This chapter deals with several items that are to be used in the Tabernacle - altar of incense, basis for washing as well as atonement money and anointing oil and incense. The altar of incense is to be 1.5' square and 3' high out of acacia wood. It is to have gold rings for transport via poles and is to be placed in front of the curtain before the ark. Aaron is to burn incense every morning and is only used for the annual sacrifice. The atonement money is to offered by everyone as a reminder of their exodus out of Egypt. This is to avoid plagues. The basin for washing is for cleansing before entering the Tent of Meeting. The anointing oil is to be made from fine spices and olive oil as a perfume to anoint all of the created things that were mentioned in previous chapters. This is not for people since this is sacred. The incense is to be made from fragrant spices and salted to preserve it. The incense is not to be made by others since this is holy.
While this is some of the "drier" aspects of the book, there is still much to glean from it since it shows how God should be treated by his people. I still appreciate these chapters albeit from a historical perspective.
Praise for today: For you are great and do marvelous deeds, you alone are God. Ps 86:10
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