A bloody mess

Marcos
Dec 26, 2025
1 min read

I wonder how Bezalel and Aholiab—the two guys who made the bronze altar—reacted when Moses told them what God had said:

Aaron's sons the priests shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting

Lev 1.5

I wonder if they, like us, thought God ought to do things their way!

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