Exodus - At A Glance

Theme: During their time in Egypt the children of Israel had become slaves of the Egyptians. When God brought them out of Egypt He had to give them an identity in order to make them a nation. He wanted to bond them to Himself for all time.

Exodus 1
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1-7_Seventy people came down to Egypt with Jacob. Eventually the sons of Jacob all died. Their families multiplied greatly.

__8-14_A new king who did not remember Joseph came to power in Egypt. The Egyptians felt threatened by how large in number the Children of Israel had become and made slaves of them.

__15-22_The king told the Hebrew midwives to not let the boy babies live when they were born. He was angered when they did not do as he had commanded.

Exodus 2
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1-5_Moses was born and his mother hid him for three months. Then she laid him in a basket and put the basket in the Nile River.

__6-10_Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to bath and found the basket. His mother was then paid to nurse the child. Eventually he went to live with Pharaoh's daughter to be raised by her.

__11-15_Moses grew up and one day watched an Egyptian taskmaster beating one of his brethren. While trying to stop the mistreatment he killed the Egyptian. He had to flee from Egypt to Midian.

__16-25_Arriving in Midian Moses rescued some shepherdesses from some rough shepherds and drew water for their flock. He eventually married one of the women and kept sheep for her father. Eventually the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel cried out to the LORD for relief and God remembered His covenant with their fathers.

Exodus 3
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1-12_Moses was out near Mount Horeb with Jethro's sheep. Seeing a bush on fire that did not burn up he went to investigate. God called him from the bush and told him to take his shoes off for he was standing on holy ground. He told Moses that He was going to deliver Israel from Egypt and Moses would lead them.

__13-22_Moses made excuses saying he could not lead Israel but God assured him that He would go with him. Moses asked who he should say had sent him to him. God said, tell them that I AM has sent you. Before Israel goes out of Egypt every Hebrew woman will ask her Egyptian neighbor for gold and silver. In this way you will plunder Egypt.

Exodus 4
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1-9_Moses asked God how he could convince everyone that God had actually appeared to him? God gave him three signs: 1) his staff could become a snake 2) his hand could become leprous 3) water from the Nile would become blood when poured on the ground.

__10-17_Moses pointed out that he had never been eloquent. God told him that he had appointed Aaron to be his spokesman.

__18-23_Moses asked Jethro for leave so that he could go see his people. He took his wife and sons with him. God had told him that everyone who had sought his life was now dead. He said that Moses should go to Pharaoh and ask him to let Israel, who was God's firstborn, go. If he would not let them go God would kill his firstborn.

__24-26_One of Moses' sons had not yet been circumcised and the LORD threatened to kill Moses because of this. Zipporah angrily cut his foreskin off and threw it at Moses' feet. She called him a bloody husband, or a bridegroom of blood. She was certainly unused to this ordinance, but Moses' life was spared.

__27-31_The LORD told Aaron to go out to meet Moses. Together they assembled the elders of Israel and told them everything God had said to Moses. Then Moses performed the signs God had given him to convince the people. The people believed that God had seen their affliction and they bowed low.

Exodus 5
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1-9_Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh with a message from the LORD. Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me. Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice? After this he no longer provided straw for the brick that the Hebrew people were making for him, thus making their labor heavier.

__10-23_They had to produce just as many bricks as before, even though they were gathering their own straw. The people blamed Moses and Aaron for their troubles and Moses cried out to God.

Exodus 6
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1-9_The LORD sought to reveal Himself to the Children of Israel as the God of their fathers, but they would not listen to Moses because of their cruel bondage.

__10-13_God told Moses that He would deliver Israel but Moses remained concerned because they would not listen to him. So why should Pharaoh listen, either?

__14-27_These were born to Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul. The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Kohath was the father of Aaron and Moses, who brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt.

__28-30_Again God told Moses to relay to Pharaoh whatever He told him to say. Again Moses reminded God that he was unskilled in the language.

Exodus 7
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1-7_The LORD said to Moses, you shall stand in My place before Pharaoh and Aaron shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I tell you and Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh. I will harden Pharaoh's heart and multiply My signs in Egypt. Moses and Aaron did as God commanded. Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 years old.

__8-13_Pharaoh's wise men and magicians duplicated the sign of Aaron's rod becoming a snake. But Aaron's rod swallowed up the magician's rods.

__14-25_Since Pharaoh would not let the Children of Israel go, God sent the first plague. All the fresh water sources in Egypt turned to blood. The fish died. Pharaoh's magicians did the same with their magic arts and Pharaoh's heart was hardened.

Exodus 8
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1-15_The second plague was frogs everywhere. The magicians duplicated this miracle but the plague was so bad that Pharaoh begged that the frogs be removed. Moses prayed and the frogs died. They piled them up in great heaps and the land smelled terrible. But when the plague had passed Pharaoh's heart was hardened.

__16-19_The third plague was the dust of the earth becoming gnats (or perhaps lice) on man and beast. The magicians could not duplicate this miracle. They said this miracle was the finger of God. But Pharaoh's heart was still hardened.

__20-32_The fourth plague was swarms of insects over all Egypt except Goshen where the Children of Israel lived. Egypt was laid waste with this plague. Pharaoh relented. Moses said they had to go three days journey into the wilderness. Pharaoh agreed but when the plague had been removed he changed his mind.

Exodus 9
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1-12_The fifth plague was a severe pestilence on the Egyptian's livestock. Pharaoh's heart remained hardened. The sixth plague was boils on the Egyptians and their beasts. Pharaoh's heart remained hardened.

__13-26_The seventh plague was great hail stones that fell on and killed Egyptian livestock. The livestock of the Egyptians who had heeded the warning and moved their livestock under cover, and were spared. The hail struck man, beast, and every plant. Only the land of Goshen was exempt.

__27-35_Pharaoh begged Moses to make the hail stop falling. But when the plague was over, Pharaoh again hardened his heart.

Exodus 10
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1-20_The eighth plague was locusts covering the land of Egypt and eating every green thing that had survived the previous plagues. Pharaoh admitted that he had sinned against the LORD. But after the locusts had been removed he again hardened his heart.

__21-29_The ninth plague was darkness over all the land of Egypt for three days while the Hebrews in Goshen had light in their dwellings. Pharaoh offered to let them go if they left their animals. When Moses said no to this Pharaoh hardened his heart and said that he would never see Moses' face again or Moses would die.

Exodus 11
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1-10_The tenth plague was the last plague before Pharaoh would drive them out of the land. Every man and woman was to ask his or her Egyptian neighbor for articles of gold and silver. Moses made a proclamation that at about midnight the LORD would kill all the Egyptian first-born of both man and beast.

Exodus 12
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1-14_This was a day of salvation for the Sons of Israel. It was the beginning of their calendar year.

Each Hebrew was to kill a lamb and place its blood on the doorposts and the lintel of their home. The lamb was to be roasted and eaten that night along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. If they did this their first-born would not die.

__15-28_In the future the Sons of Israel were to celebrate this feast every year for seven days eating unleavened bread.

Moses instructed the elders of Israel on how to use hyssop to place the blood on the doorposts and lintel of each house.

__29-36_At midnight the LORD struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt from the first-born of Pharaoh to the captive in the dungeon and the first-born of the cattle. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and told them to leave Egypt with all their people and all their livestock.

__37-51_About 600,000 men besides women and children journeyed from Ramses to Succoth. They had their animals and a mixed multitude followed along. The children of Israel had been in Egypt 430 years. This experience of deliverance became the Passover feast that no foreigner was to eat unless he was circumcised.

Exodus 13
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1-16_The LORD told Moses that the first-born of man and beast belonged to Him. They could be redeemed with the life of a lamb. If a donkey's firstborn was not redeemed, its neck must be broken.

__17-22_God led the people by way of the wilderness to the Red Sea because He knew they were not ready for war with the Philistines. They brought Joseph's bones with them to bury in Canaan once they got there. The LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

Exodus 14
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1-9_God told Moses to have the children of Israel camp by the sea. When Pharaoh and his servants heard that Israel had fled they had a change of heart and he took 600 select chariots and chased after Israel. When the children of Israel saw Pharaoh's army they asked Moses if there were not graves enough in Egypt for them to be buried in?

