f each curtain was thirty cubits and fur cubits the width f each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements. Ex. 36:16 He jined five curtains by themselves and the ther six curtains by themselves. Ex. 36:17 Mrever, he made fifty lps n the edge f the curtain that was utermst in the first set, and he made fifty lps n the edge f the curtain that was utermst in the secnd set. Ex. 36:18 He made fifty clasps f brnze t jin the tent tgether s that it wuld be a unit. Ex. 36:19 He made a cvering fr the tent f rams skins dyed red, and a cvering f prpise skins abve. Ex. 36:20 Then he made the bards fr the tabernacle f acacia wd, standing upright. Ex. 36:21 Ten cubits was the length f each bard and ne and a half cubits the width f each bard. Ex. 36:22 There were tw tenns fr each bard, fitted t ne anther; thus he did fr all the bards f the tabernacle. Ex. 36:23 He made the bards fr the tabernacle: twenty bards fr the suth side; Ex. 36:24 and he made frty sckets f silver under the twenty bards; tw sckets under ne bard fr its tw tenns and tw sckets under anther bard fr its tw tenns. Ex. 36:25 Then fr the secnd side f the tabernacle, n the nrth side, he made twenty bards, Ex. 36:26 and their frty sckets f silver; tw sckets under ne bard and tw sckets under anther bard. Ex. 36:27 Fr the rear f the tabernacle, t the west, he made six bards. Ex. 36:28 He made tw bards fr the crners f the tabernacle at the rear Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

15 Exdus f 24 Ex. 36:29 They were duble beneath, and tgether they were cmplete t its tp t the first ring; thus he did with bth f them fr the tw crners. Ex. 36:30 There were eight bards with their sckets f silver, sixteen sckets, tw under every bard. Ex. 36:31 Then he made bars f acacia wd, five fr the bards f ne side f the tabernacle, Ex. 36:32 and five bars fr the bards f the ther side f the tabernacle, and five bars fr the bards f the tabernacle fr the rear side t the west. Ex. 36:33 He made the middle bar t pass thrugh in the center f the bards frm end t end. Ex. 36:34 He verlaid the bards with gld and made their rings f gld as hlders fr the bars, and verlaid the bars with gld. Ex. 36:35 Mrever, he made the veil f blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the wrk f a skillful wrkman. Ex. 36:36 He made fur pillars f acacia fr it, and verlaid them with gld, with their hks f gld; and he cast fur sckets f silver fr them. Ex. 36:37 He made a screen fr the drway f the tent, f blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the wrk f a weaver; Ex. 36:38 and he made its five pillars with their hks, and he verlaid their tps and their bands with gld; but their five sckets were f brnze. Ex. 37:1 Nw Bezalel made the ark f acacia wd; its length was tw and a half cubits, and its width ne and a half cubits, and its height ne and a half cubits; Ex. 37:2 and he verlaid it with pure gld inside and ut, and made a gld mlding fr it all arund. Ex. 37:3 He cast fur rings f gld fr it n its fur feet; even tw rings n ne side f it, and tw rings n the ther side f it. Ex. 37:4 He made ples f acacia wd and verlaid them with gld. Ex. 37:5 He put the ples int the rings n the sides f the ark, t carry it. Ex. 37:6 He made a mercy seat f pure gld, tw and a half cubits lng and ne and a half cubits wide. Ex. 37:7 He made tw cherubim f gld; he made them f hammered wrk at the tw ends f the mercy seat; Ex. 37:8 ne cherub at the ne end and ne cherub at the ther end; he made the cherubim f ne piece with the mercy seat at the tw ends. Ex. 37:9 The cherubim had their wings spread upward, cvering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces tward each ther; the faces f the cherubim were tward the mercy seat. Ex. 37:10 Then he made the table f acacia wd, tw cubits lng and a cubit wide and ne and a half cubits high. Ex. 37:11 He verlaid it with pure gld, and made a gld mlding fr it all arund Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

