Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

You may have noticed that we're starting to get into some mentions of offerings and sacrifices and it may be confusing.

Don't worry about figuring everything out. Thank God, we don't have to

do these anymore because Jesus was the final sacrifice. However, what's important for us to do is think

about what all this means. So if you come away from your reading going, I didn't get anything out of this

today, try asking yourself some different questions. Ask yourself, what does this reveal about God?

So maybe you think, okay, God's ordering lots of very specific sacrifices. What does that tell me about God?

It might tell you a few things. First, that he's talking to humans at all, which is kind of huge. He wants a

relationship. Second, it might reveal that our sins need to be atoned for,

and God has a plan to accomplish that. So today when we start out, Moses and Joshua are still

up on Mount Sinai, the Mountain of God, where Moses is hearing from God for 40 days. They've been up there

since chapter 24. God starts out talking about the incense altar, and we saw that even God's incense is holy and set apart.

It can't be used for anything else.

It's a special blend.

Later, we'll see this about the anointing oil as well.

This reminds me of a friend I had who refused to tell anyone what kind of perfume she wore so that no one else could buy it,

except God is God, she's a human, and her perfume is in mass she wore so that no one else could buy it, except God is God,

she's a human, and her perfume is in mass production, so that's entirely different.

God also requires a one-time census tax from the people, half a shekel, which in today's money

is about $3 to $6, according to my research. One of the hard things about a census is that people

sometimes get puffed up and

arrogant about their numbers. Cities love to boast that they're the largest. Every religion

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