Category Archives: Life Together

Garment of God’s Grace

Then Aaron is to go into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there.  He shall bathe himself with water in … Continue reading

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Limburger Cheese on Your Nose

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean.  Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will … Continue reading

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Spreading and Defiling Molds

But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article,  he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for … Continue reading

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Weasels, Rats, and Geckos Oh My!

Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. Of all those that move … Continue reading

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Entrails and Animal Legs

You are to slaughter the young bull before the Lord , and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting. You are … Continue reading

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An elemental God

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.  Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the … Continue reading

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A Godly Condensate

Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ … Continue reading

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Is the Lord among us or not?

The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will stand there before … Continue reading

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Grumblers “R” us

The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. So they quarreled with Moses and … Continue reading

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Difficult Roads

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”  So God … Continue reading

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