__10-20_Then the LORD told Moses to tell the children of Israel to go forward. He told him to lift up his staff over the sea and divide it. Israel was to go through the midst of the sea on dry land. The pillar of cloud moved back and stood behind them and made it dark in the camp of the Egyptians. Israel move in the light on the path through the sea.

__21-25_After Moses stretched his hand over the sea, the LORD swept the sea back with a great wind and Israel went through on dry ground. When Pharaoh could see Israel crossing on dry ground he decided to pursue them through the sea. The LORD made their crossing difficult so they turn back and tried to flee. Israel was now on the other side.

__26-31_The LORD told Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea so that the waters covered the Egyptians, their chariots and their horsemen. The entire army was gone. When Israel saw the great power of God and how He had saved them that day they feared the LORD and believed in Him and His servant Moses.

Exodus 15
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1-18_Then Moses and the children of Israel sang a song to the LORD. It was a song describing how He had delivered them and Ascribing great power and glory to Him. They sang of how the inhabitants of the land where they were headed would hear of this and be dismayed. They ended their song by singing, The LORD shall reign forever and ever.

__19-21_Miriam the prophetess, took the timbrel in her hand all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing. They sang their own song of deliverance.

__22-27_Moses led Israel from the Red Sea into the wilderness of Shur. When they came to Marah they could not drink the bitter water. The people grumbled at Moses. The LORD showed him a tree and he threw it in the waters and they became sweet. Then they came to Elam where there were 12 springs and 70 date palms and they camped there.

Exodus 16
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1-4_Israel went on from Elim to the wilderness of Sin and grumbled against Moses and Aaron saying that they had it better back in Egypt where they did not starve.

__5-30_God promised to rain bread six days each week but not on the seventh day. Each day they were to gather only enough for one day. On the sixth day they were to gather twice as much. In the evening He also sent quail. Some went out to gather manna on the seventh day but there was none to be gathered.

__31-36_Aaron placed some of the manna before the LORD to be a Testimony for all generations.

Exodus 17
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1-7_The children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin to Rephidim. There was no water to drink and the people quarreled with Moses accusing him of bringing them out of Egypt to kill them. God told Moses to strike the rock at Horeb and plenty of water came out of the rock.

__8-13_Amalek came out and fought against Israel at Rephidim. Moses told Joshua to choose men and fight against Amalek. Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of a hill to watch. While Moses held his hands up Joshua and his men prevailed. If his hands came down Amalek prevailed. Aaron and Hur held his hands up and Amalek was defeated.

__14-16_God told Moses to write down that the LORD would war against Amalek from generation to generation.

Exodus 18
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1-16_Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to meet him with Zipporah and his two sons. They ate and talked, praising God for all he had done for Israel. The next day Jethro observed Moses sitting to judge the people from morning to evening.

__17-27_Jethro advised Moses to appoint judges to listen to all but the major disputes. Moses listened to his father-in-law and did as he suggested. Jethro then went to his home.

Exodus 19
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1-8_Three months after leaving Egypt Israel camped at Sinai. God told Moses to remind the children of Israel of how He had delivered them. He wanted them to obey Him. He planned to make them a kingdom of priests. The people said, all that the LORD has spoken we will do.

__9-15_God told the people to consecrate themselves and wash their garments. He said that He would speak to Moses in their hearing but would veil Himself in a cloud. No one but Moses was to come near the mountain lest they die.

__16-25_On the morning of the third day there was a thick cloud with lightning and thunder and the sound of a loud trumpet. Moses brought the people to the foot of the mountain as it quaked violently. The people were not to come near where the LORD was. Moses and Aaron went up on the mountain.

Exodus 20
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1-2_God spoke His Ten Commandments to Moses and the people. He identified Himself as the one who brought them out of Egypt and slavery.

