Hebrews 4-6 - Jesus Our Great High Priest

The Believer’s Rest

Heb 4:1-2 LSB - [1] Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have fallen short of it. [2] For indeed we have had good news proclaimed to us, just as they also; but the word that was heard did not profit those who were not united with faith among those who heard.

Heb 4:6-7 LSB - [6] Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience, [7] He again determines a certain day, "TODAY," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."

Psa 95:7-8 LSB - [7] For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you hear His voice, [8] Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Heb 4:9 LSB - [9] So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Heb 4:12 LSB - [12] For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Jesus Our Great High Priest

Heb 4:14-16 LSB - [14] Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. [15] For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like [we are, yet] without sin. [16] Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Christ's Compassion to the Weak

Author: Isaac Watts

With joy we me­di­tate the grace

Of our high priest above:

His heart is made of ten­der­ness,

His bow­els melt with love.

Touched with a sym­pa­thy with­in,

He knows our fee­ble frame;

He knows what sore temp­ta­tions mean,

For He has felt the same.

But spot­less, in­no­cent, and pure,

The great Re­deem­er stood,

While Sa­tan’s fie­ry darts He bore,

And did re­sist to blood.

He in the days of fee­ble flesh

Poured out His cries and tears,

And in His mea­sure feels afresh

What ev­ery mem­ber bears.

He’ll nev­er quench the smok­ing flax,

But raise it to a flame;

The bruis­èd reed He nev­er breaks,

Nor scorns the mean­est name.

Then let our hum­ble faith ad­dress

His mer­cy and His pow­er;

We shall ob­tain de­liv­er­ing grace

In the dis­tress­ing hour.

Heb 5:5-6 LSB - [5] In this way also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"; [6] just as He says also in another [passage], "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK."

Heb 5:7 LSB - [7] He, in the days of His flesh, offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Heb 5:8-10 LSB - [8] Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. [9] And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, [10] being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Warning Against Falling Away

Heb 6:4-6 LSB - 

[4] For in the case of those once having been enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 

[5] and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 

[6] and having fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

Psa 51:10 LSB - [10] Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Heb 12:17 LSB - [17] For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

2Ti 2:25 LSB - [25] with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may give them repentance leading to the full knowledge of the truth,

 

The Inheritance of the Promises

Heb 6:13-14 LSB - [13] For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, [14] saying, "I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU."

Gen 22:16-17 LSB - [16] and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one, [17] indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

Heb 6:19-20 LSB - [19] This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a [hope] both sure and confirmed and one which enters within the veil, [20] where a forerunner has entered for us--Jesus, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

 

Hebrews 1-3 - God Spoke to Us in His Son

John MacArthur Bible Introductions - Hebrews

God’s Final Word in His Son

Heb 1:1-4 LSB - 

[1] God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 

[2] in these last days spoke to us in [His] Son, 

whom He appointed heir of all things, 

through whom also He made the worlds, 

[3] who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, 

and upholds all things by the word of His power; 

who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, 

sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 

[4] having become so much better than the angels, 

as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

Heb 1:5 LSB - [5] For to which of the angels did He ever say, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again, "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"?

Psa 2:7 LSB - [7] "I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

Heb 1:8 LSB - [8] But of the Son [He says], "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE SCEPTER OF UPRIGHTNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM.

Psa 45:6 LSB - [6] Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Heb 1:9 LSB - [9] "YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS."

Psa 45:7 LSB - [7] You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions.

Heb 1:10 LSB - [10] And, "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING FOUNDED THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

Psa 102:25 LSB - [25] "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Heb 1:13 LSB - [13] But to which of the angels has He ever said, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET"?

Psa 110:1 LSB - [1] Of David. A Psalm. Yahweh says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet."

 

Rejoice, the Lord is King!

Author: Charles Wesley (1744)

1 Rejoice, the Lord is King:
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore.
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

2 Jesus, the Savior, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When He has purged our stains,
He took his seat above;
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

3 His kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o'er earth and heav'n;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus giv'n:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

4 Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord and judge shall come
And take His servants up
To their eternal home:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

Heb 2:3-4 LSB - [3] how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? That [salvation], first spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard, [4] God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.

