Exodus 30:11 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Then verse twelve states, When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.  Matthew Henry says that this was likely not God continually speaking to Moses, but time passed for Moses to write down what God said before He continued.  Moses was to number the children of Israel by God's direction.  God was the government at that time.  It would be so much better today if God controlled the government in all aspects.  Verse thirteen adds, This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.  The people were to give a gift of a half shekel for the upkeep of the tabernacle and a half shekel as an offering to the LORD.  God's people were expected to support His work, just as we are today.  God expects us as followers of Christ to bring our tithes and offerings to Him.  Verse fourteen says, Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.  Everyone twenty and older was to give an offering to God.  Verse fifteen adds, The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.  The rich and the poor were required to give the same amount.  Again this was to support God's work and was not to support a secular government.  Moses was told that this was to be given to make atonement for their souls.  I believe this would have been to show their obedience, and not to buy redemption.  We today show our obedience to God by accepting the sacrifice of Christ on the cross for our redemption, then we are expected to support His work in the world.  We do not buy redemption with our gifts to God, our tithes and offerings, but we show our faith in Him whn we give.  Verse sixteen states, And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.  The atonement money was to be used for the upkeep of the tabernacle, just as our tithes and offerings today are to be used in the continuation of God's work.  Verse eighteen declares, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Then verse eighteen adds, Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.  There was to be a basin filed with water between the people and the tabernacle.  Verse nineteen continues, For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:  Aaron and his sons were to wash their hands and feet in the basin, which would represent a spiritual cleansing,  We today should do all that we can to be spiritually clean when we come before God.  Verse twenty states, When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:  Aaron and his sons were to do this washing anytime they went into the tabernacle so that they didn't die.  We are purified by the blood of Christ so that we don't suffer spiritual death, but we are still to do all in our power to follow God's laws so that we can show our commitment to Him.  Verse twenty-one concludes, So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.  This law was to apply not only to Aaron and his sons, but to future generations as well.  Christ's death on the cross was not just for that generation, but for all people for all time.  We simply have to believe that He died for our sins and put our faith in His gift of salvation.

Exodus 30:1 says, And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.  Next they were to build an altar to burn incense.  Verse two states, A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.  The altar was to be square, but twice as high as it was long on each side.  Verse three adds, And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.  This altar was also to be covered with gold and to have horns on it.  God expects the very best to be given when we serve Him.  As followers of Christ, this is not just the best of what we have but of the best that we are also.  Verse four says, And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.  Thi altar was also to be made with rings to make it mobile.  The altar was to move with the people of Israel, just as the Holy Spirit moves with Christians today.  Vere five states, And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.  The people of Israel were to make staves overlaid with gold to be used to transport the altar.  Verse six declares, And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.  This altar was to be placed before the veil of the ark of testimony and before the mercy seat.  Then, God said He would meet them there.  When we are obedient to God"s instructions, we can be certain that He will meet us where we are.  Verse seven adds, And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.  Matthew Henry says that they were to burn incense to overcome the smell of the burnt offerings that were offered in the tabernacle.  Aaron was to do this in the morning and at night.  Verse eight says, And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.  As just stated, this was to be done morning and night perpetually.  This was to be a sweet incense unto the LORD.  Our worship should always be sweet to God and should always be a perpetual worship.  We are not to just worship God when we are in the church building, or during the good times, but we are to worship Him at all times.  Verse nine adds, Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.  They were to only use the altar for the purpose that God intended it to be used for.  Matthew Henry states that there was no grate to this altar, but that a golden censer was brought with coals upon it and with it all the coals were taken away.  Verse ten concludes, And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.  Once a year, Aaron was to make atonement with blood upon the horns for a sin offering.  This was to purify the altar.  Christ is the only One Who can purify us today, and this can only occur if we put our faith in Him and His sacrifice for us on the cross.  When we do accept Christ as our Savior and Lord, then we are to be perpetually in the presence of God.

