THE DWELLINGPLACE IS SET UP (EXODUS 40:1). We note again that the order goes from the most holy (the Ark) to the least holy (the hangings of the court) as is customary when dealing with the details of the Dwellingplace. Exodus 40:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “On the first day of the first... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANOINTING WITH HOLY ANOINTING OIL OF THE DWELLINGPLACE AND ALL ITS FURNITURE (EXODUS 40:9). Once again the anointing begins in the inner Sanctuary, then to the brazen altar and its vessels, then to the laver and its accompaniment and then to the priests themselves (the only holy things that lea... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INSTALLING OF ‘THE PRIEST' AND HIS ASSISTANTS (EXODUS 40:12). Exodus 40:12 ‘And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Thus did Moses. In accordance with all that Yahweh commanded him, so did he. And it came about in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Dwellingplace was raised up.' So Moses did exactly as he was commanded, and on the New Years Day the Dwellingplace was raised... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Moses reared up the Dwellingplace, and laid its sockets, and set up its frames, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars. And he spread the tent over the Dwellingplace, and put the covering of the tent over it (above upon it); as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he took and put the Testimony i... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH COMMISSIONS THE DWELLINGPLACE (EXODUS 40:34). All the work having been completed and the Sanctuary set up Yahweh comes and sets His seal on it. We may analyse this last passage as follows: a The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the Dwellingplace and Moses wa... [ Continue Reading ]