Day 2

Scripture to Read: Exodus 40:9–11

After the Tabernacle had been built and all of the articles were placed within the Tabernacle, the court was set up around the Tabernacle. Then, God told Moses to take the anointing oil and anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it (Exodus 40:9). God had Moses use the anointing oil to set everything apart for God to sanctify and make holy everything that had been built through God’s instructions to Moses. Nothing would be useful for God until it had been made holy (set apart, sanctified, consecrated) by God. God’s presence would be on the Tabernacle, and God would also come into the Holy of Holies to meet with the high priest once a year. So, everything must be holy since God’s presence would be there. God has told us that we must be holy as well. God’s Word tells us, in 1 Peter 1:14–16, “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” God expects us to walk in the holiness He has given us through His Spirit living in us. As Christians, we have no excuse for living unholy lives. When we live ungodly, we have chosen to conform our lives to the former lusts which were ours in our ignorance. But because God called us as His children, we must choose to walk in a manner that pleases Him and not our fleshly nature.

Challenge & Application

· God expects us to walk in His holiness because He lives in us; so, how are you walking in holiness each day? · How do you encourage other Christians to walk in holiness and honor our Lord daily?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

After the Tabernacle had been built and all of the articles were placed within the Tabernacle, the court was set up around the Tabernacle. Then, God told Moses to take the anointing oil and anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it (Exodus 40:9). God had Moses use the anointing oil to set everything apart for God to sanctify and make holy ev...

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Day 2

After the Tabernacle had been built and all of the articles were placed within the Tabernacle, the court was set up around the Tabernacle. Then, God told Moses to take the anointing oil and anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it (Exodus 40:9). God had Moses use the anointing oil to set everything apart for God to sanctify and make holy ev...

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Day 3

n Exodus 40:12–16, God told Moses that Aaron and Aaron’s sons must first be washed. Then, Aaron and his sons must wear the clothes that God had told them must be worn to enter His Tabernacle. Then, Aaron and his sons were to be anointed so that they could fulfill their priestly duties. God even told Moses, in Exodus 40:15, “and you shall anoi...

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Day 4

Today, God gives us (in Exodus 40:17–29) the actual day when Moses set everything up as God had commanded him in Exodus 40:1–11. God had laid out very specific commands for Moses, and God expected all of them to be obeyed. It’s interesting that the phrase “as the Lord had commanded Moses,” or something very close to that phrase, occurs sevent...

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Day 5

God had commanded Moses to place the “laver” between the Tabernacle (the tent of meeting) and the altar so that Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons could wash their hands and feet before entering the Tabernacle. As we’ve also discussed earlier this week, Aaron and his sons were washed from head to toe for their first cleansing before our Lord. But...

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Day 6

We read in Exodus 40:34–35 that after everything had been set up, as God commanded, then the glory of our Lord filled the Tabernacle. Aaron, his sons, Moses, and all of the rest of the Israelites knew God showed up because His cloud covered the tent of meeting, revealing to everyone that He was with them. It’s interesting that God’s glory so ...

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Day 7

As we read Exodus 40:36–38, we learn that God guided the Israelites on when to move and when not to move by using His cloud to guide them. When the cloud was settled on the tent of meeting, the Israelites knew they were to stay where God had them. When God’s cloud was taken up, the Israelites would pack up everything and move to the next plac...

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