Friday, February 12, 2010

February Twelve

Catching up with what I hand written. Some of what I wrote in my hand written does not make sense to me but I am not going to change it because maybe it will make sense later>>>>?????

Instructions for the sabbath/Exodus 35:1-3
I am voting we still ebrace this day!!!

Gifts for the tabernacle/Exodus 35:4-36:7
Was there a reason for the specific colors of the fabric?
i.e. blue,purple and scarlet (not red but scarlet)

Building the tabernacle/Exodus 36:8-38
Is there an importance to which direction the Tabernacle faces? Do Churches face a certain direction now? 31 Then he made crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle 32 and five for the south side. He also made five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which faced west. 33 He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other. 34 He overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.

1 comments:

Allison said...

An Ephod - http://www.blueletterbible.org/Search/Dictionary/viewTopic.cfm?type=GetTopic&Topic=Ephod&DictList=2#Easton's
something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high priest (Exd 28:4), afterwards by the ordinary priest (1Sa 22:18), and characteristic of his office (1Sa 2:18,28; 14:3). It was worn by Samuel, and also by David (2Sa 6:14). It was made of fine linen, and consisted of two pieces, which hung from the neck, and covered both the back and front, above the tunic and outer garment (Exd 28:31). That of the high priest was embroidered with divers colours. The two pieces were joined together over the shoulders (hence in Latin called superhumerale) by clasps or buckles of gold or precious stones, and fastened round the waist by a "curious girdle of gold, blue, purple, and fine twined linen" (28:6-12).

The breastplate, with the Urim and Thummim, was attached to the ephod.

Colors in the Bible http://www.ridingthebeast.com/articles/colors/
Blue - The color blue is used quite extensively in the Old Testament to describe the various hangings in the holy places. It is also used as a symbol of wealth and the corruptions thereof, but it should be noted that purple is used far more frequently for such distinctions. In general blue should be viewed as a heavenly color. Below is only a representation of the color's use in scripture, it occurs far more frequently than demonstrated here.
Purple - Along with blue, scarlet, and crimson, purple is used to describe hangings and fine materials. The dye was extracted from a particularly scarce family of shellfish which made it quite valuable. Purple became a symbol of royalty and riches due to the scarcity of its dye.
Scarlet - Scarlet is used to describe fine materials and thread. It was also used in Mosaic purification rituals. Scarlet, like crimson, is used to describe sin. Scarlet can generally be used to symbolize a marker.