Good Morning. And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial. (Exodus 28:12) As we have shared previously, these shoham...

Good Morning. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel.  (Exodus 28:11) The two shoham stones, worn on the shoulders of the High Priest, were both engraved with the...

Good Morning. Then you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel. (Exodus 28:9) Though most translations identify these two stones as being onyx stones, the reality is that the Hebrew word shoham is of unknown origin. In fact, many...

Good Morning. So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. (Exodus 28:3) Just as with all of the other components that...

Good Morning. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:2) That the garments prepared for Aaron and his sons are described as being for "glory and beauty" is interesting considering their duties. No doubt, the...

Good Morning. Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (Exodus 28:1) The selection of Aaron and his sons to be priests unto...

 Good Morning. And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. (Exodus 27:20) In addition to providing a pure light in the sanctuary, the menorah was to provide a...

 Good Morning. And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. (Exodus 27:20) The oil that was to be presented by the children of Israel, according to the Hebrew word...

 Good Morning. You shall also make the court of the tabernacle....The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze. All the utensils of the tabernacle for...

 Good Morning. You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits. You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it...

 Good Morning. You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim. ... And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind...

  Good Morning. You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim. ... And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there,...