Lesson 1Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:6-21

Where else are they recorded?

God Spoke (20:1)

These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly, in the
mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness, with a loud voice. (Deut. 5:22).
Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain,
and the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the
midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You
heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only
heard a voice. So He declared to you His covenant which
He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments.
(Deut. 4:13).

Reaction of the People (20:18-21)

Deut. 5:23-33 goes into more detail.
God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before
you, so that you may not sin (Ex. 20:20).
Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear
Me and always keep all My commandments. (Deut. 5:29).
The LORD said to me, Gather the people to Me, that they
may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and
that they may teach their children (Deut. 4:10).
This fear to be present even when the law was read to them
(Deut. 31:12-13).

Questions
1. How does the LORD preface these commandments?
2. Are the ten commandments binding on us today?
3. Do they have any relevance to us today?
4. Where in the N.T. epistles can you find 5 of these
commandments in one verse?
Romans 13:9.

5. See any natural division of these commandments?

6. Jesus said, On these two commandments hang all
the law and prophets (Mt. 22:40). Which two?

Questions
7. For whom and for what should respect be shown,
according to these commandments?
For God, home, life, the sanctity of the marriage
relationship, property, name and honor, oneself.

8. What attributes of God are reflected in these

commandments?
One God (no other gods), the spiritual nature of God
(no carved image; see Deut. 4:15-18), the Holiness of
God (dont take His name.in vain), His redeeming
power (see Deut. 5:15).

Questions
9. Visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the
children. (Ex. 20:5). What happened to the son
shall not bear the guilt of the father. (Eze.18:20)?
10. In it (Sabbath day) you shall do no work. (Ex.
20:10). When do we get to cease from our work?
Hebrews 4:8-10.

11. The six days of creation24 hour days, or long

periods of time? Anything in Exodus 20 that helps us
answer this question?

Lesson 2Exodus 20:22-21:36

Overview of the Covenant
Miscellaneous Laws

Gods Covenant with Israel

God offers to make a covenant with the Israelites
(19:3-6).
They want this covenant, and they promise to
keep all the commandments that God will give
them (19:7-8).
God speaks aloud to them, giving them the basic
rules of the lawthe ten commandments
(20:1-17).

Gods Covenant with Israel

Rather than God speak directly to them, they ask
Moses to talk to God and then report the information to
them (20:18-21).
Once again, they promise to keep everything
commanded (20:19).

God then continues His instructions to Moses, giving

additional laws (20:22-ch. 23). More will follow, but
these laws form a cross section, dealing with many
different areas of life.
God is then ready to finalize the covenant, and He and
the people ratify it (24:1-11).

20:22-20:26: Laws Regarding Worship

Make no other gods to be with megods of ____, or gods
of ____.
When you sacrifice to Me your burnt offerings and peace
offerings:
Do so upon an altar of ______.
Do it in the place I appoint (every place where I record My
name).
If you make an altar of stone, do not use hewn stones,
because if you use any tool, you have ________ it.
Do not go up steps to My altar, lest your _______be exposed.

21:1-11: Laws Concerning Servants

If you buy a fellow-Hebrew as a servant (male):
He shall serve you __ years, and then go free the ___ year.
If he comes alone, he goes free alone.
If he comes with a wife, she will be released with him.
If the master gives him a wife during his service:
Only the man goes free; his wife and any children remain
with the master.
The servant may choose to stay with his master. What next?
The master will take him before the judges, pierce his ear
with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

21:1-11: Laws Concerning Servants

If the servant is a Hebrew girl:
He can be betrothed to her, and treat her accordingly.
If he is not pleased with her, he must let her be redeemed by
her family. To whom can he not sell her?
He has no right to sell her to foreigners.
If he gives her to his son, he must treat her as a ________.
If he takes another wife:
He must not deprive her (not diminish her food, her
clothing, and her marriage rightsv. 11).
If he does, she will be free.

21:12-27: Personal Injury Laws

Commit murderyou will be put to death.
Kill accidentallywhat option do you have?
Kill deliberatelyyou will be put to death.

Strike or ____ your mother and fatheryou will be put to

death.
Kidnap anotheryou will be put to death.
Injure another in a fight:
You are responsible for his loss of ______.
You must see that he is completely healed.

21:12-27: Personal Injury Laws

If a man beats his servant:
If the servant dies, the master shall be punished.
If the servant survives for a day or two, he shall not be punished, for
the slave is his property.
If he knocks out an eye or a tooth, what happens to the servant?

If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, the punishment

will be based on the severity of the results.
If no permanent harm to the baby or mother, pay whatever fine the
husband demands.
If loss of life or serious injury (to mother or baby), punishment will be
meted out how?

21:28-36: Animal Control Laws

If an ox gores someone to death:
The ox shall be killed, but not ______.
If the ox was known to do this and was not ______, both
the owner and the ox (stoned) shall be put to death.
Unless a specific redemption fee is set to pay the family
(v. 30).

If the ox gores another mans servant, the owner shall

pay ____ shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.

