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Leviticus Chapter 15 Deep-Dive: Laws About Discharges
02/22/2026
Leviticus Chapter 15 Deep-Dive: Laws About Discharges
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 15: Laws About Bodily Discharges Including the Menstrual Cycle 1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 3And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. BUT, THIS KIND OF THING CAN BE EASILY HIDDEN, SO THE MAN MUST COME FORWARD AND DECLARE HIMSELF UNCLEAN. 4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. 5And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 6And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 7And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 8And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 9And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean. 10And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 11Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 12And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. IMAGINE HOW RESTRICTIVE THIS WAS FOR DAILY LIFE! 13“And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and shall be clean. 14And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15And the priest shall use them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge. 16 “If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. 17And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. 18If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening. SO, INTIMATE RELATIONS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE LEFT THE COUPLE UNCLEAN UNTIL EVENING. 19“When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. 20And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. 21And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 22And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 23Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening. 24And if any man lies with her and her menstrual impurity comes upon him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean. IMAGINE HOW RESTRICTIVE THAT WAS FOR A WOMAN TRYING TO RAISE CHILDREN AND RUN A HOUSEHOLD! 25“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean. 26Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity. And everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity. 27And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 28But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 30And the priest shall use one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge. BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS … A PICTURE OF THIS IN THE LIFE OF JESUS: Lk 8:43And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. SO, THE MENSTRUAL BLOOD CONTINUED TO SEEP NON STOP FOR 12 YEARS AND ACCORDING THE LEV CH 15 THIS LEFT HER IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF UNCLEANESS … 44She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. 45And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” 46But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” 47And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.” NOTICE THAT JESUS DID NOT SEND HER TO THE TEMPLE TO OFFER THE SACRIFICE FOR CLEANSING! BACK TO LEV CH 15 31“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.” SO, THIS GUIDANCE IN LEVITICUS IS GIVEN TO PROTECT UNCLEAN PEOPLE FROM … YAHWEH! 32This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby; 33also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean. AGAIN, IF YOU WERE AN ISRAELITE AND HAD A DISCHARGE OF BODILY FLUID HOW MUCH EASIER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SIMPLY HIDE IT AND IGNORE IT … UNTIL GOD TWEAKED YOUR CONSCIENCE … “SO, JOE, YOU WANT TO MAKE AN OFFERING TO ME … BUT, AREN’T YOU REALLY UNCLEAN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THAT BODILY DISCHARGE?” AND AGAIN, GOD USES HIS LAW TO HUMBLE HIS PEOPLE AND REMIND THEM HOW SPIRITUALLY “NASTY” THEY ARE … SO THAT IN THE END WE’RE ABLE TO WALK WITH GOD WITH … TRUE HUMILITY. ALSO, KEEP ALL OF THIS IN MIND AS YOU CONSIDER THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN, THE PRIEST AND LEVITE PASSED BY THE INJURED MAN PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT BECOMING CEREMONIALLY “UNCLEAN” … BECAUSE THEY HAD WORK TO DO IN SACRED SPACE, BUT THE SAMARITAN, WHO WAS CONSIDERED AN UNBELIEVER ACCORDING TO TORAH, WAS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY KEPT THE LAW BY LOVING HIS NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF. AGAIN, I BELIEVE THE MAIN POINT OF ALL OF THIS GUIDANCE IN LEVITICUS WAS TO ULTIMATELY HUMBLE ALL ISRAELITES ... AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 15 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 14 Deep-Dive: Laws for Cleaning Skin Diseases
02/22/2026
Leviticus Chapter 14 Deep-Dive: Laws for Cleaning Skin Diseases
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 14 Laws for Cleansing Skin Diseases (this includes all skin conditions, not just true leprosy or Hansen’s disease) & ritualistic impurity (clean/unclean – fitness for sacred space) … LEVITICUS IS ALL ABOUT PROTECTING SACRED SPACE !! NONE OF THIS HAS ANY MEDICAL VALUE – IT’S ALL ABOUT FOLLOWING GOD’S COMMANDS IN THESE RITUALS … SKIN DISEASES ARE NOT SINFUL, HOWEVER, THEY DO MAKE SOMEONE “UNCLEAN” OR DISQUALIFED FROM BEING IN SACRED SPACE – THE TABERNACLE AND IN SOME CASES EVEN THE CAMP OF THE ISRAELITES THIS IS FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM WHAT WE COVERED IN CH 13 … 1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 3and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person, 4the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. 5And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. 6He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. 7And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. REMEMBER THAT SPRINKLING BLOOD ON PEOPLE WAS RARELY DONE IN ISRAEL, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME BLOOD IS PLACED ON A PERSON; 1 WHEN THE COVENANT WAS RATIFIED AT SINAI MOSES SPRINKLED BLOOD ON THE CONGREGATION, 2 WHEN AARON AND HIS SONS WERE CONSECRATED AS PRIESTS BLOOD WAS PLACED ON THEIR RIGHT EARLOBES, RIGHT THUMBS AND RIGHT BIG-TOES. NOW BLOOD IS SPRINKLED ON A LEPER TO ONCE HE HAS BEEN HEALED. BACK TO LEV 14 7And he THE PRIEST shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field. 8And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days. 9And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows. He shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean. 10“And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil. 11And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 12And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 13And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 15Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand 16and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 17And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. 18And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. 19The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall kill the burnt offering. 20And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21“But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; 22also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the Lord. 24And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 26And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, 27and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. 28And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put. 29And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. 30And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford, 31one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for him who is being cleansed. 32This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.” THE EGYPTIANS PRACTICED BODY-SHAVING IN ORDER TO CONTROL PESTS AND PARASITES, SO THERE’S A PRACTICAL SIDE TO THIS GUIDANCE BUT SHAVING ALSO REPRESENTS A NEW BEGINNING, OR A TYPE OF REBIRTH … WE WILL SEE IT AGAIN IN THE NAZARITE VOW, AND IN GUIDANCE GIVEN REGARDING MARRYING CAPTURED WOMEN … DEUT 21:10-14 … SHE WAS TO SHAVE HER HEAD AND TRIM HER FINGERNAILS BEFORE YOU COULD TAKE HER AS A WIFE. HOWEVER, WE CAN SEE THAT IF YOU WERE AN ISRAELITE WITH A SKIN CONDITION IT WAS A VERYBIGDEAL WHICH INVOLVED LIVING ALONE OUTSIDE THE CAMP NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING, THEN DRAWING ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY WEARING TORN CLOTHING, LOOSE HAIR AND CRYING OUT “UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN”, AND ALL OF THAT WAS BASED ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE PRIEST … THEN, IF YOU WERE HEALED, YOU HAD TO SHAVE YOURSELF, BATHE, AND PARTICIPATE IN A LONG DRAWN OUT RITUAL … HOW MUCH EASIER IT WOULD BE TO SIMPLY COVER UP THE SKIN CONDITION WITH CLOTHING AND LIVE YOUR LIFE … UNTIL GOD STIMULATES YOUR CONSCIENCE … “SO, JOE, WHEN ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT SKIN CONDITION AND PRESENT YOURSELF TO THE PRIEST … AND SUBMIT TO MY LAW?” … AND HE’S FINALLY ABLE TO HUMBLE YOU! Laws for Cleansing Houses … LEPROSY IN HOUSES ?!? 33The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 34“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession, 35then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘There seems to me to be some case of disease in my house.’ 36Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean. And afterward the priest shall go in to see the house. 37And he shall examine the disease. And if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface, 38then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days. 39And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house, 40then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city. 41And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. 42Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house. 43“If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it, 44then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean. 45And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place. WHAT ?! … YOUR HOUSE IS TORN DOWN!! 46Moreover, whoever enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening, 47and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes. 48“But if the priest comes and looks, and if the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease is healed. 49And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop, 50and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water 51and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times. 52Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn. 53And he shall let the live bird go out of the city into the open country. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.”54This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch, 55for leprous disease in a garment or in a house, 56and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot, 57to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease. SO, IF YOU SPOT SOME MOLD ON YOUR WALL HOW MUCH EASIER IS IT TO PLACE SOMETHING OVER IT AND IGNORE IT ? … UNTIL GOD TWEAKS YOUR CONSCIENCE … “SO, JOE, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CALL THE PRIEST ABOUT THAT MOLDY SPOT ON YOUR WALL … AND SUBMIT TO MY LAW? … AND GOD USES HIS LAW TO HUMBLE ME! AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 14 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 13 Deep-Dive: Skin Diseases
02/22/2026
Leviticus Chapter 13 Deep-Dive: Skin Diseases
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 13 Skin Diseases Not just Hansen’s disease, true leprosy, but any type of skin condition & ritualistic impurity (clean/unclean – fitness for sacred space) … IT’S ALL ABOUT PROTECTING SACRED SPACE !! NONE OF THIS HAS ANY MEDICAL VALUE – IT’S ALL ABOUT FOLLOWING GOD’S COMMANDS IN THESE RITUALS … SKIN DISEASES ARE NOT SINFUL, HOWEVER, THEY DO MAKE SOMEONE “UNCLEAN” OR DISQUALIFIED FROM BEING IN SACRED SPACE – THE TABERNACLE AND IN SOME CASES EVEN THE CAMP OF THE ISRAELITES. 1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron (PRIESTS ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN DIAGNOSING THE TYPES OF SKIN AFFLICTIONS – SO, THIS IS DIFFERENT, INSTEAD OF SOMEONE COMING TO A PRIEST AND SAYING “I’M UNCLEAN BECAUSE I TOUCHED A DEAD BODY OR _____, NOW THE PERSON IS PRESENTING HIMSELF TO THE PRIEST AND ASKING … “AM I UNCLEAN BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SEE ON MY SKIN? THE INTEGRITY, TRAINING, JUDGMENT OF THE PRIEST IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED), saying, 2“When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a case of leprous disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests, 3and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. (SO, PRIESTS ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE A DETERMINATION BETWEEN CLEAN & UNCLEAN) And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean. 4But if the spot is white in the skin of his body and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days. 5And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up for another seven days. 6And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased area has faded and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 7But if the eruption spreads in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest. 8And the priest shall look, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease. 9“When a man is afflicted with a leprous disease … (AFFLICTED BY GOD! … MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH Ex 4:11Then the Lord said to him MOSES, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? THINK OF JOB’S SKIN CONDITION, WHICH SATAN AFFLICTED HIM WITH … DID SATAN CAUSE THAT OR GOD? Job 42:10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him !?!) BACK TO LEV 13:9“When a man is afflicted with a leprous disease he shall be brought to the priest, 10and the priest shall look. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, 11it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. 12And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see, 13then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean. 14But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. 15And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease. 16But if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, then he shall come to the priest, 17and the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean; he is clean. 18“If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals, 19and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the priest. 20And the priest shall look, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a case of leprous disease that has broken out in the boil. 21But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in it and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. 22And if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease. 23But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24“Or, when the body has a burn on its skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white, 25the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is a leprous disease. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease. 26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but has faded, the priest shall shut him up seven days, 27and the priest shall examine him the seventh day. If it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease. 28But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin, but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn. 29“When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard, 30the priest shall examine the disease. And if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard. 31And if the priest examines the itching disease and it appears no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days, 32and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the disease. If the itch has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin, 33then he shall shave himself, but the itch he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for another seven days. 34And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 35But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing, 36then the priest shall examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean. 37But if in his eyes the itch is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed and he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38“When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots, 39the priest shall look, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is leukoderma that has broken out in the skin; he is clean. 40“If a man’s hair falls out from his head, he is bald; he is clean. 41And if a man’s hair falls out from his forehead, he has baldness of the forehead; he is clean. 42But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased area, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead. 43Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprous disease in the skin of the body, 44he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head. 45“The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ 46He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp. SO, THE AFFLICTED PERSON’S LIBERTY IS AT THE MERCY OF THE PRIEST’S JUDGMENT … AN IMPORTANT POINT !!! WERE ALL PRIESTS HONEST … ?! REMEMBER, GOD IS TRYING VERY HARD TO HUMBLE EVERYONE AND BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE! 47“When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment, 48in warp or woof (THREADS RUNNING LENGTHWISE AND CROSSWISE) of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin, 49if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall be shown to the priest. 50And the priest shall examine the disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days. 51Then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean. 52And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire. AGAIN, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GARMENT IS AT THE MERCY OF THE PRIEST’S JUDGMENT … IMPORTANT! WERE ALL PRIESTS HONEST … ?! REMEMBER, GOD IS TRYING VERY HARD TO HUMBLE EVERYONE AND BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE … HE OFTEN DOES THAT THROUGH AFFLICTION ! 53“And if the priest examines, and if the disease has not spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, 54then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for another seven days. 55And the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the appearance of the diseased area has not changed, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it in the fire, whether the rot is on the back or on the front. 56“But if the priest examines, and if the diseased area has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the skin or the warp or the woof. 57Then if it appears again in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire whatever has the disease. 58But the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article made of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean.” 59This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean. BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS … Mt 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. GOD CONTROLS ALL CIRCUMSTANCES … ! AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 13 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 12 Deep-Dive: Purification After Childbirth
02/22/2026
Leviticus Chapter 12 Deep-Dive: Purification After Childbirth
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 12 Purification After Childbirth THERE IS NO SIN INVOLVED IN BEARING A CHILD … THIS IS DECONTAMINATION, SPIRITUAL WIPE-DOWN (“ATONEMENT” = WIPING / SMEARING BLOOD) BECAUSE OF OUR INHERENT SPIRITUAL “NASTINESS” … MEN AND WOMEN 1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. 3And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. EVEN IF IT WAS A SABBATH! 4Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying (ISOLATION … REST … THESE ARE SUBSISTANCE FARMERS, LOT OF WORK TO DO … THIS IS A GOOD THING!). She shall not touch anything holy, nor come into the sanctuary (WOMEN WEREN’T ALLOWED IN THE SANCTUARY … LITERALLY “GO TO HOLY PLACES”), until the days of her purifying are completed. 5But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks (NO CIRCUMCISION), as in her menstruation. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days (ISOLATION … REST … A GOOD THING!). 6 “And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, 7and he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her (DECONTAMINATED … SPIRITUAL WIPE-DOWN). Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. 8And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.” THE WOMAN HAS BEEN IN ISOLATION AND HAS MOST LIKELY SINNED, SO, THIS OFFERING RESTORES HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY MARY, JOSEPH & JESUS … Lk 2:22 And when the time came for their purification MARY & JOSEPH WHO ATTENDED HER AT BIRTH according to the Law of Moses, they brought him JESUS up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” BIBLE SCHOLARS’ THEORIES: Atonement needs to be made because of the loss of bodily fluids related to intercourse/childbearing (also monthly menstrual blood for women and seminal emissions for men – made those unclean). The idea is the woman is no longer whole/clean because of the loss of bodily fluids during childbirth. Same thing applied to those with physical deformities being excluded from the tabernacle. Temporarily unclean (unfit) for sacred space. Women who had just given birth were at risk for illness, being made unclean limited the woman’s activity and reminded the community to keep an eye on her because she was at risk. Male 7 days, female 14 days … this allowed the woman to be present when the male baby was circumcised … AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 12 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 11 Deep-Dive: Clean and Unclean Animals
02/22/2026
Leviticus Chapter 11 Deep-Dive: Clean and Unclean Animals
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 11 Clean and Unclean Animals A HISTORY OF DIETARY GUIDELINES/RESTRICTIONS RECEIVED FROM GOD EDEN – FRUIT FROM TREES … DOESN’T HARM TREES FALL – THE GROUND WILL WORK AGAINST YOU & YOU WILL HAVE TO “KILL/DESTROY” SOME PLANTS TO EAT THEM (EX: DIGGING UP POTATOES) POST FLOOD – OK TO EAT “CLEAN” ANIMALS Gen 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. 3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. (DID THAT INCLUDE THE UNCLEAN ANIMALS?) And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. HAVE TO COOK THE MEAT BACK TO LEV CH 11 … ISRAEL NOW RECEIVES FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM GOD IN ORDER TO SET THEM APART FROM ALL OTHER PEOPLES 1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 3Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 4Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 5And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 6And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 7And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. 9“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 10But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you. 11You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you. 13“And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14the kite, the falcon of any kind, 15every raven of any kind, 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind, 17the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl, 18the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. 20“All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. 21Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. 22Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. 23But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you. LET’S STOP THERE AND LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT THIS IDEA OF UNCLEAN ANIMALS … THIS IS TIED TO THE HOLINESS OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL – SANCTIFIED, SET APART FOR YAHWEH … DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER NATIONS Deut 14:3 “You shall not eat any abomination. THINGS CONSIDERED DISGUSTING TO EAT BY THEIR PEER CULTURES. THIS IS OBEDIENCE … NOT MORALITY. BIBLICAL “THEORIES” REGARDING THIS ... INTRINSIC HYGIENIC THEORY – THE CLEAN FOODS WERE HEALTHY, UNCLEAN FOODS UNHEALTHY, HOWEVER, THERE’S NO SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THIS … ALL UNCOOKED MEAT WAS DANGEROUS. PORK, OCTUPUS, SQUID, SNAILS, SHRIMP, ETC … NOTHING INTRINSICALLY UNHEALTHY WITH THEM. CULTIC THEORY – ANIMALS PROMINENT IN PAGAN RELIGIONS WERE FORBIDDEN, HOWEVER, THERE’S NO STRONG BASIS FOR THIS IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORD. CLASSIFICATION THEORY – BASED ON HOW AN ANIMAL RELATED TO ITS OVERALL CLASSIFICATION, HOWEVER, THERE ARE OVERLAPS IN THE LIST AND THE REASONING DOESN’T WORK IN EVERY CASE. SACRIFICIAL TABLE THEORY – WHATEVER WAS GOOD FOR GOD WAS GOOD FOR ISRAEL, HOWEVER, THERE WERE MANY ANIMALS LISTED AS CLEAN THAT WERE NOT SACRIFICED. HOWEVER, GOD NEVER EXPLAINS THE REASONS FOR THE LIST – HE JUST LISTS THE ANIMALS THAT ARE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN. NO SINGLE APPROACH EXPLAINS THE WHOLE LIST. REMEMBER, “CLEAN” HERE DOES NOT REFER TO MORALITY – IT REFERS TO BEING QUALIFIED/DISQUALIFIED TO OCCUPY SACRED SPACE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SANCTUARY. CONSIDER THE “DANIEL FAST” Dan 1:8But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. 9And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs, 10and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.” 11Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12“Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king’s food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” 14So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. 15At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king’s food. 16So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables. THE OTHER YOUTHS … CAUSING A ROOT OF BITTERNESS? BACK TO LEV 11:24“And by these UNCLEAN ANIMALS you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 25and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening 26Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 28and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you. 29“And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. 32And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose. It must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean. 33And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. 34Any food in it that could be eaten, on which water comes, shall be unclean. And all drink that could be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean. 35And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean. Whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean and shall remain unclean for you. 36Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches a carcass in them shall be unclean. 37And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean, 38but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. 39“And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 40and whoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. HOLINESS BEYOND MORALITY … 45For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” 46This is the law about beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms on the ground, 47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten. BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS … SO, DOES THE LEVITICAL LAW OF CLEAN/UNCLEAN ANIMALS … AND … BEING CLEAN/UNCLEAN IF YOU TOUCH THE CARCASS OF AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL … APPLY ONLY TO ISRAEL IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE LEVITICAL SACRIFICES ONLY APPLIED TO ISRAELITES? DO THEY STILL APPLY FOR THE CHURCH? Gen 9:3 GOD SPEAKING TO NOAH AFTER THE FLOOD … GUIDANCE FOR ALL MANKIND AFTER THE FLOOD: Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. (IT SEEMS THAT THIS DID INCLUDE THE UNCLEAN ANIMALS) And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. HAVE TO COOK THE MEAT THEN ISRAEL IS GIVEN THE DIETARY GUIDELINES IN LEV 11 … BUT THOSE GUIDELINES WERE ONLY GIVEN TO ISRAEL TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER NATIONS Mk 7:14 And he (JESUS) called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES ATE ACCORDING TO THE LEV CH 11 DIETARY RESTRICTIONS – THEY WERE THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE PHARISEES WOULD HAVE FLIPPED OUT IF THOSE LAWS WERE VIOLATED, THE CONTEXT SUGGESTS JESUS MAY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EATING WITH UNWASHED HANDS – THE FOOD EATEN WITH UNWASHED HANDS CAN NOT MAKE A PERSON UNCLEAN. Lk 10:1 After this the Lord (JESUS) appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. 5Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ 6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. 7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. 9Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this,that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. A SCENARIO UNIQUE TO THE MINISTRY OF JESUS – PREPARING THE WAY FOR HIM AS HE MAKES HIS WAY TO JERUSALEM FOR THE LAST TIME – SHORTLY AFTER THE TRANSFIGURATION – THE SPIRITUAL FLARE JESUS LAUNCHED, BUT, DID THESE GUIDELINES OVER-RULE THE DIETARY LAWS OF LEV CH 11? PETER & CORNELIUS: Acts 10:9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” 16This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven. 17Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean HAVING SPENT 3 YEARS WITH JESUS IT WAS INCONCEIVABLE TO PETER THAT JESUS HAD TAUGHT THAT THE LEV CH 11 DIETARY LAWS WERE NO LONGER IN AFFECT – IS THAT TRULY WHAT THIS VISION MEANT?, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate 18and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there. 19And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. 20Rise and go down and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them.” 21And Peter went down to the men and said, “I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for your coming?” 22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation A ROMAN CENTURION ?!? THE SAME RANK AS THE MAN WHO OVERSAW THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS ?!?, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.” 23So he invited them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him. 24And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am a man.” 27And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered. 28And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation NOT TRUE STRICTLY ACCORDING TO TORAH – PAUL NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM AND HIS CONVERSION OCCURRED IN ACTS CH 9 – RIGHT BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean. IS THIS WHAT WAS MEANT BY THE VISION, OR DID IT ALSO INVALIDATE THE DIETARY LAWS OF LEV CH 11? 29So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.”30And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing 31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God A GENTILE !?! THE ALMS CORNELIUS OFFERED GAVE HIS PRAYERS CREDIBILITY WITH GOD!! 32Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’ 33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.” 34So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. (THE “RIGHTEOUS” AS DESCRIBED THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT) 36As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), 37you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: 38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, 40but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, 41not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42And he JESUS commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. 43To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” 44While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. BEFORE THEY EVEN BELIEVED ?!? 45And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days THIS WAS THE DIFFICULTY FOR PETER – RECEIVING HOSPITALITY FROM A GENTILE. THE VISION CLEARLY WAS TIED TO GENTILES BEING SAVED AND RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT, HOWEVER, DOES IT ALSO MEAN THAT THE DIETARY LAWS OF LEV CH 11 WERE NO LONGER IN EFFECT? Acts 15:19 (JAMES, JESUS’ BROTHER, THE LEADER OF THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM IS SPEAKING) Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, 20but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled (BLOOD STILL IN THE CARCASS), and from blood. Col 2:11In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. 16Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. SO, DOES THIS NEGATE THE DIETARY LAWS IN LEV CH 11 FOR GENTILE BELIEVERS IF CIRCUMCISION IN THE FLESH IS NOT REQUIRED? THE SABBATH REGULATIONS … ?? 1 Tim 4:1Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2through the insincerity of liars whose consciences...
