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  1. April 12 - The Jealous God

    book
    04/12/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    קנא - You shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. EXODUS 34:14
    April 12 - The Jealous God

  2. April 11 - Seeing God’s Backside

    book
    04/11/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” EXODUS 33:21–23
    April 11 - Seeing God’s Backside

  3. April 10 - Breaking the Law, Literally

    book
    04/10/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets... And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. EXODUS 32:15–16, 19
    April 10 - Breaking the Law, Literally

  4. April 9 - From Divine to Bovine

    book
    04/09/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 of Egypt!” EXODUS 32:4
    April 9 - From Divine to Bovine

  5. April 8 - Melting Down Mirrors

    book
    04/08/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 it, with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet." EXODUS 30:17–19
    April 8 - Melting Down Mirrors

  6. April 7 - O Lord, Smell My Prayer

    book
    04/07/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it." EXODUS 30:1, 6–7
    April 7 - O Lord, Smell My Prayer

  7. April 6 - Christ’s Vestments

    book
    04/06/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty." EXODUS 28:1–2
    April 6 - Christ’s Vestments

  8. April 5 - The Veil

    book
    04/05/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy." EXODUS 26:31, 33
    April 5 - The Veil

  9. April 4 - The Illuminating Tree of Life

    book
    04/04/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 4 - The Illuminating Tree of Life

  10. April 3 - Bread of the Face

    book
    04/03/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 table before me regularly." EXODUS 25:23, 30
    April 3 - Bread of the Face

  11. April 2 - The Atonement Lid

    book
    04/02/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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 you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat... " EXODUS 25:17–18, 21–22
    April 2 - The Atonement Lid

  12. April 1 - The Covenant Chest

    book
    04/01/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    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
    April 1 - The Covenant Chest