Jesus, the Author of Salvation

Heb 2:8 LSB - [8] YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET." For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Heb 2:9-10 LSB - [9] But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels--Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. [10] For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

Heb 2:14-15 LSB - [14] Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, [15] and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

Jesus Greater than Moses

Heb 3:1-3 LSB - [1] Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession--Jesus, [2] who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. [3] For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, in so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

Heb 3:5-6 LSB - [5] Now MOSES WAS FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE AS A SERVANT, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later, [6] but Christ [was faithful] as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope.

The law by Moses came

Author: Isaac Watts

The law by Moses came,

But peace, and truth, and love,

Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,

Descending from above.

Amidst the house of God

Their diff'rent works were done;

Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

Then to his new commands

Be strict obedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands

The sovereign and the head.

Ihe man that durst despise

The law that Moses brought,

Behold! how terribly he dies

For his presumptuous fault!

But sorer vengeance falls

On that rebellious race,

Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,

And dare resist his grace.

Warning Against Unbelief

Heb 3:14-15 LSB - [14] For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, [15] while it is said, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME." 

Exodus 37-40 - Thus Moses finished the work.

Making the Ark of the Testimony

Exo 37:1 LSB - [1] And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;

Exo 37:6-7 LSB - [6] He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. [7] He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat;

Making the Table

Exo 37:10 LSB - [10] Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

Exo 37:16 LSB - [16] He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its offering bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

Making the Lampstand

Exo 37:17 LSB - [17] Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers were of [the same piece].

Making the Altar of Incense

Exo 37:25 LSB - [25] Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were [of one piece] with it.

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

Exo 38:1 LSB - [1] Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high.

Making the Laver of Bronze

Exo 38:8 LSB - [8] Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

Exo 38:9-10 LSB - [9] Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits; [10] their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, [made] of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] of silver.

The Things Numbered for the Tabernacle

Exo 38:21 LSB - [21] These are the things numbered for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Exo 38:24 LSB - [24] All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

Making the Holy Garments

Exo 39:1 LSB - [1] Moreover, from the blue and purple and scarlet [material], they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Exo 39:32 LSB - [32] Thus all the service of [constructing] the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

Setting Up the Tabernacle

Exo 40:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exo 40:16 LSB - [16] Thus Moses did; according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so he did.

Exo 40:17 LSB - [17] Now it happened, in the first month of the second year, on the first [day] of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

Exo 40:33 LSB - [33] He erected the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the screen for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work.

The Glory of Yahweh

Exo 40:34-35 LSB - [34] Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle. [35] And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had dwelt on it, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

Exo 40:36-38 LSB - [36] Now throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out; [37] but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up. [38] For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah

Author: William Williams (1745)

1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore,
feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain,
where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
ever be my strength and shield,
ever be my strength and shield.

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell's Destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.

Exodus 34-36 - Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh

Stone Tablets like the Former Ones

Exo 34:1 LSB - [1] Now Yahweh said to Moses, "Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered.

Exo 34:6-7 LSB - 

[6] Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, "Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 

[7] who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave [the guilty] unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."

Psa 86:15 LSB - [15] But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Deu 7:9 LSB - [9] "You shall know therefore that Yahweh your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Attend, my soul, the voice divine

Author: Philip Doddridge
Meters 8.8.8.8.8.8

1 Attend, my soul, the voice divine,
And mark what beaming glories shine
Around thy condescending God!
To us, to us, he still proclaims
his awful, his endearing names;
Attend, and sound them all abroad.

2 "Jehovah I, the sovereign Lord,
The mighty God, by Heaven adored,
Down to the earth my footsteps bend;
My heart the tenderest pity knows,
Goodness full-streaming wide o'erflows,
And grace and truth shall never end.

3 "My patience long can crimes endure:
My pardoning love is ever sure,
When penitential sorrow mourns;
To Millions, through unnumbered years,
New hope and new delight it bears;
Yet wrath against the sinner burns."

4 Make haste, my soul, the vision meet,
All-prostrate at thy sovereign's feet,
And drink the tuneful accents in;
Speak on, my Lord, repeat the voice;
Diffuse these heart-expanding joys,
Till Heaven complete the rapturous scene.

Yahweh Cuts a Covenant with Israel

Exo 34:10 LSB - [10] Then God said, "Behold, I am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous deeds which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.