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Leviticus Chapter 10 Deep-Dive: Consecration of the Priesthood Continued...
02/20/2026
Leviticus Chapter 10 Deep-Dive: Consecration of the Priesthood Continued...
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 10 CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD CONT’D … FROM EX CH 29 The Death of Nadab and Abihu REMEMBER, NO CHAPTER DIVISIONS IN THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS … 1Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it (COALS OF FIRE) and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. 2And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace. A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND THE PRIESTHOOD – GOD’S PRESENCE / SACRED SPACE … NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE SPIRITUAL NASTINESS OF THE LEVITICAL / AARONIC PRIESTHOOD. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS & BE HOLY BEFORE THE LORD … CONSEQUENCES!! REMEMBER, ADAB AND ABIHU, THE TWO OLDEST SONS OF AARON, WERE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED BY GOD AT SINAI EX 24:1 Then he YAHWEH said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar … 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. IT’S VERY INTERESTING THAT NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS SCENE MADE IT INTO THE PROMISED LAND ?!? SO, WHAT DID THEY DO THAT WAS WRONG? 1) DOING SOMETHING THAT ONLY THE HIGH PRIEST (AARON) WAS AUTHORIZED TO DO – ENTERING THE HOLY OF HOLIES. PARALLEL PASSAGE … LEV 16: 1The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, 2and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. 3But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place … 2) FAILING TO USE COALS FROM THE ALTAR IN THE CENSERS LEV 16:12And he (AARON) shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil 13and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die. 3) PARALLEL PASSAGE EX 30 DESCRIPTION GIVEN TO MOSES ON MT SINAI OF THE ALTAR OF INCENSE – ONLY AARON IS TO OFFER INCENSE ON THAT ALTAR v6And you shall put it (ALTAR OF INCENSE) in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. BACK TO LEV 10, AFTER NADAB AND ABIHU HAD BEEN KILLED BY GOD: 4And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron (THEIR COUSINS), and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers (COUSINS) away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp.” APPARENTLY THEY WERE KILLED BY GOD OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY AREA 5So they came near and carried them in their coats (TO AVOID TOUCHING A DEAD BODY AND BECOMING UNCLEAN) out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons (BROTHERS OF NADAB AND ABIHU – THEY COULDN’T TOUCH THE BODIES BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONSECRATED), “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation (GOD IS DANGEROUS – REMEMBER THE GOLDEN CALF INCIDENT JUST 14 MONTHS AGO); but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled. (THE CONGREGATION WORSHIPING JUST A MINUTE AGO WHEN THE FIRE CONSUMED THE BURNT OFFERING … THAT SAME FIRE HAS NOW CONSUMED THE TWO GOLDEN BOYS, THE OLDEST SONS OF AARON … YOU REMEMBER HIM – AARON, THE GUY WHO MADE THE GOLDEN CALF JUST 14 MONTHS AGO … 7And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses. THE PEOPLE WERE IN AWE OF GOD’S “FIRE” POWER IN ACCEPTING AARON’S SACRIFICE, THEN WERE IN TERROR OF GOD’S “FIERY” RESPONSE TO THE DISOBEDIENCE OF HALF OF THE PRIESTHOOD … THE ISRAELITES WERE AFRAID OF GOD … THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. GOD HAD DEMONSTRATED THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. JESUS IS THE BUFFER BETWEEN YAHWEH AND MAN – THROUGH JESUS’ SACRIFICE WE BECOME SACRED SPACE AND HAVE FULL ACCESS TO GOD … AND GOD HAS FULL ACCESS TO US WITHOUT THE THREAT OF SACRED SPACE BEING DEFILED. BACK TO LEV 10:8And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, 9“Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. THIS STATEMENT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO WHAT NADAB AND ABIHU DID, EITHER WAY, YOU NEED TO BE CLEAR HEADED WHEN YOU’RE IN SACRED SPACE HANDLING SACRED ITEMS. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 10You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, 11and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.” RESTATEMENT THAT PRIESTS EAT THEIR PORTIONS WITHIN SACRED SPACE. 12Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his surviving sons: “Take the grain offering that is left of the Lord’s food offerings, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy. 13You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due, from the Lord’s food offerings, for so I am commanded. 14But the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed you shall eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, for they are given as your due and your sons’ due from the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the people of Israel. 15The thigh that is contributed and the breast that is waved they shall bring with the food offerings of the fat pieces to wave for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be yours and your sons’ with you as a due forever, as the Lord has commanded.” FOLLOW THE RULES ABOUT SACRED SPACE !! ANOTHER CLOSE CALL … ?!? 16Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying, 17“Why have you not eaten the sin offering (A MEAL SHARED WITH GOD) in the place of the sanctuary, since it is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? 18Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.” 19And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would the Lord have approved (SHARED A MEAL WITH GOD AFTER GOD HAD KILLED MY TWO OLDEST SONS)?” 20And when Moses heard that, he approved. REFERENCE BACK TO LEV 6:30 But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire. SINCE NONE OF THE BLOOD OF THAT OFFERING HAD BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE TENT OF MEETING TO MAKE ATONEMENT IN THE HOLY PLACE … IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EATEN. AARON’S EXPLANATION TO MOSES WAS THAT ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR HAD NOT EATEN THAT SACRIFICE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH NADAB AND ABIHU BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A HAPPY TIME TO BE SHARING A MEAL WITH GOD … IN THEIR HEARTS THEY WERE TERRIFIED AND WERE MOURNING THEIR BROTHERS. MOSES WAS SATISFIED WITH THAT EXPLANATION. THE WHOLE CHAPTER FOCUSES ON THE FACT THAT GOD IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS ABOUT HIS SACRED SPACE AND ABOUT BEING WORSHIPED EXACTLY AS HE HAS COMMANDED. 3 NEW COVENANT PERSPECTIVES ON THIS: 1 Cor CH 11 THE CORINTHIANS WERE GETTING DRUNK AT THEIR LOVE FEASTS AND IGNORING THE POOR AND HUNGRY, 20When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. 21For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. 22What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not … SKIP TO … 27Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body (OF CHRIST) eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. 31But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. 2 Cor 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 7:1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. Heb 10:30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. GOD JUDGING HIS OWN PEOPLE! 1 Jn 5:16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death The New Testament parallel to Nadab and Abihu offering strange fire in Leviticus – can anyone guess? Acts 4: 32Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. 33And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. 34There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35and laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. 36Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, 37sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 5:1But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him. 7After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 10 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 9 Deep-Dive: The Priesthood
02/19/2026
Leviticus Chapter 9 Deep-Dive: The Priesthood
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 9 CONSECRATION OF AARON, NADAB AND ABIHU – THE PRIESTHOOD … FROM EX CH 29 1 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 2and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3And say to the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, 4and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today the Lord will appear to you.’” 5And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. 6And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” 7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.” 8So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10But the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses. 11The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp. 12Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar. 13And they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar. 15 Then he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a sin offering, like the first one. 16And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the rule. 17And he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning. 18Then he killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings for the people. And Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar. 19But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver— 20they put the fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar, 21but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded. 9:22Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. GLORIOUS ECSTATIC SHOUTING AND WORSHIP BY THE PEOPLE IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE OF THE LORD CONSUMING THE BURNT OFFERING !! YAY … AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 9 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 8 Deep-Dive: Consecration of Aaron and His Sons
02/19/2026
Leviticus Chapter 8 Deep-Dive: Consecration of Aaron and His Sons
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. LEV CH 8 Consecration of Aaron and His Sons COVERED IN EXODUS CH 29 … NOW THEY ARE CONSECRATED 1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. 3And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” 4And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 5And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done.” 6And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band. 8And he placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses. 10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. 11And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. 12And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13And Moses brought Aaron’s sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the Lord commanded Moses. 14Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 15And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it. 16And he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. 17But the bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses. 18 Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 20He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat. 21He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering for the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 22Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 24Then he presented Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 25Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh, 26and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh. 27And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. 28Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 29And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord commanded Moses. 30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons’ garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him. 31And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ 32And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. 33And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it will take seven days to ordain you. 34As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. 35At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.” 36And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded by Moses. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 8 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 7 Deep-Dive: Guilt and Sin Offerings
02/16/2026
Leviticus Chapter 7 Deep-Dive: Guilt and Sin Offerings
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. CH 7 FURTHER GUIDANCE ON GUILT AND SIN OFFERINGS, AND PEACE OFFERINGS NOW FOCUSED ON THE PRIESTS 1 “This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. 2In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar. 3And all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, 4the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 5The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering. 6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. 7The guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. 8And the priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered (THE PRIEST USED THE HIDE AS INCOME). 9And every grain offering baked in the oven and all that is prepared on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. 10And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron. 11“And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord. 12If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. 13With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. 14And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a gift to the Lord. It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. 17But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire. 18If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. DETAILED AND COMPLEX INSTRUCTIONS SPREAD THROUGHOUT TORAH 19“Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, 20but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord’s peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him (NOT MORALITY – IT’S CONTAMINATION ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE THAT GOD PROVIDED REGARDIN CLEAN & UNCLEAN THINGS), that person shall be cut off from his people. SERIOUS 21And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the Lord’s peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.” 22The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. 25 For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people. 26Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. 27Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.” 28The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30His own hands shall bring the Lord’s food offerings. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. 32And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings (USED AS INCOME BY THE PRIESTS). 33Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion. 34For the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel. 35This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the Lord’s food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the Lord. 36The Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations.” 37This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the ordination offering, and of the peace offering, 38which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai. THE PRIESTS WERE ENTITLED TO THEIR PORTION ONLY AFTER GOD HAS RECEIVED HIS PORTION. BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS … THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AT THE END OF THE TIME OF THE JUDGES ISRAEL: 1 Sam 2:12 Now the sons of Eli (ELI WAS HIGH PRIEST) were worthless men. They did not know the Lord. 13The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, 14and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw.” 16And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force.” 17Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt. UGH ! AN EXAMPLE OF ISRAEL OFFERING UNAUTHORIZED SACRIFICES IN UNAUTHORIZED LOCATIONS: Amos 4:4 PREACHING REPENTANCE TO THE NORTHERN KINGDOM “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; 5offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP CH 7 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 6 Deep-Dive: Sin Purification
02/16/2026
Leviticus Chapter 6 Deep-Dive: Sin Purification
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. CH 6 SIN/PURIFICATION/DECONTAMINATION/REPARATIONS OFFERINGS CONTINUED – REMEMBER, THERE WERE NO CHAPTER DIVISIONS WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN – SITUATIONS OF GREATER CONSEQUENCE 1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor 3or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— 4if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found 5or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt (CONSCIENCE). 6And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering. 7And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.” The Priests and the Offerings FURTHER GUIDANCE FOR THE PRIESTS 8 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 9“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering (FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM EARLIER). The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 10And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body (COVER NAKEDNESS – DIFFERENT FROM THE PAGANS, TEMPLE PROSTITUTES), and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar. 11Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments (CHANGE CLOTHES TO TAKE OUT THE ASHES) and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 12The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. 13Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out. 14“And this is the law of the grain offering (FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM EARLIER NOW FOCUSED ON THE PRIESTS). The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord in front of the altar. 15And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 16And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 17It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my food offerings. It is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 18Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.” 19The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 20“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he (Aaron) is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21It shall be made with oil on a griddle. You shall bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 22The priest from among Aaron’s sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the Lord as decreed forever. The whole of it shall be burned. 23Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.” REMEMBER, THERE IS PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR THE PRIESTS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT LEVITICUS 24The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 25“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering. FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM EARLIER NOW FOCUSED ON THE PRIESTS In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord; it is most holy. 26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. 27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place. 28And the earthenware vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. But if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that shall be scoured and rinsed in water. 29Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy. 30But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire. WHATEVER TOUCHES THE SACRIFICES’ FLESH SHALL BE HOLY – A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ANYTHING THAT TOUCHES THE SACRIFICE MUST BE “IN A CLEAN (HOLY) STATE” … NOT MORALITY. Hag 2:11“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: 12‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?’” The priests answered and said, “No.” 13Then Haggai said, “If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered and said, “It does become unclean.” THE BLOOD FROM SACRIFICES COULD NOT BE CARRIED OUT OF SACRED SPACE … IF IT SPLASHED ON A GARMENT – YOU HAD TO WASH THE GARMENT. EARTHENWARE VESSELS HAD TO BE DESTROYED BECAUSE THEY ARE POROUS – YOU CAN’T REALLY SCRUB THEM OUT. ISRAELITE PRIESTS DID NOT HAVE “HIDDEN OR SECRET” KNOWLEDGE AS OTHER IDOLATROUS CULTS DID. GOD’S LAW WAS LAID OUT FOR ALL TO SEE IN THE 5 BOOKS OF MOSES … THIS WAS IT, ANYONE COULD EXAMINE IT. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP CH 6 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 5 Deep-Dive: Sin Offerings Continued....
02/16/2026
Leviticus Chapter 5 Deep-Dive: Sin Offerings Continued....