16 Exdus f 24 Ex. 37:12 He made a rim fr it f a handbreadth all arund, and made a gld mlding fr its rim all arund. Ex. 37:13 He cast fur gld rings fr it and put the rings n the fur crners that were n its fur feet. Ex. 37:14 Clse by the rim were the rings, the hlders fr the ples t carry the table. Ex. 37:15 He made the ples f acacia wd and verlaid them with gld, t carry the table. Ex. 37:16 He made the utensils which were n the table, its dishes and its pans and its bwls and its jars, with which t pur ut drink fferings, f pure gld. Ex. 37:17 Then he made the lampstand f pure gld. He made the lampstand f hammered wrk, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flwers were f ne piece with it. Ex. 37:18 There were six branches ging ut f its sides; three branches f the lampstand frm the ne side f it and three branches f the lampstand frm the ther side f it; Ex. 37:19 three cups shaped like almnd blssms, a bulb and a flwer in ne branch, and three cups shaped like almnd blssms, a bulb and a flwer in the ther branch s fr the six branches ging ut f the lampstand. Ex. 37:20 In the lampstand there were fur cups shaped like almnd blssms, its bulbs and its flwers; Ex. 37:21 and a bulb was under the first pair f branches cming ut f it, and a bulb under the secnd pair f branches cming ut f it, and a bulb under the third pair f branches cming ut f it, fr the six branches cming ut f the lampstand. Ex. 37:22 Their bulbs and their branches were f ne piece with it; the whle f it was a single hammered wrk f pure gld. Ex. 37:23 He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays f pure gld. Ex. 37:24 He made it and all its utensils frm a talent f pure gld. Ex. 37:25 Then he made the altar f incense f acacia wd: a cubit lng and a cubit wide, square, and tw cubits high; its hrns were f ne piece with it. Ex. 37:26 He verlaid it with pure gld, its tp and its sides all arund, and its hrns; and he made a gld mlding fr it all arund. Ex. 37:27 He made tw glden rings fr it under its mlding, n its tw sides n ppsite sides as hlders fr ples with which t carry it. Ex. 37:28 He made the ples f acacia wd and verlaid them with gld. Ex. 37:29 And he made the hly aninting il and the pure, fragrant incense f spices, the wrk f a perfumer. Ex. 38:1 Then he made the altar f burnt ffering f acacia wd, five cubits lng, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high. Ex. 38:2 He made its hrns n its fur crners, its hrns being f ne piece with it, and he verlaid it with brnze. Ex. 38:3 He made all the utensils f the altar, the pails and the shvels and the basins, the flesh hks and the firepans; he made all its utensils f brnze Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

17 Exdus f 24 Ex. 38:4 He made fr the altar a grating f brnze netwrk beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up. Ex. 38:5 He cast fur rings n the fur ends f the brnze grating as hlders fr the ples. Ex. 38:6 He made the ples f acacia wd and verlaid them with brnze. Ex. 38:7 He inserted the ples int the rings n the sides f the altar, with which t carry it. He made it hllw with planks. Ex. 38:8 Mrever, he made the laver f brnze with its base f brnze, frm the mirrrs f the serving wmen wh served at the drway f the tent f meeting. Ex. 38:9 Then he made the curt: fr the suth side the hangings f the curt were f fine twisted linen, ne hundred cubits; Ex. 38:10 their twenty pillars, and their twenty sckets, made f brnze; the hks f the pillars and their bands were f silver. Ex. 38:11 Fr the nrth side there were ne hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty sckets were f brnze, the hks f the pillars and their bands were f silver. Ex. 38:12 Fr the west side there were hangings f fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sckets; the hks f the pillars and their bands were f silver. Ex. 38:13 Fr the east side fifty cubits. Ex. 38:14 The hangings fr the ne side f the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sckets, Ex. 38:15 and s fr the ther side. On bth sides f the gate f the curt were hangings f fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sckets. Ex. 38:16 All the hangings f the curt all arund were f fine twisted linen. Ex. 38:17 The sckets fr the pillars were f brnze, the hks f the pillars and their bands, f silver; and the verlaying f their tps, f silver, and all the pillars f the curt were furnished with silver bands. Ex. 38:18 The screen f the gate f the curt was the wrk f the weaver, f blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the height was five cubits, crrespnding t the hangings f the curt. Ex. 38:19 Their fur pillars and their fur sckets were f brnze; their hks were f silver, and the verlaying f their tps and their bands were f silver. Ex. 38:20 All the pegs f the tabernacle and f the curt all arund were f brnze. Ex. 38:21 This is the number f the things fr the tabernacle, the tabernacle f the testimny, as they were numbered accrding t the cmmand f Mses, fr the service f the Levites, by the hand f Ithamar the sn f Aarn the priest. Ex. 38:22 Nw Bezalel the sn f Uri, the sn f Hur, f the tribe f Judah, made all that the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 38:23 With him was Ohliab the sn f Ahisamach, f the tribe f Dan, an engraver and a skillful wrkman and a weaver in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and fine linen Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