Psa 65:5 LSB - [5] By fearsome [deeds] You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, [You who are] the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; 

Exo 34:19 LSB - [19] "The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, even of all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

Exo 34:26 LSB - [26] "You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

Exo 34:27-28 LSB - [27] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have cut a covenant with you and with Israel." [28] So he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

The Shining Face of Moses

Exo 34:29 LSB - [29] Now it happened when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony [were] in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

Mat 17:2 LSB - [2] And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

2Co 3:18 LSB - [18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Exo 34:34-35 LSB - [34] But whenever Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and then he would come out and speak to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, [35] and the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would return the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

2Co 3:16-18 LSB -
[16] but WHENEVER a person TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY.
[17] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is freedom.
[18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

 

The Sabbath Command

Exo 35:2 LSB - [2] "Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy [day], a sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh

Exo 35:5 LSB - [5] 'Take from among you a contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and bronze,

Exo 35:10 LSB - [10] 'And let everyone wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

Contributions Brought by the People

Exo 35:21 LSB - [21] And everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came [and] brought the contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.

Exo 35:25 LSB - [25] All the women wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, [in] blue and purple [and] scarlet [material] and [in] fine linen.

Exo 35:29 LSB - [29] The sons of Israel--all the men and women whose heart was willing to bring [material] for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do--brought a freewill offering to Yahweh.

Exo 35:35 LSB - [35] "He has filled them with wisdom [in their] heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple [and] in scarlet [material] and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.

Making the Tabernacle

Exo 36:6-7 LSB - [6] So Moses commanded and a proclamation was passed throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman any longer do the work for the contributions of the sanctuary." Thus the people were restrained from bringing [any more]. [7] Indeed, the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to do it.

Come to Us, Creative Spirit

Author: David Mowbray (c. 1977)

8.5.8.5.8.7

1 Come to us, creative Spirit;

In our Father's house;

Ev'ry human talent hallow,

Hidden skills arouse

That, within your earthly temple,

Wise and simple

May rejoice.

2 Poet, painter, music-maker,

All your treasures bring;

Craftsman, actor, graceful dancer,

Make your offering.

Join your hands in celebration;

Let creation

Shout and sing!

3 Word from God eternal springing,

Fill our minds, we pray;

And in all artistic vision

Give integrity.

May the flame within us burning

Kindle yearning

Day by day.

4 In all places and for ever

Glory be expressed

To the Son, with God the Father

And the Spirit blessed.

In our worship and our living

Keep us striving

For the best.

Exodus 31-33 - I will put you in the cleft of the rock

Bezalel and Oholiab

Exo 31:2-4 LSB - [2] "See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. [3] "And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in discernment, in knowledge, and in all [kinds of] craftsmanship, [4] to devise artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

Exo 31:6 LSB - [6] "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise at heart I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

The Sign of the Sabbath

Exo 31:13 LSB - [13] "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely keep My sabbaths; for [this] is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh who makes you holy.

Exo 31:14-15 LSB - [14] 'Therefore you shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. [15] 'Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to Yahweh; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

Exo 31:18 LSB - [18] When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

O Day of Rest and Gladness

Christopher Wordsworth (1862)

1 O day of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,
most beautiful, most bright;
on thee the high and lowly,
through ages joined in tune,
sing "Holy, holy, holy,"
to the great God Triune.

2 On thee, at the creation,
the light first had its birth;
on thee, for our salvation,
Christ rose from depths of earth;
on thee, our Lord victorious,
the Spirit sent from heav'n;
and thus on thee, most glorious,
a triple light was given.

3 Today on weary nations
the heav'nly manna falls;
to holy convocations
the silver trumpet calls,
where gospel light is glowing
with pure and radiant beams,
and living water flowing
with soul-refreshing streams.

4 New graces ever gaining
from this our day of rest,
we reach the rest remaining
to spirits of the blest;
to Holy Ghost be praises,
to Father, and to Son;
the church her voice upraises
to Thee, blest Three in One.

The Golden Calf

Exo 32:1 LSB - [1] Then the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain. So the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, "Arise, make us gods who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

Exo 32:13-14 LSB - [13] "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and You said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit [it] forever.'" [14] So Yahweh relented concerning the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Exo 32:32-33 LSB - [32] "But now, if You will forgive their sin--but if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!" [33] And Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

Hymn 18

John Newton

8,6,8,6

The golden calf.

When Israel heard the fiery law,

From Sinai’s top proclaimed;

Their hearts seemed full of holy awe,

Their stubborn spirits tamed.