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. CH 5 SIN/PURIFICATION/DECONTAMINATION/REPARATIONS OFFERINGS CONTINUED – REMEMBER, THERE WERE NO CHAPTER DIVISIONS WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN 5:1“If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity (A CURSE IF YOU DON’T COME FORTH!); 2or if anyone touches an unclean thing (NOT A MORAL FAILING – IT’S A SPIRITUAL DISQUALIFICATION), whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt; 3or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt; 4or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him (SPOKE WITHOUT THINKING), when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; 5when he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed, 6he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation (REPARATION) for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin (SPIRITUAL DECONAMINATION – PURIFICATION) offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin. BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS: CONSIDER THIS GUIDANCE WHEN YOU READ ABOUT JEPTHA IN JUDGES CH 11 … THE ISRAELITE LEADER JEPTHA MADE A VOW TO OFFER A HUMAN SACRIFICE (WHATEVER CAME OUT OF HIS HOUSE … MOST LIKELY THINKING IT WOULD BE A SLAVE) IF YAHWEH GAVE HIM VICTORY. HE’S VICTORIOUS, HOWEVER, HIS DAUGHTER WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT AND HE ENDS UP OFFERING HER AS A BURNT OFFERING. THIS LEVITICAL LAW WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM RELIEF, HOWEVER, THE KNOWLEDGE OF TORAH WAS VERY MUCH LACKING IN THE TIME OF THE JUDGES. Mt 5:37 (JESUS SPEAKING DURING THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT)33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. BACK TO LEV 5 – ATONEMENT FOR RASH VOWS 5:7“But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall wring its head from its neck but shall not sever it completely, 9and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. 10Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven. 5:11“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, on the Lord’s food offerings; it is a sin offering. 13Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.” NOTE … THIS IS A VERYBIGDEAL … A SIN OFFERING THAT IS NOT A DEAD ANIMAL … NO BLOOD INVOLVED … A TENTH OF AN EPHAH OF FINE FLOUR !! 14The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and shall add a fifth to it (CAN ALSO BE TRANSLATED FIVE-FOLD) and give it to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven. 17 “If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. 18He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. 19It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before the Lord.” THIS IS REFERRING TO ANY BREACH OF THIS SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM … EX, AN OFFERING THAT DID HAVE A BLEMISH, OR YOU TOOK A PORTION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE PRIESTS, ETC. WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT, YOU’RE GUILTY. AGAIN … HYPER-LEGALITY SO THAT GOD CAN HUMBLE EVERYONE AND LEAD THEM TO REPENTANCE & RESTITUTION … NO TRYING TO WEASEL OUT “I DIDN’T MEAN TO, OR, THAT’S NOT WHAT I INTENDED, IT WAS HIS FAULT ALSO, I’M A VICTIM HERE” NO, STEP UP AND ACCEPT YOUR GUILT THEN REPENT AND RESTORE ...THAT IS THE GOOD THAT THE LAW DOES FOR US. BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS: Lk 19:1 He JESUS entered Jericho and was passing through. 2And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” THE LEVITICAL LAW CONVICTED ZACCHAEUS AND BROUGHT HIM TO REPENTANCE AND RESTITUTION … ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS FACE TO FACE WITH MESSIAH! … AND THAT LED TO THE SALVATION OF HIM AND HIS HOUSEHOLD ...THE LAW IS GOOD!! BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS … SO … ARE THERE DEGREES OF SIN … ? Deut 29:18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This (DELIBERATE SIN) will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN IN THE OT !! Mt 12:32And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN IN THE NT !! Jn 19:11 Jesus answered him (PONTIUS PILATE), “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.” JUDAS 1 Jn 5:16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. WHAT ?!? YIKES! AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 5 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 4 Deep-Dive: The Laws for Sin Offerings
02/16/2026
Leviticus Chapter 4 Deep-Dive: The Laws for Sin Offerings
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Ch 4 Laws for Sin Offerings A GOOD PARALLEL TRANSLATION = DECONTAMINATION, OR, PURIFICATION, OR REPARATIONS … AN OFFERING BY THE OFFENDER, AND, DECONTAMINATING THE SANCTUARY AND THE SACRED FURNITURE REMEMBER, THESE SACRIFICES (CH 5 ALSO) PRIMARILY APPLY TO UNINTENTIONAL SINS, ACTS OF NEGLECT OR OMISSION – IN THE LEVITICAL SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM, IN MOST CASES, YOU COULDN’T BUY YOUR WAY OUT OF INTENTIONAL SIN, IF SOMEONE DELIBERATELY BROKE A COMMANDMENT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO EITHER BE PUT TO DEATH, OR BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL, EXILED. HOWEVER, GOD WAS ALSO RECEPTIVE TO REPENTANCE Lev 26:40“But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me, 41so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity, 42then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. THERE ARE VERY FEW EXAMPLES IN SCRIPTURE OF AN ISRAELITE BEING PUT TO DEATH BY THE NATION FOR BREAKING ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS. REMEMBER, THE LAW … AND LEVITICUS IS AT THE HEART OF THE MOSAIC LAW … WAS DESIGNED TO TURN HEARTS BACK TO GOD IN REPENTANCE AND TO PROVIDE A PRACTICAL WAY FOR AN ISRAELITE TO APPROACH GOD BEYOND PRAYER. BACK TO LEVITICUS CH 4 – SIN, OR, PURIFICATION / DECONTAMINATION OFFERINGS FOR NON-MORAL VIOLATIONS … USING BLOOD TO DECONTAMINATE THE SACRED FURNITURE. 4:1And the Lord spoke to Moses (SOMETHING NEW), saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them, 3if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he (THE PRIEST) shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering. 4He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the Lord. 5And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting, 6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 7And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord that is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 9and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys 10(just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung— 12all the rest of the bull—he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SACRIFICE IS TO MAINTAIN THE PURITY OF THE SANCTUARY AND SACRED FURNITURE. IF THE PRIEST SINNED, EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY, HIS UNCLEAN STATE CONTAMINATED THE HOLY FURNITURE – AND IT NEEDS TO BE ATONED FOR … SPIRITUALLY WIPING DOWN THE HIGHCHAIR … THERE IS A HYPER-FOCUS ON HIGHLIGHTING SIN AND THE SPIRITUAL DAMAGE IT DOES EVEN TO THE HOLY FURNITURE OF THE SANCTUARY. AS WE LOOK FURTHER WE WILL SEE THE BLOOD ONLY APPLIED IN THE SANCTUARY AS FAR AS THE OFFENDER COULD CONTAMINATE. A PRIEST COULD GO INTO THE HOLY PLACE, EVERYONE ELSE MENTIONED IN THIS CHAPTER COULD NOT … 4:13 “If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt, 14when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. 15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. 16Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, 17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. 18And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting before the Lord, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 19And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar. 20Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them THE SACRED FURNITURE IS ATONED FOR – DECONTAMINATED, SPIRITUALLY WIPING DOWN THE HIGHCHAIR)and they THE CONGREGATION shall be forgiven. 21And he shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. 4:22“When a leader sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 23or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish, 24and shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. 25Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven (DECONTAMINATED). LEADERS ARE TREATED THE SAME AS THE COMMON PEOPLE … GUILTY & ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY SIN … IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES THE LEADERS ARE LIKE MINOR GODS AND NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE POWER ! THIS IS A REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT IN THE ANCIENT WORLD… EVERYONE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD. 4:27“If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 28or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female (LESSER VALUE) without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. 29And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. 30And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 31And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven (DECONTAMINATED). 4:32“If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish 33and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 34Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 35And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the Lord’s food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven (CLEANSED – PURIFIED – DECONAMINATED). THE WESTERN MIND IS FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING BLAME “WHO CAUSED THIS?” … BUT THAT’S JUST SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND IT MISSES THE WHOLE POINT … THE BIBLE IS TRYING TO HUMBLE EVERYONE AND BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE, FAITH AND OBEDIENCE … THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 4 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 3 Deep-Dive: The Laws for Peace Offerings
02/16/2026
Leviticus Chapter 3 Deep-Dive: The Laws for Peace Offerings
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Ch 3 Laws for Peace Offerings (SACRIFICE OF WELL BEING) “DEAR GOD, IT IS WELL WITH ME AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BY SHARING A MEAL WITH YOU…” NOTE THAT THE MEAL PORTION IS NOT MENTIONED HERE IN CH 3, BUT IS MENTIONED IN OTHER PORTIONS OF TORAH REGARDING THE PEACE OFFERING … 3:1“If his offering is a sacrifice (“SACRIFICE” USUALLY MEANS IT IS TO BE EATEN BY THE ONE(S) MAKING THE SACRIFICE) of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, (BULL OR HEIFER) he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. 2And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar. 3And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, 4and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. THE PRIME PORTIONS … THE KEY IS THE FAT. 5Then Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering (BURNT OFFERING FROM CH 1 … MULTIPLE OFFERINGS CAN BE MADE AT THE SAME TIME), which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 3:6“If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord, 8lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it in front of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 9Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering he shall offer as a food offering to the Lord its fat; he shall remove the whole fat tail, cut off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 10and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 11And the priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord. 3:12“If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord 13and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 14Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the Lord, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails 15and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 16And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord’s. 17It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.” BIBLEBONESANDLIGAMENTS: 1 Sam 1:1There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 2He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord. 4On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 5But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF LEVITICUS IN ACTION IN ISRAEL DURING THE TIME OF THE JUDGES LET’S PUT ON OUR NEW COVENANT DECODER GLASSES ... Jn 6:53 So Jesus said to them (TEACHING IN THE CAPERNAUM SYNAGOGUE), “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. 1 Cor 11:25 In the same way also he (JESUS) took the cup (OF WINE), after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 3 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Levitcus Chapter 2 Deep-Dive: Laws for Grain Offerings
02/16/2026
Levitcus Chapter 2 Deep-Dive: Laws for Grain Offerings
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Ch 2 Laws for Grain Offerings A MEMORIAL OF THE BINDING COVENANT BETWEEN THE ISRAELITES AND GOD “DEAR GOD, I REMEMBER THAT I HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN MY COVENANT WITH YOU …” SALT IS THE FOCUS AS A REMINDER OF THE BINDING NATURE OF THE COVENANT. THINK OF JESUS DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS THE BREAD OF HEAVEN ON WHICH WE MUST FEED AND DESCRIBING US AS THE SALT OF THE EARTH… 2:1“When anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense (AN AROMATIC GUM RESIN FROM A TREE BURNED AS INCENSE) on it (MOST LIKELY ONLY ON THE PORTION TO BE BURNED ON THE ALTAR) 2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful (A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOUR OFFERED – MOST OF THAT GOES TO THE PRIESTS – ONLY A HANDFUL OF IT IS BURNED) of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its memorial portion on the altar (SO THAT GOD AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THE COVENANT – THINK OF JESUS AT THE LAST SUPPER … DO THIS AS A MEMORIAL OF/TO ME), a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 3But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings. MOST HOLY DESIGNATES THAT THE PRIESTS GET A SHARE 4“When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil. 5And if your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. 6You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. 9And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion (THE FISTFULL) and burn this on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 10 But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings. LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO BAKE/COOK THE FISTFULL OF GRAIN … THE REST GOES TO THE PRIESTS. 11“No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord. (SCHOLARS NOT SURE WHY BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MORALITY, MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THESE BEING OFFERED TO PAGAN GODS, OR IN LEAVEN CAUSING FERMENTATION, OR SOMETHING EXCRETED/HONEY) 12As an offering of firstfruits you may bring them to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma. 13You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST SALT WAS USED IN COVENANT TREATY CEREMONIES, AS IN, SALTING THE LAND OF A PERSON WHO BREAKS A COVENANT … A CONSTANT REMINDER TO THE ISRAELITES THAT THEY NEED TO UPHOLD THEIR PART OF THE COVENANT. 14“If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain. 15And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the Lord. BIBLE BONES AND LIGAMENTS … THINK ABOUT HOW LEVITICUS SUPPORTS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING TO THE ISRAELITES WHO WERE WELL VERSED IN LEVITICUS … Mt 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Jn 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 2 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Leviticus Chapter 1 Deep-Dive: The Burnt Offering
11/23/2025
Leviticus Chapter 1 Deep-Dive: The Burnt Offering
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Leviticus Overview – PUTTING THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TABERNACLE TO USE … One of the most quoted books of the Torah (5 books of Moses) in the NT. Torah = law = shoot at/aim for/teach/instruct. Central book of the Torah/the 5 books of Moses – the foundation of the Jewish religion. Key to the book: Lev 19:2 You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Moses – the mediator between Yahweh and His people, Moses – a priest but not of the Levitical priesthood, Moses – the first true picture of Christ in the bible. Leviticus includes legal and sacrificial codes and historical narrative … similar to Exodus. JESUS UPHELD LEVITICUS AS AUTHORITATIVE: Lk 5:12While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 13And Jesus (GOD IN THE FLESH) stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14And he charged him to tell no one, but “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses (LEVITICUS – THE LAW OF MOSES) commanded, for a proof to them.” THAT’S ALSO THE ONLY TIME JESUS MENTIONED THE MOSAIC SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM AND KEEP IN MIND THAT HE TOLD THE LEPER TO DO IT SIMPLY AS A PROOF, OR WITNESS, FOR THE PRIESTS. THINK OF ALL THE TIMES JESUS WAS IN THE TEMPLE TEACHING YET THERE’S NO RECORD OF HIM MENTIONING OR USING THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM. We think of the Tabernacle and the holy furniture designed by God and built by Israel during the Exodus, along with the Levitical sacrificial system … as something the Israelites DID … they thought of it as something they ARE or WERE … the sacred furniture and detailed systemic instructions from God regarding ritualistic, bloody death were REQUIRED and CRITICAL for Israel in having a relationship with Yahweh. BLOODY DEATH REQUIRED BY GOD BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL UNCLEANNESS OF MAN AND HIS SIN. EVEN WHEN A PERSON WAS NOT SINNING HE WAS STILL SEPARATED FROM GOD BECAUSE OF HIS SPIRITUAL “NASTINESS” AND IT WAS DANGEROUS FOR HIM TO OCCUPY SACRED SPACE. IT WAS A MESSY, NASTY, SMELLY, BRUTAL PROCESS FOR ISRAEL TO FOLLOW GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS. You could hear and smell the Sanctuary long before you saw it (bleating screams of the animals having their throats cut and the feces, offal and spilled blood as part of the process, the odor of the meat cooking mixed with the fragrance of the anointing oil and incense. The New Covenant that Jesus brought is NOT the CORRECTION of the covenant we see in Torah, the Mosaic Law – it’s the FULFILLMENT of the “Old Covenant” … THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE MUST STUDY AND UNDERSTAND TORAH. Torah was the foundation of Judaism … it was what the rest of the old testament writers and prophets were thinking … it’s what the apostles were THINKING as they lived with Jesus then wrote the NT. It’s what Paul was thinking as he constructed the doctrines of the new covenant – the FULFILLMENT of Torah. As we read through Leviticus THINK THIS WAY ... ISRAEL IS NOW ABOUT 2 YEARS INTO THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT. THERE IS NO BIBLE & THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT INHABIT EVERY ISRAELITE. ISRAEL HAS FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO FAITHFULLY FOLLOW GOD… OTHER THAN THE TIME THEY SPENT CONSTRUCTING THE TABERNACLE AND THE HOLY FURNITURE … WHILE IN EGYPT THEY GREW FROM A SMALL TRIBE INTO THE NATION OF GOD. THEY HAVE A LOT OF BAD SPIRITUAL HABITS THEY NEED TO SHAKE OFF AND GROW OUT OF … THEY NEED LAWS, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND A PRIESTHOOD … PUT YOURSELF IN THAT PLACE … GOD IS HOLY BEYOND ANYTHING WE COULD EVER IMAGINE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE CAN “EARN” RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH ANY ACTION ON OUR PART OR SACRIFICE … GOD OWES US NOTHING AND OWED ISRAEL NOTHING EVEN AS THEY FOLLOWED HIS REGULATIONS IN LEVITICUS. THE LAW, OR TORAH, KEPT ISRAEL SAFE … BUT, SAFE FROM WHAT? FROM YAHWEH !!! AS WESTERN CHRISTIAN EVANGELICALS WE THINK OF LAW AS BAD OR DEATH, AND GRACE AS GOOD OR LIFE, BUT, LAW IS PART OF GRACE … IT’S GOOD … IT LEADS US TO REPENTANCE, THE DOORWAY TO GRACE CLEAN = QUALIFIED/SAFE (FROM GOD’S WRATH) TO PARTICIPATE OR OCCUPY SACRED SPACE. UNCLEAN = DISQUALIFIED/UNSAFE TO PARTICIPATE OR OCCUPY SACRED SPACE … THINK OF A 10 YEAR OLD BOY PLAYING OUTSIDE ALL DAY IN THE SUMMER … HE NEEDS A BATH BEFORE DINNER, UNCLEANNESS IS SIMILAR TO THAT … IT’S NOT REALLY SIN, IT’S A TYPE OF SPIRITUAL “NASTINESS” LAYING HANDS ON THE ANIMAL TO BE OFFERED = THIS IS NOT USUALLY A TRANSFER OF GUILT, IT’S SIMPLY DESIGNATING THAT ANIMAL TO NO LONGER BE A PART OF THE HERD – IT’S NOW CONSECRATED FOR SACRED USE – BELONGING TO THE LORD. OFFERINGS WERE PRESENTED TO GOD – A GIFT TO PROVIDE ATONEMENT / PROTECTION FROM GOD, USUALLY COMPLETELY BURNED UP SACRIFICES WERE SHARED WITH GOD THROUGH A MEAL BLOOD & FAT ARE NEVER TO BE EATEN, THEY ARE ALWAYS OFFERED TO GOD … FAT BURNED, BLOOD POURED ON THE GROUND AT THE FOOT OF THE ALTAR. ATONEMENT = PRIMARILY A SPIRITUAL RESET – WIPING DOWN THE HIGHCHAIR AFTER FEEDING THE 2 YEAR OLD, HAVING YOUR SPIRITUAL DIAPER CHANGED BY PROTECTING THE WORSHIPPER IN HIS BASIC HUMANITY FROM DIVINE WRATH … SOME EXAMPLES FROM TORAH: Ex 29:31“You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. 