The First Four Commandments Demonstrate Our Love For God

__3_You shall have no other gods before Me.

__4-6_You shall not make carved images of any thing for the purpose of worship, for I am jealous of your worship. The choices of the parents will reflect on the children for three and four generations, but I will show mercy on those who love Me and keep My commandments.

__7_You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will consider you guilty when you take His name in vain.

__8-11_Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy. Work six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD. You shall not work on this day. Neither are your family members, your servants, your animals or anyone visiting to work. For the LORD made everything and rested on the seventh day and blessed it.

The Last Six Commandments Demonstrate Our Love For Each Other

__12_Honor your father and mother so that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives to you.

__13_You shall not kill.

__14_You shall not commit adultery.

__15_You shall not steal.

__16_You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

__17_You shall not covet your neighbor's house, or his wife, or his servants, or his animals or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

__18-21_The people felt God's presence in the thunder and the lightening flashes and were afraid. They asked Moses to speak to them for God.

__22-26_God told Moses to instruct the people to offer their sacrifices on simple earthen alters or alters made of uncut stone. They were to worship God and none other.

Exodus 21
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1-11_God gave ordinances to Israel concerning a slave, his wife and children.

__12-36_He also gave Penalties for causing the death of a man, striking parents, kidnapping, quarrels that result in death and sickness, mistreating slaves, hurting a pregnant woman, loss of body parts, when an animal hurts a person, when an animal falls into a pit dug by someone else and when animals hurt animals owned by other people.

Exodus 22
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1-15_Also ordinances of what to if a man, steals and animal, his animal grazes on another man's pasture, starts a wild fire, or makes any breach of trust.

__16-20_Ordinances for improper relationships and their resolution, a sorceress shall not live, anyone having relations with an animal shall not live, anyone sacrificing to any god other than the LORD shall not live.

__21-27_Ordinances concerning the treatment of aliens and the lending of money.

__28-31_Do not curse God or man. Do not delay to give me the firstborn of man and beast.

Exodus 23
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1-9_Ordinances concerning false testimony, deference to the wealthy, correct treatment of an enemy and his property.

__10-19_Let the land rest every seventh year. Celebrate God's feasts three times a year.
Feast of unleavened bread
Feast of harvest of the first fruits
Feast of ingathering at the end of the year
All males are to appear before the LORD.
Instructions on what to do and not do when making sacrifices.

__20-33_If you obey my voice I will bring you into the land of Canaan to displace the nations that are there now. You are to make no covenant with them.

Exodus 24
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1-3_The LORD told Moses to come up on the mountain and bring Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders of Israel. Only Moses would approach close to God. When Moses explained everything to the people, they said with one voice, all the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!

__4-8_Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he built an alter to the LORD using twelve pillars, one for each tribe. He appointed young men to make sacrifices on it. Moses then took blood from the sacrifices and sprinkled it on the people to ratify the covenant God had made with them.

__9-11_Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the 70 elders went up on the mountain and saw where God stood. It was as it were a pavement of sapphire as clear as the sky.

__12-18_Then God called Moses up to meet him to receive the stone tablets having the commandments. Moses left Aaron and the elders in charge back at camp. He waited six days on top of the mountain. On the seventh day God called him into the cloud. Moses remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 25
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1-9_God told Moses to raise a contribution for a sanctuary from those who would give willingly. The items needed were gold, silver, bronze, blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, oil, spices, and onyx stones. I will show you the pattern. I want to dwell among them.

__10-22_Detailed specifications for the ark of the testimony. It was to be made from acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and high. It was overlaid with pure gold. It had rings into which poles were inserted that it might be carried without touching it. It had a mercy seat and two cherubim on top.

__23-30_Detailed specifications for building the table for the bread of presence.

__31-40_The lampstand was to be made of pure gold. It was to be hammered work with three branches on each side for a total of seven lamps. The cup at the end of each branch was to an almond blossom. It had snuffers and was made from a talent of pure gold.

Exodus 26
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1-37_Detailed specifications for the various parts of the tabernacle, its curtains and walls.

Exodus 27
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1-8_Detailed specifications for the alter. It does not call this the alter of burnt offerings, but that's what it was.