21:28-36: Animal Control Laws

If a neighbors animal falls into a pit you have dug, you
pay for the animal, and the dead animal is yours.
If your animal kills your neighbors animal, sell the
living animal and split the money. What else would
they divide?
If, however, your animal was known to be dangerous
and it kills your neighbors animal, replace his animal
with yours and take his dead animal.

Laws regarding worship, servants,

personal injury, and animal control

Last Week: Exodus 20:22-21:36

Lesson 3Exodus 22
Laws regarding property, sexual misconduct,
the fair treatment of others, the preeminence
of God, and an unusual example of holiness

Property Laws (22:1-15)

If a man steals an ox or sheep, and then kills or sells it:
Must repay ___ head of oxen, ___ head of sheep (1).
If the animal is found alive in his possession (ox, donkey, or
sheep), he must repay _____ (4).

A thief has to make restitutionif he has nothing, he must

be sold to pay for his theft (3).
2 Sam. 12:6; Luke 19:8.

If a thief is killed in the act of robbery.

The defender bears no guilt (2). Unless what?
Unless after sunrisein that case he would bear guilt (3).
Thief among the apostles?

Property Laws (22:1-15)

If by one persons negligence another persons
property is damaged, the one responsible must pay for
the loss.
If your animal eats anothers crop, you must repay with
the best of your field (5).
If you start a fire and it burns anothers property, you
must pay for the loss (6).
If you have been given money to guard, and it is stolen:
If you find the thief, he must repay _____ (7). If you cant?
If you cant find him, you must appear before the judges to
determine if you may have had a hand in it (8).

Property Laws (22:1-15)

If an animal left in your care dies, is hurt, or his driven
away, without anyone seeing it (10):
You shall make an oath to the LORD that you had nothing to
do with it, and the owner shall accept that (11).
If stolen, you shall make restitution to the owner (12).
What if torn to pieces by another animal? (13).

If you borrow an animal and it dies or is injured (14).

You must make restitution (14). Unless what?
Unless the owner was present, which makes it a hired animal
(15).

Sexual Misconduct (22:16-17, 19)

If a man entices (seduces) a virgin who is not engaged,
and lies with her:
He must pay the price set for a bride and take her as his
wife (16). And what is that price?
50 shekels of silver (Deut. 22:28-29). And, he is not
permitted to divorce her.

If her father refuses to give her to him, he must still pay

the price for a bride (17).

Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death

(19).
And the animal, too (Lev. 20:15-16).

Preeminence of God (22:18, 20, 28-30)

You shall not permit a sorceress (KJVwitch) to live
(18).
Which king of Israel sought to put away mediums and
spiritists, and yet consulted one? (1 Samuel 28).
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness.because he did not
keep the word of the LORD, and also because he
consulted a medium for guidance (1 Chron. 10:13).
Sorcery is listed as a work of the _____ in Galatians
5:20.

He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD

only, he shall be utterly destroyed (20).

Preeminence of God (22:18, 20, 28-30)

You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your
people (28).
Which apostle cited this law when he appeared before a
ruler? (Acts 23:4-5).
Attitude toward rulers in N.T.? Passages?

Offer the first fruits of your crops to God (29).

Give all your firstborn _____ to Godincluding your
animals (30).

Fair Treatment (22:21-27)

Dont mistreat strangers, for you were once strangers
(21).
I will be a swift witness against those.who turn away
an alien (Malachi 3:5).

Dont mistreat widows or orphans (22). If they did?

If you do, I will hear their cry (23); and I will kill you with
the sword, making your wife a widow and your children
orphans (23).
Cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the
Lord. (James 5:4).
N.T. teaching on widows and orphans?

Fair Treatment (22:21-27)

If you lend money to any of Gods people:
DO NOT charge him interest (25).
If you take his garment as a pledge, return it when?
(26-27).
No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in
pledge, for he takes ones living in pledge (Deut. 24:6).
.nor take a widows garment as pledge (Deut. 24:17).
Ezekiel 18:7, in a description of a righteous man: If he
has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the
debtor his pledge.

Unusual Example of Holiness (22:31)

Be holydo not eat meat ____ __ _____ in the field;
throw it to the dogs (31).

Lessons 1-3: Review

The Ten Commandments (20:1-21), and the peoples
reaction to the manner in which God spoke to them.
Laws pertaining to worship, servants, personal injury,
and animal control (20:22-21:36).
Laws pertaining to property, fair treatment of others,
sexual misconduct, and the preeminence of God (22).
Remember, the covenant has been offered, and the
terms are being set, but it has not yet been ratified
(24).

Lesson 4Exodus 23
Laws: justice and mercy, Sabbath
years and days, feasts (1-19)
Promises and warnings (20-33)

Justice and Mercy (1-9)

Do not join with others in giving false testimony (1).
N.T. characters who were the victims of false testimony?
Matthew 26:59-61 (Mark 14:55-59); Acts 6:10-14.
Penalty: Do to him as he thought to have done to his
brother (Deut. 19:19).

Do not follow a crowd to do evil (2).

Do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd (2).

Justice and Mercy (1-9)

Do not show partiality to the ____ man in his dispute,
but dont deny him justice, either (3, 6).
.hear the small as well as the great. (Deut. 1:17).
N.T. passage that deals extensively with partiality?

