WEBVTT - #983 - Exodus 24-25 – Covenant and Construction

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>eighty three. Today, The Bible Study Podcast continues the study

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<v Speaker 1>of the Book of Exodus with chapter twenty four. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host Chris Kristensen.

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twenty four the Covenant confirmed. But first a word

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<v Speaker 1>from this sponsor. Chapter twenty four starts like this. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord said to Moses, come up to the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>You and Aaron, Nadad, and Abihu and seventy of the

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<v Speaker 1>elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance.

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<v Speaker 1>But Moses alone is to approach the Lord, and the

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<v Speaker 1>others must not come near, and the people may not

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<v Speaker 1>come up with him. Then Moses went and told the

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<v Speaker 1>people all the Lord's words and laws. They responded with

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<v Speaker 1>one voice, everything the Lord has said, we will do,

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<v Speaker 1>and wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got

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<v Speaker 1>up early the next morning and built an altar at

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<v Speaker 1>the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone

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<v Speaker 1>pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent

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<v Speaker 1>young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed

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<v Speaker 1>young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. Moses took

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<v Speaker 1>half the blood and put it in bulls, and the

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<v Speaker 1>other half he splashed against the altar. Then he took

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<v Speaker 1>the Book of the Covenant and started to read it

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<v Speaker 1>to the people. They responded, we will do everything the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord has said. We will obey. Moses then took the blood,

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<v Speaker 1>sprinkled it on the people, and said, this is the

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<v Speaker 1>blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you.

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<v Speaker 1>In accordance with all these words, Moses and Aaron, Nadab

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<v Speaker 1>and Abihu and the seventy elders of Israel went up

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<v Speaker 1>and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was

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<v Speaker 1>something like a pavement made of lapislazuli, as bright blue

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<v Speaker 1>as the sky. But God did not raise his hand

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<v Speaker 1>against these leaders of the Israelite. They saw God, and

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<v Speaker 1>they ate and drank. The Lord said to Moses, come

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<v Speaker 1>up with me on the mountain and stay here, and

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<v Speaker 1>I will give you the tablets of stone with the

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<v Speaker 1>law and commandments I have written for their instruction. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Moses set out with Joshua his aid, and Moses went

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<v Speaker 1>up on the mountain of God. He said to the elders,

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<v Speaker 1>wait here for us until we come back to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron and her are with you, and anyone involved in

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<v Speaker 1>a dispute can go to them. When Moses went up

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<v Speaker 1>on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days,

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<v Speaker 1>the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord called Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites,

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<v Speaker 1>the glory of the Lord looked like consuming fire on

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<v Speaker 1>top of the mountain. Then Moses entered the cloud as

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<v Speaker 1>he went up on the mountain, and he stayed on

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<v Speaker 1>the mountain forty days and forty nights. So we've got

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<v Speaker 1>all of this that's been going on at Mount Sinai.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got the Ten Commandments, we've got some of the laws,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently the Book of the Law. Whether that's the whole

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<v Speaker 1>book of Leviticus, not sure, but they read that. They

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<v Speaker 1>all say this is great, we'll do all these things.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we're saying, okay, Moses and the elders, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to go up. Oh my gosh, they get to

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<v Speaker 1>see God. This is amazing, and there's this blue like

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<v Speaker 1>Lapis Lazoli, this precious gem. And then okay, Moses, now

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<v Speaker 1>you get to come up separately, and you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>stay here for a while, and he's up there for

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<v Speaker 1>forty days and forty nights, and forty days and forty

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<v Speaker 1>nights is an interesting time period. I think this may

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<v Speaker 1>be the first one in the Bible, or was there

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<v Speaker 1>during Noah as well. But we're going to see the

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<v Speaker 1>forty years in the wilderness, Jesus in the desert for

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<v Speaker 1>forty days and forty nights, and this is one of

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<v Speaker 1>those things that forty days means a long time, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's up there a long time because he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>get some instructions. It's going to get some instructions about

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<v Speaker 1>building some things like the tabernacle, like the ark, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to continue on into chapter twenty five to

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<v Speaker 1>some of those instructions. The Lord said to Moses, tell

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<v Speaker 1>the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to

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<v Speaker 1>receive the offering for me from everyone whose hearts prompt

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<v Speaker 1>them to give. These are the offerings you would received

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<v Speaker 1>from them. Gold, silver and bronze, blue, purple and scarlet,

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<v Speaker 1>yarn and fine linen, goat hair, ramskins dyed red, and

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<v Speaker 1>another type of durable leather, acacia wood, olive oil for

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<v Speaker 1>the light, spices for the anointing, oil, and for the

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<v Speaker 1>fragrant incense and onyx stones and other gems to be

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<v Speaker 1>mounted on the ephad and breastplate. Then have them make

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<v Speaker 1>a sanctuary for me and I will dwell among them.

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<v Speaker 1>Make this tabernacle and all its furnishing is exactly like

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<v Speaker 1>the pattern I will show you. So the tabernacle is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the temporary, movable temple of God, that

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<v Speaker 1>is where the presence of God will be obvious among

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<v Speaker 1>the people of God. We're going to get some instructions

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<v Speaker 1>about it later on. Collect from among the people. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to go to the store and buy stuff, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's this is the st that people have taken with

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<v Speaker 1>them that remember when they were leaving Egypt, the Egyptians

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<v Speaker 1>gave them a bunch of stuff to just take this

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<v Speaker 1>and go. And so they're going to collect some of

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<v Speaker 1>those things that are going to be used for the

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<v Speaker 1>tabernacle for the other things they are going to be creating.

