Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine hundred and
Speaker 1: eighty three. Today, The Bible Study Podcast continues the study
Speaker 1: of the Book of Exodus with chapter twenty four. Welcome
Speaker 1: to the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host Chris Kristensen.
Speaker 1: Chapter twenty four the Covenant confirmed. But first a word
Speaker 1: from this sponsor. Chapter twenty four starts like this. Then
Speaker 1: the Lord said to Moses, come up to the Lord.
Speaker 1: You and Aaron, Nadad, and Abihu and seventy of the
Speaker 1: elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance.
Speaker 1: But Moses alone is to approach the Lord, and the
Speaker 1: others must not come near, and the people may not
Speaker 1: come up with him. Then Moses went and told the
Speaker 1: people all the Lord's words and laws. They responded with
Speaker 1: one voice, everything the Lord has said, we will do,
Speaker 1: and wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got
Speaker 1: up early the next morning and built an altar at
Speaker 1: the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone
Speaker 1: pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent
Speaker 1: young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed
Speaker 1: young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. Moses took
Speaker 1: half the blood and put it in bulls, and the
Speaker 1: other half he splashed against the altar. Then he took
Speaker 1: the Book of the Covenant and started to read it
Speaker 1: to the people. They responded, we will do everything the
Speaker 1: Lord has said. We will obey. Moses then took the blood,
Speaker 1: sprinkled it on the people, and said, this is the
Speaker 1: blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you.
Speaker 1: In accordance with all these words, Moses and Aaron, Nadab
Speaker 1: and Abihu and the seventy elders of Israel went up
Speaker 1: and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was
Speaker 1: something like a pavement made of lapislazuli, as bright blue
Speaker 1: as the sky. But God did not raise his hand
Speaker 1: against these leaders of the Israelite. They saw God, and
Speaker 1: they ate and drank. The Lord said to Moses, come
Speaker 1: up with me on the mountain and stay here, and
Speaker 1: I will give you the tablets of stone with the
Speaker 1: law and commandments I have written for their instruction. Then
Speaker 1: Moses set out with Joshua his aid, and Moses went
Speaker 1: up on the mountain of God. He said to the elders,
Speaker 1: wait here for us until we come back to you.
Speaker 1: Aaron and her are with you, and anyone involved in
Speaker 1: a dispute can go to them. When Moses went up
Speaker 1: on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory
Speaker 1: of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days,
Speaker 1: the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day,
Speaker 1: the Lord called Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites,
Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord looked like consuming fire on
Speaker 1: top of the mountain. Then Moses entered the cloud as
Speaker 1: he went up on the mountain, and he stayed on
Speaker 1: the mountain forty days and forty nights. So we've got
Speaker 1: all of this that's been going on at Mount Sinai.
Speaker 1: We've got the Ten Commandments, we've got some of the laws,
Speaker 1: apparently the Book of the Law. Whether that's the whole
Speaker 1: book of Leviticus, not sure, but they read that. They
Speaker 1: all say this is great, we'll do all these things.
Speaker 1: And then we're saying, okay, Moses and the elders, we're
Speaker 1: going to go up. Oh my gosh, they get to
Speaker 1: see God. This is amazing, and there's this blue like
Speaker 1: Lapis Lazoli, this precious gem. And then okay, Moses, now
Speaker 1: you get to come up separately, and you're going to
Speaker 1: stay here for a while, and he's up there for
Speaker 1: forty days and forty nights, and forty days and forty
Speaker 1: nights is an interesting time period. I think this may
Speaker 1: be the first one in the Bible, or was there
Speaker 1: during Noah as well. But we're going to see the
Speaker 1: forty years in the wilderness, Jesus in the desert for
Speaker 1: forty days and forty nights, and this is one of
Speaker 1: those things that forty days means a long time, and
Speaker 1: he's up there a long time because he's going to
Speaker 1: get some instructions. It's going to get some instructions about
Speaker 1: building some things like the tabernacle, like the ark, and
Speaker 1: we're going to continue on into chapter twenty five to
Speaker 1: some of those instructions. The Lord said to Moses, tell
Speaker 1: the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to
Speaker 1: receive the offering for me from everyone whose hearts prompt
Speaker 1: them to give. These are the offerings you would received
Speaker 1: from them. Gold, silver and bronze, blue, purple and scarlet,
Speaker 1: yarn and fine linen, goat hair, ramskins dyed red, and
Speaker 1: another type of durable leather, acacia wood, olive oil for
Speaker 1: the light, spices for the anointing, oil, and for the
Speaker 1: fragrant incense and onyx stones and other gems to be
Speaker 1: mounted on the ephad and breastplate. Then have them make
Speaker 1: a sanctuary for me and I will dwell among them.
Speaker 1: Make this tabernacle and all its furnishing is exactly like
Speaker 1: the pattern I will show you. So the tabernacle is
Speaker 1: going to be the temporary, movable temple of God, that
Speaker 1: is where the presence of God will be obvious among
Speaker 1: the people of God. We're going to get some instructions
Speaker 1: about it later on. Collect from among the people. You're
Speaker 1: not going to go to the store and buy stuff, right,
Speaker 1: it's this is the st that people have taken with
Speaker 1: them that remember when they were leaving Egypt, the Egyptians
Speaker 1: gave them a bunch of stuff to just take this
Speaker 1: and go. And so they're going to collect some of
Speaker 1: those things that are going to be used for the
Speaker 1: tabernacle for the other things they are going to be creating.
