Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 26: 1-6
MEDITATION
Exodus 26: 1-6
1 “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.
2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. And every one of the curtains shall have the same measurements.
3 Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
4 And you shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.
5 Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is on the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.
6 And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The Tabernacle
a. This was not made of concrete material so that it can be moved from place to place.
b. The “walls” of the Tabernacle were made of curtains.
2. Ten curtains
a. They were quite elaborate.
b. Each curtain
i. 14 metres long
ii. 2 metres wide
c. Ten curtains formed the “walls” of the Tabernacle.
i. Five curtains one set.
ii. Another five curtains the second set.
d. They were joined together by “loops” to form “one tabernacle” (Exodus 26:6).
3. Design of the curtains
a. Cherubim were mighty angels.
b. The curtains were not plain but covered with cherubim.
4. This was the first curtain seen from the inside
a. This was to present the idea of God being surrounded by many cherubim.
b. This was indeed true and it was well symbolised here.
经文:出埃及记 26:1-6
沉思
《出埃及记 26:1-6》
1 “你要用十幅幔子做帐幕。这些幔子要用捻的细麻和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线制造,并用巧匠的手工绣上基路伯。
2每幅幔子要长二十八肘,宽四肘,幔子都要一样的尺寸。
3这五幅幔子要幅幅相连,那五幅幔子也要幅幅相连。
4在这相连的幔子末幅边上要做蓝色的纽扣,在那相连的幔子末幅边上也要照样做。
5要在这相连的幔子上做五十个纽扣,在那相连的幔子上也做五十个纽扣,都要两两相对。6又要做五十个金钩,用钩使幔子相连,这才成了一个帐幕。