32And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. NO SINFUL ACTS HERE Ex 29:36 and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy – NO SIN INVOLVED IN CONSECRATING A PHYSICAL OBJECT, THE ALTAR. Ex 30:15 (WHEN A CENSUS IS TAKEN) The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for your lives – NO SINFUL ACT v16 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives.” CENSUS TAKEN – HALF SHEKEL PAID BY EACH MAN – FOR THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE, AND, TO BRINK THE PEOPLE TO GOD’S REMEMBRANCE AND PROTECT THEIR LIVES. Ex 32:30 GOLDEN CALF INCIDENT The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” … v33 But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. (GOD CONTROLS WHO’S IN AND OUT OF THE BOOK) … 35Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf … AND GOD HAD BEEN PREPARED TO DESTROY THE WHOLE NATION. SO, WAS ATONEMENT MADE? THEY REPENTED OF THEIR SIN AND HAD THE MOST PRODUCTIVE 12 MONTHS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL … CONSTRUCTING THE HOLY FURNITURE, THE TABERNACLE AND THE PRIESTLY GARMENTS. THE ASSUMPTION BY GOD AS HE PROVIDES THE SACRIFICIAL RULES IN LEVITICUS IS THAT THE ISRAELITES WILL VOLUNTARILY FOLLOW HIS LAW … THIS IS A BIG-BIG-BIG DEAL AND CONTRARY TO THE WAY WE AS EVANGELICALS THINK ABOUT SIN. THIS IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING TORAH – GOD EXPECTED OBEDIENCE. THERE IS LITTLE PROVISION IN LEVITICUS FOR DELIBERATELY BREAKING A COMMANDMENT … IN MOST OF THOSE CASES THE GUIDANCE WAS EITHER DEATH OR EXILE. AN ISRAELITE COULD NOT BREAK THE SABBATH AND THEN “PAY THE PRICE WITH A SPECIFIC SACRIFICE” AND BE OK WITH GOD. HERE’S AN EXPLANATION FROM GOD AND AN EXAMPLE: Num 15:30 A PARALLEL PASSAGE TO LEVITICUS – GOD GIVING MOSES INSTRUCTION REGARDING UNINTENTIONAL/ACCIDENTAL SIN. But, the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. 31Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.” AND HERE’S AN EXAMPLE … 32While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. 34They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. 35And the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses. THERE WAS NO SACRIFICE HE COULD OFFER TO “COVER THIS” OR PROVIDE “ATONEMENT” FOR HIM … GOD SAID, STONE HIM TO DEATH !! KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY RECORD IN SCRIPTURE OF A PERSON BEING EXECUTED FOR BREAKING THE SABBATH. LEVITICUS ILLUSTRATES THE HOLINESS OF GOD IN COMPARISON TO OUR BASIC HUMANITY – HOW DANGEROUS GOD IS IN HIS HOLINESS. GOD ASSUMES HIS PEOPLE WILL OBEY HIM AND HE PROVIDED WAYS ISRAEL COULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AS THEY OBEYED HIM. BEING “RIGHT” WITH GOD STARTS WITH FAITH & OBEDIENCE … THEN MOVES BEYOND THAT !! THERE REALLY IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT JESUS DID FOR US ON THE CROSS COMPARED TO ANY OFFERING OR SACRIFICE DESCRIBED IN LEVITICUS … THIS IS WHY THE CLAIMS OF JESUS AND THE EARLY CHURCH WERE SO SCANDALOUS TO AN ISRAELITE. THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST WAS INFINITELY MORE THAN ANYTHING DESCRIBED IN LEVITICUS … EVEN BEYOND THE DAY OF ATONEMENT: IN CHRIST ALL SIN IS FORGIVEN, EVERY BELIEVER IS PART OF THE BODY OF MESSIAH, THE BRIDE OF MESSIAH, EACH MEMBER THE TEMPLE OF GOD INHABITED BY THE HOLY* SPIRIT – WHO IS THE LORD/YAHWEH, AND EACH BELIEVER IS A PRIEST OF GOD AND SITS ON MESSIAH’S THRONE WITH HIM, WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD LED BY JESUS, THE MESSIAH, AND YAHWEH … THIS IS WHAT MESSIAH DID FOR ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD, WHEN HE WAS CRUCIFIED … THESE CONCEPTS “BLEW THE MINDS” OF THE EDUCATED JEWS WHO WERE CONTEMPORARY TO JESUS … TORAH GAVE THEM BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS, THEN JESUS’ CLAIMS STARTED WITH TORAH AND WENT INFINITELY FURTHER … WE WILL NOT BE DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM IS COMPLEX AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT LEVITICUS, NUMBERS & DEUTERONOMY. Ch 1 Laws for Burnt Offerings – “DEAR GOD, I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT WITH YOU … FOR FELLOWSHIP / WORSHIP / A REQUEST …” NOT FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN. THE TEACHING IS – PROXIMITY TO GOD IS DANGEROUS – PROVIDE A GIFT FOR ATONEMENT IF YOU WANT TO DRAW NEAR! 1:1 The Lord called Moses (SUMMONED MOSES) and (YAHWEH) spoke to him from the tent of meeting (THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TABERNACLE), saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock (THAT GOD PROVIDED!) 3“If his (THE ONE MAKING THE OFFERING) offering is a burnt offering from the herd (A BULL), he shall offer a male (WHY A MALE? UNCLEAR IN SCRIPTURE … VALUE? POWER? GENERATIVE? A PICTURE OF CHRIST?) without blemish (VALUABLE). He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. ONLY PRIESTS ENTERED THE TABERNACLE AREA 4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering (IDENTIFYING THE ANIMAL FOR SACRED USE … BEFORE THIS IT WAS A COMMON PART OF THE HERD, NOW IT’S DESIGNATED AS AN “OFFERING” TO GOD), and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him (A SPIRITUAL WIPE-DOWN, RESET, DIAPER CHANGE) 5Then he (THE ONE MAKING THE OFFERING-STILL AT THE ENTRANCE) shall kill the bull before the Lord NO SPECIFIC WAY OF KILLING IS MENTIONED … IT’S NOT RITUALIZED, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting (THE BLOOD IS DRAINED, THEN THROWN AGAINST THE SIDES OF THE ALTAR AND THE REST IS POURED OUT AT THE BASE OF THE ALTAR … YOU CAN’T ENTER OR LEAVE THE SANCTUARY WITHOUT SEEING AND SMELLING BLOOD). THERE SHOULD BE NO BLOOD LEFT FOR ANYONE TO MISUSE … STRICT GUIDANCE AGAINST EATING BLOOD … THAT GOES BACK TO NOAH) 6Then he shall flay the burnt offering (THE SKIN OR HIDE WAS NOT BURNED) and cut it into pieces, 7and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8And Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water (WASH OFF THE FECES AND OFFAL … NO PLACE FOR MUDDY LEGS OR ENTRAILS LEAKING FECES). And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord (SACRIFICIAL LANGUAGE THAT SHOWS GOD ACCEPTS THE SACRIFICE) 10“If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock (LESS EXPENSIVE OFFERING), from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, 11and he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar. 12And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire on the altar, 13but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 14“If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds (LEAST EXPENSIVE), then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons. 15And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16He shall remove its crop with its contents and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. 17He shall tear it open by its wings, but shall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord EVEN THE LEAST OF THE THREE TYPES OF OFFERINGS IS STILL PLEASING TO THE LORD. THREE TIERED STRUCTURE PROBABLY BASED ON THE WEALTH OF THE PERSON OFFERING THE SACRIFICE … SACRIFICES WERE COSTLY. COULD ALSO BE AN ISSUE OF THE HEART … BRINGING YOUR BEST TO THE LORD? A RICH MAN COULD NOT SEND A SERVANT TO MAKE THE OFFERING – HE HAD TO DO IT HIMSELF AND IT WAS A BLOODY AND PHYSICAL PROCESS: WORSHIPPER: BRING THE ANIMAL, KILL, SKIN, GUT & BUTCHER THE BULL/SHEEP. PRIEST: PROVIDE/PREPARE WOOD FOR THE FIRE, SPRINKLE BLOOD ON THE ALTAR, PLACE DISMEMBERED BODY PARTS ON THE FIRE SO, THIS OFFERING WAS MADE BY AN ISRAELITE SO THAT GOD WOULD NOT KILL HIM AS HE APPROACHED SACRED SPACE AND MADE A REQUEST OF GOD … IN CHRIST, WE ARE SACRED SPACE! AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 1 xxxxxxxxxxxx Ch 2 Laws for Grain Offerings A MEMORIAL OF THE BINDING COVENANT BETWEEN THE ISRAELITES AND GOD “DEAR GOD, I REMEMBER THAT I HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN MY COVENANT WITH YOU …” SALT IS THE FOCUS AS A REMINDER OF THE BINDING NATURE OF THE COVENANT. THINK OF JESUS DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS THE BREAD OF HEAVEN ON WHICH WE MUST FEED AND DESCRIBING US AS THE SALT OF THE EARTH… 2:1“When anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense (AN AROMATIC GUM RESIN FROM A TREE BURNED AS INCENSE) on it (MOST LIKELY ONLY ON THE PORTION TO BE BURNED ON THE ALTAR) 2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful (A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOUR OFFERED – MOST OF THAT GOES TO THE PRIESTS – ONLY A HANDFUL OF IT IS BURNED) of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its memorial portion on the altar (SO THAT GOD AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THE COVENANT – THINK OF JESUS AT THE LAST SUPPER … DO THIS AS A MEMORIAL OF/TO ME), a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 3But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings. MOST HOLY DESIGNATES THAT THE PRIESTS GET A SHARE 4“When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil. 5And if your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. 6You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. 9And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion (THE FISTFULL) and burn this on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 10 But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings. LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO BAKE/COOK THE FISTFULL OF GRAIN … THE REST GOES TO THE PRIESTS. 11“No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord. (SCHOLARS NOT SURE WHY BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MORALITY, MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THESE BEING OFFERED TO PAGAN GODS, OR IN LEAVEN CAUSING FERMENTATION, OR SOMETHING EXCRETED/HONEY) 12As an offering of firstfruits you may bring them to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma. 13You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST SALT WAS USED IN COVENANT TREATY CEREMONIES, AS IN, SALTING THE LAND OF A PERSON WHO BREAKS A COVENANT … A CONSTANT REMINDER TO THE ISRAELITES THAT THEY NEED TO UPHOLD THEIR PART OF THE COVENANT. 14“If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain. 15And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the Lord. BIBLE BONES AND LIGAMENTS … THINK ABOUT HOW LEVITICUS SUPPORTS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING TO THE ISRAELITES WHO WERE WELL VERSED IN LEVITICUS … Mt 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Jn 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” AND THAT WILL WRAP UP LEV CH 2 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 40 Deep-Dive: The Tabernacle Erected
11/16/2025
Exodus Chapter 40 Deep-Dive: The Tabernacle Erected
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EXODUS CH 40 The Tabernacle Erected 1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. 4And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, 7and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court. 9“Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. 10You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy. 11You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water 13and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. 14You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them, 15and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.” 16This Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did. 17In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected. 18Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars. 19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 20 He took the testimony (TABLETS OF STONE) and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat (ATONING LID) above on the ark. (THE TABLETS OF STONE CONTAINING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE THE ONLY THING IN THE ARK) 21And he MOSES brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 22 He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil, 23and arranged the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, 25and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, 27and burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 28 He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 29And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing, 31 with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. 32When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses. 33 And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. MOSES IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTH ISRAEL AND YAHWEH – THE MEDIATOR – A PICTURE OF CHRIST WHO IN HIS HUMANITY REPRENTS HUMANITY BEFORE YAHWEH, AND YAHWEH BEFORE HUMANITY. The Glory of the Lord 34 Then (ONCE THE WORK WAS FINISHED) the cloud (THE HOLY SPIRIT) covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. BIBLE BONES & LIGAMENTS: Isaiah 6: 1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. BACK TO MOSES: THE TENT OF MEETING – OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP – IS NOW REPLACED BY THIS TABERNACLE, GOD IS NOW READY TO MEET WITH BOTH MOSES AND THE NATION OF ISRAEL THROUGH THIS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TABERNACLE COMPLEX. 36 Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. 37But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys. THE TABERNACLE WAS CRITICAL IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YAHWEH AND HIS PEOPLE – THE FURNITURE OF THE EARTHLY HOUSE OF GOD … SACRED SPACE … SOMETHING WE HAVE DIFFICULTY RELATING TO TODAY. ISRAEL HAS BEEN AT SINAI FOR ABOUT 1 - 2 YEARS. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 40 AND THE BOOK OF EXODUS TIMELINE FROM LEAVING EGYPT TO LEAVING SINAI … The Exodus started on the fourteenth day of the first month in the city of Rameses (Exodus 12:2, 6). They then traveled to Succoth (Exodus 12:37) and that night was the day they left Egypt (Exodus 12:40-42; Deuteronomy 16:6). It is possible that they had not physically left Egypt, but starting that day they left in purpose. From Succoth, through the Wilderness of Red Sea, to Etham was the next stage of the journey (Exodus 13:18-20). They camped by Pi Hahiroth (Exodus 14:2). After crossing the Red Sea, they took a three day journey to Marah (Exodus 15:22-23). The next stop was Elim (Exodus 15:27). They then reached the Wilderness of Sin. Total time so far was 30 days (Exodus 15:1). The next stop was Rephidim and then Sinai. This took another 30 days, or more (Exodus 19:1-2). They spent almost two years here (Numbers 10:11). From Sinai it was a three days journey to Taberah (Numbers 10:33). The next stop was Hazeroth (Numbers 11:35). From there they went to Kadesh-Barnea in the Wilderness of Paran. It was here they were sentenced to wander 40 years in the Wilderness. So the number of years from the Exodus to the entrance in Canaan was about 42 years. Another way to mark the time is to know that Moses was 80 when he came before Pharaoh (Exodus 7:7) and he died a bit before Israel went into Canaan at the age of 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7). About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. 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Exodus Chapter 39 Deep-Dive: Making the Priestly Garments
11/10/2025
Exodus Chapter 39 Deep-Dive: Making the Priestly Garments
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EX CH 39 Making the Priestly Garments – REMEMBER, THE DESCRIPTION OF THESE GARMENTS WAS GIVEN TO MOSES WHEN HE WAS FIRST ON MT SINAI FOR 40 DAYS (EX 28) … NOW THEY’RE BEING MADE BY THE ISRAELITES 1From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2 He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 3And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design. 4They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges. 5And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 6They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. 7And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 8 He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 9It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled. 10And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; 11and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree. 14There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. 15And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. 16And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. 17And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. 18They attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. 19Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. 20And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 21And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 22 He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue, 23and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear. 24On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 25They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe, between the pomegranates— 26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 27 They also made the coats, woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons, 28and the turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twined linen, 29and the sash of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with needlework, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the Lord.” 31And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 32Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did. 33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 34the covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins, and the veil of the screen; 35the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; 36the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 37the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent; 39the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand; 40the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests. 42According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. 43And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses blessed them. AN ECHO OF CREATION AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 39 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 38 Deep-Dive: The Altar of Burnt Offering
11/03/2025
Exodus Chapter 38 Deep-Dive: The Altar of Burnt Offering
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EX CH 38 1 He (BEZALEL, THE HEAD CRAFTSMAN) made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height. 2He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze. 4And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down. 5He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. 6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards. Making the Bronze Basin 8 He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR WOMEN … A SPECIFIC MINISTRY … MENDING, PREPARING, CLEANING, PRAYING, WORSHIPPING, ETC. Lk 2:36 WHEN JESUS WAS PRESENTED TO THE LORD AT THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM … And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him JESUS to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. THOSE WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH BACK TO EX CH 38 Making the Court 9 And he (BEZALEL THE HEAD CRAFTSMAN) made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 13And for the front to the east, fifty cubits. 14The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. 16All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. 17And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze. Materials for the Tabernacle 21These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses; 23and with him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 24All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. 25The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: 26a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men. 27The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base. 28And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them. 29The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; 30with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, 31the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 38 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 37 Deep-Dive: The Ark, Table, Lampstand, and Incense
08/31/2025
Exodus Chapter 37 Deep-Dive: The Ark, Table, Lampstand, and Incense
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EX CH 37 1 Bezalel THE HEAD CRAFTSMAN made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side. 4And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold 5and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. 6And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 7And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, 8one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. 9The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. Making the Table 10 He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it. 12And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim. 13He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 14Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 15He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold. 16And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings. Making the Lampstand 17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 18And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 19three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 20And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, 21and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it. 22Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 23And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold. 24He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold. Making the Altar of Incense 25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, 27and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it. 28And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29 He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer. About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 36 Deep-Dive: The Tabernacle