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<v Speaker 1>Here the arc, have them make an arc of acacia

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<v Speaker 1>wood two and a half cubits long, a cubit and

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<v Speaker 1>a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

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<v Speaker 1>Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and

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<v Speaker 1>make a gold molding around it. Cast four gold rings

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<v Speaker 1>for it and fasten them to its four feet, with

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<v Speaker 1>two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

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<v Speaker 1>Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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<v Speaker 1>Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of

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<v Speaker 1>the ark to carry it. The poles are to remain

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<v Speaker 1>in the rings of this arc. They are not to

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<v Speaker 1>be removed. Then put in the ark the tablets of

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<v Speaker 1>the Covenant Law which I will give you. Make an

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<v Speaker 1>atonement cover of pure gold two and a half cubits

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<v Speaker 1>long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two

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<v Speaker 1>cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

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<v Speaker 1>Make one cherub at one end and the second cherub

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<v Speaker 1>on the other. Make the cherubim of one piece with

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<v Speaker 1>the cover at the two ends. The cherubim are to

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<v Speaker 1>have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them.

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<v Speaker 1>The cherabim aar to face each other looking toward the cover.

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<v Speaker 1>Place the cover on top of the ark, and put

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<v Speaker 1>in the ark the tablets of the Covenant Law that

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<v Speaker 1>I will give you. There above the cover. Between the

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<v Speaker 1>two cherubim that are over the ark of the Covenant Law.

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<v Speaker 1>I will meet with you and give you all my

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<v Speaker 1>commands for the Israelites. So this is sort of the

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<v Speaker 1>portable presence of God. This arc here. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>put the Ten Commandments in there. We're going to put

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<v Speaker 1>some other things in there later to remember this journey.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's what's going to go in here now. And

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<v Speaker 1>a cubit is about a foot and a half. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the distance from your tip of your fingers to your elbow.

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<v Speaker 1>And what it's standardized on at the time, I do

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<v Speaker 1>not know. But if you've seen the movie The Raiders

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lost Dark, you've seen a model of what

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<v Speaker 1>somebody thought that the arc of the Covenant would look like.

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<v Speaker 1>With these two angels, the two cherubim at the top

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<v Speaker 1>out of hammered gold the table. Make a table of

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<v Speaker 1>acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide and a

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<v Speaker 1>cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold

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<v Speaker 1>and make a gold molding around it. Also make a

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<v Speaker 1>rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on

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<v Speaker 1>the rim. Make four gold rings for the table and

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<v Speaker 1>fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are.

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<v Speaker 1>The rings are to be close to the rim, to

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<v Speaker 1>hold the poles used to carry the table. Make the

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<v Speaker 1>poles of acasha wood, overlay them with gold, and carry

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<v Speaker 1>the table with them, and make its plates and dishes

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<v Speaker 1>of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls

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<v Speaker 1>for the pouring out of offerings. Put the bread of

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<v Speaker 1>the presence on this table to be before me at

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<v Speaker 1>all times. So this is similar to what you'd find

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<v Speaker 1>and altar in a church. This is the table. It's

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<v Speaker 1>going to have the offering bread on it. Although the

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<v Speaker 1>offering bread isn't going to be the same as we

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<v Speaker 1>think of if you go to a church these days,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's one of the types of offering that you

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<v Speaker 1>would give. Is this grain offering made into bread that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to sit on the table. And then the lampstand.

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<v Speaker 1>Make a lampstand of pure gold, hammer out its base

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<v Speaker 1>and shaft, and make its flower like cups, buds and

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<v Speaker 1>blossoms of one piece with them. Six branches are to

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<v Speaker 1>extend from the side of the lampstand, three on one

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<v Speaker 1>side and three on the other. Three cups shaped like

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<v Speaker 1>almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on

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<v Speaker 1>one branch, three on the next, and the same for

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<v Speaker 1>all six branches extending from the lampstand, and all the

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<v Speaker 1>lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond

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<v Speaker 1>flowers with buds and blossoms. One bud shall be under

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<v Speaker 1>the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a

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<v Speaker 1>second bud under the second pair, and a third bud

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<v Speaker 1>under the third pair. Six branches in all the buds

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<v Speaker 1>and branches shall be of one piece. With the lampstand

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<v Speaker 1>hammered out of pure gold. Then make it seven lamps

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<v Speaker 1>and set them up so that they light the space

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<v Speaker 1>in front of it. It's wick. Trimmers and trays are

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<v Speaker 1>to be of pure gold. A talent of pure gold

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<v Speaker 1>is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.

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<v Speaker 1>See that you make them according to the pattern shown

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<v Speaker 1>you on the mountain. So apparently Moses is getting some

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<v Speaker 1>other instructions besides just this verbal instructions. At least that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm interpreting by make them according to the pattern

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<v Speaker 1>shown you on the mountain, that I'm going to show

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<v Speaker 1>you what I wanted to look like. And God is

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<v Speaker 1>sketching out some lampstands that are going to look like

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<v Speaker 1>flowers and buds and blossoms and I I haven't really

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<v Speaker 1>seen pictures of the lamp stand that have been recreated.

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<v Speaker 1>I think of a manora, but this is obviously much

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<v Speaker 1>more fancy than that. It's got seven lamps and these

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<v Speaker 1>would be oil lamps, but it's very elaborate and everything's

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<v Speaker 1>made out of gold. So moses up on the mountain.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to leave them up there getting instructions for

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<v Speaker 1>making stuff like this, and we're going to continue that

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<v Speaker 1>next week. But with that, we're going to end this

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<v Speaker 1>episode at the Bible Study Podcast. If you have any questions,

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