Week 5 Exodus
Exodus 35-40 is a block of text that describes the Tabernacle being built, along with all the bits and pieces that were part of it.
I read the whole section at once. I thought I’d try to mentally piece together a picture of the structure as I read about it. But pretty soon I got balled-up in a clutter of boards and curtains and crossbars and rails and fabrics and loops and clasps and linen veils and measurements and points-of-the-compass directions. I’d need a bit more time to sketch it out.
When I finished I looked online for a picture of the tabernacle with its surrounding fence and the furnishings. There were a lot of pictures by different artists but they all looked about the same.
If I had never seen a picture of the tabernacle I don’t know if I’d have drawn a structure like the ones I saw from the description I read. Definitely not in the time I had.
I did come away from the exercise with a sense of the project’s detail & refinement. Precision. Quality. Beauty.
And the writer says that when it was all finished the presence of the Lord filled the place and rested there.
Progress Note: I did an end-of-the-month check to track my reading progress. There are 1189 chapters in the bible. In January I read 120 chapters (Genesis + Exodus + 30 Psalms). So I’ve read 10.09% of the bible in 8.33% of the year.