08/31/2025
Exodus Chapter 36 Deep-Dive: The Tabernacle
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. 36:1“Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.” 2And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. 3And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning, 4so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, 5and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” 6So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing, 7for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more. THIS WAS A VOLUNTARY FREE WILL OFFERING FROM THE PEOPLE AND ISRAEL RESPONDED GENEROUSLY 8 And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked. 9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size. 10He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. 11He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set. 12He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another. 13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole. 14He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains. 15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size. 16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain. 18And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. 19And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins. 20 Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. 21Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. 22Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle. 23The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side. 24And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons. 25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames 26and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame. 27For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames. 28He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear. 29And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners. 30There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases. 31He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, 32and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward. 33And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames. 34And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it. 36And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver. 37He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework, 38and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze. About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 35 Deep-Dive: Construction of the Tabernacle
08/31/2025
Exodus Chapter 35 Deep-Dive: Construction of the Tabernacle
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EX CH 35 EXODUS CH 35-40 IS A REPEAT OF WHAT’S ALREADY BEEN COVERED IN CH 25-31 (GOD’S INSTRUCTION) AND IT WILL DESCRIBE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE TIME IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY, ISRAEL’S OBEDIENCE AS THEY CONSTRUCT THE TABERNACLE AND ITS FURNITURE OVER THE NEXT 6 - 9 MONTHS 1Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. 2Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.” SO, NO HOUSEHOLD WORK … EVERYONE GETS THIS AS A DAY OF REST. Contributions for the Tabernacle 4Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. 5Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: 10 “Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; 13the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 14the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; 17the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords; 19the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.” 20 Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. (THEY GOT TO WORK … A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OFFERED TO GOD … EACH ONE USING HIS/HER SPECIAL SKILLS … SIMILAR TO SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN THE NT) 21 And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord. 23And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them. 24Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. 25And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 26All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair. 27And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the Lord. Construction of the Tabernacle 30 Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence (TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES GOD HAS SET) with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, 32to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, 33in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft. 34 And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. 35He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman or skilled designer. 36:1“Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.” About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. 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Exodus Chapter 34 Deep-Dive: The New Stone Tablets
08/31/2025
Exodus Chapter 34 Deep-Dive: The New Stone Tablets
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Exodus Ch 34 1The Lord said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. A REBUKE? MAYBE … BUT THE COVENANT LAW IS STILL THE PLAN … GOD IS OPEN TO REPENTANCE 2Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. 3No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” MOSES IS GOING ALONE – AARON IS NOT GOING! AARON WAS DISOBEDIENT, MOSES WAS A MEDIATOR 4So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first (GOD HAD PRESENTED THE FIRST COPY, NOW MOSES MUST CUT THE BLANK TABLETS AND CARRY THEM UP THE MOUNTAIN). And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. 5The Lord descended in the cloud THE HOLY SPIRIT and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. THIS REMINDS US THAT YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN – YAHWEH, I-AM, ANNOUNCES HIMSELF … HE PROCLAIMS, PROTECTS, PRESERVES, RESPECTS AND HONORS HIS OWN NAME. 6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7keeping steadfast love for thousands (GENERATIONS IS IMPLIED – A THOUSAND GENERATIONS WOULD BE, AT MINIMUM, 20,000 YEARS – WE CAN ONLY TRACK HUMAN HISTORY ABOUT 5,000 YEARS), forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” ALL OF THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE “NAME OF THE LORD” - MERCY, GRACE, SLOW TO ANGER, ABOUNDING IN STEADFAST LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND SIN, BUT, HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE THOSE WHO REFUSE TO REPENT … JUSTICE … THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD WHICH APPLY TO THE GOLDEN CALF SIN … HOW DO WE MOVE PAST THAT? FORGIVING SIN, YET ALSO, VISITING/ALLOWING THE CONSEQUENCES OF INIQUITY … NOT A GENERATIONAL CURSE – IT’S A GENERATIONAL CONSEQUENCE OF SIN, BUT, THAT EVENTUALLY ENDS … TO THE 3RD & 4TH GENERATIONS! (FROM THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT IDOLATRY Ex 20:4-6) HOWEVER, MERCY & STEADFAST LOVE IS WHAT CONTINUES FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS Rom 3:21 APOSTLE PAUL WRITING TO THE ROMAN CHURCH, But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God put forward as a propitiation by his (JESUS’) blood (DEATH ON THE CROSS), to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins (THROUGH THE LEVITICAL SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM). 26It was to show his (YAHWEH’S) righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just (JUDGE) and the justifier (GOD IN THE FLESH WAS THE JUSTIFIER OF THE GUILTY … THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE) of the one who has faith in Jesus. Rom 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us) BACK TO MOSES ON MT SINAI WITH YAHWEH – AS YAHWEH IS FILTERING THE GLORY OF HIS PRESENCE BEFORE MOSES Ex 33:8And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance” 10And he YAHWEH said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. (RENEWING IT – ONLY – BECAUSE OF WHO I (YAHWEH) AM!) Before all your people (YAHWEH STILL DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM ISRAEL) I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in an nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. ALL THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM YOU ARE SHALL SEE THE WORKS OF THE LORD … THE NATIONS. 11“Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 12Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst. 13You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim (PLURAL OF ASHERA – PORNOGRAPHIC FEMALE IDOLS, TEMPLE PROSTITUTES) 14(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they (THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND) whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods. ISRAEL IS GOING INTO TEMPTATION – THE LAND INHABITED BY THESE IDOLATROUS, SINFUL PEOPLE GROUPS … HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM … DESTROY EVERYTHING!!! TWO CLASSIC EXAMPLES – SOLOMON LED ASTRAY BY HIS MANY WIVES OF OTHER NATIONS, AND, AHAB – HIS WIFE, JEZEBEL, WAS FROM SIDON AND WORSHIPPED BAAL. IF YOU’RE IN COVENANT WITH YAHWEH – YOU CAN’T BE IN COVENANT WITH ANYONE ELSE! REMEMBER … ISRAEL CONSISTED OF PEOPLE FROM MANY DIFFERENT GENETIC GROUPS WHO JOINED ISRAEL WHILE THEY WERE IN EGYPT, THE NATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED WHEN ISRAEL ENTERS THE PROMISED LAND EXIST IN THE SAME WAY … IT’S NOT A “GENETIC” THING, IT’S PEOPLES WHO ARE GROUPED BY CULTURE AND COMMITMENT TO A SPECIFIC FALSE GOD/IDOL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN VERY BAD BEHAVIOR, HOWEVER, ANYONE COULD JOIN ISRAEL AND BECOME PART OF THE NATION … CONSIDER CALEB THE KENIZZITE WHO BECAME ONE OF THE ELDERS OF JUDAH, OR RAHAB THE PROSTITUTE IN JERICHO WHO SAVED THE SPIES, OR RUTH, THE MOABITESS … THE LINE OF DAVID & CHRIST PASSED THROUGH BOTH OF THEM!! SO, WHEN GOD SAID THESE EVIL NATIONS NEED TO BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED HE’S TALKING ABOUT THEIR EVIL PRACTICES … BACK TO YAHWEH SPEAKING WITH MOSES IN EX CH 34: 17 “You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal. (YUP – A REMINDER – THE GOLDEN CALF) 18 “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (PASSOVER). Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 19All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed. Lk 2:22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him JESUS up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 22You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end. 23Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year. YAHWEH WILL PROTECT THE HOMESTEADS WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY APPEARING BEFORE THE LORD 25 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. 26The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.” PAGAN FERTILITY RITE THINK ABOUT IDOLATRY AS HEDGING YOUR BETS SPIRITUALLY … YES, I BELIEVE IN YAHWEH AND PARTICIPATE IN THE TORAH … BUT … WHAT IF THERE ARE OTHER GODS … ? SUPERSTITIONS 27And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28So he MOSES was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he (YAHWEH) wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments AKA THE 10 WORDS. THIS TIME AARON AND THE PEOPLE MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THEMSELVES WHILE MOSES WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH GOD FOR 40 DAYS … AND THE COVENANT BETWEEN YAHWEH AND ISRAEL IS RENEWED. The Shining Face of Moses 29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know (HE COULDN’T FEEL IT – DIDN’T NOTICE IT) that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. (AFTERGLOW OF THE RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY) 30Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. 31But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. 32Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. 33And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. 34Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, 35the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him YAHWEH. CONSIDER THE EXAMPLE OF WILD WOLVES AND DOMESTICATED DOGS … THEY CAN INTER-BREED, THEY’RE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL GENETICALLY, BUT, THEY BEHAVE VERY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE DOGS INTERACT WITH HUMANS … IT’S THE HUMAN INTERACTION WHICH DOMESTICATES THEM … AS THEY INTERACT WITH HUMANS THEY TAKE ON HUMAN TRAITS … ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER BECOME HUMAN. IT’S THE SAME THING WITH THOSE WHO INTERACT WITH GOD ON A REGULAR BASIS … AS WE DO THAT OUR CHARACTER IS CHANGED AND WE BECOME LIKE JESUS ... THE APOSTLE PAUL USES THIS SCENE FROM EXODUS WHEN WRITING TO THE CORINTHIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GRACE AND LAW 2 Cor 3:1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 3And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN THE STONE TABLETS OF THE LAW COMPARED TO THE HUMAN HEARTS OF BELIEVERS TRANSFORMED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD. 4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter (OF THE LAW) but of the Spirit. For the letter (LAW) kills (BRINGS TO REPENTANCE), but the Spirit gives life. 7Now if the ministry of death (THE LAW), carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation (THE LAW – WHICH BRINGS REPENTANCE), the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. 10Indeed, in this case, what once had glory (THE LAW) has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it (LIVES TRANSFORMED BY JESUS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT). 11For if what was being brought to an end came with glory (MOSES DESCENDING SINAI WITH THE TABLETS OF THE LAW), much more will what is permanent have glory. (LIVES TRANSFORMED THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS THROUGH THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT). 12Since we have such a hope (IN JESUS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT), we are very bold, 13not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end (EVENTUALLY THE GLOW ON MOSES’ FACE FADED). 14But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant (THE LAW), that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15Yes, to this day whenever Moses (THE LAW) is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit THE HOLY SPIRIT, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. THE SURPASSING GLORY OF CHRIST AND THE NEW COVENANT – APPLIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN EVERY BELIEVER’S LIFE. THE LAW BRINGS DEATH/REPENTANCE – THE SPIRIT BRINGS LIFE. THE LAW WAS A MINISTRY BY GOD – OF CONDEMNATION, SHOWING US OUR SIN, BRINGING EVERY BELIEVER TO THE POINT OF REPENTANCE. EVEN WHEN ISRAEL READS THE LAW TODAY – THEY FAIL TO SEE THAT IT HAS COME TO AN END AND THAT THERE IS A NEW COVENANT PROVIDED BY FAITH IN JESUS AND APPLIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. AN UNVEILING – BEHOLDING THE GLORY OF GOD – OUR EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED BY GOD AND WE ALL WITH UNVEILED FACES (NO LAW SEPARATING US FROM GOD) ARE BEING TRANSFORMED FROM ONE DEGREE OF GLORY TO ANOTHER INTO THE IMAGE OF JESUS … GROWING IN GRACE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. A LIFE TRANSFORMED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. ISRAEL RECOILED FROM THE HOLINESS OF GOD REFLECTED IN MOSES’ GLOWING FACE … EVEN THAT REFLECTION OF GOD’S HOLINESS WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEM, HOWEVER, CHRISTIANS DON’T RECOIL – WE’RE DRAWN TO EACH OTHER AS WE SEE GOD WORK IN OUR LIVES. THE WORLD SEES THIS SAME GLORY AND THIS TIES TO WHAT PAUL SAID TO THE CORINTHIANS JUST BEFORE THIS PASSAGE. 2 Cor 2:14But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. THIS SCENE OF MOSES DESCENDING SINAI, WITH HIS FACE SHINING, AFTER SEEING GOD’S GLORY, IS THE CLIMAX OF THE EXODUS. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 34 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. 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Exodus Chapter 33 Deep-Dive: Moses and the Glory of the Lord
08/31/2025
Exodus Chapter 33 Deep-Dive: Moses and the Glory of the Lord
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EXODUS CH 33 1The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ CHANGE IN TONE FROM GOD … THE PEOPLE WHOM YOU (MOSES) HAVE BROUGHT UP … GOD’S STILL FURIOUS WITH THEM. 2 I will send an angel GENERIC ANGEL, A WARIOR & PROTECTOR, BUT – DIFFERENT FROM YAHWEH’S ANGEL – HIS PRESENCE … before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” A QUICK REMINDER THAT GOD IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE … “LEST I CONSUME YOU ON THE WAY” REMINDER – MOSES WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN 40 DAYS BEFORE THE PEOPLE CREATED THE GOLDEN CALF. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THAT YAHWEH CALLS THE LEADERS UP THE MOUNTAIN Ex 24:9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THAT YAHWEH SAYS TO MOSES Ex 23:20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. (NOW HE COULD FORGIVE YOUR SINS … BUT HE WON’T … BECAUSE YAHWEH’S “NAME” IS IN HIM … DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER ANGEL) 22“But if you carefully obey his voice THE ANGEL’S VOICE and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, 24you shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces. 25You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. 26None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. THIS IS THE SPECIAL “ANGEL OF THE LORD” WHO SHARES AUTHORITY WITH YAHWEH … THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN A PHYSICAL FORM WHICH MAN CAN SEE AND STILL LIVE … JESUS MAKING AN APPEARANCE BACK TO CH 33:2 I WILL SEND AN ANGEL … BUT I WILL NOT GO UP AMONG YOU. MOSES NOTICES THIS DIFFERENT TONE FROM GOD AND HE PASSES THAT THOUGHT ON TO THE PEOPLE … 4When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know (DECIDE) what to do with you.’” 6Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward. IT’S TIME TO REPENT – IF GOD HAD ABANDONED HIS PEOPLE HE WOULD NOT HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM … JEWELRY WAS AN ANCIENT WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR WEALTH AND TO USE IT TO MAKE YOURSELF MORE ATTRACTIVE – THIS IS AN ACT OF HUMILITY & REPENTANCE The Tent of Meeting – SIDEBAR IN THE NARRATIVE – THIS IS MENTIONED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT MOSES HAD A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YAHWEH 7Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. THIS IS NOT THE TABERNACLE … THIS TENT IS WHAT MOSES WAS USING BEFORE SINAI AS A PLACE TO MEET WITH YAHWEH, AND WHAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO USE UNTIL THE TABERNACLE IS CONSTRUCTED … THIS SECTION HAS MOST LIKELY BEEN WRITTEN TO REMIND THE READER OF THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP MOSES HAD WITH YAHWEH BEFORE SINAI. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. THE TABERNACLE, ONCE IT’S BUILT, WILL BE THE CENTER OF THE CAMP 8Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud (HOLY SPIRIT – THE SPIRIT/BREATH OF YAHWEH) would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. 10And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. 11Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SCENE, A PICTURE OF THE INTIMACY GOD WANTS WITH HIS PEOPLE. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. JOSHUA HAD A FRONT ROW VIEW OF MOSES’ RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD … GOD IS PREPARING JOSHUA TO BE MOSES’ SUCCESSOR. BACK TO MOSES INTERCEDING WITH YAHWEH Ex33:12Moses said to the Lord, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ IS MOSES ASKING … WHAT ANGEL WILL YOU SEND WITH ME? IF YOU’RE NOT GOING … WHO IS IT … WHAT’S GOING ON? 13Now therefore, if I (MOSES) have found favor in your (YAHWEH’S) sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” 14And he (GOD) said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (YAHWEH CHANGES HIS MIND) 15And he (MOSES) said to him (TO YAHWEH – PRESSING THE POINT) “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?” JUST A PLAIN OLD “ANGEL” GOING WITH THEM ISN’T ENOUGH … MOSES IS INSISTING THAT “YAHWEH” MUST GO WITH THEM … THE THING THAT SETS THEM APART IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH THEM. 17And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for (BECAUSE) you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” (JOHN CH 10:14 I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD, AND I KNOW MY OWN, AND MY OWN KNOW ME) MOSES HAS INTERCEDED FOR THE PEOPLE AGAIN – AND YAHWEH HAS RESPONDED, YES, MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU. 18Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” MOSES IS WORSHIPING AND IS ASKING FOR SOMETHING VERY DANGEROUS … MOSES IS SAYING … SHOW ME MORE!! REMEMBER, JUST 40-60 DAYS BEFORE THIS (EX 24) MOSES AND 70 OF THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL HAD EATEN A MEAL WITH GOD ON MT SINAI!! 19And he (YAHWEH) said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy (SOVEREIGNTY). 20But,” he said, “you cannot see my face (YAHWEH’S GLORIOUS SPIRITUAL ESSENCE … HIS PRESENCE), for man shall not see me (MY PRESENCE) and live.” THIS IS A PROBLEM, IN VERSE 11 THEY WERE SPEAKING FACE TO FACE NOW GOD SAYS NO MAN CAN SEE ME AND LIVE ? … MOSES SPEAKS FACE TO FACE WITH YAHWEH’S ANGEL, JESUS, AND ALSO BETWEEN YAHWEH AND MOSES DIRECTLY … CAN’T SEE MY FACE AND LIVE … NINE VERSES APART, SO, THERE’S A PERSON YOU CAN SEE, AND LIVE, AND STILL BE TALKING DIRECTLY TO GOD … THE ANGEL / MESSENGER / SON / SPOKESPERSON / PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE … OF YAHWEH 21And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22and while my glory (MY PRESENCE) passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” GOD APPEARED TO MOSES ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THIS, AS AN ANGEL IN THE BURNING BUSH ON MT SINAI – THIS THEOPHANY, OR APPEARANCE OF GOD, IS DIFFERENT – THE APPEARANCE OF YAHWEH HIMSELF IN HIS GLORIOUS HEAVENLY PRESENCE WHICH NO MAN CAN SEE AND LIVE (ELIJAH 1 Ki 19:9-18, Abram Gen 15:17-18) TURN TO ISAIAH TO SEE THE ANGEL OF GOD’S PRESENCE CONFIRMED – GOD APPEARING IN HUMAN FORM SO MAN CAN SEE HIM AND LIVE, AND THE TRINITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT … Is 63:7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord (YAHWEH), the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. 8For he said (AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXODUS), “Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely.” And he became their Savior. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence (JESUS) saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them. 11Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit, 12who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name, 13who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble. 14Like livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So you led your people, to make for yourself a glorious name. JESUS – THE GLORY OF GOD IN PHYSICAL FORM Jn 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God (YAHWEH); the only God (JESUS), who is at the Father’s side (YAHWEH’S SIDE), he (JESUS) has made him (YAHWEH) known. Jn 5:46 JESUS SPEAKING … For if you (ISRAELITE PHARISEES) believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. ISRAEL HAS BEEN AN ABJECT FAILURE SINCE LEAVING EGYPT, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN … THE PEOPLE OF GOD RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF SPECTACULAR SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES … DEMONSTRATE UNBELIEF AND REBELLION … HOWEVER, THE ISRAELITES WERE NO WORSE THAN ANYONE ELSE … THIS IS A PICTURE OF US - HUMANITY. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 33 – WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTERS IN THE WHOLE BIBLE About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 32 Deep-Dive: The Golden Calf