Do not have anything to do with a false charge (keep

yourself far) (7).
Do not put an innocent and righteous person to death
(7).
Do not accept a ____, because it blinds you to justice
(8).

Justice and Mercy (1-9)

Do not oppress a stranger, because you know what
its like to be a stranger (9).
If you find an lost animal, or one who is lying under its
burden (4-5):
Return the animal or help it bear its load (4-5). Even if it
belongs to whom?
Even if it belongs to an enemy (your brothers ox or his
sheepDeut. 22:1) (4-5).
.love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do
good to those who hate you, and pray for those who
spitefully use you and persecute you (Matthew 5:44).

Sabbaths (10-13)
For six years sow your land and gather its produce,
but.
In the seventh year let it rest and lie fallow (a sabbath
of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the LORD
(Lev. 25:4).
Let the poor people eat from it, and whatever they
leave, let the animals eat from that.

Work the first six days of the week, but.

Rest on the seventh day. Who else gets to rest?
Let your animals and your servants rest on that day, too.

Feasts (14-19)
Which three feasts are named here? (14-16).
Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Harvest, Feast of
Ingathering. Extended discussion in Lev. 23, Deut. 16.

Required of all males for these feast days? (17).

What was observed in connection with the Feast of
Unleavened Bread?
Feast of Harvest, Feast of Ingatheringby what other
names were they known?
Feast of Harvest: Feast of Weeks, N.T. term?
Feast of Ingathering: Feast of Tabernacles

Exodus 23:20-33

PROMISES AND WARNINGS

Promises (Conditional)
If you indeed obey His voice (the Angel) and do all that
I speak:
I will bring you into the place which I have prepared
(20).
I will be an enemy to your enemies. (22).
The enemy nations that now inhabit Canaan I will cut
them off (23).
I will send My fear before you.cause confusion (27).

Promises (Conditional)
If you indeed obey His voice (the Angel) and do all that
I speak:
I will send hornets before you. (28).
Little by little I will drive them out. (30). Why? (29-30)
I will bless your bread and your water (25).
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl
(Deut. 28:5).

I will take sickness away from the midst of you (25;

15:26).
No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren. (26).
Including the livestock (Deut. 7:14).

Warnings
Beware of Him (Angel) and obey His voice; do not provoke
Him. (21). How often they provoked Him. (Ps. 78:40).
You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor
do according to their works (24).
Dont even mention the name of other gods (13).
You shall utterly overthrow them and completely break
down their sacred pillars (24).
You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their
gods (32).
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin
against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a
snare to you (33).

Lesson 5Exodus 24
Dedication of the First Covenant
Hebrews 9:18-20

Gods Covenant with Israel

God offered to make a covenant with the Israelites (19:3-6).
If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then
you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people.you
shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (5-6).
I will take you as My people, and I will be your God (6:7).
I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God
(29:45).

They wanted this covenant, and they promised to keep all

the commandments that God will give them (19:7-8).
God spoke aloud to them, giving them the basic rules of the
lawthe ten commandments (20:1-17).

Gods Covenant with Israel

Rather than God speak directly to them, they asked
Moses to talk to God and then report the information to
them (20:18-21).
You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God
speak with us, lest we die (20:19).

God then continued His instructions to Moses, giving

additional laws (20:22-ch. 23). More will follow, but
these laws form a cross section, dealing with many
different areas of life.
God is now ready to dedicate the covenant between
Him and His people (24:1-11).

The Dedication
Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 elders invited to
come up to the Lord.and worship from afar (only Moses
would come near) (1-2).
Before they did that, Moses came and told all the people
all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. Once
again, they promise to obey all the Lord has said (3).
Moses then wrote all the words of the LORD.built an altar
at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to
the twelve tribes of Israel (4).
Moses then sent young men, who offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings of oxen to the LORD (5).

The Dedication
Moses then divided the blood (from peace offerings?)he
put half in basins and the other half he sprinkled on the
altar (6).
He read the Book of the Covenant to the people, and for
the third time, the people promised to do all the Lord said
(7).
Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and
said, This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD
has made with you according to all these words (8).
Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 of the elders went up
the LORD where they saw Him and ate and drank (9-11).

Questions
Nadab and Ahihurelation to Aaron? (6:23).
Did Aaron have any other sons? (6:23; 28:1).
This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has
made with you. (24:8). Sound familiar?
This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is
shed for you (Luke 22:20).
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins (Matthew 26:28).

Questions
All that the LORD has said we will do, and be
obedient (24:7). Is that OUR part of the new
covenant?
Teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you (Matthew 28:20).
Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to
you (Acts 3:22).

They saw the God of Israel.saw God (24:9, 11).

How do you reconcile this with John 1:18 no one
has seen God at any time (John 1:18)?

Questions
What did this vision of God include? (24:10).
Where did Moses go, and with whom did he go?
(24:13).
What instructions did he give to the elders? (24:14).
What covered the mountain, and how long did it do
so? (24:15-16).
What rested on the mountain, and to what was it
compared? (24:16-17).
How long did Moses remain on the mountain? (24:18).

