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39 From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven garments,[ a ] for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2 He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 3 And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and...

38 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height. 2 He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3 And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its u...

37 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[ a ] and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side. 4 And he made poles of acacia wood and...

36 “Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.” 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. 3 And they received fro...

35 Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. 2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.” 4 Moses said to a...

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. 3 No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no floc...

The 10 Commandments aren't just a set of rules to be followed blindly. The heart behind them is to show people how to best live in community together. In these commandments we see the wisdom and love of God on full display.

33 The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ 2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3 Go up to a land flowing...

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 become of him.” 2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and you...

31 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 5 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. 6 And behold, I have a...

29 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2 and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. 4 You s...

28 “Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate...

One of the central themes throughout the Bible is that God provides. The story of Exodus is a great example of this. After providing freedom from slavery, God provides for the basic needs of the Israelites. He also provides opportunities to trust Him and be blessed for it. He is still providing for us today when we put our trust in Him.

  27 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits[ a ] long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall...

26 “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them. 2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,[ a ] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size. 3 Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other fi...

25 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair, 5 tanned rams' skins, goatskins,[ a ]acacia wood, 6 oil fo...

24  Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.  2  Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” 3  Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules.[ a ] And all the people answered with one voice and sa...

Sometimes in life we find ourselves in situations that seemingly have no good solution. Like the Israelites leaving Egypt stuck between a sea too big to cross and an army driving down on them. In these moments, as believers we learn to let go and trust in the God who makes a way when there is no way.

23  “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.  2  You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,  3  nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit. 4  “If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to h...

22  [ a ] “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.  2  [ b ] If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,  3  but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He[ c ] shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. ...

21  “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2  When you buy a Hebrew slave,[ a ] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.  3  If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.  4  If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her...

20  And God spoke all these words, saying, 2  “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3  “You shall have no other gods before[ a ] me. 4  “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.  5  You shall not bow down to...

How can a young man keep his way pure?     By guarding it according to your word. 10  With my whole heart I seek you;     let me not wander from your commandments! 11  I have stored up your word in my heart,     that I might not sin against you. 12  Blessed are you, O Lord;     teach me your statutes! 13  With my lips I declare     all the rules[ c ] of your mouth. 14  In the way of your testimoni...

19  On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.  2  They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain,  3  while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the...

The final plague in the Exodus story is a hard one to process. God's justice and mercy are both on full display. It's the beginning of a series of events that form a specific pattern. God wants to establish a pattern of His saving grace through a redeemer.