Chapters 35-40 are a repetition, sometimes virtually verbatim, of material from chapters 25-31. In those earlier chapters the plan for the construction of the tabernacle and the manufacture of its furnishings was given to Moses. In thes…
We have considered the two narrative sections that surround the encounter between Yahweh and Moses – each of which emphasized the Lord’s drawing back from Israel because of her unbelief and disobedience – and, last Lord’s Day, the encounter itself as…
Last Lord’s Day evening we considered the narrative sections that surround our text for this evening. Both before it and after it we have sections that describe Yahweh’s stepping back from his people Israel, putting distance between himself and…
We are taking the beginning and the end of what remains of historical narrative in Exodus. You will see, as we read them, that they belong together. In fact they form an inclusio, surrounding the revelation of Yahweh’s glory to Moses. We …
We considered the first 14 verses of chapter 32 last Lord’s Day evening and drew from them the lesson of the primacy of faith in salvation and life. Israel did not have faith – she did not know or trust in the Lord, Yahweh, her God – and her wa…
We said, back at 24:11, at the conclusion of the covenant
renewal ceremony narrated in the first 11 verses of chapter 24,
that apart from one major exception the book of Exodus ended
there. The division of the Pentateuch into five books has …
We have completed the lengthy section of liturgical
regulations, instructions for the manufacture of the tabernacle
and its furnishings as well as some instructions for the divine
worship to be carried on there, a section that began immediat…
We continue with the regulations God gave Moses for the
sanctuary, its furniture, the priests and the sacrifices they
would offer.
Text Comment
v.1
The incense altar is first mentioned here, even though
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Download sermon Exodus 29:1-46 Review We are in the lengthy account of the liturgical regulations, or regulations for Israel’s worship that God gave to Moses on the top of Mt. Sinai. After the regulations concerning the manufacture of the sanctuary furniture and the construction of the tabernacle itself together with its altar, we have come […]
We are in the midst of the elaborate liturgical instructions
(that is, instructions regarding Israel’s worship of
Yahweh) the Lord delivered to Moses during the latter’s
sojourn on the top of Mt. Sinai. We have considered so far …