Exodus 39:32-40:38; Numbers 9:15-23~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today is the final day of readings from Exodus.  I hope that your reading this past week or so about the Israelites Exodus from Egypt and their emergence as a nation under Moses’ leadership has…

Exodus 37:1-39:31~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ I found Exodus chapter 38 verse 8 intriguing today: “The bronze washbasin and its bronze pedestal were cast from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.”  Apparently mirrored glass had…

Exodus 35:1-36:38~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Old Testament – The NIV Study Bible commentary today notes that Exodus 35:4 through 39:43 are for the most part repeated from chapters 25 through 28; 30:1-5; and 31:1-11, sometimes verbatim, but with the verbs primarily in…

Exodus 32:1-34:35~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today Exodus chapter 32 verse 1 made me think about spiritual “boredom” – “When Moses failed to come back down the mountain right away, the people went to Aaron. “Look,” they said, “make us some gods who…

Exodus 29:1-31:18~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Exodus chapter 29 we read about the dedication of Aaron and his sons as priests! Verse 37 stood out to me in this chapter: “After that, the altar will be exceedingly holy, and whatever touches…

Exodus 25:1-28:43~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Exodus chapters 26 & 27 we read about God’s plans for the Tabernacle, the Altar and the Courtyard.  I have to admit, I have zoned out a bit when reading these chapters in years past. …

Exodus 22:16-24:18~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Exodus chapter 23 we read about the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Final Harvest (also known as Festival of Booths or Ingathering or Tabernacles).  Commentary on Exodus chapter…

Exodus 20:1-22:15~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Exodus chapter 20 brings us the Ten Commandments.  And as I like to do from time to time on this blog, I’d like to share with you Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” paraphrase of the Ten Commandments from…

Exodus 16:1-19:25~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Exodus chapter 16 we read about Manna and Quail from heaven.   Verses 29 & 30 were powerful for me today, as God speaks about the Sabbath: “”Do they not realize that I have given them…

Exodus 13:1-15:27~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ In Exodus chapter 13 we read about God’s instructions for the dedication of the firstborn.  Note that based on this law that Jesus, the firstborn of Mary & Joseph, was dedicated to God in the Temple in…