__9-19_The curtains were to be joined and hang from loops that were sewed to the top of the curtains. An additional covering of rams skins over the tent and over another of durable leather.

The boards of the tabernacle were to be ten cubits tall and one and a half cubits wide. Twenty boards will be made for each side.

__20-21_Olive oil was to be used for the lamp stand which was to be kept burning day and night. Aaron and his sons were to keep everything in order at all times.

Exodus 28
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1-43_Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar were to minister as priests to God. The garments they wore were described.

Exodus 29
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1-37_The consecration of Aaron and his sons as priests to God is described in detail.

__38-46_A lamb was to be offered in the morning and in the evening. It was to be a continual burnt offering.

Exodus 30
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1-10_Detailed specification for the alter of incense which was to stand before the veil before the most holy place.

__11-16_The LORD told Moses to take a census of the children of Israel. Each one would be required to pay a ransom of half a sanctuary shekel as a contribution to the LORD. This money was to be used for the service of the tent of meeting.

__17-21_Detailed specifications for the bronze laver. This was for the washing of the priest's hands and feet before they entered the tent of meeting.

__22-38_Detailed specifications for making spice mixtures to use in the sanctuary. It was forbidden for anyone to make common use of the spices and oils prepared for anointing and for use as incense.

Exodus 31
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1-11_God gave Bazalel, of the tribe of Judah, great wisdom in gold, silver and bronze metal work, as well as the ability to cut stone and carve wood. God appointed and blessed Oholiah to assist Bazalel in the construction of the tabernacle and its furniture.

__12-18_God reiterated the need for keeping his Sabbath as a sign between him and his people forever.

After God finished speaking to Moses He gave him the two tablets of testimony written with His own finger.

Exodus 32
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1-14_Because Moses was gone so long the people induced Aaron to make them a visible God, a golden calf. God told Moses to go down to the camp because the people were corrupting themselves. He offered to destroy these people and make a great nation of Moses descendants. Moses spoke up for the people and God changed his mind.

__15-20_As Joshua and Moses came near the camp Joshua commented on the great noise. When Moses saw the golden calf his anger burned. He threw down the stone tablets written with God's finger and they shattered. He destroyed the calf with fire, ground it to powder, scattered it over the water and made the people drink it.

__21-24_Moses asked Aaron what had happened to him and the people that they would do this great evil? Aaron said that the people gave him gold and when he threw it into the fire this golden calf came up out of the fire.

__25-29_Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get out of control. He called for any who would stand with him against this great evil. Men from the tribe of Levi stepped forward and about 3,000 men who were the main instigators were killed.

__30-35_Moses went back up the mountain to ask God to forgive the people, and if He would not forgive, to remove his name out of the LORD's book. God said that He would remove those who were not His. And the LORD smote the people.

Exodus 33
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1-6_The LORD told Moses to take the people up to the good land but He, the LORD, would not go up with them because they were an obstinate people. The people were sad and did not put on their ornaments. God told them not to wear their ornaments any more.

__7-11_Moses used to pitch the tent of meeting outside the camp. Whenever he went out to the tent the people would watch from the door of their own tents. After he entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance. Moses would talk with God. The people would worship from the door of their tents.

__12-23_On one occasion Moses asked God if he could be allowed to see His face. God said, no man could see his face and live. However, He would put Moses in a cleft of the rock and place His hand over Moses while He passed by him. Then He let Moses see his backside.

Exodus 34
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1-9_The LORD told Moses to cut out two more tables of stone like the ones he had thrown down. Come up to the top of the mountain in the morning. No one was to come with him. The next day he went up and the LORD passed by him and described his attributes. Moses bowed low and worshipped and asked God to go before the obstinate people.

__10-17_God said that he would make a covenant with the people and perform the needed miracles so that they could go up to the land he had promised to them.

__18-24_You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. The firstborn belongs to me. You are to work six days but rest the seventh. You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year. Three times a year you are to appear before me.

