Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Exodus 25:10-22 and Mark 15:33-41 (NLT)

Exodus 25:10-22
The Ark

10  “Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
11  Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it. 
12  Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side. 
13  Make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 
14  Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it. 
15  These carrying poles must stay inside the rings; never remove them. 
16  When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you.
17  “Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. 
18  Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
19  Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold. 
20  The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it. 
21  Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark. 
22  I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant.From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel

Mark 15:33-41
The Death of Jesus

33  At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. 
34  Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
35  Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. 
36  One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
37  Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last. 
38  And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39  When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
40  Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph), and Salome. 
41  They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there.

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