Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. Then the LORD said to Moses, 2Verse 2. “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him. 3Verse 3. This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; 4Verse 4. blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; 5Verse 5. ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood; 6Verse 6. olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 7Verse 7. and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 8Verse 8. And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. 9Verse 9. You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you. 10Verse 10. And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. 11Verse 11. Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. 12Verse 12. Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other. 13Verse 13. And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14Verse 14. Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it. 15Verse 15. The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed. 16Verse 16. And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you. 17Verse 17. And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18Verse 18. Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, 19Verse 19. one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. 20Verse 20. And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat. 21Verse 21. Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark. 22Verse 22. And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

1Verse 1. When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2Verse 2. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3Verse 3. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4Verse 4. My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5Verse 5. so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power. 6Verse 6. Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom — but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7Verse 7. No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. 8Verse 8. None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9Verse 9. Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 10Verse 10. But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.