18 Exdus f 24 Ex. 38:24 All the gld that was used fr the wrk, in all the wrk f the sanctuary, even the gld f the wave ffering, was 29 talents and 730 shekels, accrding t the shekel f the sanctuary. Ex. 38:25 The silver f thse f the cngregatin wh were numbered was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, accrding t the shekel f the sanctuary; Ex. 38:26 a beka a head (that is, half a shekel accrding t the shekel f the sanctuary), fr each ne wh passed ver t thse wh were numbered, frm twenty years ld and upward, fr 603,550 men. Ex. 38:27 The hundred talents f silver were fr casting the sckets f the sanctuary and the sckets f the veil; ne hundred sckets fr the hundred talents, a talent fr a scket. Ex. 38:28 Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hks fr the pillars and verlaid their tps and made bands fr them. Ex. 38:29 The brnze f the wave ffering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. Ex. 38:30 With it he made the sckets t the drway f the tent f meeting, and the brnze altar and its brnze grating, and all the utensils f the altar, Ex. 38:31 and the sckets f the curt all arund and the sckets f the gate f the curt, and all the pegs f the tabernacle and all the pegs f the curt all arund. This brings us t the first f ur breaks, and we re pausing here t nte the amunt f material cntributed by the peple All the gld used was 29 talents and 730 shekels Since cin mney wasn t invented until many centuries after this mment, these units are measures f weight They aren t numbers f cins S the weight f gld is apprximately 1 tn (abut 2,000 lbs) That wuld be abut $47 millin tday All the silver used wuld be abut fur tns in weight That wuld be abut $3 millin The silver was taken frm every male, a ttal f 603, 550 men Based n that many adult males, we assume smewhere near 2 millin ttal in the ppulatin f Israel at the Exdus All the brnze was abut 2.5 tns in weight 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

19 Exdus f 24 That s nly abut $11,000 in brnze Then ur final sectin Ex. 39:1 Mrever, frm the blue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely wven garments fr ministering in the hly place as well as the hly garments which were fr Aarn, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:2 He made the ephd f gld, and f blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen. Ex. 39:3 Then they hammered ut gld sheets and cut them int threads t be wven in with the blue and the purple and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the wrk f a skillful wrkman. Ex. 39:4 They made attaching shulder pieces fr the ephd; it was attached at its tw upper ends. Ex. 39:5 The skillfully wven band which was n it was like its wrkmanship, f the same material: f gld and f blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:6 They made the nyx stnes, set in gld filigree settings; they were engraved like the engravings f a signet, accrding t the names f the sns f Israel. Ex. 39:7 And he placed them n the shulder pieces f the ephd, as memrial stnes fr the sns f Israel, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:8 He made the breastpiece, the wrk f a skillful wrkman, like the wrkmanship f the ephd: f gld and f blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. Ex. 39:9 It was square; they made the breastpiece flded duble, a span lng and a span wide when flded duble. Ex. 39:10 And they munted fur rws f stnes n it. The first rw was a rw f ruby, tpaz, and emerald; Ex. 39:11 and the secnd rw, a turquise, a sapphire and a diamnd; Ex. 39:12 and the third rw, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; Ex. 39:13 and the furth rw, a beryl, an nyx, and a jasper. They were set in gld filigree settings when they were munted. Ex. 39:14 The stnes were crrespnding t the names f the sns f Israel; they were twelve, crrespnding t their names, engraved with the engravings f a signet, each with its name fr the twelve tribes. Ex. 39:15 They made n the breastpiece chains like crds, f twisted crdage wrk in pure gld. Ex. 39:16 They made tw gld filigree settings and tw gld rings, and put the tw rings n the tw ends f the breastpiece. Ex. 39:17 Then they put the tw gld crds in the tw rings at the ends f the breastpiece. Ex. 39:18 They put the ther tw ends f the tw crds n the tw filigree settings, and put them n the shulder pieces f the ephd at the frnt f it Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

