Work עֲבֹדָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 12, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter thirty-nine of Exodus with our word for today. עֲבֹדָה work, enforced labor, service which is rendered, service of worship. It is used 145 times in the Old Testament, three times in our chapter. Our word is used in the general sense of activity directed toward making or doing something. Psalm 104:23 Man goes out to his work וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ and to his labor until the evening. We also see our word used in the sense of service to God. Numbers 4:4-5 This is the עֲבֹדַ֥ת service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things. When the camp is to set out…