We come in Exodus 32 to a truly cringe-worthy chapter. When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know…

Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills – to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver…

I’m always amazed, though I shouldn’t be, at what I find new in Scripture. Exodus 30 describes the altar of acacia wood for burning incense, and not just any incense, but fragrant spices – gum resin, onycha and galbanum – and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts, and make a fragrant blend of incense, the…

The heading before Exodus 29 is Consecration of the Priests. I looked that up. To make or declare sacred especially: to devote irrevocably to the worship of God by a solemn ceremony. Aaron and his sons are before the Lord and the assembly. “This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they…

Exodus 28 records the beautiful garments Aaron will wear when he serves as priest to the Lord in His Holy Presence. I try to imagine what Aaron would look like in garments of gold, blue, purple and scarlet yarn of finely twisted linen; of precious stones of beautiful colors, twelve in all with the name…

As I was reading Exodus 27 with the specifications for the altar, the courtyard for the tabernacle, the clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning…before the Lord from evening till morning…a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come…I kept trying to reconcile what…

As I read now and have read Exodus 26 before with such exact detailing of how God’s tabernacle in the desert was to be built, I can’t help but marvel at how much better I could appreciate it were I a fine craftsman. I’m such a visual person so reading specifications like this I get…

Imagine you are Moses on the mountain with God and you’re receiving instructions for something so beautiful and never before made by humans inspired by instruction from Almighty God. “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I…

In Exodus 24 the Lord told Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”…

When you read Scripture to know God’s heart for you, how can you not find His tender care for us? Exodus 23 is as relevant today as it was for ancient Israel. “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness. Do not follow the crowd in doing…