April 19 - A Priestly Handful
מלאים - [Moses said to Aaron and his son,] "And 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…
April 18 - Sin and Reparation Offerings
חטאת - "If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly... when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for…
April 17 - Shalom Sacrifices
שׁלמים - “If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. And he shall lay his hand on the head…
April 16 - Sharing Salt with Jesus
מלח - “You 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." LEVITICUS 2:13
April 15 - Not a Holy BBQ
עלה - “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. He…
April 14 - Bringing an Offering
קרב - The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring…
April 13 - Michelangelo and Horned Moses
קרן - When Moses came down from Mount Sinai... [He] did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God... And when Moses had finished speaking with [the Israelites], he put a veil…
April 12 - The Jealous God
קנא - You shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. EXODUS 34:14
April 11 - Seeing God’s Backside
אחור - And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover…
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