🌊 Exodus 26

Exodus 26 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.” Exodus 26 opens with these words: ““Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The…” The line to keep is Exodus 26:34: “You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.” Carry the word “mercy” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Exodus 26:34: “You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Exodus 26? Then try this: Read “You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.