Read Exodus 30:11-34:35 at Bible Gateway.
the teaching tools of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
Exo 30:11-16 {p} The atonement money for the Tabernacle
Exo 30:17-21 {p} The pattern for the laver of bronze
Exo 30:22-33 {s} The pattern for the holy anointing oil
Exo 30:34-38 {s} The pattern for the holy incense
Exo 31:1-11 {p} Bezalel + Aholiab called and gifted to make the Tabernacle
Exo 31:12-17 {s} The Lord spoke to Moses + the Sabbath commandment
Exo 31:18-32:6 {p} He ended speaking + gave the tablets + idolatry committed (covenant broken)
Exo 32:7-14 {p} The Lord: Let me consume them/ Moses: Relent/ The Lord relented
Exo 32:15-35 {s} Moses and the aftermath + intercession for forgiveness + the Lord’s answer
Exo 33:1-11 {p} The command to leave Sinai without the Lord’s presence + Moses pitched his tent for the tabernacle of meeting
Exo 33:12-16 {p} Moses intercedes for the Lord’s presence also + the Lord agrees
Exo 33:17-23 {p} Moses asks to see the Lord’s glory + the Lord agrees
Exo 34:1-26 {p} Moses makes new tablets + Moses sees the Lord’s glory + Commandments renewed (Covenant renewed)
Exo 34:27-35 {s} Write these words on the tablets + Moses face shone and the veil
Strong themes of the parashah
Exo 30:11-16 {p} Atonement money shall be for the service of the tabernacle
Exo 30:17-21 {p} The pattern for the laver of bronze (outer court – transition: world to place of the Lord’s presence)
Exo 30:22-31:11 {s+s+p} Continual prayer at the heart of anointing to minister, filled with the Spirit in all wisdom
Exo 31:12-32:6 {s+p} Sabbath reminded, however Israel set aside a feast day of their own making to worship an idol of the Lord
Exo 32:7-14 {p} The sin of Israel + the mediation of Moses + the appeasement of the Lord’s wrath
Exo 32:15-33:11 {s+p} Consequences: 3000 fell + the Lord will fulfill His word but will not go with them + tabernacle not built
Exo 33:12-16 {p} Mediation of Moses: My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest
Exo 33:17-23 {p} The plea of Moses: show me Your glory
Exo 34:1-26 {p} The renewal of the covenant, the Ten Commandments
Exo 34:27- … {s+ …}
Exo 30:11-34:35 chiastic structure
Theme of the parashah
The gospel of grace preached by type and foreshadow from the Torah of God
Finding Messiah in Ki Tisa
Additional readings for this parashah
1 Kin 18:1-39 | Mar 9:1-10
Studies in Ki Tisa
Exo 30:11-34:35 loose ends reveal the gospel
Exo 30:11-34:35 chiasm preaches the gospel of grace from Torah
Walking in the Torah and the Spirit
Exo 31-32, the gospel of grace in the golden calf incident
Exo 31 and 32, changing times and law
Exo 33 and 34, the bad news and the good news
Exo 33:12-34:26, chiastic structures of the strong paragraphs
Exo 34:1-26, chiastic structures of the strong paragraph
Further study off site
Ki Tisa – Restoration of Torah (pdf download)
Ki Tisa Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
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