Day 47

V From the Exodus to the Crossing into Canaan - 1462-1422 B.C. ~ cont.

(1462 - 982 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1)

B. Time spent at Sinai (sometimes called Horeb) ~ cont.

23. Various offerings described ~ cont.

b. Meat offering - Leviticus 2:1-16; 6:14-23
c. Peace offering - Leviticus 3:1-34
d. Sin offering - Leviticus 4:1-35; 6:24-30

{pages 207-213}

I read this passage, truly I did, in fact I have read in numerous times, but fell into the 'zone out' and read trap.

As I typed the outline, and flipped through the pages, I realized, I had made no notes.  How could I read any portion of Scripture and NOT have something that caused me to dive deeper into the Word?

**sigh**

Excellent exhortation for me to be more diligent when reading through.  While the OT offerings are not something that those who are participating in the New Covenant need to perform, there is a significance to all that is written.  Christ is represented in the Word from beginning to end.

Had I been more diligent, I would have pulled out information regarding the different offerings and how Christ fulfilled them.  Not necessarily to share, for I am very convicted that what I write here, NOT be done as a perfunctory practice.  Only that which I have researched, studied and fills me so full, that this is the outlet to which I share.

I did do some brief (very brief) searching online for how Christ is represented in the offerings and the items required for each one, quite interesting.  Should Father move upon you to research further, I pray that you are bountifully blessed in what you learn.

Rom 15:4  For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Day 43

V From the Exodus to the Crossing into Canaan - 1462-1422 B.C. ~ cont.

(1462 - 982 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1)

B. Time spent at Sinai (sometimes called Horeb) ~ cont.

11. Instructions and duties prior to leaving wilderness of Sinai

a. To Tribe of Levi - Numbers 3:5-13

b. To families of Levi - Numbers 3:14-16, 21-24

c. Responsibilities of Levi's sons - Numbers 3:25-39

d. First born redeemed - Numbers 3:40-51

e. Cleansing of the Levites - Numbers 8:5-26

f. Office of Eleazar - Numbers 4:16-20

g. Service of the Kohathites - Numbers 4:1-15

h. Service of the Gershonites - Numbers 4:21-28

{pages 188-193}

Levi's sons:

Gershon - pitched westward, had the responsibility of:  tabernacle ~ tent ~ covering ~ hanging for the door ~  hangings of the court ~ curtain door of the court.

Kohath - pitched southward, had the responsibility of: ark ~ table ~ candlestick ~ altars ~ vessels of the sanctuary.

Merari - pitched northward, had the responsibility of:  tabernacle boards ~ bars ~ pillars ~ sockets ~ vessels thereof ~ court pillars ~ sockets ~ pins and cords.

Moses and Aaron - pitched eastward, had the responsibility of:  sanctuary ~ children of Israel.

The graphic below is from the Encampment.

The numbering and division of the Tribes from Chuck Missler, the Camp of Israel:

I found a couple more, The Placement of the Tribes and Their Elders and Israelite Camp Layout.

May Father richly bless you as you study, research, meditate (ponder, ruminate) upon HIS word!

Day 38

V From the Exodus to the Crossing into Canaan - 1462-1422 B.C. ~ cont.

(1462 - 982 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1)

B. Time spent at Sinai (sometimes called Horeb) ~ cont.

2. Moses goes to mount (Trip 5) ~ cont.

c. Priesthood items - Exodus 28:1 ~ cont.
Food for the priests - Exodus 29:26-37
Continual burnt offering - Exodus 29:38-46
Sabbath rest - Exodus 3:12-18
4. Returning to a sinning people
a. Golden calf - Exodus 32:1-6
b. Moses' anger, tablets broken - Exodus 32:7-29
c. Moses' plea and God's answer (trip 6) - Exodus 32:30-35
d. Temporary Tabernacle erected - Exodus 33:7-11
e. Moses communes with God - Exodus 33:12-23

{page 165-170}

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:  (Exodus 22:7)

Moses brought them out?  His response:

And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand.  (Exodus 32:11)

God did not just bring them out...He also did it with great power and a mighty hand.  Moses continues:

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth?  Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.  (Exodus 32:12)

Blaspheme God's name...David was rebuked for causing God's name to be blasphemed:

2Sa 12:14  Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

God's character, who HE is, on the line. I liked Gill's commentary on the entire verse:

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say,.... Those that remained, as the Targum of Jonathan, who were not drowned in the Red sea: a good man will be concerned for the honour and glory of God among the enemies of his people, that their mouths may not be opened to blaspheme the Lord and speak ill of his ways, see Jos_7:9 and this is sometimes an argument with God himself, not to do that to his people they deserve, lest it should give occasion to the enemy to speak reproachfully, insult, and triumph, Deu_32:26.

for mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth; that he brought them out of Egypt, not with a good but ill design; not to bring them into the land of Canaan, as they promised themselves, but to destroy them in the mountains; not to erect them into a great kingdom and nation, which should make a considerable figure in the world, but to cut them off from being a people at all: the mountains where they now were, were Sinai and Horeb, and there might be others thereabout, among which they were encamped: the Targum of Jonathan is,"among the mountains of Tabor, and Hermon, and Sirion, and Sinai:"

turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people; not that there is any turning or shadow of turning with God, or any change of his mind, or any such passions and affections in him as here expressed; but this is said after the manner of men concerning him, when he alters the course of his dealings with men according to his unalterable will, and does not do the evil threatened by him, and which the sins of men deserve.

"A good man will be concerned about the honor and glory of God."

That is a convicting and encouraging thought.  Do I give a proper estimate of God?  Am I more concerned about His honor and glory over my wants, needs, desires, goals?  Is HIS objective mine?  When people look and/or hear me, do they see and hear a reflection of Him?