Week 2: Instructions for the Tabernacle
Instructions for the Tabernacle: Exodus 24-27
Objective:
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Moses in the midst of the cloud
Resources:
Reading:
- Exodus 24:1-18
- Exodus 25:1-22
- Exodus 26: NO READING
Key verse(s):
- "Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them." Exodus 24:12
Comments:
- God called Moses to go up on the mountain. Nadab and Abihu are Aaron's sons. They did not please the Lord by offering profane fire before the Lord (Leviticus 10)
- Moses will meet God alone by himself. But the people that went up with him represented the congregation so they don't feel the lack of communion with God:
- Moses receiver of the Law.
- Aaron represents the priesthood.
- Nadab and Abihu represent the priests and the Levites.
- The seventy of the elders of Israel: Leaders of the congregation.
- Joshua
going up with Moses shows the life of discipleship. - The Cloud represented the presence of God.
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Chapter 25 includes the offerings for the Sanctuary and the details of the Ark of the Covenant.
- The Ark of the Covenant represented the meeting with God (Verse 22.)
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Chapter 26 takes about the Tabernacle details.
Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions
- Who were Nadab and Abih and why were they allowed to go up Mt. Sinai with Moses and Aaron?
- What is the Book of the Covenant?
- The Lord told Moses to come up the mountain and He will give him the “Tablets of Stone.” What are the Tablets of Stone referring to?
- Moses went up to the top of Mount Sinai as instructed by God and what occurred?
Homework:
**Servant may add more questions
- How many elders could worship God at a distance upon the mountain?
A) seven B) fifty C) seventy D) two - What did the twelve stone pillars Moses set up at the foot of Mount Sinai represent?
A) the elders B) tribes of Israel C) high priests D) first born