Exodus 29:31 says, And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.  Verse thirty-two adds, And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  The ram of consecration was to be cooked and eaten by Aaron and his sons, along with the bread in the basket.  This was to be done by the floor of the tabernacle of the congregation.  Verse thirty-three declares, And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.   Aaron and his sons were to do this to consecrate themselves.  Strangers were not to eat of these things, because the meat and bread were holy in God's view.  Those who do not believe in God have always been kept from sharing in God's sanctification.  Those who do not accept Christ as Savior and Lord today will never share in everlasting salvation.  Verse thirty-four adds, And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.  Anything left over was to be burned, because it was holy.  Verse thirty-five states, And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.  Moses was to follow God's instructions concerning Aaron and his sons.  They were to be consecrated for seven days.  When we come to Christ today, we must come on God's terms, and when we do, we are then consecrated to Him.  Verse thirty-six adds,  And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.  A bullock was to be sacrificed every day for a sin offering, and the altar was to be cleansed afterwards.  Verse thirty-seven says, Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.  After seven days of atonement for the altar, it was considered holy and anything that touched it was considered holy.  We today do not have a physical altar that is considered holy in this respect, in that anything that touches it becomes holy.  We do have the Holy Spirit living in us if we are followers of Christ, so when we go to the altar, it becomes a holy place.  Verse thirty-eight declares, Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.  There was to be an ongoing offering.  Today, Christ is our everlasting offering to atone for our sins.  Verse thirty-nine adds,  The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:  There was to be a morning offering of one lamb, and an evening offering of the other.  Verse forty adds, And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.  In addition to the lamb, there was to be a bread and wine offering.  Today, Christ is the Lamb, and we commerate His sacrifice with the Lord's Supper of bread and wine, or grape juice as the case may be.  Verse forty-one states, And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.  The evening offering was to be the same as the morning offering.  Verse forty-two declares, This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.  The people of Israel were to have a continual offering to God, and today Christ is our continual, forever sacrifice to God.  Verse forty-three adds, And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.   God said He would meet the children of Israel in the tabernacle.  We today have so much greater access to God.  As Christians, we have God with us at all times through the Holy Spirit living in us.  Verse forty-four continues, And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.  The sacrifices that were offered did not sanctify the altar and Aaron and his sons, but God did.   No matter what we sacrifice to God, it will not sanctify us.  Only Christ can.  Verse forty five declares, And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.  God said He would be their God and dwell among them.  As followers of Christ,  God is our God and He dwells among us.  Verse forty-six adds,  And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. Today, if we are followers of Christ, we know that God is our God, and He dwells among us.

Exodus 29:22 says, Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:  Certain parts of the ram and the fat of certain parts were to be used for consecration to God.  Verse twenty-three states, And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:  Then verse twenty-four adds,  And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.  One loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread were to be placed in the hands of Aaron and his sons as a wave offering to God.  Verse twenty-five says, And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.  After the bread and wafer had been given to Aaron and his sons, it was to be given back and burned on the altar as an offering to God.  I believe that the sweet savor was more to do with their obedience than the actual burning of the bread and wafer.  Verse twenty-six states, And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.  The breast of the ram was to be taken by the people as a wave offering on their part.  Obviously, they could not all be in physical possession of the breast, but it was to represent them all.  Verse twenty-seven adds, And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:  Then verse twenty-eight continues, And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.  This was to be a heave offering to God from the children of Israel from their offering of sacrifice from then on.  Verse twenty-nine declares, And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.  The holy garments of Aaron's were to pass to his sons after him.  We do not have holy garments today, but we must do our best to pass the truth of the gospel on to our children.  Verse thirty adds, And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.  The son who had on the holy garments was to serve as priest for a week.  There was only one priest allowed in the holy place, but we today have unlimited access to God.