Lesson 6: Exodus 25
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Furniture for the Tabernacle:
Ark of the Covenant, Table of Showbread,
Gold Lampstand

Offerings for the Tabernacle (25:1-9)

35:20-29 records the actual offering of these gifts.
Attitude with which they were to give?
From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you
shall take My offering (2).
Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and
everyone whose heart was willing. (35:21).
all the men and women whose hearts were willing...
(35:29).

The purpose of this sanctuary?

That I may dwell among them (8). See Eph. 2:21-22.

Offerings for the Tabernacle

Whose design were they to follow?
According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of
the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just
so you shall make it (9).
And see to it that you make them according to the
pattern which was shown to you on the mountain (40).
Where is the previous verse quoted in the N.T.?
Hebrews 8:5.

Offerings for the Tabernacle

What were they commanded to bring?
Gold, silver, and bronze (3).
Blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goats
hair (4).
.women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their
hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple,
and scarlet, and fine linen.women whose hearts stirred
with wisdom spun yarn of goats' hair (35:25-26).

Red ram skins, badger (seal) skins, acacia wood (5).

Oil and spicesfor light, anointing, and incense (6).
Onyx stones and other stones for priestly garments (7).

Ark of the Testimony (25:10-22; 37:1-9)

Dimensions: 2 cubits long, 1 cubits wide, 1
cubits high (45 in. long, 27 in. wide, 27 in. high) (10).
Placed inside the ark?
You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall
give you (two tablets of stone with the ten
commandments25:16; 31:18; Deut. 10:2-5). What
other items were place inside the ark?
Heb. 9:5: Aarons rod that budded, the golden pot that
had the manna. See also Exodus 16:33.

Material used: Made of acacia wood, and overlaid

inside and out with gold

Ark of the Testimony (25:10-22; 37:1-9)

The lid or top of the ark was called what? (21).
The mercy seat was made of pure gold (37:6).
Two cheribum facing each other with their wings
extended toward one another were one piece with the
mercy seat (18-20).
Significance of the mercy seat?
There I will meet with you.speak with you from above
the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim. (22).

Provision made for carrying the ark? (12-15).

Four rings of gold in the corners of the ark, with poles placed
through the rings on either side (acacia wood overlaid with
gold).

Table of Showbread (lit., bread of the face)

(25:23-30; 26:35; 37:10-16; Lev. 24:5-9)
Location: North side of the Holy Place (26:35).
Dimensions: 36 in. long, 18 inches wide, 27 in. high.
Materials used: Made of acacia wood and overlaid
with gold.
And you shall make for it a rim (frame) of a
handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold
border (moulding) for the rim around it (25:25, NAS).
Ring of gold on each of the four legs of the table,
through which two poles were placed for carrying it.
Dishes for the table made of pure gold.

Table of Showbread
(25:23-30; 26:35; 37:10-16; Lev. 24:5-9)
They were to take finely ground flour and bake twelve
loaves of unleavened bread and place them on the
table in sets of six. Frankincense was placed on the
top of each stack of showbread, and was burned in the
fire as an offering to the Lord. Every Sabbath day the
showbread was replaced with twelve fresh loaves.
The old bread was to be eaten by the priests in a holy
place, for it was a holy sacrifice to God (Lev. 24:5-9).

Gold Lampstand
(25:31-40; 27:20-21; 37:17-24; Lev. 24:5-9)
Location: South side of the Holy Place, opposite the table
of showbread.
Material: Made of a talent of pure goldabout 75 pounds
(39). Also used to make the wick-trimmers and trays (3839).
Design: Seven branches, if you include the one in the
middle (shaft). Each branch consisted of 3 cups shaped like
almond blossoms, followed by a knob and a flower. Lamps
with wicks, obviously, would be on the end of each branch.
Pure olive oil was used to fuel the lamps (27:20). The
lampstand itself had four bowls shaped like almond
blossoms, with knobs and flowers on each one.

Gold Lampstand
(25:31-40; 27:20-21; 37:17-24; Lev. 24:5-9)
Care of the lamps: Every morning Aaron was
supposed to tend the lamps, and then light them every
evening. It was during these times that he was in the
tabernacle that he would burn incense on the altar of
incense (30:7-8).

Lesson 7Exodus 26-28

Tabernacle: Boards, Coverings,
Layout, Furniture
Garments for the Priests

15

30

15

Ex. 30:18

26:1-14, 31-37; 36:8-19, 35-38

Coverings or Curtains for the

Tabernacle

Four Layers
Fine linen (26:1-6; 36:8-13).
Figures of cherubim were woven into the fabric in colors of
blue, purple, and scarlet.
10 curtains, with 5 coupled to one another, and the other five
coupled to one another.

Goats hair (26:7-13; 36:14-18).

Black was the usual color of fabric made from goats hair.
11 panels, sewed together in one set of 5 and one set of 6.

Rams skin, dyed red (26:14; 36:19)

Badgers (seal?) skin (26:14; 36:19).