08/11/2025
Exodus Chapter 32 Deep-Dive: The Golden Calf
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Exodus Ch 32 The Golden Calf AS WE WORK THROUGH THE EXODUS IT’S CRITICAL TO KEEP IN MIND THAT MUCH LATER IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY, WHILE GOD IS CONDEMNING THE NATION TO EXILE IN BABYLON DUE TO THEIR CONTINUED IDOLATRY & REBELLION … HE REVEALS THROUGH HIS PROPHET IN BABYLON, EZEKIEL THE PRIEST, IN Ez 20:7-9 … THAT THE PEOPLE WERE IDOLIZING THE EGYPTIAN GODS WHILE THEY WERE INCREASING IN NUMBER IN EGYPT … GOD SAYS HE HAD TOLD THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR IDOLATRY BUT THEY NEVER DID, SO ON SOME LEVEL GOD IS ANGRY WITH ISRAEL, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF RESCUING THEM FROM THE EGYPTIANS … EZEKIEL TELLS US THAT YAHWEH RESCUED THEM PRIMARILY TO PREVENT HIS NAME FROM BEING DEGRADED BEFORE THE NATIONS AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE DESERVING OF IT … WE’VE ALSO SEEN THAT ISRAEL HAS BEEN IN PARTIAL REBELLION SINCE PASSING THROUGH THE RED SEA EVEN THOUGH YAHWEH HAD DONE MIRACLES BEFORE THEIR VERY EYES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS BEFORE THEY ARRIVED AT SINAI … INCLUDING WATER FROM A ROCK AND DAILY MANNA ... IT’S BEEN 6-12 MONTHS SINCE MOSES FIRST SHOWED UP IN EGYPT AND DELIVERED YAHWEH’S MESSAGE TO ISRAEL. THROUGHOUT THE MIRACULOUS PLAGUES IN EGYPT, THE DIVIDING OF THE RED SEA, THE DEFEAT OF PHARAOH’S FORCES AND THE EARLY MIRACLES OF THE EXODUS GOD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL IN PROVIDING FOR ISRAEL AND DELIVERING THEM FROM THEIR ENEMIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, ISRAEL HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT UNFAITHFUL TO GOD, COMPLAINING, MURMURING, WANTING TO GO BACK TO EGYPT … SPIRITUAL KNUCKLEHEADS … UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT SINAI AND GOD SPEAKS THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TO THEM FROM THE MOUNTAIN OUT OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING … ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. THEY THEN ASK MOSES TO REPRESENT THEM AND SPEAK TO GOD FOR THEM, ALSO, JUST 40 DAYS BEFORE THIS THE SEVENTY ELDERS OF ISRAEL SHARED A MEAL WITH YAHWEH … IN PERSON! SO, MOSES HAS BEEN ON MT SINAI FOR 12 CHAPTERS (SINCE CH 24:18) … 40 DAYS … THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ALONE, WITH NOTHING TO DO, FOR 40 DAYS WITH NO MOSES, AND NO GOD … WITH AARON AND HUR IN CHARGE ... 1When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD WERE USUALLY FATAL – MAYBE MOSES WAS NEVER COMING BACK?, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron THIS IS UNDERSTATED, THE HEBREW HERE IS VERY STRONG AND REPRESENTS A BORDERLINE RIOT – THEY ARE IN AARON’S FACE and said to him, “Up, make us gods (HEBREW IS ELOHIM – THE FORM IS PLURAL BUT ITS MEANING CAN BE SINGULAR OR PLURAL AND IS USUALLY TRANSLATED AS SINGULAR – GOD. THE PEOPLE WANT GODS THEY CAN SEE, THEY FEEL ABANDONED BY MOSES AND GOD … who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man (LACK OF INTIMACY, DISDAIN – MOSES WHO? … “THIS” MOSES!) who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” IT’S VERY INTERESTING THAT GOD CONTINUED TO PROVIDE DAILY MANNA DURING THIS TIME … WHERE DID THEY THINK THAT WAS COMING FROM? … UNBELIEVABLE … 2So Aaron said to them IN THE FACE OF A RIOT – THE PEOPLE ARE GANGING UP ON HIM, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears (THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE UP PERSONAL WEALTH IN ORDER TO HAVE AN IDOL – WEALTH GAINED FROM THE EGYPTIANS. EARINGS AND JEWELRY WERE A METHOD OF TRANSPORTING WEALTH) and brought them to Aaron. 4And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” ELOHIM IS THE WORD FOR GOD HERE AND COULD HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED “GOD” SINGULAR … AARON IS MOST LIKELY SAYING THAT THIS GOLDEN BULL REPRESENTS YAHWEH … THIS IS FURTHER EXPLAINED ABOUT 700 YEARS LATER WHEN NEHEMIAH WAS WRITTEN AFTER THE BABYLONIAN EXILE … THIS PASSAGE WAS RECAPPING THE INCIDENT OF THE GOLDEN CALF AT THE FOOT OF SINAI: Nehemiah 9:18 Even when they had made for themselves a golden calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ SINGULAR BOVINES – OXEN, BULLS, COWS … WERE COMMONLY USED TO REPRESENT DEITY IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, AND BOVINE CULTS WERE COMMON IN ANCIENT EGYPT: APIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SACRED BULLS. ISIS, QUEEN OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS, HAD COW’S HORNS ON HER HEAD, AND HATHOR HAD A BOVINE HEAD. THE CALF WAS ALSO A REPRESENTATION OF THE CANAANITE GOD EL, OR, BAAL. THROUGHOUT THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST THE BULL WAS A SYMBOL OF LORDSHIP, LEADERSHIP, STRENGTH, VITALITY AND FERTILITY … THEY WERE ALSO USED TO REPRESENT A PEDESTAL ON WHICH A GOD STOOD – ON THE BACK OF THE CALF … ABOVE HUMAN HEIGHT. REMEMBER, JUST 6-9 MONTHS BEFORE THIS THE PEOPLE WERE IN EGYPT – SURROUNDED BY AND PARTICIPATING IN PAGAN RELIGIONS. THERE WAS NO BIBLE AT THIS POINT AND EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN “IDEAS” ABOUT GOD. WHEN MOSES DISAPPEARED FOR 40 DAYS, IT MADE SENSE THAT THESE SPIRITUAL KNUCKLEHEADS WOULD TRY TO CONJURE UP GOD BY MAKING AN IDOL IN A FORM THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH … A CALF. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN BY THE COMMANDMENT THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED FROM SINAI – NO GRAVEN IMAGE OR ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF ANYTHING IN HEAVEN. BACK TO EXODUS 32:4 … And they THE PEOPLE said, “These are your gods (OR “GOD” ACCORDING TO NEHEMAIH), O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord (YAHWEH).” AARON’S PROCLAMATION THAT THE GOLDEN CALF IS TIED DIRECTLY TO YAHWEH … HE’S TRYING TO COMPROMISE … HE ALSO PILES ON AND DECLARES A FEAST ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY … AND THE PEOPLE AGREED. 6And they THE PEOPLE rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. SLAUGHTERED MUCH OF THEIR LIVESTOCK IN A PAGAN RITUAL THAT WAS MEANINGLESS TO YAHWEH … And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS RELATED TO “PLAY” … ORGIES WERE PART OF PAGAN WORSHIP … SEEKING THE BLESSING OF FERTILITY. LET’S STOP HERE AND PUT ON OUR NEW COVENANT DECODER GLASSES Paul’s take on this in the New Testament: 1 Cor 10:1For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. 7Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. YAHWEH KILLED THEM !!! 9We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did PAUL IS SAYING TO THE CORINTHIANS “DON’T PUT JESUS TO THE TEST THE SAME WAY THE ISRAELITES DID … JESUS WAS THE ONE THE ISRAELITES DISOBEYED … REMEMBER THAT JESUS SAID “MOSES WROTE ABOUT ME” 9We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, 10nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. GOD’S RETRIBUTION & WRATH 11Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 12Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. BACK TO THE GOLDEN CALF … IT’S LIKELY THAT THE PEOPLE HAD NOT TURNED AWAY FROM YAHWEH, BUT “ADDED TO HIM” WITH THE GOLDEN CALF: 1) EITHER TO HAVE YAHWEH STAND ON THE CALF AS A PEDESTAL, OR, 2) THAT THE CALF REPRESENTED THE LORDSHIP, LEADERSHIP, STRENGTH, VITALITY AND FERTILITY OF YAHWEH … MORE SIGNS THAT THEY WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN AND WERE STILL SPIRITUAL KNUCKLEHEADS. JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE THIS GOD HAD SPOKEN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE FROM MT SINAI: Ex 20:3 1ST COMMANDMENT “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 2ND COMMANDMENT “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. JUST 40 DAYS BEFORE THIS THE SEVENTY ELDERS OF ISRAEL SHARED A MEAL WITH YAHWEH … IN PERSON! Ex 24:9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. WHERE WERE THEY WHEN THIS REBELLION BEGAN !?! BACK TO EX 32, MOSES SPEAKING WITH GOD ON MT SINAI: 7And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, THE LORD WANTS TO DISOWN HIS PEOPLE – HE’S DISGUSTED WITH THEM!! … have corrupted themselves. 8They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. 10 COMMANDMENTS GIVEN BY GOD SPEAKING DIRECTLY FROM SINAI … They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, (OR, ACCORDING TO NEHEMIAH, SINGULAR – THIS IS YOUR GOD, O ISRAEL) … who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” WHATEVER THEIR MOTIVES … GOD SINGULAR, GODS PLURAL, YAHWEH RIDING ON THE BACK OF THE GOLDEN CALF, THE GOLDEN CALF AN IMAGE OF YAHWEH, TRYING TO BRING YAHWEH BACK TO THEM, WORSHIPING OTHER GODS … WHATEVER THE PRACTICE, WHATEVER THE MOTIVES – THIS IS ILLEGITIMATE PAGAN WORSHIP … GOD REJECTS IT COMPLETELY AND IS INFURIATED. … 9And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. 10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, GOD IS PREPARING TO KILL THEM ALL – THE WRATH OF GOD !!! … in order that I may make a great nation of you.” THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT NOW OFFERED TO MOSES … 11But Moses implored the Lord his God INTERCEDES ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL – A PRIESTLY MEDIATOR, A PICTURE OF JESUS and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. MOSES IS SAYING “HOW WILL THE OTHER NATIONS COME TO KNOW YOU IF YOU ABANDON YOUR PEOPLE NOW?” 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” MOSES REMINDS GOD THAT IT’S GOD’S REPUTATION THAT’S AT STAKE, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE EGYPTIANS … GOD’S PLAN WAS TO USE ISRAEL TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL MANKIND. 14And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people. MOSES WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A GREAT NATION HIMSELF, INSTEAD, HE INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE AND GETS GOD TO CHANGE HIS MIND … SO, DOES GOD REALLY CHANGE HIS MIND? GOD IS THE SOVEREIGN CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS AND ULTIMATELY CONTROLS ALL THINGS, HOWEVER, THE BIBLE CLEARLY AND CERTAINLY SAYS HE DOES, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS “CHANGE HIS MIND”, IN RESPONSE TO OUR PRAYER … 2 Kings 20:1 In those days Hezekiah (ONE OF THE FEW “GOOD” KINGS OF ISRAEL 2 KI CH 18-20, THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED LATE IN LIFE – AFTER HE HAD SEEN GOD WORK IN MANY MIRACULOUS WAYS) … became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’” 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3“Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5“Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, 6and I will add fifteen years to your life. … BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR … THIS 15 YEAR EXTENSION OF HEZEKIAH’S LIFE ENDED UP BEING A BAD THING FOR ISRAEL AFTER HEZEKIAH SHOWED THE ENVOYS FROM BABYLON ALL OF THE TREASURES OF ISRAEL ... HEZEKIAH LATER HEARS FROM ISAIAH THAT BABYLON WILL SHORTLY DESTROY ISRAEL AND TAKE HEZEKIAH’S FAMILY CAPTIVE: 2 Ki 20:16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: 17Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. 18And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 19Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?” UGH – DID HEZEKIAH LOSE HIS REPUTATION WITH THAT STATEMENT? IF HE HAD DIED ACCORDING TO GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO HEAR THIS BAD NEWS, AND HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PART OF IT. HE WAS CERTAINLY SELF-CENTERED IN HIS REACTION. REMEMBER, NONE OF US ARE GETTING OUT OF THIS ALIVE – CONSIDER THAT A TRUE BELIEVER AND FOLLOWER OF JESUS MUST BE PREPARED FOR DEATH AT ANY MOMENT. WHAT A GIFT FROM GOD TO HEAR THAT THE ILLNESS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE WILL BE THE FINAL ONE – GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, FOR YOU SHALL DIE. 2 Ki 21:1 Manasseh (SON OF HEZEKIAH AND ONE OF THE ABSOLUTELY WORST KINGS ISRAEL EVER HAD) was twelve years old when he began to reign, (IF HEZEKIAH HAD DIED ACCORDING TO GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN MANASSEH WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN!) and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. NOW THE LINE OF CHRIST PASSED THROUGH MANASSEH, SO, WAS IT GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN TO NOT HAVE MANASSEH BORN IF HEZEKIAH HAD DIED AS GOD ORIGINALLY PLANNED, OR DID GOD ACTUALLY CHANGE THE PLAN AFTER HE DECIDED TO GIVE HEZEKIAH 15 MORE YEARS? Deut 29:29“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Is 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.: BACK TO EX 32, AFTER GOD RELENTS OF DESTROYING THE NATION … 15Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. 16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. 17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.” 18But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.”19And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, DRUNKEN REVELRY – THE COVENANT HAS ALREADY BEEN BROKEN ... Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. MOSES IS FURIOUS – AFTER INTERCEDING FOR THE PEOPLE AND TURNING AWAY GOD’S PLAN TO DESTROY THE NATION … MOSES EXPRESSES THAT SAME ANGER IN HIS OWN WRATH WITH THE PEOPLE … 20He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it. MOSES DESTROYS THE IDOL AND MAKES THE PEOPLE SUFFER FOR IT. 21And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?” DID THEY TORTURE YOU? 22And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. 23For they said to me, ‘Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24So I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.” AARON DISPLAYS THE WORST TYPE OF LEADERSHIP POSSIBLE … A VICTIM MENTALITY … IT’S NOT MY FAULT! 25And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), 26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. A WAR CALL FROM MOSES – WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE!?! THIS IS THE REDEMPTION OF LEVI – LEVI AND SIMEON WERE THE BROTHERS OF DINAH … WHEN DINAH WAS RAPED AND ABDUCTED BY SCHECHEM THE BROTHERS DECEIVED AND KILLED THE MEN OF SHECHEM AND PLUNDERED THEIR CITY. THEIR FATHER, ISRAEL (JACOB), AT THE END OF HIS LIFE GAVE HIS FINAL PROPHETIC WORD ABOUT THEM Gen 49: 5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. 6Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen. 7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. EX 32:27And he MOSES said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 29And Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.” THIS IS NOT THE LEVITES WERE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE … THEY HAD BEEN PARTICIPATING, BUT THEY NOW RESPOND TO MOSES’ CALL FOR REPENTANCE BIBLE BONES AND LIGAMENTS … Deut 13:1“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ 3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that...
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Exodus Chapter 31 Deep-Dive: The Sabbath
08/11/2025
Exodus Chapter 31 Deep-Dive: The Sabbath
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Exodus Ch 31 Bezalel and Oholiab Ex 31:1The Lord said to Moses, 2“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 5in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. 6And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, 8the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, 9and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, 10and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, 11and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.” GOD ALONE CREATED, HOWEVER, GOD USES HUMAN AGENTS TO ACCOMPLISH HIS GOALS … GOD’S IMAGE BEARERS WERE GIVEN A TASK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY WERE CREATED: Gen 1:27 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” GOD COULD HAVE CREATED THE TABERNACLE AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS AND GIVEN THEM TO ISRAEL, HOWEVER, HE CHOSE TO USE HUMAN BEINGS TO CREATE THEM, IN THIS CASE BEZALEL AND OHOLIAB ARE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY. GOD IS GOING TO INHABIT THE TABERNACLE (CAMP OUT WITH HIS PEOPLE) AND THE PEOPLE WILL USE THE ITEMS CREATED TO FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. BEZALEL WILL BE GUIDED DIRECTLY BY GOD, AND BEZALEL WILL BE GIVEN ABILITY, INTELLIGENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP … DIVINELY GIVEN. GOD EXPECTS HIS PEOPLE TO CREATE THESE INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS WITH CRAFTSMANSHIP GOD HAS DIVINELY GIVEN. THE OPPOSITE OF THIS DIVINE INSPIRATION IS FOUND IN ISAIAH THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY 44:9 All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing? 11Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together. 12 The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. 13The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” 18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” THE SAME CRAFTSMANSHIP USED IN MAKING THE TABERNACLE IS ALSO USED TO MAKE IDOLS … BY MEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR DISCERNMENT … WHO HAVE DELUDED HEARTS. IDOLATRY … HEDGING THEIR BETS … “MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER GODS THAN JUST YAHWEH … ?” SUPERSTITIOUS BACK TO EXODUS 31 MOST LIKELY THE FATHERS OF BEZALEL AND OHOLIAB ARE STILL ALIVE AT THIS POINT … INTERESTING THAT THEY’RE MENTIONED HERE. EVERYTHING SHOWN TO MOSES ON THE MOUNTAIN IS LISTED HERE … MAKE THIS EXACTLY AS I’VE SHOWN YOU, AND I’VE GIVEN YOU THE ABILITY TO DO IT … NEVER, NEVER, NEVER USE THOSE SKILLS TO MAKE AN IDOL. WE ARE REGULATED BY THE WORD OF GOD … THERE IS NO SCRIPTURE ANYWHERE OR AT ANY TIME COMMANDING US TO BE CREATIVE IN OUR WORSHIP. BACK TO EXODUS CH 31 The Sabbath Ex 31:12And the Lord said to Moses, 13“You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you. A SIGN THAT SETS YOU APART FROM THE OTHER NATIONS – STUNNING, GLARING! 14You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you (ISRAEL). Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. 16Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. 17It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’” HOW IS IT THAT GOD NEEDS TO BE “REFRESHED?” A BETTER CONCEPT MIGHT BE THAT GOD WAS “SATISFIED” AND HE TOOK A DAY TO ENJOY HIS CREATION ... WHICH HE CALLED “GOOD.” THE SABBATH REMINDER IS GIVEN TO ISRAEL AS A THREAT … IF YOU DON’T DO THIS YOU WILL BE PUT TO DEATH. THE PEOPLE WERE TOLD THAT IF YOUR CROPS NEEDED ATTENTION – IT HAD TO WAIT – THIS WAS A VERY BIG SHOW OF TRUST IN GOD IF YOU WERE A SUBSISTENCE FARMER. NOTE THAT JESUS “BROKE” THE SABBATH WHEN HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS PICKED HEADS OF GRAIN ON THE SABBATH, AND WHEN HE HEALED ON THE SABBATH … THEN HE REMINDED THEM THAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR MERCY INSTEAD OF SACRIFICE (HOSEA QUOTED), AND THEN JESUS CLAIMED TO BE LORD OF THE SABBATH – AND THE CHRISTIAN’S REST IS TRULY FOUND IN JESUS – THIS IS JESUS CLAIMING TO BE EQUAL TO GOD. THE SABBATH MADE ISRAEL DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER NATION IN ANTIQUITY … NO OTHER CULTURE HAD ANYTHING LIKE THE SABBATH DAY OF REST. A MODERN DAY MIDDLE-CLASS READING OF THE SABBATH GUIDANCE INCLUDES A WEEKEND, SAT-SUN, AND THAT WAS UNHEARD OF UNTIL THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WHICH OCCURRED AROUND 150 YEARS AGO … SHIFT WORK IN THE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS LED TO ITS CREATION. UP UNTIL THE EARLY 1960’s THERE WERE “BLUE” LAWS THROUGHOUT CHRISTENDOM, WESTERN CIVILIZATION, THAT FORBADE COMMERCE FROM BEING DONE ON SUNDAYS … STORES & THEATERS WERE CLOSED BY LAW … UNTIL THE 1980’s … ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE DEGRADATION OF OUR POST-CHRISTIAN CULTURE. A CROOKED AND TWISTED GENERATION. ARE CHRISTIANS REQUIRED TO KEEP THE SABBATH? WELL, IS THE CHURCH ISRAEL? NO … JESUS CHANGED EVERYTHING WITH THE NEW COVENANT. HERE ARE 3 POSSIBLE POSITIONS OF THE CHURCH: 1) THE CHURCH IS REQUIRED TO KEEP THE SABBATH AS GIVEN TO ISRAEL (7TH DAY ADVENTISTS, AND SOME 7TH DAY BAPTISTS … A MINORITY POSITION), 2) CHRISTIANS HAVE SHIFTED THE SABBATH REQUIREMENTS FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY (PURITANS), ANOTHER MINORITY POSITION IN MODERN CHISTENDOM. 3) JESUS IS OUR SABBATH REST … RESTING FROM OUR WORKS IN HIM. THE EARLY CHURCH MET ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, AND SUNDAY IS NOT SATURDAY … IT’S NOT THE SABBATH. SUNDAY IS A TIME TO MEET TOGETHER IN TEACHING, FELLOWSHIP AND WORSHIP, WE ARE TO REST FROM OUR WORKS CONSTANTLY … IN JESUS. BACK TO EXODUS CH 31, Ex 31:18And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. WHEN THE PEOPLE AND MOSES FIRST RECEIVED THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IT WAS DELIVERED VERBALLY, NOW, IT’S WRITTEN DOWN. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX 31 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 30 Deep-Dive: Altar of Incense
