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Bible study · Exodus 38

Exodus 38: Mirrors, silver and a count

Read Exodus 38 before you meet.

In a few lines

The bronze basin was made "out of the mirrors of the ministering women" (38:8). The silver sockets under the sanctuary came from "a beka a head", paid for 603,550 men (38:26-27), the same total Numbers gives (Numbers 1:46). And the Hebrew verb for counting them is the one in Joseph's promise, "God will surely visit you" (Genesis 50:24).

The verse to carry

“Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.”

Exodus 38:22

To talk about

  1. 1. The basin was made from the mirrors of women who served at the door of the Tent (38:8). What ordinary thing of yours could be put to use in serving God?

  2. 2. Each man gave the same "beka a head" (38:26), and together it became the sockets the sanctuary stood on (38:27). How does your part, however small, fit into what your group or church is building?

  3. 3. Everything given was counted and written down (38:21-31). Where would being more open about shared things, like money, time or promises, help the people around you trust each other?

Prayer requests