Exodus 22 - Laws of restitution: any loss, theft, or violation of property or family, where one is responsible, he must repay it. Forbidden: sorcery, bestiality, idolatry, mistreatment of immigrants, usury, cursing rulers.
23 - Do the right thing according to truth, when you could hurt someone you hate, or benefit from taking advantage of others. Let your land rest every 7th year. You rest every 7th day. Keep the 3 feasts: Bread (Passover), Harvest (Pentecost), and Ingathering (Booths). My Angel will bring you into the Promised Land and prosper you.
24 - God calls Moses up the mountain, with Aaron, his sons, and 70 elders. But only Moses can come closer to God. Israel agrees to the covenant, they sacrifice - Moses sprinkles blood on the people. They go up, eat and drink and see God. Moses and Joshua go up further and wait 7 days. Then Moses goes into "the cloud" for 40 days and nights.
25 - God to Moses: ask Israel for an offering to build Me a place to live among them.
- an ark with a mercy seat covering, with two cherubim, their wings covering the covering.
- a table to put the "bread of the Presence" on.
- a lampstand, holding 7 lamps.
Psalm 6 - God, you've been hard on me in body and spirit.
I'm weary.
Relieve me, and send away my enemies.
146 - don't trust earthly rulers - they pass quickly.
God reigns and does justice, so praise Him!
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