Scripture: “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.” Leviticus 1:3 ESV Observation: With Exodus concluding with the tabernacle assembly and the glory of the Lord filling its […]
New Beginnings
Scripture: Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Exodus 40:34-35 ESV Observation: Having completed all the elements of the tabernacle (also […]
Listen, Obey, Bless
Scripture: According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses blessed them. Exodus 39:42–43 ESV Observation: Israel, having received the rich blessings of […]
Stirred to Generosity
Scripture: And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD’S contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. Exodus 35:21 ESV Observation: With the renewal of the covenant, Moses again assembles the congregation to reiterate Sabbath regulations […]
In His Presence
Scripture: When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Exodus 34:29 ESV Observation: As this second forty-day retreat with the Lord on […]
Recalling His Attributes
Scripture: The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children […]
