Exo 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. The priests for the people to minister before God.  

Exo 28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. Special dress code for the priests at this time. 

Exo 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. Aaron is to be set apart from the others as a "mediator" between God and the people. (i.e. a high priest). Many priests today still think that they are the go-between to God. Christ is our high-priest and mediator, not any man. (Hebrews 9:11).  

Exo 28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. A breastplate: Choshen, in Hebrew is used for the square breast-plate of the high priest, in which were set twelve precious stones, each being engraved with the name of one of the sons of Jacob. Ephod: The ephod seems to have been a short cloak, without sleeves. A robe: The word meil, from âlah, to ascend, go up on, may be considered as an upper garment that goes up or over the rest, a surtout.

Exo 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Breastplate of judgment: Genitive of relation, by which judgment is put for "giving judicial decision."

Exo 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. On the front of the breastplate would be twelve jewels in gold settings. Parallel with the twelve foundation stones in the city of New Jerusalem. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald. (Revelation 21:19). The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. (Revelation 21:20). The same type of stones that the priests wore on their breastplate to symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel here in (Exodus 28:17-21).

Exo 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. Upon his heart: The place of love.

Exo 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. Urim and Thummim mean "lights" and "perfections." Probably two precious stones which were drawn out as a lot to give Yahveh's judgment.

Exo 28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. Hole in the top: To enable the hand of the high priests to be put into the bag to draw out the Urim and Thummim.

Exo 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. This saying "HOLINESS TO THE LORD" was to be worn only on the forehead of the high priests.  

Exo 28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. Christ is our Representative, we are made holy in Him, and His ways.

Exo 28:43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. These garments were to be worn whenever Aaron and his sons enter the Tabernacle or approach the alter in the Holy Place to perform their priestly duties.

Exo 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, This was how a priest (man of God), was ordained.

Exo 29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. A ceremonial washing referred to in Hebrews 6:2, and rendered "baptism."

Exo 29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: The priestly dress code we talked about earlier.

Exo 29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. Anointing with blessed olive oil just as many do today.

Exo 29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. Symbolic of laying their sins on the bull.

Exo 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. Kind of a bloody messy ceremony back then. (Thank God we have our One and only Sacrifice in Christ Jesus).

Exo 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. Caul = the "omentum" not the midriff.

Exo 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. Burned outside as the sin offering as the animal gives up it's life to pay for the sins of the people. Again, Jesus Christ became our sin offering for the sins of the whole world. (Hebrews 13:11-13).  

Exo 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. A special and satisfying gift presented to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18).

Exo 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. A unique offering for the priests.

Exo 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. Put it upon the tip: All this doubtless was intended to signify, that the priest should dedicate all his faculties and powers to the service of God; his ear to the hearing and study of the law; his hands to diligence in the sacred ministry, and to all acts of obedience; and his feet to walking in the way of God's precepts; for the ear is the symbol of obedience, the hand of action, and the foot of the path or conduct in life. And the sprinkling might further teach him, that he could neither hear, work, nor walk profitably, uprightly, and well pleasingly in the sight of God, without the application of the blood of the sacrifice.  

Exo 29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: Wave offering: Turned to the four quarters of the earth. Heave offering: Lifted up to heaven for Yahveh only. (See appendix 43.II.ix, viii).

Exo 29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. For them it was literal, for us it is spiritual. (Matthew 12:4, John 6:33).

Exo 29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. Only for the priests used for their purification in the ordination ceremony.

Exo 29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. Seven day ceremony.

Exo 29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. Day by day continually. Divine comment on this. Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience. (Hebrews 9:9). This illustration pertains to the present time. The gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people any longer. (They are no longer needed and are useless for us today). For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. (Hebrews 10:1). The old system under the law of Moses was just a shadow of thing to come. The sacrifices repeated again and again were never able to provide complete cleansing for those who came to worship. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. (Hebrews 10:2). If the old sacrifices provided perfect cleansing, they would have stopped and the worshippers would have been purified once and for all and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.

Exo 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. Wine: Fermented wine.

Exo 29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. That I may dwell: This was the object in bringing them forth from Egypt and out of bondage. (Exodus 20:2). He would be their God and they would be His people. (Jeremiah 31:33).

Exo 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. The thought here was connected with prayer. The smoke from the burning incense rises upward, like prayers ascending to heaven. On the other hand, where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was called also the golden altar (Numbers 4:11); and the incense was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.

Exo 30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. The altar would be around 18" square and 36" high.

