Tag: GOD
Biblical Principle #154: God Wrote a Second Set of Stone Tablets
Biblical Principles List Principle God wrote the Law on a second set of stone tablets. Explanation During the golden calf incident, Moses threw down and broke the first set of stone tablets containing the Law. With intercession, punishment, forgiveness, and restoration complete, GOD told Moses to cut out a new set of stone tablets so that…
Biblical Principle #153: Moses Asked to See God
Biblical Principles List Principle Moses asked to see God. Explanation After the golden calf incident, when Moses separated himself from Israel’s encampment, Moses met with GOD at his tent. There, Moses, seemingly exasperated with the weight of his mission and Israel’s stubbornness, asked for GOD to reveal Himself to Moses. 12 Then Moses said to…
Biblical Principle #152: Moses Moved Outside the Camp
Biblical Principles List Principle Moses moved his tent outside Israel’s camp and God met with Moses there. Explanation After the golden calf incident, Moses separated himself from Israel’s encampment. At Moses’ tent—and prior to the construction of the tabernacle which GOD prescribed for Israel to build—GOD met with Moses there. 7 Moses then took his…
Biblical Principle #151: Israel Commanded to Leave Sinai (without God)
Biblical Principles List Principle God instructed Israel to leave Mount Sinai, but He would not accompany them. Explanation Through the intercession of Moses, GOD turned away from destroying the Israelites for their idolatry with the golden calf. GOD told Moses it was time for Israel to leave Mount Sinai, but there was a big consequence…
Biblical Principle #150: Israel Worshiped the Golden Calf
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel broke the covenant with God by worshiping a golden calf idol. Explanation Seemingly no sooner did GOD finish giving Moses the Law than Israel broke the covenant they had made with GOD just forty days earlier. 1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain,…
Biblical Principle #149: God Wrote the Law on Stone Tablets
Biblical Principles List Principle God wrote the Law He had given to Moses onto stone tablets. Explanation Once GOD finished instructing Moses upon Mount Sinai, GOD gave Moses two stone tablets containing the Law. 18 So when He made an end of speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him two tablets of testimony,…
Biblical Principle #147: Israel’s Priests Offered Sacrifices Twice Daily
Biblical Principles List Principle The priests of Israel had to offer burnt sacrifices and drink offerings twice a day. Explanation GOD instructed Moses to have the priests, beginning with Aaron and his sons, offer daily burnt sacrifices to GOD before the tabernacle, once in the morning, and once at evening. 38 “Now this is what…
Biblical Principle #145: God Appointed Aaron and His Sons as Priests
Biblical Principles List Principle God appointed Aaron and his sons to serve as His priests under the Law of Moses. Explanation As GOD continued revealing His will to Moses upon Mount Sinai, He appointed Aaron and Aaron’s sons to serve as priests. 1 “Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among…
Biblical Principle #144: God Told Moses to Build the Tabernacle
Biblical Principles List Principle God told Moses to build a tabernacle, which is a tent, with a specific design. Explanation As GOD began giving Moses instructions atop Mount Sinai, He instructed Moses to build the tabernacle and its furnishings. To fund the work, GOD told Moses to have Israel take up a collection of specific…
Biblical Principle #143: Moses Met with God on Sinai for Forty Days and Nights
Biblical Principles List Principle Moses met with God upon Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights. Explanation GOD called Moses and Joshua higher upon Mount Sinai where He met with Moses for 40 days and 40 nights, giving Moses Israel’s new Law: 12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on…