April 10 - Breaking the Law, Literally
לחת - Then 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. The tablets…
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Chad Bird is a Scholar in Residence at 1517. He has served as a pastor, professor, and guest lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew. He holds master’s degrees from Concordia Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. He has contributed articles to Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Modern Reformation, The Federalist, Lutheran Forum, and other journals and websites. He is also the author of several books, including Night Driving & Your God Is Too Glorious.
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April 9 - From Divine to Bovine
עגל מסכה - And [Aaron] 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…
April 8 - Melting Down Mirrors
כיור - The Lord said to Moses, “You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in…
April 7 - O Lord, Smell My Prayer
קטרת - "You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood... And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of…
April 6 - Christ’s Vestments
בגדי־קדשׁ - "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. And you shall make holy…
2 Samuel 3:6-30 (Episode 261)
Revenge ruins everything.
April 5 - The Veil
פרכת - "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... And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring…
April 4 - The Illuminating Tree of Life
מנורה - "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it." EXODUS 25:31
April 3 - Bread of the Face
לחם פנים - "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height... And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the…
God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story
Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests.
April 2 - The Atonement Lid
כפרת - "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall…
April 1 - The Covenant Chest
ארון - "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height." EXODUS 25:10
March 31 - Follow the Blueprint
תבנית - "And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it." EXODUS 25:8–9
March 30 - God Goes Tent Camping
שׁכן - The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. EXODUS 24:16
2 Samuel 2:4-3:5 (Episode 260)
Two kings and strange war games.
March 29 - The Blood of the Covenant
דם הברית - And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.” EXODUS 24:8
March 28 - Full-Bodied Worship
חוה - Then he 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." EXODUS 24:1
March 27 - Grasping Not Grounding
חמד - “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's." EXODUS 20:17
March 26 - False Witness
שׁקר - “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." EXODUS 20:16
March 25 - Sticky Fingers and Stolen Hearts
גנב - “You shall not steal." EXODUS 20:15
March 24 - The Great Sin
נאף - “You shall not commit adultery." EXODUS 20:14
March 23 - Killing Mosquitoes and Men
רצח - “You shall not murder." EXODUS 20:13
2 Samuel 1:17-2:4 (Episode 259)
David laments the death of Saul and Jonathan.
March 22 - Living Long in the Land
ארך - “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you." EXODUS 20:12
March 21 - God’s Favorite Number
שׁבע - "Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God." EXODUS 20:9–10
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