Living Room Study

Exodus 27

“You are to construct and altar of acacia wood.”  Exodus 27: 1

The Orthodox (non Messianic) Jewish Rabbis explain the symbolism of the altar by forming an anagram from each of the four letters spelling the Hebrew word: “Mizbe’ah”. Since few of you read Hebrew and my computer doesn’t type Hebrew letters, you’ll just [...]

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Exodus 26

“You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you have been shown on the mountain.”  Exodus 26:30

A tabernacle is a tent. In Biblical imagery, “tabernacle” describes several things.

The tabernacle was a portable tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during [...]

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Exodus 25

“Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the testimony that I will give you into the ark.  I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I [...]

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Exodus 24

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commands I have written for their instruction.’  So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and went up to the mountain of God.  He told the elders, [...]

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Exodus 23

“For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.  You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.  They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against Me.  If you worship their gods, it [...]

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Exodus 22

“You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.”  Exodus 22:21

As most of you know, (these devotions are sent worldwide), I live in Southern California. Riverside, California, to be exact. My town, is 48% Mexican. Without reigniting the debate over who originally owned this [...]

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Exodus 20

“All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke.  When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance.  ‘You speak to us and we will listen,’ they said to Moses, ‘but don’t let God speak to us or we will die.’  [...]

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Exodus 19

“The Lord directed Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise, many of them will die.  Even the priests who come near the Lord must purify themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.’  But Moses responded to the Lord, ‘The people cannot come up [...]

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Exodus 18

“Blessed is the Lord, “ Jethro exclaimed, “who rescued you from Pharaoh and the power of the Egyptians, and snatched the people from the power of the Egyptians.  Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods because He did wonders at the time of the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”  Then [...]

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Exodus 17

“When Moses’ hands (holding his staff) grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it.  Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and on the other, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.  So Joshua defeated Amalek and [...]

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