The Veil (26:31-33; 36:35-36)

Made of the same fine linen as innermost covering of
tabernacle. Also had cherubim women into the fabric
of blue, purple, and scarlet.
Suspended from hooks of gold upon four poles
overlaid with gold.
Hung on the side of the poles next to the Most Holy
Place.
When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his
sons shall take down the covering veil and cover the
ark of the Testimony with it (Numbers 4:5).

Entrance Curtain (26:36-37; 36:37-38)

Made of white linen.
Different colors woven into the white, but no figures of
cherubim.
Fastened on hooks of gold and hung on five poles
overlaid with gold. Poles set in sockets of bronze.

Altar of Burnt Offering (27:1-8; 38:1-7)

A big square frame, with the inside hollow so that a fire
could be built and the animals burned upon it.
Boards were acacia wood overlaid with bronze.
A horn was made into each corner of the altar.
A grate (network of bronze) reached from the bottom
half-way up the rim or ledge of the altar.
5 cubits long, 5 cubits wide, 3 cubits high (7 feet by
7 feet by 4 feet).
All utensils made of bronze.
Four rings to hold the bronze covered poles used for
carrying it.

For glory and for beauty (28:2, 40).

Garments for the

High Priest (28:1-43; 39:1-31)

High Priests Garment

The linen trousers (undergarment) (28:42-43; 39:28).
Reached from the waist to the thighs to cover their
nakedness.
Forbidden to enter the tabernacle or approach the altar
without this garment on (that they do not incur iniquity
and die).

The tunic (28:39; 39:27).

Made of fine linen, skillfully woven (embroideredKJV;
checker workNAS).

High Priests Garment

The robe (28:31-35; 39:22-26).
Called the robe of the ephod because the vest-shaped
ephod was attached to it.
A strong bandstrong enough not to tearwas woven
around the neck of this garment.
Pomegranates (ball shape) of blue, purple, and scarlet
alternated with gold bells around the hem of this garment
(its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy
place.and when he comes out, that he may not die).

High Priests Garment

The ephod (28:6-14; 39:2-7).
Worn only by the high priest.
Two flaps, front and back, with two pieces used to join the two
flaps upon the shoulders.
An onyx stone was fastened in a setting of gold onto each
shoulder piece, and on the stones were engraved the names
of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Fabric: Fine woven linen interwoven with threads of gold, blue,
purple, and scarlet. They hammered out gold sheets and cut
them into threads to weave into the other fabric.
Intricately woven band was used to fasten it to the body.
Two chains of pure gold like braided cords used to fasten it to
the breastplate.

High Priests Garment

The breastplate of judgment (28:15-30; 39:8-21).
Made of the same mingled colors as the ephod.
The fabric formed a perfect 9 inch square (span) and was
folded double to form a pocket in which were kept the Urim
(lights) and Thummin (perfections).
Used in some way to inquire of the Lord (Num. 27:21; 1 Sam.
28:6; Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65).

4 rows of 3 precious stones each were set in gold settings

upon the breastplate. Engraved upon these 12 stones were
the names of the 12 tribes.
Bound to the ephod by chains at the top and blue lace at the
bottom.

High Priests Garment

The turban and gold plate (28:36-40; 39:27-31).
Turban made of fine linen (white).
On the front of the turban was a gold plate with the
words, Holiness to the LORD.
This plate was attached to the turban with a blue cord.
that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which
the children of Israel hallow in all their holy gifts; and it
shall always be on his forehead, that they may be
accepted before the Lord (28:38).

Still for glory and for beauty (28:40), but much simpler
than those of the High Priest.

Garments for the Other Priests

(28:40-43; 39:27-29)

The Other Priests

Still for glory and for beauty (28:40), but much
simpler than those of the High Priest.
Wore the linen trousers, plus the tunics.
Also wore a colorful sash, like the one the High Priest
wore around the ephod and robe.
Headgear consisted of simple caps of white linen.
Only color, then, was the sash.

Lesson 8Consecration of
Aaron and His Sons
Exodus 29; 40:9-16; Leviticus 8

The People Gather (Lev. 8:1-5)

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying. gather all
the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle
of meeting. So Moses did as the Lord commanded
him. And the congregation was gathered together at
the door of the tabernacle of meeting. And Moses said
to the congregation, This is what the LORD
commanded to be done (Lev. 8:1, 3-5).

Washed, Dressed, Anointed

(Ex. 29:1-9; Lev. 8:6-13
Moses washed Aaron and his sons with water (Ex. 29:4;
Lev. 8:6).
Moses then dressed Aaron in the high priests garments:
the inner tunic, the robe, the ephod, the breastplate of
judgment, and then the turban with the gold plate (Ex. 29:56; Lev. 8:7-9).
What was written on the gold plate?

Moses took specially prepared anointing oil (Ex. 30:22-33),

and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture. He
sprinkled oil upon the altar of burnt offering 7 times, and
anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its
base, to sanctify them (Lev. 8:1-11).

Washed, Dressed, Anointed

(Ex. 29:1-9; Lev. 8:6-13
Moses poured anointing oil on the head of Aaron and
anointed him, to consecrate him (Ex. 29:7; Lev. 8:12).
Moses then brought forward Aarons sons and dressed
them in their garments (Ex. 29:8-9; Lev. 8:13).
Note: Both Aaron and his sons were to be anointed (Ex.
28:41; 40;15), but evidently their anointing was carried out
in a different manner.

