In Exodus 25, God gives Moses instructions on how to build the Tabernacle as well as the articles therein. We all know that there is a lot of gold in there; I have certainly taken that for granted. But reading it again, I was taken aback at how much gold was involved. Here are some excerpts from that chapter: They are to make an ark of acacia wood . . . Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it. . . . Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. . . . Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. . . . You are to construct a table of acacia wood . . . Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it. Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame. Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs. . . . Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them. You are also to make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold. . . . You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes and petals. . . . All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold. . . . Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold. The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold. Be careful to make them according to the pattern you have been shown on the mountain. That's a lot of pure gold! Why would God insist on so much gold? The cynics generally offer one of two reasons:
Not being wealthy, an investor, or a geologist, I haven't spent much time studying precious metals, so this is rather new to me. Here's a review of gold's properties:
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