Exo 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. Before the mercy seat that is over the testimony: The words לפני הכפרת אשׁר על העדת, liphney haccapporeth asher al haaiduth, "before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony," are thought to be a repetition of the preceding clause, לפני הפרכת אשׁר על ארן הערת, liphney happarocheth asher al aron haaiduth, "before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony; the word הפרכת , [Strong's H6532], happarocheth, "the vail," being corrupted, by transposing the letters into הכפרת , [Strong's H3727], hacapporeth, "the mercy-seat," and the word ארן, [Strong's H727], aron, "ark," omitted. This repetition, places the altar of incense before the mercy-seat, and consequently in the Holy of Holies. Now this could not be, as the altar of incense was attended every day, and the Holy of Holies entered only once in the year.

Exo 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. Every morning Aaron would maintain the lamps, and burn incense on the altar. (Exodus 27:20-21, 1 Samuel 2:28).

Exo 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. Each evening when Aaron lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord's presence.

Exo 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. Once a year Aaron was to purify the altar. (Leviticus 16:18, 29:30, Numbers 29:7).

Exo 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. The age ready to serve in the army of Israel. (Numbers 1:3, 1:20, 26:2).

Exo 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. No difference in the matter of atonement (Acts 10:34, Romans 3:22-23, 10:12). Then, all Israel without exception: but now "all" without distinction. i.e. we are all equal in God's eyes.

Exo 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.  

Exo 30:18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. Laver: This would be a bronze washbasin placed between the Tabernacle and the altar.

Exo 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels. Pure myrrh: Myrrh is a white gum, issuing from the trunk and larger branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing in Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter; but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments among the ancients. The epithet deror, rendered pure, properly denotes fluid, from the Arabic darra, to flow; by which is meant the finest and most excellent kind, called stacte, which issues of itself from the bark without incision.

Cinnamon: Kinnamon bosem, odoriferous or spicy cinnamon, is the bark of the canella, a small tree of the size of a willow growing in the island of Ceylon.

Sweet calamus: Kenaih bosem, calamus aromaticus, or odoriferous cane, is a reed growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in height, bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round, containing in its cavity a soft white pith. It is said to scent the air while growing; and when cut down, dried, and powdered, makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes.

Exo 30:24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: Cassia: The bark of a kind of Indian cinnamon.

Exo 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. The blended ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.

Exo 30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. Flesh: The oil is the type of the Holy Spirit. His work not to act on the flesh, but give holy spirit (pneuma hagion), (John 3:6).

Exo 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: Stacte: Heb. nataph, The Jews and others suppose it to be what was afterwards called the balm of Jericho, or Gilead.

Onycha: The word shechaileth is generally allowed to denote onycha (nail-fish, from its form), as it is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate. It is the shell of the purpura, and of the whole class of murex; and serves as the basis of the principal perfumes in India.

Galbanum: Chelbenah, (probably from chalay, milk or gum, and lavan, white), is the gummy, resinous juice of an umbelliferous plant, the bubon gumniferum of Linneus, growing in Syria, Persia, and Africa. It rises with a ligneous stalk from eight to ten feet, and is garnished with leaves at every joint. The top of the stalk is terminated by an umbel of yellow flowers which are succeeded by oblong channeled seeds, which have a thin membrane or wing on their border. When any part of the plant is broken, there issues out a little thin juice, of a cream color, of a fat, tough substance, like gum ammoniac, composed of many small, shining grains, of a strong, piercing smell and a sharp, warm taste.

Exo 30:35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: Tempered together: Perfect in parts; perfect in it's whole. So in the Antitype. Pure and holy: Typical of the holiness and unimaginable purity of Christ.

Exo 30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

Exo 30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. Reserved for the Lord only.  

Exo 31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, Filled him with the gift of the Holy Spirit, giving him great wisdom and ability in all kinds of crafts.

Exo 31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, A master craftsman working with gold, silver, and bronze. 

Exo 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. Skilled in mounting gemstones and carving wood.

Exo 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; Special skills given by the Lord to all the gifted craftsmen. (What special skill has God given you)?

Exo 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. You: Israel, not the church of God. Christians today usually worship on Sunday, not the Sabbath (Saturday). Why? Because Jesus rose on a Sunday, and the early church met on Sunday. (Mark 16:9, John 20:19, Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2). 

Exo 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And was refreshed: God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man; though it may refer to the delight and satisfaction with which he contemplated the completion of all his works, and pronounced them very good. (Genesis 1:31, Job 38:7, Psalm 104:31, Jeremiah 32:41).

Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Two tablets: These first two tablets were "the work of God" (Exodus 32:16, 24:12). Stone: The second tablets were hewn by Moses (Exodus 34:1-4). Both written by God.

