Renewals

  • Exodus 34
  • Moses cut, God rewrote tablets at the top of the mountain
  • Same rules as before
  • God reveals Himself – Exodus 34:6-7
  • Moses worships and pleads His presence with Israel
  • God renews His covenant – all the same terms as before
  • Moses’ shining face and the veil
  • Command to obey all that God had spoken

The Tabernacle

  • Exodus 35
    • Moses restates the Sabbath edicts
    • Contributions for the tabernacle
    • Workers for the tabernacle and contents
    • All offered as free will offerings
    • All who were so moved, contributed
  • Exodus 36-37
    • Materials and workers pour in
    • Moses had to issue a command to stop
    • All the work was finally performed
    • Exodus 37 – Ark, table, lampstand, altar of incense made
  • Exodus 38
    • Altar for the burnt offering made
    • Bronze basin
    • The court
    • Listing of materials for the tabernacle

The priestly garments

  • Exodus 39:1-31
  • All made to specifications as God commanded
  • Every stone in order to total twelve stones
  • Crowns engraved with “Holy to the Lord”

Tabernacle delivered

  • Exodus 39:32-43
  • The workers brought it all to Moses
  • Everything that had been commanded
  • Moses inspected it all
    • All was in accordance with God’s commands
    • Moses blessed them

Tabernacle erected

  • Exodus 40:1-33
  • This was one year after leaving Egypt (minus 14 days)
  • The tabernacle was erected
    • All of its elements were exactly placed
    • All utensils and articles were arranged
    • Everything consecrated as instructed
    • Priests purified and dressed in priestly garments
    • Court was erected, veil hung
    • Lamps lit, incense burned, offerings offered, laver filled
    • All as the Lord had commanded

God’s glorious presence

  • Exodus 40:34-38
  • The cloud covers the tabernacle
  • God’s glory fills the tabernacle
  • The cloud signaled Israel’s movements
  • Cloud by day, fire by night
  • God present with the people as Moses had prayed

Capstone

  • What was Exodus about?
    • In general terms
    • In thematic content
  • What was God’s desire?
    • Israel’s love – OR –
    • Israel’s obedience?
    • I Chronicles 29:18-19
    • Circumcision of the heart
      • Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6
  • Does God hear the cries of the oppressed?
    • Of the obedient?
    • Of the disobedient?
    • Exodus 2:23-25