If you are looking for the beginning of this study you can start HERE with the brief introduction. At the bottom of that introduction will be the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. For this study the English Standard Version is the translation which is being utilized and you can read it online HERE or pick up the copy of your choice from Amazon or your local book store. I find THIS EDITION to be useful for deep study and annotation.
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
How well did the people of Israel respond to the call for a “freewill offering” to gather the supplies needed to make the tabernacle? (36:2-7)
Which items for the tabernacle were made in Exodus 37:1-38:8?
Who was charged with keeping “the records of the tabernacle”? (38:21-23)
How closely did the people of Israel follow the directions Yahweh gave to Moses concerning the tabernacle? (39:32)
When was the tabernacle to be set up for the first time? (40:2)
After the tabernacle is set up, how is it consecrated and made holy? (40:9-15)
What happened with the cloud of God’s presence after the tabernacle was set up and sanctified? (40:34)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
What might we infer from the fact that Moses commands the people to stop bringing their offerings once they had received enough to complete the work? (36:6-7)
A “talent” is equal to about 75 lbs. With this in mind, approximately how many pounds of gold, how many pounds of silver, and how many pounds of bronze did the people of Israel donate to the tabernacle?’ (38:24-31)
What does it mean when it says that the anointing of Aaron and his sons “shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.” (40:15)
Compare and contrast what is said in Exodus 40:34-35 with what was said earlier in Exodus 33:9. What has changed now that the tabernacle is complete?
What does the tabernacle and the cloud which fills the Holy of Holies represent to Israel?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Describe a time in your own life when you gave of your time, talent, and/or money to help with something which you cared deeply about.
Should our church buildings be adorned with gold, silver, jewels, and fine works of art? If not, how should they look? They are places of worship like the Tabernacle, but there are some differences too. What are some similarities and differences between our church buildings and the tabernacle?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read 2 Corinthians 9. How might we relate Paul’s teaching about giving to this section of Exodus?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Beauty, Art, Community