Designs מַחֲשָׁבָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 24, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter thirty-five of Exodus with our word for today. מַחֲשָׁבָה thought, intent, plan, invention, design. It is used 56 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. We find our word used the first time in the Bible in a negative way. It is in the sense of the content of what a person is thinking about. Genesis 6:5-7 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the מַחְשְׁבֹ֣תthoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord…