Don’t eat the fat
Rules for offerings: Leviticus 1–3 The first piece of dietary advice for the Israelite priests appeared in Leviticus in relation …
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Three links to help read Leviticus
Leviticus can be hard going: if you don’t think too hard about it, it looks like a mess of rules …
Set apart: the Levites
Dedicating the Levites, the second Passover: Numbers 8–9 The Levites were in a class of their own. They hadn’t made …
The first offerings
Offerings of dedication: Numbers 7 7:1-2 On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it …
God moves in
The tabernacle is ready and God’s glory moves in: Exodus 39–40, Numbers 9 Exactly a year after leaving Egypt, the …
An extraordinary achievement
Construction time: the sanctuary and priests robes: Exodus 37–39 The list of ‘things built’ is mind boggling when you stop …
Generous giving
Instructions for the Sabbath, offerings and construction work: Exodus 35–36 The instructions for building the sanctuary (which is also called …
Staying in God’s presence
A golden calf and the aftermath: Exodus 32–34 Thanks to the impatience of the Israelites, who could not wait 40 …
Lots of blood
Ordaining Aaron and his sons and sanctifying the altar: Exodus 29–31 The ritual for the first use of the meeting …
A place to meet with God: interpreting the instructions
Plans for a meeting place with God: Exodus 25–28 The instructions for the tent that would be the holiest place …
Israel accepts the offer of Law
More promises and Moses goes up the mountain: Exodus 23–24 God asked the Israelities for absolute obedience in their journey …
The Law starts here
The ten commandments and other rules: Exodus 20–23:19 God’s started His instruction for how the people should live. He spoke …
Provision and a promise
The first two months in the wilderness: Exodus 16–19 Moses had spent 40 years in the desert. In contrast, the …
Escape from Egypt
Escape from Egypt: Exodus 13–15 Continuing his approach of breaking promises, Pharaoh pursued the Israelites after releasing them from Egypt. …
Evidence for the plagues
What evidence is there, apart from the Bible, that the ten plagues of Exodus happened? Very little, as it turns …
A plague (or ten) on Egypt
All those plagues: Exodus 7–12 Ten national disasters: the main source of water (the Nile) became undrinkable for seven days …
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