“Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in…
Month: July 2019
Exodus 34
The chapter contains several details including the renewed covenant, recreating the tablets with the ten commandments, and the shining face of Moses. As important as the covenant and commandments are, let’s look at Moses’ shining face. “When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he…
Psalm 84
“How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart…
Exodus 33
There’s a great deal happening here and I’ll only discuss a portion of it, so feel free to read the full chapter for yourself. “For the Lord had said to Moses, ‘Say to the people of Israel, “You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would…
Psalm 83
“O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff…
Exodus 32
“When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, ‘Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has…
Psalm 82
“God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: ‘How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them…
Exodus 31
This chapter covers two major subjects – the spiritual gifts of craftsmanship given to those who will help with the tabernacle, and keeping the Sabbaths. “The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with…
Psalm 81
” ‘I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I delivered you; Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a…
Exodus 30
This chapter contains several details regarding the incense burner, census tax, bronze basin, anointing oil and incense for the tabernacle. Please feel free to read the entire chapter, I’m only touching on the incense and burner. “You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. A cubit…