exodus 25

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		It seems here that the Lord is initiating a love relationship with the children of Israel. Note he does not force the Israelites top bring an offering. It simply is a suggestion (verse 2)
Was this really an invitation or was this coercion? Which Israelite would tell the Lord no, after such a welcoming invitation?	Because of the hardness of the heart of man, it is possible that there were some who did not bring offerings unto the Lord.
What is the difference between sanctuary and tabernacle?	Sanctuary=hallowed holy place, Tabernacle= dwelling place Sanctuary= dwelling place of God	The holy sanctuary services take place in the sanctuary, they cannot be performed in the tabernacle.
		25:4 The colors of God are blue, purple and scarlet. These are the colors God wants represented in His sanctuary.
ex 25:10-21
		25:10 So the ark was a cubit longer in length than breadth and height.
		25:11 It was made with the shittim wood and then overlayed with gold.
What testimony was to be put in the ark?		16
Is God referring to the commandments as the testimony, or was there a separate document called the testimony?
Why was the ark called the ark of the coveneant ?
or the ark of the testimony?	It is obvious ark of the testimony, because the testimony was in it.
How was the candlestick carried if it did not have rings?	Numbers 4:9-10 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.	The bars are wood ex26:26
Why was gold used?	Gold is the least likely metal to rust. Hence by overshadowing everything with Gold it would last a long time.