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Day 115: Detailed Instructions for the Tabernacle and Priesthood – Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience

In Day 115 of Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience, detailed instructions are given for constructing an incense altar, preparing holy anointing oils, and creating sacred garments for the priests. Specific materials and measurements are outlined, emphasizing the importance of purity and adherence to God’s commands. God also appoints craftsmen imbued with divine wisdom and skill to build the tabernacle and its furnishings. Additional laws regarding offerings during a census, and the perpetual observance of the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant, are provided. These elements reflect the meticulous nature of religious observance and the sanctity of rituals in the Israelite community.

00:00 Introduction to Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience
00:04 Instructions for the Incense Altar
01:38 Census and Ransom Money
02:36 The Bronze Wash Basin
03:15 Holy Anointing Oil
05:38 Craftsmanship for the Tabernacle
07:08 Observing the Sabbath
08:32 Conclusion of Today's Reading

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Day 100 and 15.

then make another altar of
Acacia wood for burning incense.

Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches
high with horns at the corner's, carved

from the same piece of wood as the altar
itself, overlay the top sides and horns

of the altar with pure gold and run a
gold molding around the entire altar.

Make two gold rings and attach them on
opposite sides of the altar below the

gold molding to hold the carrying poles.

Make the poles of a Keisha wood
and overlay them with gold.

Place the incense altar just outside
the inner curtain that shields the

ark of the covenant in front of the
ark's cover the place of atonement

that covers the tablets, inscribed
with the terms of the covenant.

I will meet you there.

Every morning when Aaron maintains the
lamps, he must burn fragrant incense

on the altar, and each evening when
he lights the lamps, he must again

burn incense in the Lord's presence.

This must be done from
generation to generation.

Do not offer any unholy incense on
this altar or any burnt offerings,

grain offerings, or liquid offerings.

Once a year, Aaron must purify the
altar by smearing its horns with

blood from the offering made to
purify the people from their sin.

This will be a regular annual event
from generation to generation for

this is the Lord's most holy altar.

Then the Lord said to Moses, Whenever
you take a census of the people of

Israel, each man who is counted must
pay a ransom for himself to the Lord.

Then no plague will strike
the people as you count them.

Each person who is counted must
give a small piece of silver as

a sacred offering to the Lord.

This payment is half a shekel based on
the sanctuary shekel, which equals 20 g.

All who have reached their
20th birthday must give this

sacred offering to the Lord.

When this offering is given to the
Lord to purify your lives, making

you right with him, the rich must not
give more than the specified amount,

and the poor must not give less.

Receive this ransom money from
the Israelites and use it for

the care of the tabernacle.

It will bring the Israelites to the Lord's
attention and it will purify your lives.

Then the Lord said to Moses, make a
bronze wash basin with a bronze stand.

Place it between the tabernacle and
the altar and fill it with water.

Aaron and his sons will wash
their hands and feet there.

They must wash with water whenever they go
into the tabernacle to appear before the

Lord, and when they approach the altar to
burn up their special gifts to the Lord

or they will die, they must always wash
their hands and feet or they will die.

This is a permanent law for Aaron
and his descendants to be observed

from generation to generation.

Then the Lord said to Moses,
collect choice spices.

12 and a half pounds of pure meh.

Six and a quarter pounds
of fragrant cinnamon.

Six and a quarter pounds of
fragrant calamus, and 12 and a

half pounds of cascia as measured
by the weight of the sanctuary.

Sheckle also get one gallon of olive
oil, like a skilled incense maker.

Blend these ingredients to
make a holy anointing oil.

Use this sacred oil to anoint the
tabernacle, the arc of the covenant,

the table and all its utensils, the
lamp stand and all its accessories.

The incense altar, the altar of burnt
offering, and all its utensils and the

wash basin with its stand, consecrate
them to make them absolutely holy.

After this, whatever touches
them will also become holy.

Anoint.

Aaron and his sons also consecrating them
to serve me as priests and say to the

people of Israel, this holy anointing.

Oil is reserved for me from
generation to generation.

It must never be used to anoint
anyone else, and you must never make

any blend like it for yourselves.

It is holy and you must treat it as holy.

Anyone who makes a blend like it or
anoints someone other than a priest

will be cut off from the community.

Then the Lord said to Moses,
gather fragrant spices.

Resin droplets, Mok, shell and
galban, and mix these fragrant spices

with pure frankincense weighed out
in equal amounts using the usual

techniques of the incense maker.

Blend the spices together and
sprinkle them with salt to

produce a pure and holy incense.

Grind some of the mixture into a
very fine powder and put it in front

of the Ark of the Covenant where I
will meet with you in the tabernacle.

You must treat this instance as most holy.

Never use this formula to make
this instance for yourselves.

It is reserved for the Lord
and you must treat it as holy.

Anyone who makes incense like
this for personal use will be

cut off from the community.

Then the Lord said to Moses.

Look, I have specifically chosen
Beel son of your eye, grandson

of her, of the tribe of Judah.

I have filled him with the spirit of
God, giving him great wisdom, ability,

and expertise in all kinds of crafts.

He is a master craftsman expert in
working with gold, silver, and bronze.

He is skilled in engraving and
mounting gemstones and in carving

wood, he is a master at every craft.

I have personally appointed a
holy AB son of Ishak, of the

tribe of Dan to be his assistant.

Moreover, I have given special
skill to all the gifted craftsmen so

they can make all the things I have
commanded you to make the tabernacle,

the ark of the Covenant, the arks
cover, the place of atonement, all

the furnishings of the tabernacle.

The table and its utensils.

The pure gold lamp stand
with all its accessories.

The incense altar, the altar of
burnt offering with all its utensils,

the wash basin with its stand, the
beautifully stitched garments, the

sacred garments for Aaron, the priest,
and the garments for his sons to

wear as they minister as priests.

The anointing oil, the fragrant
incense for the holy place.

The craftsman must make everything
as I have commanded you.

The Lord then gave these
instructions to Moses.

Tell the people of Israel
be careful to keep.

My Sabbath day for the Sabbath is a
sign of the covenant between me and

you from generation to generation.

It is given so you may know that
I am the Lord who makes you holy.

You must keep the Sabbath day
for it is a holy day for you.

Anyone who desecrates
it must be put to death.

Anyone who works on that day will
be cut off from the community.

You have six days each week for your
ordinary work, but the seventh day

must be a Sabbath day of complete rest.

A holy day dedicated to the Lord.

Anyone who works on the
Sabbath must be put to death.

The people of Israel must keep
the Sabbath day by observing it

from generation to generation.

This is a covenant
obligation for all time.

It is a permanent sign of my
covenant with the people of Israel.

For in six days, the Lord made heaven
and earth, but on the seventh day,

he stopped working and was refreshed.

When the Lord finished speaking with Moses
on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone

tablets inscribed with the terms of the
covenant written by the finger of God.

This concludes today's
Immer reading experience.

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