“Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. Fasten a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban. It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the […]
02/01/2024 Daily Devotion – The Breastplate
“Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the Lord.” (Exodus 28:29 NIV84) Not only were the names of Israel’s children etched into the onyx stones of the ephod, but each was also represented […]
01/31/2024 Daily Devotion – The Ephod
“Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel in the order of their birth — six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other. Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then […]
01/30/2024 Daily Devotion – Keep the Lamps Burning!
“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This […]
01/29/2024 Daily Devotion – The Most Holy Place!
“Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim worked into it by a skilled craftsman. Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony […]
01/28/2024 Daily Devotion – Minute Details!
“Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled craftsman. All the curtains are to be the same size — twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other […]
01/27/2024 Daily Devotion – Seven Lamp Stands!
“Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.” (Exodus 25:37 NIV84) “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the […]
01/26/2024 Daily Devotion – The Atonement Cover!
“There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.” (Exodus 25:22 NIV84) In this section of Exodus, the Lord gave Moses the instructions for making the tabernacle. In great detail the Lord provided Moses […]
01/25/2024 Daily Devotion – Gifts for the Dwelling Place of God!
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram […]
01/24/2024 Daily Devotion – 40 days and 40 nights!
“Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.” (Exodus 24:18 NIV84) What an interesting comparison and contrast. In the Old Testament Moses went up into the Mountain of God, and in the New Testament Jesus went out into the wilderness. Moses […]
