Living Room Study

Exodus 40
 
“Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.  The Tabernacle was set up in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month.  Moses set up the Tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.  Then he spread the tent [...]

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Exodus 39
 
“The Israelites had done everything the Lord had commanded Moses.  Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished.  They had done just as the Lord commanded.  Then Moses blessed them.”  Exodus 39: 42-43
 
My wife and I built our first house in Franklin Tennessee.  You learn a lot when you build a house!  Fortunately, we [...]

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Exodus 38
 
“He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”  Exodus 38:8
 
There is a notion among certain groups that Judaism, and Christianity for that matter, discriminates against women in ministry.  This is not so.  Just because the Lord has [...]

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Exodus 37
 
“Bezalel made the ark…” Exodus 37:1
“Bezalel made the mercy seat…”  Exodus 37:6
“He made the two cherubim…”  Exodus 37:7
“He constructed the table…”  Exodus 37:10
“Then he made the lamp stand…”  Exodus 37:17
“Bezalel made the altar of incense…”  Exodus 37:25
 
As in many cases for Biblical names, Bezalel’s name matches his character/calling.  Although there are 4 possibilities of [...]

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Exodus 36
 
“So Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person in whose heart the Lord had places wisdom, everyone whose heart moved him, to come to the work and to do it.”  Exodus 36:2
 
There are differing views on Judaism and its relation to Art.  We are well aware of modern Jewish visual artists, such as [...]

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Exodus 34
 
“And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him (Moses) there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.  And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed: ‘The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and [...]

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2 Kings 12
 
“Joash was seven years old when he became king.  In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king; he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem.  His mother’s name was Zibah, who was from Beer-sheba.  Throughout the time Jehoiada the priest instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.  Yet the high [...]

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2 Kings 11
 
“When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.  Jehosheba, who was King Johoram’s daughter, and Ahaziah’s sister, secretly rescued Joash, son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and his nurse in a bedroom.  So he was [...]

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2 Kings 10
 
“Jehu eliminated Baal worship from Israel, but he did not turn away from the sins that jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit – worshipping the golden calves that were in Bethel and Dan.  Nevertheless, the Lord said to Jehu, ‘Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in [...]

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2 Kings 9
 
“So Jehu got up and went into the house.  The young prophet poured the oil on his head and said, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I will anoint you king over the Lord’s people, Israel.  You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I [...]

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