__25-28_God gave more instruction about what they would be expected to do when they came into the land. Moses was to write down all these instructions so they would not be forgotten. He was with the LORD forty days and forty nights without food or water. God wrote the Ten Commandments on the tablets of stone.

__29-35_When Moses came down the mountain his face was shining so much that Aaron and the people were afraid of him. Whenever he spoke with the people he had to put a veil over his face. When he spoke with God he removed the veil.

Exodus 35
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1-9_Moses assembled the congregation of the children of Israel and reiterated the need to keep Sabbath. Then he called for a contribution from those willing to give gold, silver, bronze, blue purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat's hair, ram's skins, porpoise skins, acacia wood, oil, spices, and onyx stones.

__10-19_Let every skillful man among you make all that the LORD has commanded for his tabernacle and its furnishings.

__20-35_Every person whose heart moved him brought gifts for the building of the tabernacle. Bazalel was filled with God's spirit and used his knowledge to make designs for working with gold, silver and bronze. Oholiah worked with him. God filled them both with skill to accomplish all that was needed.

Exodus 36
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1-7_Moses place all the contributions for the construction of the tabernacle in the care of Bazalel and Oholiah. God blessed other people with great skill to help them do the work. Everyone worked together. There were so many things contributed that Moses had to tell the people to stop giving, for they had enough.

__8-38_Here is given a description of the curtains and walls and how they were made.

Exodus 37
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1-9_The ark was made of acacia wood covered with gold inside and out. Its was two and a half cubits long by one and a half cubits wide and was of the same in height. It had four rings of gold for poles to carry it. It had a mercy seat of pure gold and two cherubim of gold. Their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat.

__10-16_The table of the bread of presence shall be two cubits long, a cubit wide and one and one half cubits high. It was to be made of acacia wood overlaid with pure goal. It had rings into which poles could be inserted to carry it. The utensils for the table were also made of pure gold.

__17-24_The lampstand was made of pure gold. It was a hammered work with six branches. It had seven cups that looked like almond blossoms. The entire lampstand was of one piece of hammered gold.

__25-29_The alter of incense was also made of acacia wood and covered with pure gold. It was a cubit square and two cubits high and had horns. It also had rings for inserting poles for transport. A perfumer made holy anointing oil from pure fragrant incense spices.

Exodus 38
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1-7_The bronze alter of burn offering was made of acacia wood. It was five cubits square and three cubits high. There was a horn on each corner and it was overlaid with bronze. Its utensils were made of bronze. Half way from the bottom it had a bronze grating. It too had rings for inserting poles to transport it.

__8_A bronze laver was made from the mirrors belonging to the women who served at the tent of meaning.

__9-20_Here is a description of the court, its curtains and pillars, their dimensions and materials used.

__21-31_Everything was done in an orderly manner and according to the plans given by God.

More than 29 talents of gold were used and more than 100 talents of silver. The congregation that had given for the tabernacle included 603,550 men.

Exodus 39
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1-21_A description of the blue, purple and scarlet material used for the garments of the priests is given. More information about the ephod, the setting of the onyx stones that were set in the gold of the breast piece worn by the high priest.

__22-26_The robe, or ephod, is described with its bells and pomegranates of pure gold.

__27-29_Descriptions of the tunics of fine linen for Aaron and his sons, a turban and caps and linen breeches.

__30-31_They made a holy crown of pure gold inscribed with the words, holy to the LORD. They used a blue cord to fasten it to the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

__32-43_All the work of constructing the tabernacle and its furnishings was complete. Moses blessed them.

Exodus 40
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1-16_The LORD told Moses that on the first day of the first month he was to set up the tabernacle. He was to anoint the tabernacle and its furnishings with the oil for anointing. Aaron and his sons were to come to the door of the tent of meeting. Moses was to oversee their washing and dressing. Then he was to anoint them.

__17-33_On the first day of the first month of the second year the tabernacle was erected. All the furnishings were placed according to God's plan. Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and feet, just as the LORD had commanded. Then the construction of the tabernacle was complete.

__34-38_The cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle so even Moses could not enter. Throughout all the travels of the children of Israel the LORD was with them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. When the cloud moved, the people followed.

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