08/11/2025
Exodus Chapter 30 Deep-Dive: Altar of Incense
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Exodus Ch 30:1-16 The Altar of Incense Ex 30:1 “You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6And you shall put it in front of the veil WHERE THE TABLE OF THE BREAD OF THE PRESENCE AND THE MENORAH WITH 7 FLAMES IS LOCATED 7that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. 10Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.” HORNS ON THIS ALTAR SIMILAR TO THE MAIN ALTAR … REPRESENTS POWER? … LIKE THE HORNS ON A BULL, HOWEVER, THE LAMPSTAND AND THE TABLE FOR THE BREAD OF THE PRESENCE DON’T HAVE HORNS. INCENSE IS BURNED ON THIS ALTAR DAY AND NIGHT. THE OFFERING OF INCENSE TO A GOD WAS A COMMON PRACTICE IN THE WORLD-WIDE ANCIENT WORLD. LEV 26:30 GOD SPEAKING A WARNING TO ISRAEL, THROUGH MOSES, ABOUT IDOLATRY: And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you. THE ISRAELITES ARE FORBIDDEN TO OFFER ANY INCENSE TO ANY OTHER GOD, OR ANY INCENSE OFFERED BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO YAHWEH – STRANGE INCENSE, AND/OR STRANGE FIRE, BEYOND THIS PRACTICE THAT THE PRIESTS WERE TO FOLLOW IN THE SANCTURARY EVERY DAY. POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF THE INCENSE: THE SMOKE OR CLOUD OF THE INCENSE COULD REPRESENT THE PILLAR OF CLOUD THAT HAD LED ISRAEL BY DAY UP TO THIS POINT AFTER LEAVING EGYPT … THE PILLAR WILL ALSO CONTINUE AFTER THEY LEAVE SINAI. THIS CLOUD OF INCENSE REPRESENTS THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Ex 13:21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people. PRAYER AS AN OFFERING TO GOD Rev 5:6And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain (JESUS), with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God (THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH JESUS) sent out into all the earth. 7And he JESUS & THE HOLY SPIRIT went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne YAHWEH. 8And when he JESUS/HOLY SPIRIT had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, 10and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” Ps 141: Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice! PRAYER AS OPERATING WITH THE WILL OF GOD TO CAUSE/AFFECT CHANGE ON THE EARTH Rev 8:1 When the Lamb JESUS opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. SILENCE!! …IT’S GONNA GET SERIOUS! 2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, 4and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. THE INCENSE OF GOD COMBINED WITH THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS LEAD TO THE WILL OF GOD BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE EARTH !!! INCENSE TO IDENTIFY THE TABERNACLE AS SACRED SPACE. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE NEAR THE TABERNACLE WOULD CATCH A WHIFF OF THE PLEASANT FRAGRANT AROMA AND KNOW THAT GOD IS PRESENT. INCENSE OR PERFUME WAS VERY EXPENSIVE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD AND NOT COMMON – IT WAS A SPECIAL TREAT TO SMELL IT. IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS TO OFFER INCENSE TO GOD(S) AND TO REPRESENT SOMETHING AS BEING UNIQUE AND/OR ROYAL BECAUSE IT WAS EXPENSIVE TO MAKE AND WHEN YOU SMELLED IT YOU KNEW SOMETHING SPECIAL, OR SOMEONE SPECIAL, WAS AROUND: Dan 2:46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that an offering and incense be offered up to him. 47The king answered and said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.” 48Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. 49Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court. EACH BELIEVER, INDIVIDUALLY AND CORPORATELY AS THE CHURCH … IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS - WE SPREAD THAT FRAGRANCE IN THE WORLD AS WE LIVE OUR LIVES Mal 1:11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, THROUGH THE CHURCH – INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts. THROUGH THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE AND THROUGH US AS INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS 1 Cor 6:19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Rom 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 2 Cor 2:14But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. INTERESTING POINT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ABOUT THE TEMPLE, THE OFFERING OF INCENSE, JESUS AND HIS EXTENDED FAMILY … Lk 1:5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. THEY WERE DESCENDED DIRECTLY FROM AARON 6And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. WHO DOES THAT SOUND LIKE? … ABRAHAM & SARAH! according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. HE WAS CHOSEN BY LOT?? IN THE DOING OF HIS PRIESTLY DUTIES, ACCORDING TO TORAH – THE LAW – GIVEN TO MOSES AT SINAIA … ZECHARIAH’S PRAYERS FOR A CHILD WERE ANSWERED WHEN GABRIEL APPEARED TO HIM AS HE WAS FULFILLING HIS PRIESTLY DUTY … 10And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense WHY WERE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE TEMPLE AT THAT TIME? THEY, WERE HOPING TO CATCH A WHIFF OF THAT BEAUTIFUL, ELUSIVE, RARE, EXPENSIVE FRAGRANCE OF GOD, 11And there appeared to him ZECHARIAH an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him THE SIGN OF A GODLY MAN – FEARFUL IN THE FACE OF HOLINESS. 13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard – THAT PRAYER JUST SO HAPPENED TO MATCH UP WITH THE WILL OF GOD (MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN), and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, 15for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. 16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” 18And Zechariah BEING A TRUE KNUCKLEHEADED ISRAELITE said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” SOUNDS LIKE MOSES 19And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their time.” CONSEQUENCES FOR UNBELIEF OR SPIRITUAL PUSHBACK 21And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple. 22And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute. 23And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home. EVEN THOUGH ZECHARIAH COULD NO LONGER SPEAK HE CONTINUED TO FULFILL HIS DUTY AS A HUSBAND 24After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, 25“Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.” REMEMBER, SCRIPTURE SAYS they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord … AND A SIGN OF THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS ELIZABETH’S HUMILITY. THEN, THE ANGEL GABRIEL’S NEXT STOP WAS … 26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. VERY INTERESTING THAT ZECHARIAH & ELIZABETH AND THE CONCEPTION OF ISRAEL’S LAST PROPHET, JOHN THE BAPTIZER, WERE ALL TIED TO THE DAILY OFFERING OF INCENSE IN THE TEMPLE – THE FRAGRANCE OF GOD THAT THE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY … BACK TO EXODUS CH 30 The Census Tax Ex 30:11The Lord said to Moses, 12“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. 14Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord’s offering. 15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord’s offering to make atonement for your lives. THIS PROCESS REMINDS THE ISRAELITES THAT THEY ARE SINNERS IN NEED OF ATONEMENT 16You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives.” … AND, THE MONEY GIVEN WILL BE USED TO SERVICE THE TENT OF MEETING – THE ITEMS BEING USED TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL “COVER” OR “COVERING” FOR THE PEOPLE. IF THERE IS NO TENT OF MEETING, NO ALTAR, NO SHOWBREAD, NO MENORAH, NO INCENSE, NO SACRIFICES ACCORDING TO GOD’S GUIDANCE, NO PRIESTHOOD, AND ESPECIALLY, NO ARK WITH THE ATONEMENT LID (MERCY SEAT) … THEN, NO RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. WE HAVE NO TRUE CONCEPT OF THIS IN OUR MODERN CULTURE … THIS HAPPENED NEARLY 3,000 YEARS AGO IN AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION THAT GOD WAS CREATING OUT OF A SINFUL WORLD JUST A FEW GENERATIONS AFTER HE HAD FLOODED THE EARTH. BACK TO EXODUS CH 30 – THE CENSUS TAX COUNTING ONLY MALES 20+ YEARS OLD … REPRESENTING A HOUSEHOLD, BUT ONLY THE MAN IS COUNTED … APPEARS TO BE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. THE ASSESSMENT/OFFERING OF A HALF-SHECKEL IS NOT TIED TO WEALTH AND IS USED TO CREATE OR SUSTAIN THE TENT OF MEETING. AN OFFERING FOR ATONEMENT … A RANSOM FOR HIS LIFE SO THERE WON’T BE ANY PLAGUE (LIKE EGYPT). SO THE LORD WILL “REMEMBER” HIS PEOPLE. “ATONEMENT” MENTIONED HERE MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER PLACE IN SCRIPTURE … SIN INFECTS AND SPOILS ALL THINGS HUMAN, ONLY GOD CAN “ATONE” FOR SIN, OR “RESET” SACRED SPACE. THIS TAX IS SO THAT GOD WILL REMEMBER THEM MERCIFULLY. THIS TAX “SUPPORTS” THE AREA WHERE ATONEMENT IS MADE – THE SANCTUARY. THIS CENSUS TAX INTERRUPTS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SMELLS… MORE ON THE CENSUS: YAHWEH DIRECTED MOSES TO TAKE A CENSUS IN THE SECOND YEAR AFTER ISRAEL HAD LEFT EGYPT. Num 1:1-3 SHORTLY AFTER SINAI YAHWEH DIRECTED MOSES TO TAKE A SECOND CENSUS FORTY YEARS LATER … AFTER THE KNUCKLEHEAD GENERATION THAT HAD LEFT EGYPT DIED OUT … EVERYONE UNDER 20 YRS OLD AT THE TIME THE SPIES RETURNED FROM THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE REJECTED GOD, MOSES NUMBERED THE SECOND GENERATION IN Num 14 NO OTHER CENSUS IS RECORDED. JOSHUA IS ANOINTED TO LEAD THE SECOND GENERATION INTO THE PROMISED LAND AFTER THE SECOND CENSUS IS TAKEN, THEN YOU HAVE THE TIME OF THE JUDGES AND NO CENSUS IS RECORDED, THEN FIRST SAMUEL … SAMUEL WAS THE LAST JUDGE/FIRST PROPHET, THEN KING SAUL – HE NEVER TOOK A CENSUS, FOLLOWED BY KING DAVID (2 SAM). KEEP IN MIND THAT UP TO THIS POINT THE ONLY TIME A CENSUS HAD BEEN TAKEN IT HAD BEEN COMMANDED BY GOD, AND, IT’S ASSUMED THAT THE HALF-SHEKEL RANSOM HAD BEEN PAID BY EVERYONE WHO WAS COUNTED. DAVID’S GREAT SIN … HE TAKES A CENSUS. THIS STORY IS RECORDED IN 2 KINGS AND 1 CHRON, LET’S COMPARE THEM: 2 Sam 24:1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” KEEP YOUR FINGER ON THAT VERSE, NOW LOOK AT: 1 Chron 21:1 Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel. WHAT DO YOU THINK … ? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS? LET’S FINISH THE STORY IN 1 CHR 21: 1 Chr 2:2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.” 3But Joab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?” 4But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. 5And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword. 6But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab. 7But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel. 8And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” 9And the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying, 10“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’” 11So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Choose what you will: 12either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” 13Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” 14So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell. 15And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord (JESUS) was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house. But do not let the plague be on your people.” 18Now the angel of the Lord (JESUS) had commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19So David went up at Gad’s word, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord. 20Now Ornan was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. 21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David and went out from the threshing floor and paid homage to David with his face to the ground. 22And David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the Lord—give it to me at its full price—that the plague may be averted from the people.” 23Then Ornan said to David, “Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him. See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I give it all.” 24But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” 25So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site. 26And David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. 27Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 29For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at...
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Exodus Chapter 29 Deep-Dive: Consecration of the Priests
08/11/2025
Exodus Chapter 29 Deep-Dive: Consecration of the Priests
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Exodus Ch 29 Moses is still on Mt Sinai being shown the heavenly tabernacle which Moses and the people of Israel are to replicate on earth … DETAILED, DETAILED, DETAILED descriptions have been given for the ark, the mercy seat (atoning lid), the table which will hold the bread of the presence and the golden lampstand which is to be kept lit at all times, the altar, the tent which will define the holy place and the most holy place, and the large tapestries which will encircle the tabernacle … roughly the size of a football field. NOW GOD WILL SET APART PRIESTS TO SERVE HIM IN HIS SANCTUARY AND BE MEDIATORS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL … THIS WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LAST SECTION WHEN GOD WAS GIVING THE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIESTLY GARMENTS Ex 28:41And you shall put them (the priestly garments) on Aaron your (Moses’) brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests SO, THIS IS THE CREATION OF THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD WHICH EVENTUALLY DEVOLVED INTO THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD … MOSES AND AARON WERE FROM THE TRIBE OF LEVI. Ex 29:1 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them that they may serve me as priests. EXACTLY AS GOD COMMANDS Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. 4You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 5Then you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 6And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8Then you shall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS PRIESTHOOD WILL FAIL, FAIL, FAIL TO DO WHAT GOD INTENDS. EVEN AS MOSES IS ON SINAI GOD’S HIGH PRIEST, AARON, IS WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, AT THE FOOT OF SINAI, MAKING THE GOLDEN CALF IDOL ?!?! Ex 29:10“Then you shall bring the bull UNBELEMISHED before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. LET’S STOP AND CONSIDER THIS STATEMENT … MANY BIBLE SCHOLARS TEACH THAT THIS IS A SYMBOLIC TRANSFER OF THE SINS OF AARON AND HIS SONS TO THE BULL, HOWEVER, ANOTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY ARE LAYING ON HANDS TO IDENTIFY THAT PARTICULAR BULL AS THE SACRIFICE AND IDENTIFY WITH IT … THE MEANING IS NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR … CONSIDER THAT THE ONLY PLACE IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT’S STATED THAT SINS ARE ACTUALLY PLACED ON AN ANIMAL IS LEVITICUS 16, THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, AND THOSE SINS ARE PLACED ON THE GOAL WHICH IS SENT INTO THE WILDERNESS. THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT ONCE SINS ARE PLACED ON AN ANIMAL IS IT STILL HOLY AND UNBLEMISHED AND ACCEPTABLE AS A SACRIFICE? BACK TO EX 29 11Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting (THE ENTRANCE OF THE TABERNACLE – THE HOLY PLACE AND HOLY OF HOLIES WAS INSIDE THE TABERNACLE – WHERE BOTH THE LORD AND THE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT … THOSE OUTSIDE THE TABERNACLE), 12and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. GALLONS OF BLOOD INVOLVED IN THE WHOLE PROCESS POURED OUT AT THE BASE OF THE ALTAR … CONSIDER THE MESS THIS MADE! 13And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. ENTRAILS, LIVERS AND KIDNEYS WERE OFTEN USED IN PAGAN MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT & DIVINATION … BURN THEM UP – ON THE ALTAR SO THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN USE THEM ... !!! 14But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung (BULL-POO IS EXPELLED OR EXPOSED WHEN YOU SLAUGHTER THE ANIMAL) you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. WHERE THE UNCLEAN IS TAKEN … NOT RITUALLY CLEAN … REMEMBER, JESUS DIED OUTSIDE THE CAMP. DISSECTION AND DISMEMBERMENT OF A BULL … A NASTY, BLOODY, BRUTAL PHYSICALLY DIFFICULT PROCESS. Ex 29:15“Then you shall take one of the rams WITHOUT BLEMISH, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram NOT NECESSARILY THAT THE SINS OF AARON AND HIS SONS ARE LAID ON THE RAM, OR, SIMPLY THAT THE LAYING ON OF HANDS DESIGNATES THAT SPECIFIC ANIMAL AS THE SACRIFICE 16and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. 17Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, 18and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasing aroma a food offering to the Lord. IF DONE PROPERLY GOD WILL ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE AND ISRAEL WILL BE REMINDED OF THAT ACCEPTANCE BY THE SMELL – MEAT COOKING – A PLEASING SMELL TO MOST PEOPLE, A “PLEASING AROMA FOR YAHWEH” … CONSIDER … Gen 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22While the earth remains, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”: So, this passage appears to be saying that when God smelled the pleasing aroma of Noah’s sacrifice, He made a decision to never again curse the ground because of man. Remember, God does appear as a man in more than a few places in the old testament and when he was traveling to Sodom with the two angels the three of them did stop to visit Abraham and Sarah and they ate the food that Sarah prepared … BACK TO EXODUS … THESE SACRIFICES ARE NOT “FEEDING GOD” ANIMALS THAT WERE SLAUGHTERED AND COOKED WERE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE AND/OR THE PRIESTS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF OFFERING OR SACRIFICE … THE ISRAELITES ARE OFFERING THE ANIMAL TO GOD AS FOOD THEY WOULD HAVE EATEN THEMSELVES, INSTEAD, THEY’RE GIVING IT TO GOD. GOD IS NOT DEPENDENT ON, OR IMPROVED BY, THESE SACRIFICES Ex 29:19 “You shall take the other ram, A SECOND RAM and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 20and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet REMEMBER, FEET ARE UNCOVERED WHEN STANDING ON HOLY GROUND, ALSO, MOST PEOPLE ARE RIGHT HANDED … AS THE PRIEST STEPS FORWARD IT IS WITH THE RIGHT FOOT FIRST – AND GOD WILL SEE THE BLOOD ON THE BIG TOE, THE PRIEST REACHES FORWARD WITH THE RIGHT HAND – AND GOD WILL SEE THE BLOOD ON THE THUMB, AS THE PRIEST INCLINES HIS HEAD TO LISTEN TO GOD HE MOVES HIS RIGHT EAR TO THE FRONT – AND GOD WILL SEE THE BLOOD … REMEMBER, THIS SYSTEM IS BEING SET UP TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE … PROTECT THEM FROM WHO? … YAHWEH! ALSO, THE BLOOD PLACED ON THE PRIESTS DESIGNATES THAT THEY BELONG TO YAHWEH … NOT A JOB YOU CAN CLOCK INTO AND OUT OF … YOU’RE ALWAYS A PRIEST, 24/7. BACK TO EX 29: … and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar. LOT OF MESSY BLOOD ON THE SIDES OF THE ALTAR AND THE BASE 21Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him. NOTE THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES IN THE BIBLE WHERE BLOOD IS PLACED ON PEOPLE, THIS IS THE ONLY PASSAGE IN THE NT: 1 Pet 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: BACK TO EX 29 … NOTE THAT ALL OF THIS DETAIL MAY BE REQUIRED BE GOD SIMPLY TO SEE IF THE PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW IT … HOW SERIOUS ARE YOU ABOUT TRULY FOLLOWING ME, WORSHIPING ME – AS I COMMAND YOU TO, KNOWING ME – KNOWING GOD. Ex 29:22“You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination), 23and one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord. 24You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, A HEAVY BLOODY MESSY PILE and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. MAKING SURE GOD SEES IT … LIKE WAVING A FLAG … TO GET GOD’S ATTENTION – TO AVOID HIS WRATH. 