Moses and the Shimmering Royal Priests

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May the Today Bible verses help you build a spiritual relationship with God. You read this verse and understand what God is telling you and what God wants from you.

At a crucial point within the Exodus narrative, Moses ascends Mount Sinai where God calls out to him on the seventh day.

Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of Yahweh settled on the mountain of Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. And to the eyes of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire on the mountain top. Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

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( So Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. Yahweh's glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud. The appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the Israelites. Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:15-18 )

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The language and design of the text is intentional. The author calls back to the story of creation in Genesis 1

 as Moses ascends into the cloud of the divine glory that culminates in seventh-day rest! Moses becomes a narrative image of the image of God, resting with God on the high cosmic mountain on the seventh day. In other words, Moses is recreating the Eden-ideal: humanity resting with God on a cosmic mountain-temple (i.e. the garden of Eden).

For forty days and forty nights, God speaks to Moses in seven distinct sections regarding instructions for the tabernacle. And at the center of these instructions is a long speech detailing priestly clothing (Exodus 28:1-43).

We read that the priests’ garments are made of white material accented by gold and jewels, many of which only appear in the Eden narrative and in John’s description of the new Heaven and Earth in the book of Revelation (Genesis 2:12 , Revelation 21:19).

Priestly clothing is only to be worn when priests are fulfilling their “Adam and Eve” roles inside the micro-Eden of the tabernacle. The clothes are a pattern that recall the Eden narrative and humanity’s ideal role. Priests were to represent the new adam (Hebrew for "humanity")—shimmering, royal, priestly humans who enter into the Eden space through prayer and sacrifices.