Exodus 40:34-38
The Cloud and the Glory
34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35 And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36 Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.
37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.
38 For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Deuteronomy 33:5-12
5 And He was King in Jeshurun, When the leaders of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
6 “Let Reuben live, and not die, Nor let his men be few.”
7 And this he said of Judah:
“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people;
Let his hands be sufficient for him,
And may You be a help against his enemies.”
8 And of Levi he said:
“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, Whom You tested at Massah, And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,
9 Who says of his father and mother, ‘I have not seen them’; Nor did he acknowledge his brothers, Or know his own children; For they have observed Your word And kept Your covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob Your judgments, And Israel Your law. They shall put incense before You, And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
11 Bless his substance, Lord, And accept the work of his hands; Strike the loins of those who rise against him, And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
12 Of Benjamin he said:
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”
Hebrews 3:1-6
The Son Was Faithful
3 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,
2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.
4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,
6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
Context
- How different was the end of Exodus from the beginning? How had Moses changed? (Exodus 1:1-11, 3:6, 40:38 , Deuteronomy 33:10, Mark 9:2-7, Hebrews 11:23-29)
Reflection
- Why did God have them build the tabernacle? (Exodus 16:7, 10, 24:16, 17, 32:34, 33:2, 18, 22, Hebrews 9:1-10)
- Who buried Moses? Why couldn’t he enter the land (Deuteronomy 32:5, 6 , Numbers 20:7-13, Hebrews 3:Jude 9)
- What does it mean to know the Lord ‘face to face’? (Genesis 5:24, Exodus 33:11, 18, 34:34, Psalm 27:8, Jas 2:23, 2 Peter 3:18)
- How did God keep His promises? What’s significant about Joshua? (Genesis 18:13-15, Exodus 3:7, 8, 17-22, 33:1, Deuteronomy 1:5, Galatians 4:4, 5, Hebrews 11:39, 40)
Testimony Time
- How does Exodus & the tabernacle point to Jesus? (Matthew 5:27, Romans 8:3, 4, Hebrews 3:5, 6, 9:11-15, 27, 28)
- How has He ‘tabernacled’ with us? (Matthew 28:19, John 1:14, 14:16, 17, 26, 15:26, 27, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Revelation 21:3, 4)
