1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,660 Speaker 1: Life Audio. The Bible Study Podcast, Episode 993. Today, the 2 00:00:08,700 --> 00:00:11,220 Speaker 1: Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the book of 3 00:00:11,350 --> 00:00:23,310 Speaker 1: Exodus with Chapter 36. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. 4 00:00:23,370 --> 00:00:25,850 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We're going to continue on 5 00:00:26,190 --> 00:00:28,620 Speaker 1: with Chapter 36, which is going to talk about the 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,380 Speaker 1: building of the tabernacle. But first, a word from this sponsor. 7 00:00:33,820 --> 00:00:39,100 Speaker 1: Exodus 36, so Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person to 8 00:00:39,150 --> 00:00:41,650 Speaker 1: whom the Lord had given skill and ability to know 9 00:00:41,710 --> 00:00:44,250 Speaker 1: how to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary 10 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:46,930 Speaker 1: are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded. 11 00:00:47,330 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person 12 00:00:52,130 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: to whom the Lord had given ability and who was 13 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: willing to come and do the work. They received from 14 00:00:57,060 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry 15 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,690 Speaker 1: out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people 16 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:07,430 Speaker 1: continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. So all 17 00:01:07,450 --> 00:01:09,750 Speaker 1: the skilled workers who were doing all the work on 18 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:12,590 Speaker 1: the sanctuary left what they were doing and said to Moses, 19 00:01:12,950 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: the people are bringing more than enough for doing the 20 00:01:15,470 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: work the Lord commanded to be done. Then Moses gave 21 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,900 Speaker 1: an order and they sent this word throughout the camp. 22 00:01:21,020 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: No man or woman is to make anything else as 23 00:01:23,819 --> 00:01:26,500 Speaker 1: an offering for the sanctuary. And so the people were 24 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: restrained from bringing more because they already had more than 25 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:34,830 Speaker 1: enough to do all the work. I assume that many 26 00:01:34,890 --> 00:01:38,430 Speaker 1: of you would love if your next stewardship opportunity at 27 00:01:38,470 --> 00:01:41,339 Speaker 1: your church, you had to do this announcement with it, 28 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:46,150 Speaker 1: just stop, stop giving. We've got enough. We don't need 29 00:01:46,190 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: any more. That is often not where we find ourselves. 30 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:53,140 Speaker 1: And yet this is where the people of Israel found 31 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,660 Speaker 1: themselves with this work. They're about to start the construction 32 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,740 Speaker 1: of all these things that Moses has been up on 33 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: the mountain twice getting instructions for. And the outpouring of 34 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:08,049 Speaker 1: the offering is more than enough. And isn't that a 35 00:02:08,110 --> 00:02:11,149 Speaker 1: good way to start? And we're going to do this 36 00:02:11,230 --> 00:02:14,029 Speaker 1: at a pretty fast clip because we've already had all 37 00:02:14,090 --> 00:02:18,510 Speaker 1: the instructions of how to build these pieces, so it's 38 00:02:18,570 --> 00:02:22,490 Speaker 1: not a lot new in this next section. The tabernacle. 39 00:02:22,570 --> 00:02:24,630 Speaker 1: All those who were skilled among the workers made the 40 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple, 41 00:02:29,810 --> 00:02:34,329 Speaker 1: and scarlet yarn with cherubim woven into them by expert hands. 