20 Exdus f 24 Ex. 39:19 They made tw gld rings and placed them n the tw ends f the breastpiece, n its inner edge which was next t the ephd. Ex. 39:20 Furthermre, they made tw gld rings and placed them n the bttm f the tw shulder pieces f the ephd, n the frnt f it, clse t the place where it jined, abve the wven band f the ephd. Ex. 39:21 They bund the breastpiece by its rings t the rings f the ephd with a blue crd, s that it wuld be n the wven band f the ephd, and that the breastpiece wuld nt cme lse frm the ephd, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:22 Then he made the rbe f the ephd f wven wrk, all f blue; Ex. 39:23 and the pening f the rbe was at the tp in the center, as the pening f a cat f mail, with a binding all arund its pening, s that it wuld nt be trn. Ex. 39:24 They made pmegranates f blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen n the hem f the rbe. Ex. 39:25 They als made bells f pure gld, and put the bells between the pmegranates all arund n the hem f the rbe, Ex. 39:26 alternating a bell and a pmegranate all arund n the hem f the rbe fr the service, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:27 They made the tunics f finely wven linen fr Aarn and his sns, Ex. 39:28 and the turban f fine linen, and the decrated caps f fine linen, and the linen breeches f fine twisted linen, Ex. 39:29 and the sash f fine twisted linen, and blue and purple and scarlet material, the wrk f the weaver, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:30 They made the plate f the hly crwn f pure gld, and inscribed it like the engravings f a signet, Hly t the LORD. Ex. 39:31 They fastened a blue crd t it, t fasten it n the turban abve, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:32 Thus all the wrk f the tabernacle f the tent f meeting was cmpleted; and the sns f Israel did accrding t all that the LORD had cmmanded Mses; s they did. Ex. 39:33 They brught the tabernacle t Mses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its bards, its bars, and its pillars and its sckets; Ex. 39:34 and the cvering f rams skins dyed red, and the cvering f prpise skins, and the screening veil; Ex. 39:35 the ark f the testimny and its ples and the mercy seat; Ex. 39:36 the table, all its utensils, and the bread f the Presence; Ex. 39:37 the pure gld lampstand, with its arrangement f lamps and all its utensils, and the il fr the light; Ex. 39:38 and the gld altar, and the aninting il and the fragrant incense, and the veil fr the drway f the tent; Ex. 39:39 the brnze altar and its brnze grating, its ples and all its utensils, the laver and its stand; 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

21 Exdus f 24 Ex. 39:40 the hangings fr the curt, its pillars and its sckets, and the screen fr the gate f the curt, its crds and its pegs and all the equipment fr the service f the tabernacle, fr the tent f meeting; Ex. 39:41 the wven garments fr ministering in the hly place and the hly garments fr Aarn the priest and the garments f his sns, t minister as priests. Ex. 39:42 S the sns f Israel did all the wrk accrding t all that the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 39:43 And Mses examined all the wrk and behld, they had dne it; just as the LORD had cmmanded, this they had dne. S Mses blessed them. Ex. 40:1 Then the LORD spke t Mses, saying, Ex. 40:2 On the first day f the first mnth yu shall set up the tabernacle f the tent f meeting. Ex. 40:3 Yu shall place the ark f the testimny there, and yu shall screen the ark with the veil. Ex. 40:4 Yu shall bring in the table and arrange what belngs n it; and yu shall bring in the lampstand and munt its lamps. Ex. 40:5 Mrever, yu shall set the gld altar f incense befre the ark f the testimny, and set up the veil fr the drway t the tabernacle. Ex. 40:6 Yu shall set the altar f burnt ffering in frnt f the drway f the tabernacle f the tent f meeting. Ex. 40:7 Yu shall set the laver between the tent f meeting and the altar and put water in it. Ex. 40:8 Yu shall set up the curt all arund and hang up the veil fr the gateway f the curt. Ex. 40:9 Then yu shall take the aninting il and anint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall cnsecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be hly. Ex. 40:10 Yu shall anint the altar f burnt ffering and all its utensils, and cnsecrate the altar, and the altar shall be mst hly. Ex. 40:11 Yu shall anint the laver and its stand, and cnsecrate it. Ex. 40:12 Then yu shall bring Aarn and his sns t the drway f the tent f meeting and wash them with water. Ex. 40:13 Yu shall put the hly garments n Aarn and anint him and cnsecrate him, that he may minister as a priest t Me. Ex. 40:14 Yu shall bring his sns and put tunics n them; Ex. 40:15 and yu shall anint them even as yu have aninted their father, that they may minister as priests t Me; and their aninting will qualify them fr a perpetual priesthd thrughut their generatins. Ex. 40:16 Thus Mses did; accrding t all that the LORD had cmmanded him, s he did. Ex. 40:17 Nw in the first mnth f the secnd year, n the first day f the mnth, the tabernacle was erected Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

