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Bible Passage:  Exodus 32 “So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.” Whenever I read this I find this statement of Aaron funny because it was as though the molded calf came out of nothing; Aaron was trying to defend himself and shrug off being [...]

From Exodus chapter 25 onwards, God has been giving instructions to Moses regarding the erection of the Tent of Meeting with specific measurements and the materials to be used; and also the making of all the holy items in the Tent. All these were very foreign to Moses and the people of Israel. So did [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 30 Looking at the plan of the tabernacle that biblereadingcompanion posted three days ago, we can see the position of the altar of incense. This comes in front of the veil that draws the boundary between the holy place and the holy of holies. Exclusive Perfume As with all the other equipment [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 29 After reading about how the holy garments were intricately made in the previous chapter, what is the image in your mind? The priests were given the holy garments What a beautiful garment made by many gifted artisans. And today’s chapter, we read that the priests shall be given these beautiful garments, [...]

Just came back from a long day in church but certainly enjoyed the Katong Home Fellowship just now as we journeyed through Exodus 1 – 27, picking out significant verses (for us) and choosing a related hymn to sing about it. Indeed there are so many lessons we can learn from our reading of the [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 27 We read in yesterday’s posting about the materials that were used to make up the tabernacle.  Today, we continue with more instructions about the Altar of Burnt Offerings, the Courtyard and the Oil for the lampstand.  And yes, like what belovedofthelord said, there can be a tendency to get caught up [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 26 Continuing from biblereader’s post from yesterday, we move today into the next portion of instructions concerning the building of God’s holy sanctuary. While there is a tendency to get caught up in the details of how to go about the construction, we just need to bear in mind that there are [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 25 Today’s chapter talks in detail of God’s blue print for the construction of the Ark of the Covenant, the Table for the Showbread and the Golden lampstand. God’s instruction is exact and He expected Moses to follow accordingly. Perhaps the most important item to be constructed was the Ark of the [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 24 The previous few chapters have introduced us to the commandments and laws that God gave the people of Israel to follow.  In today’s chapter, the Law was inaugurated as a Covenant… Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the [...]

Bible Passage:  Exodus 23 After years and years of living as a second class citizen in a foreign country, the Israelites were now free! They were saved from their sweat and tears by the merciful hand of God. God stood with them while disaster upon disaster plagued their enemies. Finally, they could stand tall. It [...]