42 00:02:34,730 --> 00:02:38,340 Speaker 1: All the curtains were the same size, 28 cubits long 43 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: and four cubits wide. They joined five of the curtains 44 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: together and did the same with the other five. Then 45 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: they made loops of blue material along the edge of 46 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: the end curtain in one set and the same was 47 00:02:51,740 --> 00:02:54,649 Speaker 1: done with the end curtain in the other set. They 48 00:02:54,690 --> 00:02:57,410 Speaker 1: also made 50 loops on one curtain and 50 loops 49 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:00,270 Speaker 1: on on the end curtain of the other set with 50 00:03:00,290 --> 00:03:03,370 Speaker 1: the loops opposite each other. Then they made 50 gold 51 00:03:03,450 --> 00:03:06,690 Speaker 1: clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of 52 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:10,630 Speaker 1: curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit. They 53 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,700 Speaker 1: made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle, 54 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:17,460 Speaker 1: 11 all together. All 11 curtains were the same size, 55 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: 30 cubits long and 4 cubits wide. They joined five 56 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:23,620 Speaker 1: of the curtains in one set and the other six 57 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: into another set. Then they made 50 loops along the 58 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: edge of the end curtain in one set, and also 59 00:03:30,630 --> 00:03:33,260 Speaker 1: along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 60 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:38,180 Speaker 1: They made 50 bronze clasps to fasten the tent together 61 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,900 Speaker 1: as a unit. Then they made for the tent a 62 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,260 Speaker 1: covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a 63 00:03:44,380 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: covering of the other durable leather. They made upright frames 64 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,100 Speaker 1: of acacia wood for the tabernacle, Each frame was 10 65 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, with 66 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: two projections set parallel to each other. They made all 67 00:03:58,940 --> 00:04:01,750 Speaker 1: the frames of the tabernacle in this way. They made 68 00:04:01,750 --> 00:04:04,730 Speaker 1: 20 frames for the south end of the tabernacle and 69 00:04:04,770 --> 00:04:08,310 Speaker 1: made 40 silver bases to go under them, two bases 70 00:04:08,570 --> 00:04:13,010 Speaker 1: for each frame, one under each projection. For the other side, 71 00:04:13,150 --> 00:04:15,780 Speaker 1: the north side of the tabernacle, they made 20 frames 72 00:04:16,260 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: and 40 silver bases, two under each frame. They made 73 00:04:19,820 --> 00:04:22,220 Speaker 1: six frames for the far end, that is, the west 74 00:04:22,380 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: end of the tabernacle, and two frames were made for 75 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. At 76 00:04:28,580 --> 00:04:31,710 Speaker 1: these two corners, the frames were doubled from the bottom 77 00:04:32,130 --> 00:04:33,890 Speaker 1: all the way to the top and fitted into a 78 00:04:33,950 --> 00:04:36,990 Speaker 1: single ring. Both were made alike, so there were eight 79 00:04:37,070 --> 00:04:41,210 Speaker 1: frames and 16 bases, two under each frame. They also 80 00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:45,380 Speaker 1: made crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on 81 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,779 Speaker 1: one side of the tabernacle, five for those on the 82 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: other side, and five for the frames on the west 83 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: at the far end of the tabernacle. They made the 84 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: center crossbar so that it extended from end to end 85 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,730 Speaker 1: at the middle of the frames. They overlaid the frames 86 00:04:58,810 --> 00:05:01,950 Speaker 1: with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. 87 00:05:02,390 --> 00:05:05,830 Speaker 1: They also overlaid the crossbars with gold. They made the 88 00:05:05,890 --> 00:05:09,770 Speaker 1: curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, 89 00:05:10,190 --> 00:05:13,330 Speaker 1: with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. They 90 00:05:13,350 --> 00:05:15,909 Speaker 1: made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid 91 00:05:15,950 --> 00:05:18,830 Speaker 1: them with gold. They made gold hooks for them... and 92 00:05:18,890 --> 00:05:22,110 Speaker 1: cast their four silver bases. For the entrance to the tent, 93 00:05:22,130 --> 00:05:24,670 Speaker 1: they made a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, 94 00:05:24,830 --> 00:05:28,170 Speaker 1: and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, and 95 00:05:28,190 --> 00:05:30,970 Speaker 1: they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid 96 00:05:30,990 --> 00:05:33,610 Speaker 1: the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, 97 00:05:33,730 --> 00:05:37,770 Speaker 1: and made their five bases of bronze. I would encourage 98 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,860 Speaker 1: you to look online for what a picture is of 99 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:44,940 Speaker 1: what we're building here, or if you've ever had a 100 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:48,310 Speaker 1: chance to be in a nomad camp, If you've had 101 00:05:48,330 --> 00:05:50,430 Speaker 1: a chance, for instance, to be in Wadi Rum, if 102 00:05:50,589 --> 00:05:52,930 Speaker 1: you had a chance to be there in Jordan and 103 00:05:53,010 --> 00:05:55,850 Speaker 1: sleep in a nomad camp, this kind of reminds me 104 00:05:55,890 --> 00:06:01,150 Speaker 1: of that where the walls of the compound were fabric. 