Exodus 29;10 says, And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.  Then verse eleven adds, And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  Aaron and his sons were to put their hands on the head of the bullock, and it was to be killed before the LORD by the door of the tabernacle.  I believe this was to symbolize Aaron and his sons dying, or being sacrificed to God.  The bullock would take their place in sacrifice before God, just as Christ takes our place in sacrifice before God.  Verse twelve states, And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.  Some of the blood was to be put on the horns of the altar, and the rest was to be poured at the bottom of the altar.  Basically, the altar was to be covered by the blood of the bullock from the top to the bottom, just as we today as followers of Christ are completely covered by His blood.  Verse thirteen says, And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar,  Some of the organs of the bullock were to be burned on the altar.  Verse fourteen adds, But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.   The rest of the bullock was to be burned outside the camp as a sin offering.  We cannot come to God without our sins being atoned for, and by having faith in Christ is the only way this can happen.  Verse fifteen states, Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.  Then verse sixteen adds, And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.   As with the bullock, Aaron and his sons were to put their hands on the head of one of the rams and it was to be slain.  Then the blood was to be sprinkled around the altar.  Verse seventeen says,  And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.  Then verse eighteen adds,  And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.  The whole ram after it was cleansed to be burned on the altar as a sacrifice to the LORD.  I believe that we can say that like the ram, Christ sacrificed Himself fully on the cross to atone for our sins.  Verse nineteen states,
And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.  Verse twenty adds, Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.  Aaron and his sons were to place their hands on the head of the other ram, and it was to be killed.  Some of the blood of the ram was to be put on the right ear of Aaron and his sons and some on their thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.  I believe this was to symbolize being completely covered by the blood.  The rest of the blood was to be sprinkled on the altar.  We can say that as followers of Christ, we are completely covered by His blood shed for us on the cross.  Verse twenty-one concludes, And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.  The blood and oil from the altar were to be sprinkled on Aaron and his sons to hallow, or consecrate, them before God.

Exodus 29:1 says, And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,   Aaron and his sons didn't just decide that they would be priests.  God chose them to be priests, and then they were hallowed, or consecrated as priests.  We today, when we become followers of Christ, become a part of the priesthood of believers, not because we choose to be, but because God calls us to be.  Then, whatever function we have in the church, it is because God calls us to that function.  Verse two states, And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.  In addition to the young bullock and two rams without blemish mentioned above, they were to take unleavened bread and cakes tempered with oil, and wafers anointed with oil.  Verse three adds, And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.  All the bread was to be put in one basket, and brought with the bullocks and two rams to consecrate and sanctify Aaron and his sons so that they might minister as priests.   When we come to God today to join the priesthood of believers, we must come by being sanctified by our faith in Christ, Who was our sacrifice for our sins.  Verse four says, And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.  Aaron and his sons were to be brought into the tabernacle and washed with water.  Verse five adds, And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:  Aaron was to be dressed in the priestly garments of the High priest.  We today as followers of Christ are dressed in the righteous of Christ.  Though we do not have physical garments to set us aside, we are nonetheless washed by the blood of Christ and covered by His righteousness.  Verse six states, And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.  The mitre was to be placed on Aaron's head.  Verse seven adds, Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.  Aaron was to be anointed with oil, signifying that he was consecrated to God.  Verse eight states, And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. Then verse nine adds, And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.  Aaron's sons were then to be dressed in the coats of the priesthood, and all were to have on girdles and bonnets.  They were basically to be covered from head to toe in priestly garments, just as we are to be completely covered by the righteousness of Christ today.   The priesthood was to be theirs for a perceptual state, just as our priesthood as believers today is perpetual, if we are consecrated by the blood of Christ.

Exodus 28:30 says, And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.   The Urim and Thummin, which were used to determine God's will were to be in the breast plate.  Verse thirty-nine states, And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.  Verse thirty-two adds, And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.  These are instructions for the robe for Aaron.  Verse thirty-three states, And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:  Verse thirty-four adds, A golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.   Verse thirty-five continues, And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.  The bell was to used so that the people knew when Aaron went into the holy place.  Verse thirty-six declares, And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.  They were to make a golden plate engraved with HOLINESS TO THE LORD.  God will never allow His holiness to be forgotten, especially when we come before Him to worship.  Verse thirty-seven says, And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. Verse thirty-eight adds, And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.  Aaron was to wear this when he went before God on behalf of the people of Israel.  Verse thirty-nine states, And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework   Then verse forty states, And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.  Different garments were to be made for Aaron's sons.  Though they were to be priests, there was to be only one high priest.  Today, we as followers of Christ are a part of the priesthood of believers, but there is but One High Priest, and that is Jesus Christ.  Verse forty-nine declares, And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.  Aaron and his sons were to be anointed and sanctified as priests so they could minister to God.  We today as Christians are consecrated by the blood of Christ so that we can do the work of God in the world.  Verse forty-two says, And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:  Then, verse forty-three concludes, And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.  Aaron and his sons were not to come into the tabernacle or near the altar with sin in their lives.  I believe that this would be known, unconfessed sins, and the same applies to us today.