Yet, as forgetting all they knew,

Ere forty days were past;

With blazing Sinai still in view,

A molten calf they cast.

Yea, Aaron, God’s anointed priest,

Who on the mount had been

He durst prepare the idol–beast,

And lead them on to sin.

LORD, what is man! and what are we,

To recompense thee thus!

In their offence our own we see,

Their story points at us.

From Sinai we have heard thee speak,

And from mount Calv’ry too;

And yet to idols oft we seek,

While thou art in our view.

Some golden calf, or golden dream,

Some fancied creature–good,

Presumes to share the heart with him,

Who bought the whole with blood.

LORD, save us from our golden calves,

Our sin with grief we own;

We would no more be thine by halves,

But live to thee alone.

Moses and the Tent of Meeting

Exo 33:3 LSB - [3] "[Go up] to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst because you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way."

Exo 33:5 LSB - [5] So Yahweh said to Moses, "Say to the sons of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would consume you. So now, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.'"

Exo 33:7 LSB - [7] Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought Yahweh would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

Exo 33:11 LSB - [11] Thus Yahweh used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, and his attendant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Moses and the Glory of Yahweh

Exo 33:16-17 LSB - [16] "Indeed, how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the [other] people who are upon the face of the earth?" [17] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name."

Exo 33:18-23 LSB - 

[18] Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!" 

[19] And He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." 

[20] But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!" 

[21] Then Yahweh said, "Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand [there] on the rock; 

[22] and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 

[23] "Then I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen."

He Hideth My Soul

Author: Fanny Crosby (1890)

1. A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord,

A wonderful Savior to me;

He's hiding my soul in the cleft of the rock,

Where rivers of pleasure I see.

Refrain:

He's hiding my soul in the cleft of the rock

That shadows a dry, thirsty land;

He's hiding my life in the depths of his love

And cov'ring me there with his hand,

And cov'ring me there with his hand.

2. A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord;

He carries my burdens away,

He's holding me up, and I shall not be moved;

He's giving me strength day by day. [Refrain]

3. With numberless blessings each moment he crowns

And fills with his fullness divine;

I sing in my rapture, oh, glory to God

For such a Redeemer is mine. [Refrain]

4. When clothed in his brightness, transported I rise

To meet him in clouds of the sky,

His perfect salvation, his wonderful love,

I'll shout with the millions on high. [Refrain]

Exodus 28-30 - Where I will meet with you

The Priests’ Garments

Exo 28:4 LSB - [4] "These are the garments which they shall make: a breastpiece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of checkered work, a turban and a sash, and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, in order for him to minister as priest to Me.

Exo 28:9, 12 LSB - [9] "You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, ... [12] "You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for remembrance.

Exo 28:15 LSB - [15] "You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet [material] and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

Exo 28:21 LSB - [21] "The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be [like] the engravings of a signet, each according to his name for the twelve tribes.

Exo 28:30 LSB - [30] "You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he comes in before Yahweh; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before Yahweh continually.

Exo 28:35 LSB - [35] "It shall be on Aaron when he ministers; and its sound shall be heard when he comes into the holy place before Yahweh and when he goes out, so that he will not die.

Exo 28:37-38 LSB - [37] "You shall fasten it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban. [38] "It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel set apart as holy, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall continually be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.

NOW LET OUR CHEERFUL EYES SURVEY

Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751)

Now Let Our Cheerful Eyes Survey - Metropolitan Tabernacle, London

Now let our cheer­ful eyes sur­vey

Our great high priest ab­ove,

And ce­le­brate His con­stant care,

And sym­pa­the­tic love.

Though raised to a su­per­ior throne,

Where an­gels bow around,

And high o’er all the shin­ing train,

With match­less hon­ors crowned;

The names of all His saints He bears

Deep grav­en on His heart;

Nor shall the mean­est Christ­ian say,

That he hath lost his part.

Those char­ac­ters shall fair abide

Our ev­er­last­ing trust,

When gems, and mon­uments, and crowns,

Are mol­dered down to dust.

So, gra­cious Sav­ior, on my breast,

May Thy dear name be worn,

A sac­red or­na­ment and guard,

To end­less ag­es borne.