105 00:06:02,130 --> 00:06:04,090 Speaker 1: And they had poles up every once in a while, 106 00:06:04,110 --> 00:06:06,010 Speaker 1: so they're going to have that sort of outer ring 107 00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: of fabric and then the inner tent of the sanctuary. 108 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: And it's not that dissimilar, except for all the gold, 109 00:06:13,260 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: for the way the nomad camps were built for generations. 110 00:06:16,830 --> 00:06:20,510 Speaker 1: except in this case, it's going to be their church, 111 00:06:20,570 --> 00:06:24,370 Speaker 1: their temple, their tabernacle. I'm going to continue on here 112 00:06:24,430 --> 00:06:26,940 Speaker 1: because this is not the most interesting part of the book, 113 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:29,860 Speaker 1: and we're going to make some other things here. The Ark. 114 00:06:30,540 --> 00:06:33,940 Speaker 1: Bazalel made the Ark of Acacia Wood, two and a 115 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,180 Speaker 1: half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and 116 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: a cubit and a half high. He overlaid it with 117 00:06:39,020 --> 00:06:41,900 Speaker 1: pure gold, both inside and out, and made gold molding 118 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: around it. He cast four rings for it and fastened 119 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,710 Speaker 1: them to its four feet, with two rings on one 120 00:06:47,770 --> 00:06:50,230 Speaker 1: side and two rings on the other. Then he made 121 00:06:50,310 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. And 122 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides 123 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:58,339 Speaker 1: of the ark to carry it. He made the atonement 124 00:06:58,380 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long 125 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,100 Speaker 1: and a cubit and a half wide. Then he made 126 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,339 Speaker 1: two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of 127 00:07:05,380 --> 00:07:08,310 Speaker 1: the cover. He made one cherub on one end and 128 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,530 Speaker 1: the second cherub on the other. And at the two ends, 129 00:07:12,650 --> 00:07:15,660 Speaker 1: he made them of one piece with the cover. The 130 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,420 Speaker 1: cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. 131 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:24,130 Speaker 1: The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover. You've 132 00:07:24,150 --> 00:07:27,690 Speaker 1: probably seen a picture of these two cherubs on top 133 00:07:27,710 --> 00:07:30,330 Speaker 1: of this box that is the Ark. Not to be 134 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:32,110 Speaker 1: confused with the Ark of Noah. This is the Ark 135 00:07:32,130 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: of the Covenant. And you have these poles because you 136 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: remember you're not supposed to touch the Ark. In fact, 137 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: someone will die later on in the Book of Kings 138 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:44,610 Speaker 1: because as they're moving the Ark, it starts to fall, 139 00:07:44,790 --> 00:07:47,010 Speaker 1: and so he reaches up to touch the Ark and 140 00:07:47,590 --> 00:07:50,230 Speaker 1: to steady it and dies. And so you have these 141 00:07:50,290 --> 00:07:52,910 Speaker 1: pulls so you don't have to touch the Ark. Don't 142 00:07:53,170 --> 00:07:56,070 Speaker 1: touch the Ark. The table. They made the table of 143 00:07:56,110 --> 00:07:58,610 Speaker 1: acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a 144 00:07:58,650 --> 00:08:01,650 Speaker 1: cubit and a half high. Then they overlaid it with 145 00:08:01,790 --> 00:08:04,490 Speaker 1: pure gold and made a gold molding around it. They 146 00:08:04,530 --> 00:08:08,830 Speaker 1: also made around it a rim a hand breadth wide 147 00:08:09,250 --> 00:08:11,430 Speaker 1: and put a gold molding on the rim. They cast 148 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:14,010 Speaker 1: four gold rings