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Day 112: Sacred Offerings and the Construction of the Tabernacle

Welcome to Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience! On Day 112, we delve into God's instructions to Moses regarding the contributions and specifications for building the holy sanctuary, the Ark of the Covenant, a table, and a lampstand. Listen as we outline the materials needed, such as gold, silver, and precious stones, and the precise dimensions and details for creating these sacred items. Understand the importance of following God's exact patterns for the tabernacle and its furnishings, as described in the biblical narrative. Join us in this detailed exploration of the ancient craftsmanship ordained by God for the Israelites.

00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:04 Instructions for Sacred Offerings
00:59 Building the Ark of the Covenant
02:48 Constructing the Table and Lampstand
05:00 Conclusion and Farewell

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Day 100 and 12

The Lord said to Moses, tell the people of
Israel to bring me their sacred offerings.

Accept the contributions from all
whose hearts are moved to offer them.

Here is a list of sacred
offerings you may accept from

them, gold, silver, and bronze.

Blue, purple and scarlet thread.

Find linen and goat hair for cloth.

Tanned Rams skins and fine goat skin
leather, acacia wood, olive oil for

the lamps, spices for the anointing
oil and the fragrant incense, onyx

stones, and other gemstones to be set
in the OD and the priests chest piece.

Have the people of Israel build me a
holy sanctuary so I can live among them.

You must build this tabernacle
and its furnishings exactly

according to the pattern.

I will show you have the people
make an arc of Acacia wood, a

sacred chest, 45 inches long, 27
inches wide, and 27 inches high.

Overlay it inside and outside
with pure gold and run a

molding of gold all around it.

Cast four gold rings and attach them to
its four feet, two rings on each side.

Make poles from a Keisha wood
and overlay them with gold.

Insert the poles into the rings at
the sides of the arc to carry it.

These carrying poles must stay
inside the rings, never remove them.

When the ark is finished place inside it,
the stone tablets inscribed with the terms

of the covenant, which I will give to you.

Then make the arks cover the
place of atonement from pure gold.

It must be 45 inches
long and 27 inches wide.

Then make two cherubim from
hammered gold and place them on the

two ends of the atonement cover.

Mold the cherubim on each end
of the atonement cover, making

it all of one piece of gold.

The cherubim will face each other
and look down on the atonement cover

with their wings spread above it.

They will protect it.

Place inside the ark.

The stone tablets inscribed with the terms
of the covenant, which I will give to you.

Then put the atonement
cover on top of the ark.

I will meet with you there and talk
to you from above the atonement

cover between the gold cherubim that
hover over the ark of the covenant.

From there, I will give you my
commands for the people of Israel.

Then make a table of a Keisha
wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches

wide, and 27 inches high.

Overlay it with pure gold and run
a gold molding around the edge.

Decorate it with a three inch
border all around and run a

gold molding along the border.

Make four gold rings for the table
and attach them at the four corners.

Next to the four legs, attach the
rings near the border to hold the

poles that are used to carry the table.

Make these poles from a Keisha
wood and overlay them with gold.

Make special containers of pure
gold for the table bowls, ladles,

pitchers, and jars to be used
in pouring out liquid offerings.

Place the bread of the
presents on the table.

To remain before me at all times,

make a lamp stand of pure hammered gold.

Make the entire lamp stand in
its decorations of one piece.

The base center stem lamp,
cups, buds, and pedals.

Make it with six branches going out from
the center, STEM three on each side.

Each of the six branches will have
three lamp cups shaped like almond

blossoms complete with buds and pedals.

Craft the center stem of the lamp stand
with four lamp cups shaped like almond

blossoms complete with buds and pedals.

There will also be an almond bud beneath
each pair of branches where the six

branches extend from the center stem.

The almond buds and branches must all be
of one piece with the center stem, and

they must be hammered from pure gold.

Then make the seven lamps for
the lamp stand and set them so

they reflect their light forward.

The lamp snuffers in trays
must also be made of pure gold.

You'll need 75 pounds of pure gold for
the lamp stand and its accessories.

Be sure that you make everything
according to the pattern I have

shown you here on the mountain.

This concludes today's
Immer Reading Experience.

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