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About this Bible Study........The King James Version of the Bible is written in a beautiful form of the English language. It can be hard for modern English readers to understand.  In this study, you will find notes and summaries in brown just above the the verses from the Bible. We recommend that you read the notes and summaries first, and then read the verses in their KJV form. 


The book of Exodus was written by Moses.  The word "exodus" means to "go out" or "leave".  This book is about the Israelites leaving Egypt and going back to Canaan. Exodus begins about 350 after Joseph died.  The date that the Israelites leave Egypt is about  1445 B.C. (1, 445 years before Jesus Christ was born).

Exodus 22 -25
God gives Moses laws.
God gives the Israelites special holidays to celebrate.
Moses goes up on the mountain and talks to God.
God gives Moses instructions for building a tabernacle.

Laws about stealing

Exodus 22

If a man steals someone's ox or sheep and then kills it and sells the meat, he must repay the owner. He must repay 5 oxen for the 1 that he stole. He just repay 4 sheep for the 1 sheep that he stole.
[1] If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.


This law is about a thief who is breaking into someone's house, and the homeowner catches him.  If the break-in happens at night, and the homeowner kills the thief, the homeowner will not be punished.  If the break-in happens during the day, and the homeowner kills the thief, the homeowner will be punished.  If the thief does not die, he must pay for the items he stole.  If the thief is poor and does not own anything, he will be sold and will become a slave.
 
[2] If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
[3] If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.


If the thief has not killed the animal he stole, he must give the animals back to the owner and give him an extra animal, too.

[4] If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.


Laws on various topics

If a man lets his animals eat the plants in another man's farm, he must give the farm owner the best plants from his own farm.

[5] If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.


If there is a fire that burns the corn plants in a farmer's field, the person who started the fire must pay for the corn that was burned.
[6] If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.


If a man is keeping items for his friend, and the items get stolen, the thief must pay back double. If no one can find the thief, the man who was storing the items must go to the judges. They will decide if he was really the thief.
[7] If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
[8] If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.


If two people claim to own the same animals, clothes, or other property, the judges will decide who is lying and who is the real owner. The person who is lying will pay the real owner double.

[9] For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.


This law is about one man giving his animals to another man for safe keeping.  If an animal dies, is hurt, or is missing, the man who was keeping the animals must promise before God that he did not steal the animal himself. He will not need to pay the owner for the lost animal.  But if the animal was stolen, the man keeping the animals must pay the owner for it. If the animal died because another animal attacked it, the man will not have to pay for it.
[10] If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
[11] Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
[12] And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
[13] If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

If one man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it gets hurt or dies, he must pay for it. This is only if the owner was not there. If the owner was there, then the man does not need to pay for it. If the man had paid to borrow it, he does not need to pay more to the owner. 
[14] And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
[15] But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.


If a man has sexual relations with an unmarried woman, he must marry the woman.  If the woman's father will not give his permission for his daughter to get married, the man must pay the father money. The amount of money will be the same price that all men pay to the families when they marry their daughters.

[16] And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
[17] If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

A woman who was a witch was supposed to be killed.
[18] Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

People who had sexual relations with animals should be killed.
[19] Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

If anyone made sacrfices to a different god, he should be killed.
[20] He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

People should never be bad to strangers. Many years before, the Israelites were strangers in Egypt.
[21] Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

People should never be bad to widows (women whose husbands died) or children who did not have fathers. If people treated them badly, God would hear their prayers and would be angry. He would kill the people who were treating the widows and children without fathers badly.
[22] Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
[23] If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
[24] And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

This law is about charging interest.  Interest is money charged to borrow money.  If someone loaned money to someone else who was poor, he should not charge him much interest.
[25] If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Sometimes if one person was making a promise to another person, he would give him some of his clothes until he had kept his promise.  The clothes should be returned to the owner before the sun went down (the same day).  If the person didn't get his clothes back, he would have nothing to sleep in. He would cry, and God would hear him.
[26] If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
[27] For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.


No one should talk bad about God or their leaders.
  
[28] Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

No one should be slow to offer the first things grown in their gardens or their first drinks.  Also, they should not be slow to give their first sons to God.  The same rule was for oxen and sheep--they should be offered when they were 8 days old.
[29] Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
[30] Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

The Israelites were special to God. They were His people. They needed to follow the rules to be holy men.  One rule is that they should never eat meat of an animal that was killed by another animal.  Meat of an animal killed out in the field would not be clean. It should not be eaten.
[31] And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.


Exodus 23

No one should tell a story that was false.  No one should lie to help a bad person.
[1] Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.