for the table and fastened them to 149 00:08:14,050 --> 00:08:17,490 Speaker 1: the four corners where the four legs were. The rings 150 00:08:17,550 --> 00:08:19,590 Speaker 1: were put close to the rim to hold the poles 151 00:08:19,730 --> 00:08:22,050 Speaker 1: used to carry the table. The poles for carrying the 152 00:08:22,090 --> 00:08:25,230 Speaker 1: table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold. 153 00:08:25,830 --> 00:08:28,330 Speaker 1: And they made from pure gold the articles for the table, 154 00:08:28,470 --> 00:08:31,450 Speaker 1: its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for 155 00:08:31,490 --> 00:08:35,709 Speaker 1: the pouring out of drink offerings. The lampstand. They made 156 00:08:35,750 --> 00:08:38,550 Speaker 1: the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base 157 00:08:38,590 --> 00:08:42,550 Speaker 1: and shaft and made its flower-like cups, buds and blossoms 158 00:08:42,610 --> 00:08:45,790 Speaker 1: of one piece with them. Six branches extended from the 159 00:08:45,850 --> 00:08:48,110 Speaker 1: side of the lampstand, three on one side and three 160 00:08:48,130 --> 00:08:50,990 Speaker 1: on the other. Three cups shaped like an almond, flowers 161 00:08:51,070 --> 00:08:54,260 Speaker 1: with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on 162 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:57,100 Speaker 1: the next branch, and all the same for all six 163 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,020 Speaker 1: branches extending from the lampstand. And on the lampstand were 164 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:04,410 Speaker 1: four cups shaped like almond flowers, with buds and blossoms. 165 00:09:04,910 --> 00:09:07,380 Speaker 1: One bud was under the first pair of branches extending 166 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,100 Speaker 1: from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, 167 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: and a third bud under the third pair, six branches 168 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,350 Speaker 1: in all. The buds and the branches were all placed 169 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:20,469 Speaker 1: of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. 170 00:09:21,010 --> 00:09:24,290 Speaker 1: They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick, trimmers, 171 00:09:24,370 --> 00:09:27,110 Speaker 1: and trays of pure gold. They made the lampstand with 172 00:09:27,170 --> 00:09:32,820 Speaker 1: all its accessories from one talent of pure gold. So, Remember, again, 173 00:09:32,860 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: we've got cubits and talents here. A cubit is roughly 174 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,829 Speaker 1: the length from your fingertips to your elbow, about a 175 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,150 Speaker 1: foot and a half. And then in terms of a 176 00:09:42,270 --> 00:09:46,890 Speaker 1: talent of gold, that is a weight of gold, about 177 00:09:46,890 --> 00:09:51,569 Speaker 1: 75 pounds or 34 kilograms, or rather a lot of gold. 178 00:09:52,610 --> 00:09:54,730 Speaker 1: The altar of incense. They made the altar of incense 179 00:09:54,790 --> 00:09:57,050 Speaker 1: out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, 180 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:59,970 Speaker 1: and a cubit wide, and two cubits high. It's horned. 181 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: of one piece with it. They overlaid the top and 182 00:10:03,220 --> 00:10:05,860 Speaker 1: all the sides and the horns with pure gold and 183 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: made a gold molding around it. They made two gold 184 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,100 Speaker 1: rings below the molding, two on each of the opposite 185 00:10:11,140 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: sides to hold the poles used to carry it. They 186 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,059 Speaker 1: made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 187 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,429 Speaker 1: They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure 188 00:10:20,490 --> 00:10:24,510 Speaker 1: fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer. And we're going 189 00:10:24,530 --> 00:10:26,830 Speaker 1: to stop there here with the things they're making. We 190 00:10:26,870 --> 00:10:29,489 Speaker 1: have a couple more things for them to make that 191 00:10:29,510 --> 00:10:31,970 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about next time. But with that, 192 00:10:32,010 --> 00:10:34,490 Speaker 1: we're going to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. 193 00:10:34,530 --> 00:10:37,599 Speaker 1: If you have any questions, send an email to chris2x 194 00:10:37,650 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: at gmail.com or better yet, leave a comment on this 195 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:47,540 Speaker 1: episode at thebiblestudypodcast.com. 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