Fr. Mike encourages us to look at how we can increase our generosity to God and neighbor, inspired by the sacrificial offerings of Israel. Our readings for today are Exodus 37-38, Leviticus 26, and Psalm 82. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
Chapter 1: What is the purpose of the Bible in a Year podcast?
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 50. Congratulations. Another mile marker. I think every day, every day we take a step forward. It is a great day because it means everything.
Okay, Lord, man, in the midst of my unfaithfulness, in the midst of my being fickle, maybe I stopped, maybe I fell off the wagon, but I'm back. This is day 50, and it is an accomplishment because we are two days away, this day and tomorrow, from being at the end of Exodus and the end of Leviticus and launching into the next period, which is desert wanderings.
Congratulations, especially if you've ever, ever experienced that discouragement over, gosh, I've been trying to read the Bible, but I always... I always just seem to fail. Here you are today. Here you are today in the midst of whatever other places you've stumbled in the midst of whatever other places in your life right now, you may have, may have tripped, may have fallen today.
You are opening your heart and your mind to God's word. And I am so proud of you. We're reading today on day 50 from Exodus chapter 37 and 38. We're also reading from Leviticus chapter 26, and we'll be praying today from Psalm 82. The Bible translation I'm using is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition, and I'm using the Red Adventure Bible from Ascension.
If you want to be able to follow along, you can download your own Bible in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast. If you haven't yet, please do that. But here we are, once again, reading from Exodus chapter 37 and 38. What we've heard about is we have, obviously, Bezalel, right, and Aholiab.
They're the people, the two men who are the skilled workers who We're going to be looking at more of the making of the Ark of the Covenant and the table, the lampstand. Remember that lampstand is the menorah. So if you're kind of wondering, wait, what can I picture in my head?
Picture that as well as the, I guess we call them the articles of furniture, for lack of a better term, that are in the holy place and the holy of holies. And so what we know about the tabernacle or we know about the temple later on is that there was the holy place. And in the holy place, there were three objects or three pieces of furniture, for lack of a better phrase.
There was the menorah, right? The gold lamp stand. There was the altar of incense that needs to be offered up on this altar. And thirdly, there was the bread of the presence. And so the table of the bread of the presence past that veil was the Holy of Holies. And in that Holy of Holies was the Ark of the Covenant.
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Chapter 2: How can you stay motivated to read the Bible daily?
Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another, toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. Making the Table He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
And he overlaid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold around it. And he made around it a frame a hand-breadth wide, and he made a molding of gold around the frame. He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table and overlaid them with gold. And he made the vessels of pure gold, which were to be upon the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons, with which to pour libations. making the lampstand. He also made the lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand were of hammered work.
Its cups, its capitals, and its flowers were of one piece with it. And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it.
three cups made like almonds each with capital and flour on one branch and three cups made like almonds each with capital and flour on the other branch so for the six branches going out of the lampstand and on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almonds with their capitals and flowers and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it
Their capitals and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was of one piece of hammered work of pure gold. And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold. Making the altar of incense. He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its breadth was a cubit.
It was square and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around about it. And he made two rings of gold on it under its molding on two opposite sides of it as holders for the poles with which to carry it.
And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. making the anointing oil and incense. He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer. Chapter 38. Making the altar of burnt offering. He made the altar of burnt offering also of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth.
It was square, and three cubits was its height. He made horns for it, on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans, all its utensils he made of bronze.
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