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Lesson 4 of 8·Founding God’s Nation: Reading Exodus
There’s great drama in the early chapters of the Book of Exodus: God takes the Children of Israel out of Egypt, whose soldiers then miraculously drown in the Sea of Reeds. Not long after in the text, God reveals Himself on Mount Sinai. After these transformative events, what does the book of Exodus turn to next? We encounter tedious details that relate to the building of the Tabernacle. What's behind that curious shift? In this episode, Professor Kass explains the meaning behind the tabernacle—what it's for, why the instructions for building it are so specific, and how it helps to form the Children of Israel into a united people. Kass and Silver discuss why humans want to offer sacrifices to God in the first place, and what the institution of the priesthood teaches us about Moses, Aaron, and the Children of Israel.
