in which special preparations necessary for Moses to come in contact with God are described.
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| by Judith Prays Steps to connect to God:
1. The Mishkan attendants appointed
a. 8580 Levite males between 30 and 50
are ordained to serve in the Mishkan
2. Camp purified physically and
spiritually:
a. Get
rid of sickness and uncleanliness - Remove everybody with bodily
discharge or if they had contact with a corpse
b. Get rid of guilt -Compensate anybody you feel you have
wronged
c. Get rid of jealousy and doubt - if a man
feels jealous, submit his wife to a lie-detector test (no judging, please)
d. Elevate your spirit - take the vows of a nazirite
3. Sons of Aaron give the
Israelites a special blessing
4. The Mishkan is readied
for contact with G-d
a. Moses finishes erecting the Mishkan , sanctifies and anoints
it and its altars
b. Needed offerings are
brought to the Mishkan for 12 days
5. Contact!
“When Moses would come into the Tent of
Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the voice speaking to him from the two
cherubim above the covering which was over the Ark of Testimony, and He spoke
to him.”
by Nina Prays
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