No one should do bad things because many others are doing them.  No one should tell lies in court even if many others have lied.
[2] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

No one should favor a poor man only because he is poor.
[3] Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

If someone sees an ox or a donkey that is loose, he should take it back to the owner even if the owner is his enemy.
[4] If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

If someone sees a donkey fall down because it was carrying too much weight, he should help it even if its owner is his enemy.
[5] If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

Poor people should have equal justice in court.
[6] Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

They should stay far away from lies. They should not kill the innocent or good people.
[7] Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

No one should take a bribe. A bribe is money given by a person to make the other person behave a certain way.  Bribes are paid for a bad purpose.  One person wants the other person to do something wrong.  Bribes make smart people behave in wrong ways. Bribes make good people say things that are wrong.
[8] And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

No one should treat a stranger badly. The Israelites were once strangers in Egypt. They knew how it felt.
[9] Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The people should grow plants on their land for six years.  In the 7th year, they should not grow anything on their land. The land needed to rest.  During the 7th year, the poor people should be allowed to get leftover food from the land. After the poor people finished, the animals should be allowed to eat leftover food from the land. This law was for land where grapes and olives grew, too.
[10] And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
[11] But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

The people should work for 6 days.  On the 7th day, they should rest.  Also, on the 7th day, the ox, donkey, servants (workers), and strangers should rest.
[12] Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

The people should never talk about other gods.
[13] And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.


Special holidays

There were three special holidays that the Israelites were supposed to celebrate.  The first was the Feast of Unleavened Bread.   For seven days, the people could eat only unleavened (no yeast, flat) bread. This was to celebrate when God brought the people out of Egypt. Everyone should bring an offering.

[14] Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
[15] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty)

 

The second special holiday was the Feast of Harvests.  This holiday had two other names: the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Firstfruits. This holiday celebrated the grain which was growing in their land. The third special day was the Feast of Ingathering (also called Feast of the Tabernacles or Booths). The third day was to celebrate the final harvest of the year.
[16] And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

On these 3 special days, all of the males must make special sacrifices.  They must not sacrifice leavened bread with an animal.  They must make sure all the fat of the meat is burned. The fat must not be there in the morning.
[17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
[18] Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

They should sacrifice the first things that grew in their land that year. They should not boil a baby goat's meat in its mother's milk.
[19] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.



God sends an Angel to help the Israelites.

God said that He would send an Angel to help the Israelites.  The Angel would help the Israelites go to Canaan, the land that God was giving to them.  God told the Israelites to obey the Angel. They should not make him mad. God said that the Angel would not forgive them if they did wrong. God said His name was in the Angel.
[20] Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
[21] Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

God said that if the Israelites would obey the Angel and do what He wanted them to do, God would help them and be an enemy to the Israelites' enemies.
[22] But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

God said that His Angel would go in front of the Israelites and lead them into the land promised to them.  There were many groups of people who lived in the land.  The names of the groups of people who lived there were: the Amorites, the Hittities, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. God said that He would defeat these people so the Israelites could live there.
[23] For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

God told the Israelites that they should not worship other gods. If they saw statues that people were worshipping, they should break them.
[24] Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

The Israelites should serve God. God will bless their food and water. God will keep the Israelites healthy. He will bless them with fertility (many babies) and long lives.

[25] And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
[26] There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.


Information about the land of Canaan

God said he would destroy the people in Canaan before the Israelites got there.  Their enemies would turn away from them. He said that hornets (bees) would make the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites leave Canaan.
[27] I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
[28] And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

God said that it would not be good if all of the people in Canaan left fast. If no one was there to farm the land, the animals would take over the land. God would make the Canaanite people leave a little at a time.  At the same time, the number of Israelites would increase so they could take care of the land. 
[29] I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
[30] By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

God set the boundaries (lines) for Canaan. He said that the people who lived in Canaan now would be driven out (forced to leave).  The Israelites were not to make any covenants (treaties or agreements) with the people in Canaan. The Israelites should not worship the Canaanites' gods. If they did, it would be very wrong for them and would cause them a lot of trouble.
[31] And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
[32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
[33] They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.


Exodus 24

Moses goes up on the mountain to talk to God
 

Sinai Mountain
Courtesy of Morris Cromer
From
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God told Moses to come up to him. Aaron, his sons, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 of the leaders of the Israelites were supposed to go with Moses, but they must stop before the place of God. Moses was the only one who could go near God.
[1] And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
[2] And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.


God gave Moses instructions. Moses told the Israelites what God said. The people said they would obey God.
[3] And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.


Moses wrote what the Lord God said. In the morning, he built an altar and 12 pillars (posts). The 12 pillars represented the 12 tribes of Israel (named for Jacob's 12 sons).
[4] And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

The Israelites had a special ceremony. Young men made the offerings. They burned the sacrificed animals on the altar.  They sacrificed some oxen. This was a peace offering.
[5] And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

Moses took half of the blood of the sacrificed animals and put it in bowls.  He took half of the blood in the bowl and sprinkled it on the altar.
[6] And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Moses read the Book of the Covenant. He read about the laws that God had given.  The people all agreed to obey God.

[7] And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

Moses took more blood and sprinkled it on the people. He told them that this was the blood of the covenant.