Setting Apart the Priests

Exo 29:1-2 LSB - [1] "Now this is what you shall do to them to set them apart as holy to minister as priests to Me: take one bull from the herd and two rams without blemish, [2] and unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

Exo 29:7 LSB - [7] "Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Exo 29:9 LSB - [9] "You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

Slaughtering the Offerings

Exo 29:10-11 LSB - [10] "Then you shall bring the bull near before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. [11] "You shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Exo 29:19-20 LSB - [19] "Then you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. [20] "You shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put [it] on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the lobes of his sons' right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and splash the [rest of the] blood around on the altar.

Yahweh Will Meet and Speak to Israel

Exo 29:42-43 LSB - [42] "It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. [43] "I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be set apart as holy by My glory.

The Altar of Incense

Exo 30:1 LSB - [1] "Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

Exo 30:6 LSB - [6] "You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

JESUS WILL MEET YOU THERE

W. Lew­is Kane

Come to Cal­v’ry’s mount to­day,

Jesus will meet you there;

Look and live with­out de­lay,

Jesus will meet you there.

Refrain

Come to Je­sus,

Don’t stay away, my friend;

Come to Je­sus,

He calls to­day.

Rest be­neath the hal­lowed cross,

Jesus will meet you there;

Saving mer­cy gained for loss,

Jesus will meet you there.

Refrain

Come and join His faith­ful band,

Jesus will meet you there;

Take His migh­ty, help­ing hand,

Jesus will meet you there.

Refrain

At the bless­èd mer­cy seat,

Jesus will meet you there;

Come with this as­sur­ance sweet:

Jesus will meet you there.

Refrain

You’ll find rest in Heav’n at last,

Jesus will meet you there;

And be hap­py with the blest,

Jesus will meet you there.

Refrain

Exo 30:9 LSB - [9] "You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar or burnt offering or grain offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.

Lev 10:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans and put fire in them. Then they placed incense on it and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which He had not commanded them. [2] And fire came out from the presence of Yahweh and consumed them, and they died before Yahweh.

The Census and the Atonement Price

Exo 30:15 LSB - [15] "The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls.

The Laver for the Priestly Washing

Exo 30:19 LSB - [19] "And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

The Holy Anointing Oil

Exo 30:31 LSB - [31] "And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

The Incense

Exo 30:37 LSB - [37] "The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh.

Exodus 25-27 - Mercy Seat

Contributions for the Sanctuary

Exo 25:8-9 LSB - [8] "And let them make a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. [9] "According to all that I am going to show you, [as] the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall make [it].

The Ark of the Testimony

Exo 25:16 LSB - [16] "You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

Exo 25:21-22 LSB - [21] "You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. [22] "There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all which I will command you for the sons of Israel.

From Every Stormy Wind that Blows

Hugh Stowell, 1828

[Key: G]

Verse 1

From every stormy wind that blows,

From every swelling tide of woes,

There is a calm, a sure retreat;

'Tis found beneath the mercy seat.

Verse 2

There is a place where Jesus sheds

The oil of gladness on our heads;

A place of all on earth most sweet;

It is the blood bought mercy seat.

Verse 3

There is a scene where spirits blend,

Where friend holds fellowship with friend;

Though sundered far, by faith they meet

Around one common mercy seat.

Verse 4

Ah! there, on eagles' wings we soar,

And sin and sorrow molest no more;

And heav'n comes down, our souls to greet,

While glory crowns the mercy seat.

Verse 5

Oh, let my hand forget her skill,

My tongue be silent, cold, and still,

This bounding heart forget to beat,

If I forget the mercy seat!

 

Bread of the Presence

Exo 25:29-30 LSB - [29] "You shall make its dishes and its pans and its jars and its offering bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. [30] "You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

1Sa 21:6 LSB - [6] So the priest gave him consecrated [bread]; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread [in its place] when it was taken away.

 

The Golden Lampstand

Exo 25:31 LSB - [31] "Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base, and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers shall be of [the same piece].

Exo 25:37 LSB - [37] "Then you shall make its lamps seven [in number]; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.

Instructions for Making the Tabernacle

Exo 26:1 LSB - [1] "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet [material]; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

Exo 26:7 LSB - [7] "Then you shall make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.

The Bronze Altar

Exo 27:1-2 LSB - [1] "And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. [2] "You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of the [same piece], and you shall overlay it with bronze.

The Court of the Tabernacle

Exo 27:9-10 LSB - [9] "You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side [there shall be] hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side; [10] and its pillars [shall be] twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands [shall be] of silver.