Exo 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Now Moses has been up on the mountain for 40 days getting instructions from God, and the Israelites are getting itchy feet. They think he is not coming back, so they want to make their own gods. (Makes you wonder how they made it this far). Make us gods: The great sin of to-day (1 Corinthians 10:7-11). Not made of materials like here, but made by imagination, and worshipped by the senses.  

Exo 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. Aaron gives right into the people. (What was he thinking).

Exo 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Calf: This was the chief Egyptian god which they were familiar in Egypt. These be thy gods: Explained in (Nehemiah 9:18), meaning, "this is thy god." (Psalm 106:19-21).

Exo 32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. What is Aaron thinking here? Does he actually think they will be worshipping "Yahveh," with the golden calf. (All done under cover of "religion"). Remember, Christianity is "real life," not religion. 

Exo 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. They get up early to sacrifice burn and peace offerings, but after this it is "party on!" Sound familiar? (No doubt at this feast they sacrificed after the manner of the Egyptians). 

Exo 32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: What a bunch of losers! Notice God says to Moses, "Your people." It appears that God does not want anything to do with them. Can you blame Him? Only 40 days and the whole bunch have corrupted themselves with false gods and rituals. (Deuteronomy 32:5), A perverse and crooked generation. Sound familiar? 

Exo 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Bow down and worship (pray too), images made by man. Again, sound familiar? 

Exo 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Stubborn and rebellious people. (Psalm 78:8). 

Exo 32:10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. Wow... Moses must be thinking. "Is God serious here?" Is He really going to wipe these people out? Is it my fault? (Maybe God is just testing Moses).

Exo 32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Thy people: This is the reply of Moses. He knows they were not "cast off" (Romans 11:2), but only "cast aside" (Romans 11:15), for a little moment. 

Exo 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Moses is reasoning with the Lord. Why let the Egyptians say their God (Yahveh), rescued them just to destroy them? At the same time, Moses is pleading with God not to destroy the people He has chosen.

Exo 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. God's promise to the patriarchs.

Exo 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. It appears Moses and his appeal worked with God. (Psalm 106:45).

Exo 32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.  

Exo 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. Written by God Himself! It really yanks my chain when I here people say "God didn't write the bible, man did." The bible was written by the inspiration of God. "He puts His Words in the hearts of men." (2 Corinthians 3:3, Hebrews 8:10).

Exo 32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. Joshua had waited patiently during all the forty days, in the place where Moses had left him - below the summit of the mount, at a distance from the people, and out of the way of temptation. 

Exo 32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. The people were down their drinking, partying, and dancing, to their golden god. (As in the worship of Apis, a bull-deity).

Exo 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. When Moses saw the golden calf and all the dancing, "he burned with anger." He threw the stone tablets to the ground and smashed them.  

Exo 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. Took the calf: How truly contemptible must the object of their idolatry appear, when they were obliged to drink their god, reduced to powder, and strewed on the water. Some have asked, how gold, the most ductile and ponderous of all metals, could have been stamped into dust, and strewed on the water. In (Deuteronomy 9:21), this is fully explained. I took, says Moses, your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire; that is, melted it down, probably into ingots or gross plates, and stamped it, beat it into thin lamine, something like our gold leaf, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust, which might be very easily done by the action of the hands, when beat into thin plates or leaves as the original words ekkoth, and dak, imply. (Deuteronomy 7:5, 7:25, 9:21).

Exo 32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? What the hell did you do Aaron? You let these people bring a terrible sin upon them.

Exo 32:22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. Not my fault... You know how evil these people can be.

Exo 32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Of course Aaron tries to pass the buck onto Moses.

Exo 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. Did you ever get an excuse from someone that is so ridiculous that it makes you laugh. This was one of those excuses. "Aaron tries to say that he simply threw the gold jewelry into the fire and it popped out a golden calf." 

Exo 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) Moses saw that Aaron let the people get totally out of control. (They looked like fools to their enemies). Some of the things going on in churches today make the people look very foolish also. (Did you ever go to a so called church just to see the congregation jump around, fall all over, and jabber like lunatics thinking they are entertaining the spirit)? A bunch of phonies. "God is not an author of confusion." "He is a God of truth, the living, and reality."   

Exo 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. Moses shouts to the people, "All of you who are on the side of the Lord, come and join me." All the sons of Levi (a son of Jacob), gathered around Moses. Jesus said the same thing to the Pharisees. (Matthew 12:30).

Exo 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. The Levites didn't just kill anyone; Judgment was upon all of those people who were unrepentant.

Exo 32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. These 3,000 were the "men" slain by "the sons of Levi." The 23,000 of (1 Corinthians 10:8), includes those who died of the "plague" which followed. (Exodus 32:35).

