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…
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…
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…
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
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
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
March 20 - Hallowed Not Hollowed
שׁוא - “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain." EXODUS 20:7
March 19 - Graven Images
פסל - “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." EXODUS 20:4
March 18 - The Ten Words
עשׂרת הדברים - So [Moses] was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. EXODUS 34:28
March 17 - The King’s Personal Property
סגלה - "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." EXODUS 19:5