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Altar מִזְבֵּחַ

Our word for today is the contrast of setting up images of silver and gold as part of worship to God. We are in chapter twenty of Exodus with our word for today. מִזְבֵּחַ altar, a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made. It is used 401 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. Since the very beginning we find God’s people building an altar to God most of the time to offer sacrifice to God but few times as a way to remember what God has done. We see Noah doing this right after the flood. Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an מִזְבֵּ֖חַ altar to the Lord and, taking…

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