[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 29

[Donnie Parrett]

DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 29

DAILY BIBLE READING

Exodus 37-40 New King James Version
Making the Ark of the Testimony
37 Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits was its
length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 2
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold
all around it. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four
corners: two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side of it. 4 He
made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the
poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 He also
made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a
cubit and a half its width. 7 He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made
them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat: 8 one cherub at one end
on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made
the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat. 9 The
cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their
wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the
mercy seat.

Making the Table for the Showbread
10 He made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, a cubit its
width, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 And he overlaid it with pure
gold, and made a molding of gold all around it. 12 Also he made a frame of a
handbreadth all around it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all
around it. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on
the four corners that were at its four legs. 14 The rings were close to the
frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. 15 And he made the poles
of acacia wood to bear the table, and overlaid them with gold. 16 He made of
pure gold the utensils which were on the table: its dishes, its cups, its
bowls, and its pitchers for pouring.

Making the Gold Lampstand
17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the
lampstand. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and its
flowers were of the same piece. 18 And six branches came out of its sides:
three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the
lampstand out of the other side. 19 There were three bowls made like almond
blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three
bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob
and a flower-and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. 20 And
on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms, each with
its ornamental knob and flower. 21 There was a knob under the first two
branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and
a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six
branches extending from it. 22 Their knobs and their branches were of one
piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. 23 And he made its
seven lamps, its wick-trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. 24 Of a talent
of pure gold he made it, with all its utensils.

Making the Altar of Incense
25 He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its
width a cubit-it was square-and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of
one piece with it. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides
all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around
it. 27 He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two
corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it. 28
And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense
29 He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices,
according to the work of the perfumer.

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
38 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its
length and five cubits its width-it was square-and its height was three
cubits. 2 He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece
with it. And he overlaid it with bronze. 3 He made all the utensils for the
altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all
its utensils he made of bronze. 4 And he made a grate of bronze network for
the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom. 5 He cast four rings for
the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles. 6 And he
made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. 7 Then he put
the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it.
He made the altar hollow with boards.

Making the Bronze Laver
8 He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze
mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of
meeting.

Making the Court of the Tabernacle
9 Then he made the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were
of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long. 10 There were twenty pillars
for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their
bands were silver. 11 On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits
long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the
pillars and their bands were silver. 12 And on the west side there were
hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks
of the pillars and their bands were silver. 13 For the east side the
hangings were fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate were
fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets, 15
and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that
were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three
sockets. 16 All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven
linen. 17 The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars
and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver;
and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver. 18 The screen for the
gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine
woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width
was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19 And there
were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were
silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver. 20 All
the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.

Materials of the Tabernacle
21 [a]This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the
Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the
service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

22 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all
that the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab the son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and [b]designer, a weaver of
blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.

24 All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is,
the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and
thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver
from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and
one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel
of the sanctuary: 26 a bekah for [c]each man (that is, half a shekel,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the
numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three
thousand, five hundred and fifty men. 27 And from the hundred talents of
silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one
hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket. 28
Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made
hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made bands for them.

29 The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred
shekels. 30 And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle
of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the
utensils for the altar, 31 the sockets for the court all around, the bases
for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for
the court all around.

Making the Garments of the Priesthood
39 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments[d] of
ministry, for ministering in the [e]holy place, and made the holy garments
for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Ephod
2 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine
woven linen. 3 And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into
threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the
fine linen, into artistic designs. 4 They made shoulder straps for it to
couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges. 5 And the
intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same
workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine
woven linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

6 And they set onyx stones, enclosed in [f]settings of gold; they were
engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel. 7
He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of
Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Breastplate
8 And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of
the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven
linen. 9 They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its
length and a span its width when doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of
stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; 11
the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12 the third row, a
jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13 the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and
a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. 14
There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel:
according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name
according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made chains for the breastplate
at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. 16 They also made two settings
of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the
breastplate. 17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings
on the ends of the breastplate. 18 The two ends of the two braided chains
they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of
the ephod in the front. 19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on
the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward
side of the ephod. 20 They made two other gold rings and put them on the two
shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam
above the intricately woven band of the ephod. 21 And they bound the
breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue
cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and
that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had
commanded Moses.

Making the Other Priestly Garments
22 He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there
was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of
mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not
tear. 24 They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and
scarlet, and of fine woven linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and
put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around
between the pomegranates: 26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a
pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to [g]minister in, as the Lord
had commanded Moses.

27 They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his
sons, 28 a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short
trousers of fine woven linen, 29 and a sash of fine woven linen with blue,
purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the Lord had commanded
Moses.

30 Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it
an inscription like the engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

31 And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the
Lord had commanded Moses.

The Work Completed
32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded
Moses; so they did. 33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent
and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and
its sockets; 34 the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger
skins, and the veil of the covering; 35 the ark of the Testimony with its
poles, and the mercy seat; 36 the table, all its utensils, and the
showbread; 37 the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in
order), all its utensils, and the oil for light; 38 the gold altar, the
anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door; 39
the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the
laver with its base; 40 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its
sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the
utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41 and
the [h]garments of ministry, to [i]minister in the holy place: the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister as
priests.

42 According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel did all the work. 43 Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed
they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, just so they had done it. And
Moses blessed them.

The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged
40 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "On the first day of the first
month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 You shall
put in it the ark of the Testimony, and [j]partition off the ark with the
veil. 4 You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be
set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and [k]light its
lamps. 5 You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark
of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6
Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7 And you shall set the laver between the
tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 You shall set up
the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.

9 "And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all
that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be
holy. 10 You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its
utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy. 11 And you
shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.

12 "Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of
meeting and wash them with water. 13 You shall put the holy garments on
Aaron, and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as
priest. 14 And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 15 You
shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to
Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood
throughout their generations."

16 Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he
did.

17 And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first
day of the month, that the tabernacle was [l]raised up. 18 So Moses raised
up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars,
and raised up its pillars. 19 And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle
and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the Lord had commanded
Moses. 20 He took the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles
through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. 21
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung up the veil of the
covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord had
commanded Moses.

22 He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the
tabernacle, outside the veil; 23 and he set the bread in order upon it
before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 He put the lampstand in
the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the
tabernacle; 25 and he lit the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had
commanded Moses. 26 He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in
front of the veil; 27 and he burned sweet incense on it, as the Lord had
commanded Moses. 28 He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle. 29
And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of
the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain
offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30 He set the laver between the
tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing; 31 and
Moses, Aaron, and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water
from it. 32 Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they
came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 33 And he
raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the
screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

The Cloud and the Glory
34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the
Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the
tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of
the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 Whenever the cloud was taken up from
above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would [m]go onward in all their
journeys. 37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey
till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was above
the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all
the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Footnotes
Exodus 38:21 Lit. These are the things appointed for
Exodus 38:23 skillful workman
Exodus 38:26 Lit. a head
Exodus 39:1 Or woven garments
Exodus 39:1 sanctuary
Exodus 39:6 plaited work
Exodus 39:26 serve
Exodus 39:41 Or woven garments
Exodus 39:41 serve
Exodus 40:3 screen
Exodus 40:4 set up
Exodus 40:17 erected
Exodus 40:36 journey