Exo 32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. Or, another reading of this verse is, and Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lord; because every man hath been against his son and against his brother, etc.

Exo 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. Moses is going to try and set things right with the Lord.

Exo 32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Moses' fifth ascent. 

Exo 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. Blot me: (Psalm 69:28), Allusion may be made to the registry of births, in which those born of a particular tribe were entered in the list of their respective families under that tribe. This was the book of life; and when any died, his name might be considered as blotted out of this list. But as Moses addressed the Lord, he undoubtedly referred, by faith, to the book of God's remembrance.

Exo 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Moses is in the clear here, but not the one's who have sinned against the Lord. (Under the Law, the sinner blotted out: under grace, sin blotted out). 

Exo 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. Go and lead the people and My angel will lead the way for you. However, the people will be held accountable for their sins. "Postponed judgment." (Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:33, Ezekiel 18:1-3, Matthew 23:32-36).

Exo 32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. See (Exodus 32:28), along with this verse. 

Exo 33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: Get your act together and get going. 

Exo 33:2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: Angel of the Lord will go before you. Nothing to worry about.

Exo 33:3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. Go to the land that I (the Lord) had promised, but I will not go with you. Got is a little upset with the people for being so rebellious and stubborn.

Exo 33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. Shows that Moses had descended again.

Exo 33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. Moses tells the people your a bunch of hard-headed idiots. If the Lord was to go with you, He would destroy you. God tells you to remove your fancy jewelry and clothes and humble yourself.

Exo 33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. Finally did something right.

Exo 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. Tabernacle, for this was not erected; but probably the tent of Moses, which was before in the midst of the camp, and to which the people came for judgment; and where, no doubt, God frequently met his servant. This situation, as well as the superior elegance, of a chief's tent, was one mode by which he was honored.

Exo 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 

Exo 33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. Symbol of God's presence. A cloud by day and fire by night.

Exo 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. Bowed down humbly before the entrance of the tent.

Exo 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. Face to face: The Lord spoke to Moses as a friend. Moses would then return to the camp, but Joshua would remain in the tent.

Exo 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Moses wants to know who is going to lead the people with him to the promised land.

Exo 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. The presence of the Lord will be with you and everything will be fine.

Exo 33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Moses does not want to go anywhere without the presence of God. (Good rule of thumb for our lives).

Exo 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. When God is with you, it can set you apart from other people and the ways of the world. But, don't get to comfortable; part of our job is dealing with other people, especially the lost and sinners. However, be careful. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Corinthians 6:17). Don't get to close to an unbeliever when all possible. You can be around them, but do not follow their ways of the world. (Proverbs 9:6), forget the foolish; and live and go in the way of understanding.

Exo 33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. God loved Moses and He called him friend.

Exo 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. Goodness: The glory could not have been endured; grace comes first, glory is reserved for the future. I will proclaim the name: This is done in (Exodus 34:5-7). 

Exo 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. Of that divine glory mentioned in the Scripture, there is one degree which the eyes of the prophets were able to explore; another which all the Israelites saw, as the cloud and consuming fire; the third is so bright, and so dazzling, that no mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to look on it, his whole frame would be dissolved." In such inconceivable splendor is the Divine Majesty revealed to the inhabitants of the celestial world, where he is said to "dwell in the light which no man can approach unto" (1 Timothy 6:16). By the "face of God," therefore, we are to understand that light inaccessible before which angels may stand, but which would be so insufferable to mortal eyes, that no man could see it and live.  

Exo 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: Some see this as a picture of Jesus, for He is our Rock, and through Him, the only way we can get close to God.

Exo 33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. A presence so great that no human could handle. (Exodus 33:20, John 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:16). However, Moses would get a glimpse of God from behind. "What an awesome experience."

Exo 34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. Moses must have descended for the fifth time. Moses would make the second tablets; Yahveh made the first. (Exodus 31:18).

Exo 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. This would be Moses' sixth and last ascent.  

Exo 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. The Lord came down in a cloud and stood with Moses. As promised in (Exodus 33:19). "God is going to describe Himself to Moses."

Exo 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, In Hebrew, Lord = Yahveh. God = El. Longsuffering: (Romans 2:4), so that all would come to repentance. 

Exo 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. No means clear the guilty: The Hebrew nakkeh lo yenakkeh, has been rendered "Acquitting him who is not innocent." Nothing can more strongly express the goodness of God to frail mortals than this declaration, "which has been misunderstood and misinterpreted by many translators." God is willing to forgive everything. (Psalm 103:3, Daniel 9:9, Matthew 12:31, 1 John 1:9).