Exodus 29:1-37; Leviticus 8:14-36

Special Sacrifices for the

Priests

The Bull for the Sin Offering

(Ex. 29:10-14; Lev. 8:14-17)
Aaron and his sons laid their _____ on the head of the
bull (Ex. 29:10; Lev. 8:14).
Moses killed the animal, took the blood and put some on
the ____ of the altar of incense (?), and then poured the
rest of it at the ____of the altar of burnt offering (?) to
consecrate it and to make atonement for it (Ex. 29:11-12;
Lev. 8:15).
Moses took the various internal organs, which the law
required to be burned upon the altar, and offered them
before the Lord; but the rest of the bull was burned with
fire ______ the camp (Ex. 29:13-14; Lev. 8:16-17).

The Ram for the Burnt Offering

(Ex. 29:15-18; Lev. 8:18-21)
One of the rams was brought forward and presented for a
burnt offering (Ex. 29:15; Lev. 8:18).
Aaron and his sons laid their hands on it, Moses killed it,
and then sprinkled its blood all around the altar of burnt
offering (Ex. 29:15-16; Lev. 8:18-19).
Moses cut the ram into pieces; and burned the head, the
pieces and the fat (Ex. 29:17; Lev. 8:20).
He then washed the insides and the legs with water and
burned the whole ram upon the altar (Ex. 29:17-18; Lev.
8:21).
Described as a _______ aroma? (Ex. 29:18).

The Ram of Consecration

(Ex. 29:19-34; Lev. 8:22-36)
Follows the description of a peace offering (Lev. 3:1-17).
Aaron and sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram
(Ex. 29:19; Lev. 8:22).
After killing the ram, Moses took of its blood and put it on
the tip of Aarons right ear, on his right thumb, and on the
big toe of his right foot. He applied the blood similarly to
Aarons sons and sprinkled the rest of the blood around the
altar (Ex. 29:20; Lev. 8:23-24).
He took some blood and some of the anointing oil and
sprinkled them upon Aaron and his garments, upon his
sons and their garmentsthat they might be hallowed
before God (Ex. 29:21; Lev. 8:30).

The Ram of Consecration

(Ex. 29:19-34; Lev. 8:22-36)
Moses took the various internal parts called for, the right
thigh (KJVshoulder), and, from the basket of unleavened
bread, he took one unleavened cake, one cake of oiled
bread, and one wafer. Moses placed these items in the
hands of Aaron and his sons and had them wave them
before the Lord as a wave offering. Then he burned the
items upon the altar (Ex. 29:22-25; Lev. 8:25-28).
So they burned a portion that would afterward belong to them
from the peace offering.

Moses took the ______ of the ram and waved it before the
LORDthis was his portion (Ex. 29:26-28; Lev. 8:29).
From this point forward, the right thigh and breast would belong to
the priests.

A Sin Offering Each Day for Seven Days

(Ex. 29:35-37; Lev. 8:35-37)
Do not go out of the tent of meeting for __ daysthats
what Moses told the priests. Under penalty of death, they
could not leave until the days of consecration were over
(Ex. 29:35-37; Lev. 8:35-36).
A bull was to be offered as a sin offering for each of these 7
days (Ex. 29:36).
The altar was to cleansed and anointed each dayto purify
it and sanctify it. The altar must be holy and everyone who
touches it must be holy (Ex. 29:36-37).

Schedule
June 5: Review, Exodus 31 (lesson 10)
June 12: Exodus 32-34 (combine
lessons 11-12)
June 19: Exodus 35, 36, 40 (lesson 13)
June 26: Review of Exodus 20-40

Lesson 9Exodus 30
Altar of Incense, Recipe for Incense
Ransom (Atonement) Money
Bronze Laver, Recipe for Anointing Oil

Which object or substance?

1. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting
and the altar (burnt offering). (18).
2. You shall put it before the veil that is before the ark
of the testimony. (6).
3. You shall not make any for yourselves.whoever
makes any like it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his
people (37-38).
4. It shall not be poured on mans flesh.whoever puts
any of it on an outsider, shall be cut off from his
people (32-33).

Which object or substance?

5. Made of bronze, including its base (18).
Source of the bronze: 38:8.

6. Made of acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold (1,

3, 5).
7. Used to consecrate the tabernacle, all the objects
used in its service, and the priests who ministered at
the tabernacle (26-30).
8. .a compound according to the art of the perfumer,
salted, pure, and holy (35).

By the Numbers
1. Length, width, and height of the altar of incense? (2).
2. Amount of ransom (atonement) money offered by every
man 20 years old and above? (13, 38:26).
3. Times per day incense was burned? (7-8).
4. Number of times per year that blood from the sin offering
was put on the horns of the altar of incense? (10).
5. Number of spices used to make holy anointing oil?(23-24).
6. Number of gold rings built onto the altar of incense? (4).
7. Number of pieces of furniture inside the Holy Place?
8. Inside the Most Holy Place?

