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THE FORBIDDEN GOLDEN CALF
&
MOSES INTERCEDED FOR THE ISRAELITES
By Apostle Janice L. Williams
WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY [WBS] FOR WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 20-27 to WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019
Did you see the updates added to WBS #215 Exodus 31?
The first day of spring
{Spring Equinox}
arrives
Wednesday 5:58 pm
March 20, 2019
Also, Purim 2019 will begin in the evening of
Wednesday, March 20
and ends in the evening of
Thursday, March 21.
Purim, a Jewish holiday, is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day,” as recorded in the bible book of Esther.
Purim Observances:
TO ALL OF OUR JEWISH FRIENDS
HAPPY PURIM!
.
Exodus 32:1-35
King James Version (KJV)
1/ And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount,
the people gathered
themselves together unto Aaron,
and said unto him, Up,
make us gods,
which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2/ And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3/ And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4/ And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5/ And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6/ And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7/ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8/ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9/ And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10/ Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11/ And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12/ Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.13/ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14/ And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
WOW!!! Look at the intercession Moses made to God on behalf of the Israelites! He
changed God's mind
about destroying them!
Jesus has also given us power in His {JESUS'} name to move the heart of God to act on behalf of our own situations and others we pray for.
15/ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16/ And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17/ And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18/ And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19/ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20/ And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21/ And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?22/ And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23/ For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24/ And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 25/ And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 26/ Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
See in depth "The Levitical Priesthood
Introduction" By Steve Rudd @:
Bible Archeology Website
1. The Levitical Priesthood traces through the three sons of Levi whose names are Gershon/Gershom (Gershonites/Gershomites), Kohath (Kohathites) and Merari (Merarites). Note: The Pentateuch spells Levi's firstborn "Gershon", but the book of Chronicles spells him "Gershom". Variations in name spelling are common in the Bible.
2. A special place for the sons of Aaron: The Tabernacle began at Mt. Sinai in 1446 BC and it was at that time that special duties were given to each of the three lines of priests but only the sons of Aaron could offer animal sacrifices or incense.
3. Levites seem to be assigned and located in every city, not just the 48 Levitical cities. This would indicate that each city, whether large or small, had a recognized Levite in charge of that city: “Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses, then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.” (Deuteronomy 18:6-7)
4. High priests were appointed for life by Moses, but at the time of Jesus were appointed annually by the Romans. This is why we have multiple high priests at the trial of Jesus (Annas and Caiaphas). Annas was High Priest from 6-15 AD. Then from 16-30 AD Caiaphas was High Priest. In 60-63 AD, Ananias was the high priest who tried Paul in Acts 23:2.
5. The priesthood continued down to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD when it became physically extinct, but it was rendered spiritually extinct at the death of Christ being replaced by the priesthood of believers in Christ.
6. Today, every Christian is a priest and Christ is our high priest.
27/ And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28/ And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29/ For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30/ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31/ And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32/ Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
33/ And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34/ Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
35/ And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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