Old Testament

Week 12: The law & the Tabernacle

Notes, slides & video will be posted after the class has been held.

Download PowerPoint slides with animation

arot12_handout1.pdf

arot12_handout2.pdf

Stephen O. Smoot, “The Symbolism of the Cupped Hand in Ancient Egypt and Israel: Iconography, Text, and Artifact,” The Temple: Symbols, Sermons, and Settings (Salt Lake City: Eborn Books for the Interpreter Foundation, 2021), 99–116. The English word consecrate is a translation of a Hebrew phrase that, literally translated, means “fill the hand.” The symbolism behind this phrase is that the priest would stand with his hand in the shape of a cup, ready to receive what was offered to him that might aid him in performing his duties. Stephen Smoot explores the importance of this concept in Hebrew and Egyptian culture.

In 1995, CES administrator Steve Iba created this video for Seminary and Institute teachers that connects the ancient practice of animal sacrifice with the atonement of Jesus Christ and the sacrament:

#29 The Route of the Exodus (Exodus 13–19; Numbers 10–12; 33)

#31 Journey of the Spies (Numbers 13:1–33; 34:1–12)

#30 Kadesh-Barnea (Numbers 14; 16; 20; Deuteronomy 1; 41–46)

#32 The Journey from Kadesh-Barnea to the Plains of Moab (Numbers 20–21; 33; Deuteronomy 1–2; Judges 11)

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