15

30

15

Ex. 30:18

Fill in the Blanks

1. So they shall wash their ________ and their
________, lest they die (21).
2. You shall not offer _______ incense on it (9).
3. You shall take the atonement money.and shall
appoint it for the service of the __________ of
meeting, that it may be a __________ for the children
of Israel (16).
4. You shall make for it a molding (edging, rim) of ____
all around it (3).

Fill in the Blanks

5. When they go into the ________ of ________, or
when they come near the ________ to minister.they
shall wash with water. (20).
6. You shall consecrate them, that they may be most
___; whatever touches them must be ____ (29).
7. .before the _______ seat that is over the
Testimony, where I will ______ with you (6).
8. The rich shall not give _____, and the poor shall not
give _____ than half a shekel. (15).

Short Answer (with a N.T. flavor)

This ransom money used for the tabernacle and later
the templewhere is it mentioned in the N.T.?
Matthew 17:24-27.

What was offered with the prayers of the saints upon

the golden altar (Rev. 8:3-5)?
See also Rev. 5:8.

Where is this passage found? For even the Son of

Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to
give His life a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45.

Lesson 10
Review and Preview
Sabbath Law
Craftsmen for the Tabernacle

Time Line
15th day, 1st month, 1st year: Israelites left Egypt (12:6, 31,
37-40).
15th day, 2nd month: Came to the Wilderness of Sin (16:1).
In the third month: Arrived at Mt. Sinai (19:1).
A few days passed:
God offered His covenant to the people, and they prepared to
hear God speak. He came down upon the mountain and
spoke the ten commandments to them (19-20).
The people were afraid; asked that God speak to Moses, and
then Moses tell them what God said (20:18-21).
God gave Moses an overview of the law (20:22-23:33).
The covenant was ratified (Ex. 24:1-8).

Time Line
Moses went into the mountain for 40 days (24:18).
At the end of the 40 days:
People build a golden calf, break their covenant (32).
Moses intercedes, and the covenant is renewed (32-34).

Moses returns to the mtn. for 40 days and nights (34:28).

Next 6 months:
The people build the tabernacle and all its furnishings.
They prepare garments for the priests.

1st day, 1st month, 2nd year: Tabernacle set up (40:1, 17).

Time Line
Next 7 days (after tabernacle is set up):
Aaron and his sons consecrated (40:12-15; Lev. 8:33-35).

8th day, 1st month: Aaron and sons begin work as priests
(Lev. 9:1).
1st through 12th day of 1st month: Princes of each tribe bring
a gift to provide the necessities for worship. They begin the
day the tabernacle is set up, with one prince coming each
of those 12 days (Numbers 7:1-2).
14th day, 1st month, 2nd year: People observe the Passover,
exactly one year since the last plague (Numbers 9:1-5).

Time Line
1st day, 2nd month, 2nd year: They begin counting/organizing
the people (Numbers 1:1).
They count the soldiers (Num. 1:1-46).
Organize tribes in correct camping/marching order (Num. 2).
They take the Levites in place of the firstborn (Num. 3).
Count/organize Levites in the age bracket to work (Num. 4).

14th day, 2nd month, 2nd year: Those unclean in the first
month partake of the Passover (Num. 9:11).
20th day, 2nd month, 2nd year: Time to leave Sinai (Num.
10:11-12).

Why Keep the Sabbath (31:12-18)?

Commanded
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath,
to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as
a perpetual covenant (16).
If it was a perpetual covenant, then why dont we keep it
today?
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding
a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a
shadow of things to come, but the substance is of
Christ (Col. 2:16-17).

Why Keep the Sabbath (31:12-18)?

As a sign between God and the children of Israel
Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign
between Me and you throughout your generations, that
you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you
(13).
It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel
forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and
the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was
refreshed (17).
Gen. 2:3; Exodus 16:22-30; 20:11.

Why Keep the Sabbath (31:12-18)?

For it is holy to you (14).
Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the
Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord (15).
What is the opposite of sanctifying something, or making
it holy?
Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death;
for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut
off from among the people (14).

Craftsmen Appointed for Tabernacle

(31:1-11; 35:30-36:1)
Whom did God fill with His Spirit? Bezalel (31:2-3)
alone, or Bezalel and Aholiab?
I have appointed with him Aholiab. (31:6).
He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work.
(35:35).

What effect did this filling of the Spirit have upon

them?
How were the other artisans equipped to do their
work? How did God put wisdom and understanding in
their hearts (31:6; 36:1)?

Combining Lessons 11-12

Exodus 32-34

Outline of Events
The people sin, breaking their covenant with God (32:1-6).
God is ready to destroy them (32:7-10).
Moses intercedes, and God relents (32:11-14).
Moses comes down from the mountain, sees their idolatry, and
breaks the tablets of stone (32:15-19).
Moses leads in punishing the guilty (32:20-29).
Moses intercedes for the people again (30:30-32).
God says He will send the people to inherit the land, but He will
not go with them (32:33-33:6).
Moses pleads with God to go with themto accept these people
as His people again (renew His covenant) (33:12-16).
God hears Moses and renews the covenant (33:17-34:28).