22 Exdus f 24 Ex. 40:18 Mses erected the tabernacle and laid its sckets, and set up its bards, and inserted its bars and erected its pillars. Ex. 40:19 He spread the tent ver the tabernacle and put the cvering f the tent n tp f it, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:20 Then he tk the testimny and put it int the ark, and attached the ples t the ark, and put the mercy seat n tp f the ark. Ex. 40:21 He brught the ark int the tabernacle, and set up a veil fr the screen, and screened ff the ark f the testimny, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:22 Then he put the table in the tent f meeting n the nrth side f the tabernacle, utside the veil. Ex. 40:23 He set the arrangement f bread in rder n it befre the LORD, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:24 Then he placed the lampstand in the tent f meeting, ppsite the table, n the suth side f the tabernacle. Ex. 40:25 He lighted the lamps befre the LORD, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:26 Then he placed the gld altar in the tent f meeting in frnt f the veil; Ex. 40:27 and he burned fragrant incense n it, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:28 Then he set up the veil fr the drway f the tabernacle. Ex. 40:29 He set the altar f burnt ffering befre the drway f the tabernacle f the tent f meeting, and ffered n it the burnt ffering and the meal ffering, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:30 He placed the laver between the tent f meeting and the altar and put water in it fr washing. Ex. 40:31 Frm it Mses and Aarn and his sns washed their hands and their feet. Ex. 40:32 When they entered the tent f meeting, and when they apprached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had cmmanded Mses. Ex. 40:33 He erected the curt all arund the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the veil fr the gateway f the curt. Thus Mses finished the wrk. Ex. 40:34 Then the clud cvered the tent f meeting, and the glry f the LORD filled the tabernacle. Ex. 40:35 Mses was nt able t enter the tent f meeting because the clud had settled n it, and the glry f the LORD filled the tabernacle. Ex. 40:36 Thrughut all their jurneys whenever the clud was taken up frm ver the tabernacle, the sns f Israel wuld set ut; Ex. 40:37 but if the clud was nt taken up, then they did nt set ut until the day when it was taken up. Ex. 40:38 Fr thrughut all their jurneys, the clud f the LORD was n the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight f all the huse f Israel Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

23 Exdus f 24 The chapter pens with the final wrds f the Lrd t Mses in Exdus The Lrd cmmands Mses t erect the building n the first day f the first mnth This is ne year frm their departure frm Egypt and nine mnths since arriving at the muntain This tells us that several mnths were required fr the peple t build all the materials needed fr the tabernacle Secndly, the Lrd tells Mses hw t mve the materials int place And nce again, the cnstructin begins with the Hly f Hlies and mves utward The final step was setting up the curtyard arund the tabernacle Once the building was in place, the Lrd cmes dwn t indwell this building, making His presence visible and resident amng sinful men In this first ccupatin, the Lrd s presence ccupied the entire tabernacle, just the Hly f Hlies This prevented Mses was entering the tent at all The Lrd has taken it all fr Himself Nrmally and thereafter, the Lrd ccupied the space abve the mercy seat Why is there n temple fr the Lrd tday? Why des the Lrd nt dwell with men tday? The answer is He des! During the dispensatin f the church, the temple f Gd is the bdy f every believer While befrehand Gd indwelled the Jewish temple, tday He indwells the Church In a future day, the Lrd will physically reside with men n Earth, nce again living in the temple f the Millennial Kingdm 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

24 Exdus f 24 S cnsider that the same pwer that the Lrd displayed in His dwelling f the earthly tabernacle has nw cme t reside in yu by faith Hw did the Lrd demnstrate His presence t the peple and the wrld? His glry shne in the temple, and whether day r night the peple culd see the Lrd presence S then listen t Paul s wrds t the church tday 2Cr. 6:16 Or what agreement has the temple f Gd with idls? Fr we are the temple f the living Gd; just as Gd said, ı I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 1Cr. 6:17 But the ne wh jins himself t the Lrd is ne spirit with Him. 1Cr. 6:18 Flee immrality. Every ther sin that a man cmmits is utside the bdy, but the immral man sins against his wn bdy. 1Cr. 6:19 Or d yu nt knw that yur bdy is a temple f the Hly Spirit wh is in yu, whm yu have frm Gd, and that yu are nt yur wn? 1Cr. 6:20 Fr yu have been bught with a price: therefre glrify Gd in yur bdy. Luke 8:16 Nw n ne after lighting a lamp cvers it ver with a cntainer, r puts it under a bed; but he puts it n a lampstand, s that thse wh cme in may see the light. Luke 8:17 Fr nthing is hidden that will nt becme evident, nr anything secret that will nt be knwn and cme t light. Matt. 5:14 Yu are the light f the wrld. A city set n a hill cannt be hidden; Matt. 5:15 nr des anyne light a lamp and put it under a basket, but n the lampstand, and it gives light t all wh are in the huse. Matt. 5:16 Let yur light shine befre men in such a way that they may see yur gd wrks, and glrify yur Father wh is in heaven. Let s allw the Light in us, which is the glry f Gd s Spirit indwelling the temple f ur bdy, shine befre men 2013 Verse By Verse Ministry Internatinal ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.