[8] And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders (leaders) went up. They saw God on the mountain.  God was standing on sapphire (a very beautiful dark blue rock). They sapphire was very shiny and clear like the sky.

[9] Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
[10] And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

Moses and the others ate food there. 
[11] And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

God wanted Moses to go up on the mountain with Him. God said he had tablets of stone (flat rock with writing on them). God wrote the commandments (laws) on the tablets. Moses could use the tablets to teach the laws to the Israelites.
[12] And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.


Moses went up on the mountain. He told the elders to wait for him.  If they had any problems, they were supposed to talk to Aaron and Hur.

[13] And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
[14] And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.


A cloud covered the mountain of Sinai. The cloud was the glory of the Lord. That means that the Lord shines and is very powerful. The cloud covered the mountain for 6 days.  On the 7th day, God called Moses from the cloud.
[15] And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
[16] And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

The Israelites could see fire on top of Mount Sinai.  The fire was also the glory of the Lord. Moses stayed on top of the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
[17] And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
[18] And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.


Exodus 25

God tells Moses to tell the Israelites to make a tabernacle (a place where He could be near the people).

The Lord God talked to Moses. He told him to talk to the Israelites. He was to tell the Israelites to bring offerings. They should bring these items willingly--not being forced, but giving because they wanted to help. They should bring these items: 

gold 
silver
brass
blue, purple, and red linen (expensive cloth)
goat's hair
rams' skins dyed red
badgers' skins (a badger is an animal)
shittim wood-- very hard wood that bugs did not eat
 
Oil to use in the lamp
Spices  to make oil to annoint people (give them special honor from God) and to make incense that smelled good.
Onyx stones--a type of precious stone
Stones for the ephod and the breastplate (clothes that the priests would wear)

[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
[3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
[4] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[6] Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
[7] Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
[8] And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
[9] According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.


God tells Moses to make the Ark of the Testimony (a box to hold the tablets of the Ten Commandments).

Tabernacle model in Timna Park, Israel
Photo from BiblePlaces.com


God told Moses to tell the Israelites to make a box of shittum wood.  The box should be forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 

[10] And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

The ark should have gold all over it and on the inside. The top of the ark should have a gold edge around it.
[11] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

The Israelites should make 4 gold rings.  They should put a ring on each corner of the ark.
[12] And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

They should make two poles and put gold over them.  The poles were to be put in the rings so that they could carry the ark. The poles should not be taken off of the ark.
[13] And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
[14] And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
[15] The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

God would give the Israelites what He wanted them to put into the ark. He would give them the Ten Commandments on stone tablets.
[16] And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

The lid of the ark was called "the mercy seat". The mercy seat should be made of gold.
[17] And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

On each end of the mercy seat was a cherubim (angel) made from gold.  The cherubims were made as part of the mercy seat. They were not separate.
[18] And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
[19] And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

The cherubim's wings stretched forward, and their faces were toward each other.
[20] And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

God said to put the mercy seat on top of the ark.  They should put the tablets of stone with the Ten Commandments inside the ark. God would meet Moses there on the mercy seat between the two cherubim.  He would meet him there to give him the laws for the Israelites.
[21] And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
[22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.


The Table for the Showbread

God told Moses to make special table.  He should use shittim wood. The table should be thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.  
[23] Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

 

Tabernacle model in Timna Park, Israel
Photo from BiblePlaces.com

The table should be covered with gold. It should have a fancy edge around the top. There should be a border 3 inches wide.
[24] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
[25] And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.


They should make 4 rings and put one on each corner. They should make 2 poles to put through the rings so they could carry the table. 

[26] And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
[27] Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
[28] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.


They should make dishes, spoons, bowls, and covers.  These should all be made with gold.

[29] And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.


They should put showbread on the table. The showbread was 12 loaves of bread.  There were 12 loaves because there were 12 tribes of Israel (from Jacob's 12 sons). This bread was to be left on the table for 1 week. The priests would eat the bread in a special place after 1 week was finished.  The bread showed that God gave the Israelites everything they needed. 
[30] And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

 

Tabernacle model in Timna Park, Israel
Photo from BiblePlaces.com


God told the Israelites to make a candlestick to hold candles.  The candlestick should be made of gold. The candlestick should have 3 branches on one side and 3 branches on the other.
[31] And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
[32] And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

Each branch should have 3 bowls that looked like almond flowers.
[33] Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

The stem of the candlestick should have 4 bowls that looked like almond flowers.
[34] And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

There should be a knop (knob) where the two sides of the branches meet.
[35] And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

The whole candlestick--the branches, the bowls, the knobs--should all be made from gold.
[36] Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

There should be 7 lights on the candlestick. The lights should shine forward.  The equipment to use with the candlestick should be gold, too.  The candlestick and the equipment should weigh about 75 pounds.  God told Moses to make them with the pattern that He showed him on the mountain.

[37] And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
[38] And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
[39] Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
[40] And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

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