God is exasperated over Israel’s sin. As further punishment, He withdraws His presence from among them. Moses pleads for them. PLEASE go with us! We can’t go without You. Israel had made the most egregious sin. They broke the FIRST commandment He gave them. “You shall have no other gods before me.” Moses convinced Him […]
Moses and Joshua are finishing up receiving instructions for the Tabernacle of God. The people have gone FAR astray! Their ‘new god’ popped ‘out of the fire’; so Aaron said. It would soon go back into the fire! God and Moses have spent a wonderful time together on the top of Mt. Sinai. Joshua has […]
God has blueprints He will give to Moses in order to make Him a ‘home’ to dwell among the people. It will take ALL of them working together to construct it. There are SO MANY DETAILS set out in these chapters! Details that I have tried time and time again to grasp and get a […]
God has finished giving Moses Israel the foundation of His Laws. He sends him back down the mountain to gather the elders to seal the deal. We aren’t told how long Moses was on the mountain for this instruction session. I don’t know if the people were waiting at the foot of the mountain or […]
The people have asked Moses to talk to God for them. God gives Moses His Law. Be patient, for this will take a while. God’s got a lot to say. We are at a portion of scripture that doesn’t lend itself easily to ‘story telling’. But I want to be there with Moses as he […]