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Texts -- Exodus 37:10-29 (NET)

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The Making of the Table
37:10 He made the table of acacia wood ; its length was three feet , its width one foot six inches , and its height two feet three inches . 37:11 He overlaid it with pure gold , and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. 37:12 He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide , and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame . 37:13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. 37:14 The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table . 37:15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold , to carry the table . 37:16 He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold , its plates , its ladles , its pitchers , and its bowls , to be used in pouring out offerings.
The Making of the Lampstand
37:17 He made the lampstand of pure gold . He made the lampstand of hammered metal ; its base and its shaft , its cups , its buds , and its blossoms were from the same piece. 37:18 Six branches were extending from its sides , three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. 37:19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch , and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch , and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand . 37:20 On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms , 37:21 with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it. 37:22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold . 37:23 He made its seven lamps , its trimmers , and its trays of pure gold . 37:24 He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold .
The Making of the Altar of Incense
37:25 He made the incense altar of acacia wood . Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half – a square – and its height was three feet . Its horns were of one piece with it. 37:26 He overlaid it with pure gold – its top , its four walls , and its horns – and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. 37:27 He also made two gold rings for it under its border , on its two sides , on opposite sides , as places for poles to carry it with. 37:28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold . 37:29 He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense , the work of a perfumer .

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  • One of the significant changes in the emphasis that occurs at this point in Genesis is from cursing in the primeval record to blessing in the patriarchal narratives. The Abrahamic Covenant is most important in this respect. H...
  • Exodus embraces about 431 years of history, from the arrival of Jacob and his family in Egypt (ca. 1876 B.C.) to the erection of the tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai (ca. 1445 B.C.). However 1:1-7 is a review of Jacob's ...
  • I. The liberation of Israel 1:1-15:21A. God's preparation of Israel and Moses chs. 1-41. The growth of Jacob's family 1:1-72. The Israelites' bondage in Egypt 1:8-223. Moses' birth and education 2:1-104. Moses' flight from Eg...
  • The ark of the covenant 37:1-9 (cf. 25:10-22)The table of showbread 37:10-16 (cf. 25:23-30)The lampstand 37:17-24 (cf. 25:31-40)The altar of incense 37:25-28 (cf. 30:1-10)The anointing oil and incense 37:29 (cf. 30:22-28)The ...
  • The Israelites erected the tabernacle on the first day of the first month, almost exactly one year after the Israelites left Egypt (vv. 2, 17). This was about nine months after Israel had arrived at Mt. Sinai (cf. 19:1).First...
  • This is the sixth and last message that Ezekiel received from the Lord the night before the refugees reached the exiles with the message that Jerusalem had fallen (cf. 33:21-22). It too deals with God's plans for Israel in th...
  • The Book of Ezekiel begins with a vision of God's glory (ch. 1), records the departure of God's glory (chs. 8-11), and ends with another vision of God's glory (chs. 40-48). This is the longest vision outside the Book of Revel...
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