Faded Glory
2 Corinthians 3:7-13.
When did Moses put the veil on his face?
And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he
put a veil on his face (Exodus 34:33).

Why did he put the veil on his face?

so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at
the face of Moses because of the glory of his
countenance, which glory was passing away
(2 Cor. 3:7).
.so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at
the end of what was passing away (2 Cor. 3:13).

Outline with Questions

The people sin, breaking their covenant with God
(32:1-6).
What sin did they commit?
What proclamation did Aaron make? (5).

God is ready to destroy them (32:7-10).

Does God still call them His people?
What did God propose to do if he consumed the
Israelites?

Moses intercedes, and God relents (32:11-14).

Summarize the plea Moses made to God.

Outline with Questions

Moses comes down from the mountain, sees their
idolatry, and breaks the tablets of stone (32:15-19).
Who did the writing on these stones?
What did Joshua report to Moses?
What did Moses see besides the calf?

Moses leads in punishing the guilty (32:20-29).

What did he make them drink?
How did Aaron explain his actions?
What order did the sons of Levi obey?

Outline with Questions

Moses intercedes for the people again (32:30-32).
What did Moses first say to the people?
How did Moses word his request for forgiveness?

God says He will send the people to inherit the land,

but He will not go with them (32:33-33:6).
I will not go up in your midst (33:3). Why not?
How did the people respond to this bad news?

Outline with Questions

Moses pleads with God to go with themto accept
these people as His people again (renew His
covenant) (33:12-16).
How earnest was Moses with this request? (15).

God hears Moses, renews the covenant (33:17-34:28).

What did Moses ask God to show him? (33:18).
What orders did God give Moses? (34:1-3).
Finish this sentence: If now I have found grace in your
sight, O Lord. (34:9).

Lesson 13 (used as lesson 12)

Review of Ex. 32-34
Obedience, Giving,
Setting up the Tabernacle

Outline of Events
The people sin, breaking their _______with God (32:1-6).
God is ready to _______ them (32:7-10).
Moses intercedes, and God relents (32:11-14).
Moses comes down from the mountain, sees their idolatry, and
breaks _____ ________ ___ ________ (32:15-19).
Moses leads in punishing the guilty (32:20-29).
Moses _________for the people again (30:30-32).
God says He will send the people to inherit the land, but He will
not ___ ______ _____ (32:33-33:6).
Moses pleads with God to go with themto accept these people
as His people again (renew His covenant) (33:12-16).
God hears Moses and renews the covenant (33:17-34:28).

They Did it All

Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
made all that the LORD had commanded Moses (38:22).
Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting
was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all
that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did (39:32).
According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so
the children of Israel did all the work. Then Moses looked
over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD
had commanded, just so they had done it. (39:42-43).
Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had
commanded him, so he did (40:16).

And So Must We
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded
you. (Matthew 28:20).
.Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to
you (Acts 3:22).
For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test,
whether you are obedient in all things (2 Corinthians 2:9).
in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good
works (Titus 2:7).
.always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may
stand perfect and complete in all the will of God (Col. 4:12).

And Did They Ever Give

Earlier, the LORD gave instructions to Moses about giving for
the tabernacle from everyone who gives it willingly with his
heart you shall take My offering (25:1-9).
He now relays those instructions to the people (35:4-9).
And what was the response?
Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone
whose spirit was willing, and they brought the LORD's
offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its
service, and for the holy garments (35:21).
They brought more much than what was needed, and even
had to be restrained from giving more (36:4-7).

And So Must We
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let
each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or
of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:6-7).
Who gave beyond their ability?
The brethren in the churches of Macedonia (2 Cor. 9:1-5).

What are the keys to giving liberally?

Setting up the Tabernacle (40:17-33)

On what day was the tabernacle set up? (40:1, 17).
1st day, 1st month, 2nd year.

He put the silver sockets in place, put the boards in them,

inserted the bars (crossbars), and raised up the pillars.
He then spread the tent over the tabernacle and put all the
coverings over the tent.
He took the two tables of stone and placed them in the ark
of the covenant. He inserted rings through the poles of the
ark and set the mercy seat on top of it. He then placed the
ark of the covenant in its place, and hung the veil to hide
the ark and divide the Most Holy Place from the Holy Place.

Setting up the Tabernacle (40:17-33)

Moses placed the table of showbread on the north side of
the Holy Place and set out the bread before the LORD.
He placed the candlestick on the south side, opposite the
table, and set up the lamps before the LORD.
He placed the altar of incense in front of the veil and
burned sweet incense on it.
He then put the curtain at the entrance of the tabernacle.
Next he set up the altar of burnt offering in front of the
entrance to the tabernacle and offered burnt offerings and
grain offerings upon it.

Setting up the Tabernacle (40:17-33)

Then he placed the bronze laver between the altar of burnt
offering and the tabernacle and put water in it for washing.
He set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the
altar, which involved setting up the posts and hanging the
curtains.
Finally he hung the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard.
What phrase do you see over and over again in this
section?
.as the LORD had commanded Moses (vv. 19, 21, 23, 25,
27, 29, 32).