Exo 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. Now Moses gets the full picture. He threw himself to the ground and worshipped.

Exo 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. Lord... My Lord: Hebrews Strong's H135 "adonay," "Adonai." This is one of the 134 places where Jehovah (Yahveh), was altered to Adonai by the Sopherim (Levite scribes). (See appendix 32).  

Exo 34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. Covenant: A covenant of marvels. This covenant finds its complete fulfillment in the Apocalypse. 

Exo 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: Make no treaty with the people in the land where you are going, or you might follow their evil ways. "It's a jungle out there."

Exo 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: Groves: Hebrew "asherah" (or Astarte), a Phoenician goddess; also a image of the same grove. (i.e. keep away from the pagan gods).

Exo 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Our God is a jealous God. (Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 6:15, 32:16, Joshua 24:19, 1 Corinthians 10:22). 

Exo 34:16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. Don't mess around with their daughters, they will seduce you and make you worship other gods. (Deuteronomy 7:3-4).

Exo 34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. No more golden calf, like the bad influence that came form Egypt.

Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. The Sabbath day being a local observance. 

Exo 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. Appear before the Lord: Passover, Pentecost, Feast of Tabernacles. Thrice = The number of Divine perfection. (A good rule of thumb if you want to take communion more than once a year). However, Jesus told us to do this in remembrance of Him on Passover.  

Exo 34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. Nothing to worry about when you meet three times a year. (The people and their land will be protected). 

Exo 34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. Write down these instructions. (The terms of the covenant for you and Israel).

Exo 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. A second copy of the ten commandments.

Exo 34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. Face shone: As the original word karan, signifies to shine out, or dart forth, as horns on the head of an animal, or rays of light reflected from a polished surface, we may suppose that the heavenly glory which filled the soul of this holy man, darted out from his face in coruscations, in the manner in which light is generally represented. The Vulgate renders it, et ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies sua, "and he did not know that his face was horned;" which version, misunderstood, has induced painters to represent Moses with two very large horns, one proceeding from each temple.

Exo 34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. The people were a little afraid to come near Moses.

Exo 34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. Covered his face with a veil. (A practice used today by some Jewish men when they pray and worship).

Exo 34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. When Moses spoke to the Lord, he would remove the veil.

Exo 34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. Again: And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: (2 Corinthians 3:13). Paul is saying that we are not like Moses who put the veil over his head so that the people of Israel would not see the glory that was destined to fade away. We as believers can now go where no man has gone before. "Right into the holy of holies." (Ephesians 2:14-15, Hebrews 10:1-9).

Exo 35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. Instructions from the Lord for the people will be given by Moses.

Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. Pretty tough consequences if you worked on the Sabbath.

Exo 35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, Note the willing hearted. This goes deeper than just supporting your church. So, your walking down the street and notice an elderly lady picking up pop cans and loose change. As you pass her by, you reach in your pocket and pull out your last five dollar bill, and call out to the lady; ma'am, ma'am, she stops and looks back. I believe this fell out of your pocket you tell the lady and discreetly hand her the bill. She takes the bill and returns a smile and tear of gratitude, then goes on her way. He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given. (Proverbs 19:17). "When you give to the needy, your giving to God." Your reward may only be a "good feeling" from compassion, but it is better than any monetary reward.

Exo 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, Moses goes on with a list of things that will be needed to build the Tabernacle.

Exo 35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. Their hearts were moved by the Spirit. (The Holy Spirit).

Exo 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; Bezaleel (the shadow, protection), "in the shadow of God." One of the main architects of the Tabernacle. His charge was chiefly in all works of metal, wood, and stone.

Exo 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; Jack of all trades you could say. All wisdom comes from God. (Proverbs 2:6-8).

Exo 35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Aholiab: A Danite of great skill as a weaver and embroiderer.

Exo 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. It's not always about the money, or what you can do for the church. When God gives you special skills, it's what you can do for the Lord. Use your skills to help one in need once in a while. "God loves that."

Exo 36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. It was God who gifted all those who were involved in building the sanctuary and the construction of the Tabernacle.

Exo 36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: Moses summoned his construction crew who were eager to get to work for the Lord.

Exo 36:3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. Plenty of gifts and materials, in fact, they were bringing to much.

Exo 36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. The people were bringing to much so Moses had them stop with their offerings. (Not something you would here today in the church).

Exo 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. They had plenty to complete the project.

Exo 36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. Chapters (36:9 - 39:43), has to do with the actual building of the Tabernacle. We covered this in (Exodus 25-31), from the Tent itself, to the Priestly Garments.