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Exodus 36
January 24, 2005
Reading through
the Bible in one Year: Genesis
47:1-48:22; Matthew 14:34-15:20
Weekly Memory
Verse: Galatians 5:25
Good Evening
Brothers and Sisters,
Exodus 36 (NASB95)
1 “Now Bezalel and Oholiab, and every skillful person in whom the
Lord has put skill and
understanding to know how to perform all the work in the construction of the
sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with all that the
Lord has commanded.” 2
Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skillful person in
whom the Lord had put skill,
everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. 3
They received from Moses all the contributions which the sons of
Israel had brought to perform the work in the construction of the sanctuary.
And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every
morning. 4 And all the skillful men who were performing all the
work of the sanctuary came, each from the work which he was performing,
5 and they said to Moses, “The people are bringing much more than
enough for the construction work which the
Lord commanded us to
perform.” 6 So Moses issued a command, and a proclamation was
circulated throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer
perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were
restrained from bringing any more. 7 For the material they
had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.
8 All the skillful men among those who were performing the work
made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and blue and
purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skillful
workman, Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was
twenty-eight cubits and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the
curtains had the same measurements. 10 He joined five curtains to
one another and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in
the first set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was outermost
in the second set. 12 He made fifty loops in the one curtain and
he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set;
the loops were opposite each other. 13 He made fifty clasps of
gold and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so the
tabernacle was a unit. 14 Then he made curtains of goats’ hair
for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains in all. 15
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits
the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.
16 He joined five curtains by themselves and the other six
curtains by themselves. 17 Moreover, he made fifty loops on the
edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first set, and he made
fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the
second set. 18 He made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent
together so that it would be a unit. 19 He made a covering for
the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of porpoise skins above.
20 Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood,
standing upright. 21 Ten cubits was the length of each
board and one and a half cubits the width of each board. 22
There were two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; thus he did
for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 He made the boards for
the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side; 24 and he made
forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board
for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
25 Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side,
he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty sockets of silver; two
sockets under one board and two sockets under another board. 27
For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. 28
He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear.
29 They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its
top to the first ring; thus he did with both of them for the two corners.
30 There were eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets, two under every board. 31 Then he made bars of acacia
wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 32 and
five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars
for the boards of the tabernacle for the rear side to the west.
33 He made the middle bar to pass through in the center of the boards
from end to end. 34 He overlaid the boards with gold and made
their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars
with gold. 35 Moreover, he made the veil of blue and purple and
scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim,
the work of a skillful workman. 36 He made four pillars of acacia
for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast
four sockets of silver for them. 37 He made a screen for the
doorway of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and
fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver; 38 and he made
its five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their
bands with gold; but their five sockets were of bronze.[1]
Moses put the
skilled people to work o the construction of the sanctuary. Notice that the
materials kept coming in. The people continued to give from the goodness of
their hearts. The materials list was filled, and Moses actually had to
order them to stop giving.
I don't see the
point in going after all the materials and the purposes of each item
described in this chapter. One thing that is obvious from this chapter is
the portability of the temple. Everything was constructed in an ingenious
manner which allowed them to be disassembled and taken with them.
Ephesians 2:19-22 (NASB95)
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are
fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole
building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of
God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:11-13 (NASB95)
11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as
prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and
teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of
service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we
all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the
fullness of Christ.
[2]
Note also the
attention to detail that we are given in this passage. Moses recorded the
work as being a careful work determined to follow whatever blueprint that
the Lord had provided. Compare that with the way that Jesus constructs His
church in the New Testament.
I am going to
close here, I had lots of stuff going on today and apologize for the short
study. If you would like to add your comments please feel free to write in.
Father, as we
consider Your word today, give each of us the grounding that we need to
understand and apply it to our lives on a daily basis.
In Him,
Joe Turner
[1]
New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995. LaHabra, CA:
The Lockman Foundation.
[2]
New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995. LaHabra, CA:
The Lockman Foundation.
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