Speaker 1: Here the arc, have them make an arc of acacia
Speaker 1: wood two and a half cubits long, a cubit and
Speaker 1: a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Speaker 1: Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and
Speaker 1: make a gold molding around it. Cast four gold rings
Speaker 1: for it and fasten them to its four feet, with
Speaker 1: two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
Speaker 1: Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Speaker 1: Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of
Speaker 1: the ark to carry it. The poles are to remain
Speaker 1: in the rings of this arc. They are not to
Speaker 1: be removed. Then put in the ark the tablets of
Speaker 1: the Covenant Law which I will give you. Make an
Speaker 1: atonement cover of pure gold two and a half cubits
Speaker 1: long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two
Speaker 1: cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
Speaker 1: Make one cherub at one end and the second cherub
Speaker 1: on the other. Make the cherubim of one piece with
Speaker 1: the cover at the two ends. The cherubim are to
Speaker 1: have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them.
Speaker 1: The cherabim aar to face each other looking toward the cover.
Speaker 1: Place the cover on top of the ark, and put
Speaker 1: in the ark the tablets of the Covenant Law that
Speaker 1: I will give you. There above the cover. Between the
Speaker 1: two cherubim that are over the ark of the Covenant Law.
Speaker 1: I will meet with you and give you all my
Speaker 1: commands for the Israelites. So this is sort of the
Speaker 1: portable presence of God. This arc here. We're going to
Speaker 1: put the Ten Commandments in there. We're going to put
Speaker 1: some other things in there later to remember this journey.
Speaker 1: But that's what's going to go in here now. And
Speaker 1: a cubit is about a foot and a half. It's
Speaker 1: the distance from your tip of your fingers to your elbow.
Speaker 1: And what it's standardized on at the time, I do
Speaker 1: not know. But if you've seen the movie The Raiders
Speaker 1: of the Lost Dark, you've seen a model of what
Speaker 1: somebody thought that the arc of the Covenant would look like.
Speaker 1: With these two angels, the two cherubim at the top
Speaker 1: out of hammered gold the table. Make a table of
Speaker 1: acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide and a
Speaker 1: cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold
Speaker 1: and make a gold molding around it. Also make a
Speaker 1: rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on
Speaker 1: the rim. Make four gold rings for the table and
Speaker 1: fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are.
Speaker 1: The rings are to be close to the rim, to
Speaker 1: hold the poles used to carry the table. Make the
Speaker 1: poles of acasha wood, overlay them with gold, and carry
Speaker 1: the table with them, and make its plates and dishes
Speaker 1: of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls
Speaker 1: for the pouring out of offerings. Put the bread of
Speaker 1: the presence on this table to be before me at
Speaker 1: all times. So this is similar to what you'd find
Speaker 1: and altar in a church. This is the table. It's
Speaker 1: going to have the offering bread on it. Although the
Speaker 1: offering bread isn't going to be the same as we
Speaker 1: think of if you go to a church these days,
Speaker 1: but it's one of the types of offering that you
Speaker 1: would give. Is this grain offering made into bread that's
Speaker 1: going to sit on the table. And then the lampstand.
Speaker 1: Make a lampstand of pure gold, hammer out its base
Speaker 1: and shaft, and make its flower like cups, buds and
Speaker 1: blossoms of one piece with them. Six branches are to
Speaker 1: extend from the side of the lampstand, three on one
Speaker 1: side and three on the other. Three cups shaped like
Speaker 1: almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on
Speaker 1: one branch, three on the next, and the same for
Speaker 1: all six branches extending from the lampstand, and all the
Speaker 1: lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond
Speaker 1: flowers with buds and blossoms. One bud shall be under
Speaker 1: the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a
Speaker 1: second bud under the second pair, and a third bud
Speaker 1: under the third pair. Six branches in all the buds
Speaker 1: and branches shall be of one piece. With the lampstand
Speaker 1: hammered out of pure gold. Then make it seven lamps
Speaker 1: and set them up so that they light the space
Speaker 1: in front of it. It's wick. Trimmers and trays are
Speaker 1: to be of pure gold. A talent of pure gold
Speaker 1: is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.
Speaker 1: See that you make them according to the pattern shown
Speaker 1: you on the mountain. So apparently Moses is getting some
Speaker 1: other instructions besides just this verbal instructions. At least that's
Speaker 1: what I'm interpreting by make them according to the pattern
Speaker 1: shown you on the mountain, that I'm going to show
Speaker 1: you what I wanted to look like. And God is
Speaker 1: sketching out some lampstands that are going to look like
Speaker 1: flowers and buds and blossoms and I I haven't really
Speaker 1: seen pictures of the lamp stand that have been recreated.
Speaker 1: I think of a manora, but this is obviously much
Speaker 1: more fancy than that. It's got seven lamps and these
Speaker 1: would be oil lamps, but it's very elaborate and everything's
Speaker 1: made out of gold. So moses up on the mountain.
Speaker 1: We're going to leave them up there getting instructions for
Speaker 1: making stuff like this, and we're going to continue that
Speaker 1: next week. But with that, we're going to end this
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