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FEBRUARY 12
The second time,in comparison with the first,was not interrupted by the Lord’s sending Moses
away because of sin in the camp (32:7–10).A compliant and not defiant people feared the evidence
of God’s presence. When not speaking to the Lord or authoritatively on His behalf to the people,
Moses veiled his face.
The apostle Paul advised that the veil prevented the people from seeing a fading glory and
related it to the inadequacy of the Old Covenant and the blindness of the Jews in his day (2 Cor.
3:7–18).Paul says that “we all,”not just Moses,or prophets,apostles,and preachers,but all believers
are “with unveiled face.” Believers in the New Covenant have nothing obstructing their vision of
Christ and His glory as revealed in the Scripture. Though the vision is unobstructed and intimate
(“beholding as in a mirror”), believers do not see a perfect representation of God’s glory now, but
will one day (see 1 Cor. 13:12). As they gaze at the glory of the Lord, believers are continually being
transformed into Christlikeness.The ultimate goal of the believer is to be like Christ (see Rom. 8:29;
Phil. 3:12–14; 1 John 3:2), and by continually focusing on Him the Spirit transforms the believer
more and more into His image. “From glory to glory”—from one level of manifesting Christ to
another.The more believers grow in their knowledge of Christ,the more He is revealed in their lives
(see Phil. 3:12–14).

February 12 offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all
its utensils, and the laver and its base; the
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hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets,
and the screen for the gate of the court; the
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Exodus 35:1–36:38
pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court,
Then Moses gathered all the congrega- and their cords; the garments of ministry, for
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35 tion of the children of Israel together, ministering in the holy place—the holy gar-
and said to them, “These are the words which ments for Aaron the priest and the garments
the LORD has commanded you to do: Work of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”
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shall be done for six days, but the seventh day 20 And all the congregation of the children of
shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be 21 Then everyone came whose heart was
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put to death. You shall kindle no fire through- stirred, and everyone whose spirit was will-
out your dwellings on the Sabbath day.” ing, and they brought the LORD’s offering for
4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all
the children of Israel, saying, “This is the its service, and for the holy garments. They
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thing which the LORD commanded, saying: came, both men and women, as many as had a
5 ‘Take from among you an offering to the willing heart, and brought earrings and nose
LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him rings, rings and necklaces, all jewelry of gold,
bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, that is, every man who made an offering of
and bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet thread, gold to the LORD. And every man, with whom
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fine linen, and goats’ hair; ram skins dyed was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine
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red, badger skins, and acacia wood; oil for the linen, goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and bad-
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light, and spices for the anointing oil and for ger skins, brought them. 24 Everyone who
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the sweet incense; onyx stones, and stones to offered an offering of silver or bronze brought
be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. the LORD’s offering. And everyone with whom
10 ‘All who are gifted artisans among you shall was found acacia wood for any work of the
come and make all that the LORD has com- service, brought it. All the women who were
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manded: the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands,
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its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its and brought what they had spun, of blue, pur-
sockets; the ark and its poles, with the mercy ple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And all the
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seat, and the veil of the covering; the table and women whose hearts stirred with wisdom
its poles, all its utensils, and the showbread; spun yarn of goats’ hair. The rulers brought
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14 also the lampstand for the light, its utensils, onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the
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its lamps, and the oil for the light; the incense ephod and in the breastplate, and spices and
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altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for
incense, and the screen for the door at the the sweet incense. The children of Israel
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entrance of the tabernacle; the altar of burnt brought a freewill offering to the LORD, all the
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