Inspiring Words Knight Vision

We are in chapter three of Leviticus with our word for today which is a phrase. דָּ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ you shall not eat blood. It is used 5 times in the Old Testament. Let’s start in our chapter for today. Leviticus 3:16-17 And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord's. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in a...

We are moving into chapter three of Leviticus with our word for today which is a phrase. וְסָמַ֤ךְ יָדוֹ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ lay his hand on the head. It is used 3 times in the Old Testament. We see our phrase used in reference to the peace offering in our chapter today. Leviticus 3:1-2 If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer i...

We are moving into chapter two of Leviticus with our word for today. מֶ֫לַח salt. It is used 14 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of flavoring for food. Job 6:6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without מֶ֑לַח salt? Our word is used in the sense of one way land is destroyed and unable to be productive. Ezekiel 47:11 But its swamps and marshes will...

We are in chapter one of Leviticus with our word for today which is a phrase. וְזָרַקְתָּ֧ אֶת־הַדָּ֛ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב throw the blood against the sides of the altar. It is used 8 times in the Old Testament, twice in our chapter. Our phrase is used to describe what the priests are to do with the blood from the sacrifices as part of the tabernacle worship. We see it in reference to the sa...

We are in chapter one of Leviticus with our word for today. שָׁחַט slaughter, slay, kill. It is used 80 times in the Old Testament, 2 times in our chapter. We find our word used for the purpose of eating animals. 1 Samuel 14:31-32, 34 They struck down the Philistines ... the people were very faint. The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ and slaughtered the...

We are starting in the book of Leviticus with chapter one with our word for today. קָרְבָּן offering, gift. It is used 80 times in the Old Testament, 6 times in our chapter. We find our word used in offering sacrifices to idols and false gods. Ezekiel 20:28, 30 For when I had brought them into the land that I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they of...

We are in chapter forty of Exodus with our word for today which is the very last word in the book of Exodus. מַסַּע breaking camp, departure, daily march, wandering, pulling up, setting out, journey. It is used 12 times in the Old Testament, 2 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of traveling from one place to another, often by foot or over a long distance. Genesis 13:2-4 Now Abram...

We are in chapter forty of Exodus with our word for today. מָלֵא be full, fill, consecrate as a priest, devote, fulfill, carry out. It is used 248 times in the Old Testament, 2 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense to make full with sufficient quantity. It is used literally to fill a container. Genesis 21:19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went וַתְּמַל...

We are moving into chapter forty of Exodus with our word for today. קוּם erect, build. It is used 627 times in the Old Testament, 5 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense to construct, build, or erect. We find it used to set up idol worship. Leviticus 26:1 You shall not make idols for yourselves or תָקִ֣ימוּ erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your la...

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. עֲבֹדָה work, enforced labor, service which is rendered, service of worship. It is used 145 times in the Old Testament, three times in our chapter. Our word is used in the general sense of activity directed toward making or doing something. Psalm 104:23 Man goes out to his work וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ and to his labor until the evening. We...

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. נֵ֫זֶר consecration, dedication, crown, diadem, head-band, ordination. It is used 25 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of separation whether formally through an act of consecration or as a result of some other informal means. We find our word used the most of any chapter in the Bible in Numbers chapter six. It...

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. שָׁנִי crimson, scarlet, a color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge. It is used 42 times in the Old Testament, 7 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of a garment that has been dyed crimson. Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in שָׁנִֽים scarl...

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. תּוֹלֵעָה worm, glow-worm, crimson, scarlet, vivid red. It is used 41 times in the Old Testament, 7 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense as any of numerous, relatively small, elongated, soft-bodied animals which would include many insect larvae. A few good examples of this are the manna from heaven, the curses of disob...

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. אַרְגָּמָן wool dyed with red purple. It is used 38 times in the Old Testament, 7 times in our chapter. Our word is used only seven times in the sense of fabric that has been dyed purple. Esther 8:15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine lin...

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. תְּכֵ֫לֶת bluish or violet purple wool or dye. It is used 49 times in the Old Testament, 8 times in our chapter. Our word is used only four times in the sense of fabric that has been dyed blue. Esther 8:15 Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of תְּכֵ֣לֶת blue. The overwhelming way our word is used with 45 u...

We are moving into chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. פָּתִיל thread, tied on, cord, line. It is used 11 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used most of the time as a cord or rope made of fibers, threads, or perhaps other materials. A good example is with Judah where our word is used probably as a way to hold on to his personal items. Genesis 38:18, 25 He said, “What pledg...

We are in chapter thirty-eight of Exodus with our word for today. יָתֵד peg, pin, nail, a holding, tent pin, tent peg. It is used 24 times in the Old Testament, three times in our chapter. We find our word used four times to describe how Jael used it as a weapon when God delivered his people from the Canaanites. Judges 4:21-22 But Jael the wife of Heber took a יְתַ֨ד tent peg, and took a hammer in...

We are in chapter thirty-eight of Exodus with our word for today. פָּקַד visit, inspect, look at, see, command, numbered, recorded. It is used 304 times in the Old Testament, three times in our chapter. Most of the uses of our word are in the sense to be added up in number or quantity. A good example is found in the book of Numbers where God’s people were counted according to each tribe. Numbers 1...

We are rolling into chapter thirty-eight of Exodus with our word for today. קֶ֫רֶן horn, strength, might. It is used 75 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used the most in the sense of one of the body outgrowths on the heads of hoofed mammals. A good example is the ram that God provides for the sacrifice for Abraham. Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind...

We are in chapter thirty-seven of Exodus with our word for today. קַשְׂוָה jug, jar, cups, pitcher, flagon. It is used 4 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of a type of vessel, usually with a tapered, narrow neck, and likely containing some kind of plug device. All of our uses are used at the early tabernacle worship then in the temple. Let’s look all of our uses. Exodus 25:...

We are in chapter thirty-seven of Exodus with our word for today. מְּנַקִּיָּה vessels for libations, sacrificial bowl, offering-bowl. It is used 4 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of a round vessel typically smaller than a basin that is open at the top and used chiefly for holding food or liquids. In all of the uses are in reference to the drink offerings. Let’s look at o...

We are in chapter thirty-seven of Exodus with our word for today. כַּף hollow or flat of the hand, palm, whole hand, sole, bowl. It is used 194 times in the Old Testament. Most of the time our word is used in the sense of the extremity of the arm from the wrist to the fingers, sometimes including the forearm. Here are some examples. Genesis 40:11 Pharaoh's cup was בְּיָדִ֑י [a different word...

We are moving into chapter thirty-seven of Exodus with our word for today. קְעָרָה dish, bowl, platter, plate. It is used 17 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of a shallow or flat dish for holding, serving, or eating food. 14 out of the 17 times our word is used refer to the dedication offering made by each of the twelve tribes of Israel in Numbers chapter seven. After each...

We are in chapter thirty-six of Exodus with our word for today. כְּרוּב cherub. It is used 91 times in the Old Testament, twice in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of a winged supernatural angelic being that serves God in a number of ways. The first time we see our word used in the Bible is way back at the beginning in the garden of Eden. Genesis 3:23-24 He drove out the man, and at the...

We are in chapter thirty-six of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible in our chapter. דַּי sufficiency, what is required, enough. It is used 39 times in the Old Testament, used twice in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of an adequate quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose. Let’s start in our chapter since it is used for the first time in the Bibl...