Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 38: 21-31
MEDITATION
Exodus 38:21-31
21 This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
22 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
23 And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is, the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 a bekah for each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
27 And from the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket.
28 Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made bands for them.
29 The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
30 And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar,
31 the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. An Inventory list for the building of the Tabernacle
a. This was important and wise.
b. It prevented wastage and abuse of the offerings given.
c. It promoted a good sense of responsibility and accountability.
d. This was ordered by Moses.
e. The person in charge was Ithamar, a priest, a son of Aaron.
2. Two people honoured
a. Bezalel
i. He was a gifted and skilled artisan.
ii. He was an expert in woodwork and in metal (gold, silver and bronze).
b. Aholiab
i. He was an engraver and a designer.
ii. He was also a weaver.
3. Materials used for the building of the Tabernacle
One talent is estimated at about 32kg.
a. Gold
About 29 talents (928 kg).
b. Silver
About 100 talents (3200 kg).
c. Bronze
About 70 talents (2240 kg).
All these things were given freely. In fact, the people had to be restrained from giving (Exodus 36:5-7).
经文：出埃及记 38：21-31
沉思
《出埃及记 38:21-31》
21这是法柜的帐幕中利未人所用物件的总数，是照摩西的吩咐，经祭司亚伦的儿子以他玛的手数点的。
22凡耶和华所吩咐摩西的，都是犹大支派户珥的孙子、乌利的儿子比撒列做的。
23与他同工的有但支派中亚希撒抹的儿子亚何利亚伯，他是雕刻匠，又是巧匠，又能用蓝色、紫色、朱红色线和细麻绣花。
24为圣所一切工作使用所献的金子，按圣所的平，有二十九他连得并七百三十舍客勒。
25会中被数的人所出的银子，按圣所的平，有一百他连得并一千七百七十五舍客勒。
26凡过去归那些被数之人的，从二十岁以外，有六十万零三千五百五十人，按圣所的平，每人出银半舍客勒，就是一比加。
27用那一百他连得银子铸造圣所带卯的座和幔子柱子带卯的座，一百他连得共一百带卯的座，每带卯的座用一他连得。
28用那一千七百七十五舍客勒银子做柱子上的钩子，包裹柱顶并柱子上的杆子。
29所献的铜有七十他连得并二千四百舍客勒。
30用这铜做会幕门带卯的座和铜坛，并坛上的铜网和坛的一切器具，31并院子四围带卯的座和院门带卯的座，与帐幕一切的橛子和院子四围所有的橛子。