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Posted by admin | Oct 21st, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 40
This chapter goes on an on about arranging candlesticks, filling bowls with water and other mundane activities associated with setting up the tabernacle. Then, the "glory of the Lord" fills the tabernacle like a cloud and Moses isn't able to go inside when the cloud is there. At night, the cloud takes on the appearance of fire so that all of the people of Israel can see it.
The Israelites'...
Posted by admin | Oct 21st, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 39
In this chapter, we are given details of the clothing made for Aaron and his sons, priests of the tabernacle … even down to the underwear. The work is finally completed and Moses is pleased.
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Posted by admin | Oct 21st, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 38
The building activities continue to be narrated in this chapter. Taxes are collected from 600,355 men aged 20 and up. By the time it's said and done, tons of gold, brass and silver are used to construct the tabernacle.
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Posted by admin | Oct 21st, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 37
This chapter is another turgid narrative about building the ark of the covenant. Huge quantities of pure gold are used, despite the fact that the contributors were a nomadic tribe wandering around in the desert.
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Posted by God Discussion Reporter | Oct 21st, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 36
God apparently gives knowledge to "every wise hearted man" about how to construct the temple and ark that he had commanded. The people give more than is needed.
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Posted by admin | Oct 21st, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 35
Moses gathers the people around and reiterates the jobs God had commanded for the construction of the ark, temple and so on when Moses was on Mt. Sinai the first time (Exodus 31). Like Chapter 31, Moses tells the Israelites that anyone caught working on the Sabbath would be killed, and further admonishes them that they are not allowed to build fires on the Sabbath.
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Posted by admin | Oct 19th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 34
After showing his glorious "back parts" in Chapter 33, God tells Moses to carve out two more tablets and he will rewrite his commands on them, since Moses broke the previous ones. So Moses does this and spends another 40 days on Mt. Sinai.
While Moses is there, God tells Moses that he's jealous, demands the firstborn male of animals and humans, reiterates the sabbath command, and says that...
Posted by admin | Oct 15th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 33
God is so angry with the stiff-necked Israelites that he refuses to hang out with them, choosing to send an angel instead, who will clear the way of "the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite" so that the people will make it to the promised land flowing with milk and honey. Because God is so angry with the Israelites, he will consume all...
Posted by admin | Oct 15th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 32
After 40 days, Moses is ready to finally leave the mountain. But before he goes, God furiously observes that Aaron and the Israelites decided to make another god because Moses was gone for so long. God threatens to destroy the Israelites. Moses reminds God of his previous promises so "the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people" (Exodus 32:14).
Moses descends the mountain...
Posted by admin | Oct 12th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 31
God gives Moses the names of the craftsmen who are to construct the alter, furniture and other items commanded in the previous chapters. God then gives another Sabbath-keeping warning: People who do not keep the Sabbath are to be killed. The chapter then concludes with God giving Moses "two tablets of testimony, two tables of stone, with his finger on mount Sinai."
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Posted by admin | Oct 10th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 30
This chapter continues with temple worship descriptions and demands that all of the people who are 20 years and older have to pay the priests ransoms for their souls. A priest who enters the tabernacle without washing his hands or feet will die. Aaron, the high priest, and his priests are to burn incense every day, make atonement offerings every year, and wear a special perfume. Anyone who is not a...
Posted by admin | Oct 10th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 29
If you've never read the bible before — get prepared to get grossed out. There will be chapters and chapters devoted to animal sacrifices and splattering blood all over the holy place.
So far in Exodus, we've been told that the Israelites are wandering around in the desert for 40 years and the only thing that they have to eat is manna that comes down from heaven. Yet, in this chapter (and...
Posted by admin | Oct 10th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 28
This turgid chapter includes details about how to make "holy garments" for Aaron for "beauty and glory." Included in the lengthy descriptions is a "breastplate of judgment" in which is included the Urim and the Thummim. Aaron has to have tinkling bells on his outfit and he and his sons have to wear special linen underwear, otherwise God will kill them when they go into...
Posted by admin | Oct 8th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 27
Detailed instructions from God continue in this chapter, focusing on the tabernacle building that would house the Ark of the Covenant. The chapter concludes with God saying that there will be a candle in this building that burns forever and that it "shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel."
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Posted by admin | Oct 8th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 26
God continues to dictate elaborate building plans in this chapter, this time commanding Moses on how the tabernacle (temple) is to be built.
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Posted by admin | Oct 8th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 25
This chapter has detailed instructions that God gave Moses about constructing the Ark of the Covenant. The instructions call for the use of pure gold, special cloths, various woods and so on. Buds and branches, cherubims and other ornaments are described.
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Posted by admin | Sep 29th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 24
Here, we start to see some of the sacrificial blood baths of the Old Testament, when Moses writes down God's instructions for the people of Israel. They sacrifice oxen and burn them as offerings, and Moses reads the instructions. He also splashes the dead animals' blood all over the altar and people.
Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 elders go to the volcanic Mt. Sinai and see God, who does...
Posted by admin | Sep 28th, 2009
The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 23
This chapter lists some humane and compassionate rules in the beginning, outlines holy days to be celebrated, and then devolves into more calls for violence.
In the first thirteen verses, God and Moses say:
Do not make false accusations and be a false witness.
Just because the majority is doing something wrong, do not join in.
Don't lie to protect a person just because he's poor.
If you see that...
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