25Then you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord. NOT “FEEDING GOD” THIS IS FOOD YOU WOULD HAVE EATEN … NOW OFFERED TO GOD. NO ONE WOULD MAKE THIS UP … IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS GOD SEEMS TO BE SAYING: “HOW SERIOUS ARE YOU ABOUT FOLLOWING, SERVING AND KNOWING ME?” Ex 29:26“You shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your (MOSES’) portion. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME A PORTION IS OFFERED TO MOSES, BECAUSE MOSES IS ACTING AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD IN CONSECRATING AARON AND HIS SONS FOR THE FIRST TIME – INSTITUTING THE PRIESTHOOD. AFTER THIS, THE HIGH PRIEST WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF MOSES AS FUTURE PRIESTS AND HIGH PRIESTS ARE CONSECRATED. 27And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. 28It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a contribution. It shall be a contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord. IT’S OFFERED TO GOD, AND GOD GIVES IT TO THE PRIESTHOOD… Ex 29:29“The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them. 30The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them seven days. A SEVEN DAY PROCESS … THE GARMENTS ARE PASSED ON THROUGH THE GENERATIONS … THE GARMENT DESIGNATES THE PRIESTLY OFFICE THE MAN HOLDS Ex 29:31“You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. 32And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. SO THOSE OUTSIDE THE TABERNACLE CAN ALSO OBSERVE THIS 33They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. 34And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy. IT’S A PERPETUAL DUE – IF YOU CAN’T EAT ALL OF IT, THEN BURN UP THE LEFTOVERS … HYPERSCRUPULOUS … NOTHING LEFT TO CHANCE, MISUNDERSTANDING, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. IT BELONGS TO GOD. Ex 29:35“Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them, 36and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it. 37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy. SOMETHING “BECOMING HOLY” SIMPLY MEANS THAT IT BELONGS TO GOD. PURIFYING THE ALTAR MEANS RESETTING IT TO IT’S ORIGINAL NATURE OR PURPOSE … SACRED SPACE, SACRED OBJECTS USED IN THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM … THE ALTAR MUST BE PURIFIED BECAUSE IT’S BEING HANDLED BY NASTY, SINFUL, UNCLEAN HUMANS Ex 29:38“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly. 39One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight. SUNRISE AND SUNSET, EVERY DAY. 40And with the first lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 41The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing aroma ISRAEL WILL BE ABLE TO SMELL THE MEAT COOKING AND BE REMINDED OF THE DAILY SACRIFICE, a food offering to the Lord. 42It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting THE ALTAR COULD BE SEEN FROM THE ENTRANCE before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory. 44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. 45I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46And they shall know that I am the Lord their God (YAHWEH), who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. THIS REMINDER IS OFFERED OVER AND OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL … “THAT I MIGHT DWELL AMONG THEM” IS NEW. GOD HAD TO BRING ISRAEL OUT OF SINFUL, IDOLATROUS EGYPT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DWELL AMONG THEM. GOD WILL USE HIS TABERNACLE IN ORDER TO TRAVEL WITH HIS PEOPLE, TO COMMUNE WITH THEM, TO ENJOY HIS PEOPLE, TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE, GUIDE AND PROVIDE FOR THEM, SO THAT HIS PEOPLE CAN BE A NATION OF PRIESTS BEFORE THE REST OF THE SINFUL CORRUPT WORLD. BEFORE WE WRAP UP CONSIDER THESE PASSAGES FROM THE NT: John 1:14 (THE APOSTLE JOHN WRITING) And the Word (JESUS) became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God (YAHWEH); the only God (JESUS), who is at the Father’s side, he (JESUS) has made him (YAHWEH) known. 1 Cor 6:19 PAUL WRITING TO THE CORINTHIANS Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Rom 12:1 I (PAUL) appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 29 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 28 Deep-Dive: The Priestly Garments
07/12/2025
Exodus Chapter 28 Deep-Dive: The Priestly Garments
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Ex CH 28 MOSES IS STILL ON MT SINAI RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM GOD FOR 40 DAYS, IN THIS SECTION YAHWEH ESTABLISHES THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD: Ex 28:1“Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. THE ISRAELITES KNOW WHAT A PRIEST IS, MELCHIZEDEK AND ABRAM, JETHRO – MOSES’ FATHER IN LAW THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN, ALSO, THERE WERE PRIESTS OF THE PAGAN GODS IN EGYPT … THE CONCEPT OF PRIESTHOOD WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD THEY HANDLED SACRIFICES, RECEIVED OFFERINGS ON BEHALF OF GOD, PROVIDED MEDIATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOD … REPRESENTED THE PEOPLE TO GOD, DIFFERENT FROM A PROPHET WHO REPRESENTS GOD TO THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE NEED A PRIEST – A MEDIATOR BETWEEN SINFUL MAN AND GOD. YAHWEH SETS UP HIS OFFICIAL PRIESTHOOD AT THIS TIME THROUGH AARON AND HIS SONS. 2And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, (GOD IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARTISTRY .. HE HAS ALREADY CHOSEN THE ARTISTANS) that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. 4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. 5They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. SIMILAR TO THE HANGINGS SURROUNDING THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE 6 “And they shall make the ephod LIKE A WOMAN’S JUMPER, OR APRON, of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked. 7It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together. 8And the skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 9You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, 10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth AS GOD DIRECTED THEM TO BE BORN … NOT BASED ON ANYTHING THEY DID LATER IN LIFE SUCH AS JOSEPH SUPPLANTING REUBEN AS THE FIRST-BORN. 11As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. THESE JEWELER SKILLS WERE MOST LIKELY LEARNED BY ISRAELITES WHO WERE CRAFTSMEN IN EGYPT. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. 12And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance. 13You shall make settings of gold filigree, 14and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings. REPRESENTING THE TWELVE SONS OF JACOB/ISRAEL … ALL OF THE PEOPLE … BY TRIBES. 15 “You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it. 16It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth. 17You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; 18and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree. 21There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. 22You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. 23And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. 24And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. 25The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. 26You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. 27And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 28And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod. AN UNBREAKABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YAHWEH AND HIS PEOPLE … SECURITY. 29 So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord. 30And in the breastpiece of judgment (A POUCH IN THE BREASTPIECE) you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, USED TO COMMUNICATE GOD’S WILL … LIKE CASTING LOTS .,, BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE OR SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY WERE USED and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly. PUT ON (AND REMOVED) BY THE HIGH PRIEST WHEN HE MINISTERS BEFORE THE LORD. THE URIM AND THUMMIM, WHEN USED BY A PRIEST, PUT AN END TO DIVINATION & SORCERY IN ISRAEL … THIS WAS A TOOL THE ISRAELITES COULD USE TO SEEK AN ANSWER FROM GOD WHEN NO PROPHET WAS AVAILABLE. WE SEE KING SAUL AND DAVID USING IT IN THE BOOK OF 1 Sam ... Prov 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. 31 “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear. 33On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, 34a golden bell (MAKES NOISE) and a pomegranate (DECORATION), a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. 35And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so that he does not die. THE SOUND HELPED THE PRIEST TO FOCUS ON WHAT HE WAS DOING BECAUSE SERVING YAHWEH INCORRECTLY IN THE TABERNACLE COULD GET YOU KILLED … YAHWEH’S DIRECTIONS ARE NOT TO BE IGNORED OR MOCKED, THE PRIEST MUST BE AWARE THAT HIS LIFE IS ON THE LINE IF HE DOESN’T FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND APPROACH GOD HUMBLY, WHO IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE? … YAHWEH … WE SERVE A DANGEROUS GOD! 36“You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the Lord/YAHWEH.’ 37And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. 38It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord. THE NAME YAHWEH & HOLINESS IS ENGRAVED ON AARON … AND AARON WILL BEAR THE GUILT FROM THE HOLY THINGS THE PEOPLE HAVE OFFERED TO GOD … EVERY SINGLE SACRIFICIAL ACT BY THE PEOPLE OF GOD WILL BE TAINTED BY SIN … 39“You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework. 40 “For Aaron’s sons (ALL PRIESTS) you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them for glory and beauty. 41And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 42You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs; 43and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die. This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him. NAKEDNESS … IMMODESTY … GOES BACK TO GOD’S DIRECTION REGARDING STONE ALTARS, NOT HIGH UP SO NAKEDNESS IS NOT EXPOSED. FOUR OF THE ITEMS ARE COMMON TO ALL PRIESTS: TUNIC, SASH, HEADPIECE, AND UNDERGARMENTS 28:39-43 ALL MADE OF HIGH QUALITY WHITE LINEN – VERY EXPENSIVE (WHAT ANGELS WEAR AND WHAT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WEARS Rev 19:7Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints) … AND, FOUR ITEMS UNIQUE TO THE HIGH PRIEST – WHICH HE ONLY WORE WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOLY TENT. 28:6-38 BREASTPIECE (WHICH HOLDS THE URIM AND THUMMIN – USED TO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD – TO LEARN HIS WILL), THE EPHOD, THE ROBE AND THE DIADEM (REPRESENTING ROYALTY, OR VICE REGENCY, KINGSHIP). THE HIGH PRIEST WAS A TYPE OF KING-PRIEST. HIS GARMENTS WERE ALSO MADE OF HIGH QUALITY LINEN BUT ALSO INCLUDED SOME ORNAMENTAL BLUE PURPLE & CRIMSON YARNS. THE HIGH PRIEST’S CLOTHES ARE SIMILAR TO THE CURTAINS OF THE SANCTUARY AND ITEMS IN THE SANCTUARY. THE WAY PRIESTS WERE DRESSED AND ESPECIALLY THE HIGH PRIEST, WAS THEOLOGICAL MESSAGING – THE HIGH PRIEST’S GARMENTS WERE DESIGNED TO REPRESENT AN IMAGE OF PRIESTLY ROYALTY PRIESTS ARE HUMAN, APPOINTED BY GOD, INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF THE SANCTUARY, AND THEIR WORK IS INVOLVED IN MAKING INTERCESSION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GOD – ESPECIALLY THE ROLE OF THE HIGH PRIEST, AND WE’LL SEE IN LEVITICUS THAT THEY WILL BLESS THE PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF GOD. KEEP IN MIND THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT GOD HAD … WHEN THE ISRAELITES FIRST ARRIVED AT SINAI AND MOSES WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN … THIS IS WHAT YAHWEH SAID TO HIM: Ex 19:3 while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: 4‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.” WHAT GOD DESIRED FOR ISRAEL … THE NATION WOULD BE HIS WITNESS TO THE WORLD. LET’S TIE IN JESUS … WHEN HE FIRST BEGAN HIS MINISTRY Luke 4:14 And Jesus returned (FROM HIS 40 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS WHERE HE WAS TEMPTED BY SATAN) in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18 (QUOTING ISAIAH CH 61) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” LET’S READ THAT PASSAGE IN ISAIAH CH 61: The Year of the Lord’s Favor 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, THAT WAS WHERE JESUS STOPPED, THE REST THE PASSAGE WILL OCCUR AS JESUS BUILDS HIS CHURCH THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND AT HIS SECOND COMING … and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. 4 They shall build up the ancient ruins; THE CHURCH WORKING IN THE WORLD) they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. 5 Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers; 6 but you shall be called the priests of the Lord; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast. 7 Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy. 8 For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed. THE CHURCH 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (JESUS AND HIS BRIDE, THE CHURCH)11For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations. GOD’S PLAN WAS FOR ISRAEL TO FULFILL THAT ROLE IN RELATION TO THE OTHER NATIONS – THE WHOLE EARTH, BUT IT’S TAKEN JESUS ALONG WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BRING IT ABOUT THROUGH THE CHURCH. WE ARE PRIESTS AND WE ARE KINGS IN THAT ONE DAY WE WILL SIT WITH JESUS ON HIS THRONE AND RULE THE NATIONS AND JUDGE ANGELS … JUDGING = MIDDLE MANAGEMENT FINALLY, WE NEED A PRIEST NO LESS THAN THE ISRAELITES DID Heb 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Heb 7:23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 28 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 27 Deep-Dive: Altar, Burnt Offerings, Courtyard, Oil
07/12/2025
Exodus Chapter 27 Deep-Dive: Altar, Burnt Offerings, Courtyard, Oil
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. Exodus Ch 27 MOSES STILL ON MT SINAI FOR 40 DAYS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM GOD The Bronze Altar REMEMBER, BRONZE WAS VERY HIGH TECH & VERY VALUABLE … THIS ALTAR IS DESIGNED TO COMPLETELY BURN UP ITEMS PLACED ON IT MORE DETAILED DETAIL FROM GOD … A HYPER - SCRUPULOUS DEITY Ex 27:1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. 4You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. 5And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. 6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. A PERMANENT ALTAR IS NEW, BEFORE THIS THE ISRAELITES WERE TO NEVER RE-USE A PAGAN ALTAR, AND WERE TO NEVER USE TOOLS ON A STONE ALTAR BRONZE – OUTSIDE THE TENT (GOLD USED INSIDE THE TENT) … MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM GOD’S PRESENCE. HORNS ON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE ALTAR. SHOVELS, FORKS, BASINS, POTS, FIREPANS, ETC … PRACTICAL, GOD’S KITCHEN, BUT IT’S PORTABLE … CARRIED WITH POLES NOW OVERLAID WITH BRONZE The Court of the Tabernacle Ex 27:9 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. 13The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. 14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. 17All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. 18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. Oil for the Lamp Ex 27:20 “You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. THE LIGHT THAT SHOULD NEVER GO OUT – AARON & HIS SONS, THE PRIESTHOOD, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIGHT AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 27 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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Exodus Chapter 26 Deep-Dive: The Tabernacle
07/12/2025
Exodus Chapter 26 Deep-Dive: The Tabernacle
Hosted by Joey and Matt Deep-dives into the Bible beyond what Sunday teaches you. EXODUS CH 26 The Tabernacle MOSES IS STILL ON MOUNT SINAI IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONSTRUCT THE TABERNACLE AND HOLY FURNITURE Ex 26:1“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them. 2The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size. 3Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another. 4And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 5Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another. 6And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole. CHERUBIM – DIGNITY, HONOR, TERROR … IMAGES WOVEN INTO EACH OF THESE PANELS … WARNING !! IF YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THE TABERNACLE … BEWARE! Ex 26:7“You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make. 8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size. 9You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent. 10You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set. THIS IS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CURTAINS – GOATS’ HAIR. GOD WILL BE IN THAT PLACE, THE TENT THAT WILL BE MOVING WITH THE PEOPLE. WITHOUT THE TABERNACLE MOSES HAS TO GO UP THE MOUNTAIN TO MEET WITH GOD – THE TABERNACLE ALLOWS GOD TO TRAVEL WITH HIS PEOPLE. 11“You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole. 12And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it. 14And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and a covering of goatskins on top. 15“You shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. 16Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. 17There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle. 18You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side; 19and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons; 20and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames, 21and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame. 22And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames. 23And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear; 24they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners. 25And there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame. 26“You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, 27and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward. 28The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall run from end to end. 29You shall overlay the frames with gold and shall make their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold. 30Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain. MOSES SAW THIS IN HEAVEN … YAHWEH’S THRONE ROOM 31 “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it. 32And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver. 33And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy. 34You shall put the mercy seat (COVERING LID) on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. 35And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side. INSIDE THE TENT ENCLOSURE – RECTANGULAR AND OPEN TO THE SKY 36“You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. 37And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them. BRONZE WAS VERY VALUABLE AND VERY HIGH TECH FOR THAT TIME IN HISTORY BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE MADE … SMELTED FROM COPPER AND TIN … THIS IS ALL OCCURRING AT THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE BEFORE THE WORLD SLID BACK INTO THE IRON AGE. COPPER FROM CYPRUS, TIN FROM AFGHANISTAN, THERE WAS A WORLD-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWED THE BABYLONIANS AND EGYPTIANS TO IMPORT BOTH AND SMELT THEM INTO BRONZE. IN THE 12th CENTURY BC THIS INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSED … THAT’S ONE REASON WHY WE DON’T HAVE GOOD ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORDS FROM THAT TIME … IT WAS POST APOCALYPTIC … CIVILIZATION HAD COLLAPSED … THAT’S THE BACKGROUND FOR THE EXODUS & INVASION OF THE PROMISED LAND … BRONZE WAS ALMOST TREATED AS MAGICAL … A RELIC OF THAT LOST “BRONZE AGE” CIVILIZATION. THINK, FLOOD, EARTH REPOPULATED, TOWER OF BABEL, EARTH DIVIDED BY LANGUAGE/CULTURE, ABRAHAM CALLED & THE NATION OF ISRAEL PLANTED IN PALESTINE, WORLD-WIDE 7 YEAR FAMINE, JOSEPH & EGYPT SAVE THE WORLD, ISRAEL GROWS INTO A NATION IN EGYPT WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD REGRESSES INTO THE IRON AGE, THEN THE EXODUS ... BACK TO MOSES ON MT SINAI … GOD IS GIVING VERY, VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOW THE PEOPLE WERE TO WORSHIP HIM. ISRAEL IS NOT CALLED TO BE CREATIVE – THEY’RE CALLED TO OBEDIENCE. SCRUPULOUS INSTRUCTIONS … WHAT I (YAHWEH) WANT … NUMBER OF CLASPS, ETC. ISRAEL’S COVENANT WITH GOD IS TO DO WHAT THEY’RE TOLD TO DO … DO NOT TAKE OVER PAGAN WORSHIP SITES … DESTROY THEM!! CREATIVITY DISTRACTS AND DETRACTS FROM WORSHIP … THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CHURCH AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE REFORMATION. THE FOCUS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE WORD OF GOD. GOD WANTS TO BE WITH HIS PEOPLE … TRAVELING WITH THEM … IN THEIR MIDST. IT ALL STARTS IN THE DESERT WITH ABRHAM’S DESCENDANTS FOLLOWING GOD. AND THAT WILL WRAP UP EX CH 26 About This is an audio broadcast, designed to encourage you to dive deeper into the most influential and impactful literature of all time: The Bible. This podcasts helps to show the benefits of reading/listening to the Bible, front to back, over and over and over endlessly. And study to fill the gaps for deeper understanding. Join us as we dissect the bones and ligaments of God’s written revelation to mankind through scripture.
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