출애굽기 Chapter 25

Translation: ESV

2

Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.

Key Message

God desires not forced contributions but joyful, willing devotion, and this is the beginning of true worship.

▸God commands that the materials for the tabernacle be given as freewill offerings.

God commands that the materials for the tabernacle be given as freewill offerings. The phrase 'whose heart moves him' emphasizes that these are spontaneous gifts arising not from compulsion or obligation but from voluntary devotion. God desires offerings given with a willing heart, not forced contributions.

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Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8

And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.

Key Message

The ultimate purpose of the tabernacle is for God to dwell among His people, expressing God's longing to restore the fellowship of Eden.

▸The theological purpose of the tabernacle is proclaimed: so that God may dwell 'in their midst.

9

Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

Key Message

God's worship space must conform to God's revealed design rather than human invention, and even the form of worship must follow what God has ordained.

▸The tabernacle must be built according to the 'pattern' (Hebrew: tavnit) that God directly shows Moses.

10

They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

Key Message

The ark of the covenant, as the symbol of God's covenant and presence, is the material center of Israel's faith and represents the throne of God's sovereignty.

▸The dimensions of the ark of the covenant are given: approximately 110 x 67 x 67 cm.

17

You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

Key Message

The mercy seat is the place where God's presence and the forgiveness of sin meet, and it is the most important tabernacle furnishing prefiguring the atoning work of Christ.

▸The mercy seat (kapporet) is the lid of the ark, derived from the word 'to cover' (kaphar).

22

There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

Key Message

The ultimate purpose of the tabernacle is for God to meet with His people, and this meeting is made possible through atonement and is accomplished through a mediator.

▸The most important purpose of the tabernacle is declared once more: God will meet with Moses and give commands for Israel from above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim.

30

And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.

Key Message

The bread of the Presence, continually set before God, symbolizes the entire community always being remembered in God's presence—worship means persistent presence.

▸Twelve loaves of bread were arranged on this table every Sabbath (Lev.

37

You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Key Message

The lampstand's light continually illuminating God's sanctuary symbolizes that God's Word and Spirit are the source of all light, and that the community of faith is called to be a light to the world.

▸The golden lampstand (menorah) has seven lamps that illuminate the space in front of it.