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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The masculinity I appreciate as a wife is of far greater value than wealth-earning power. It’s a masculinity that is unashamed of the gospel which is the power of God (Romans 1:16). The unashamed masculinity I enjoy in my home leaves a legacy that is more enduring than prolific fertility. It’s masculinity that fervently loves others from a heart that has been born again, born not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable. True masculinity is reborn through the living and abiding word of God. The unashamed masculinity I love to follow in my home is far more impressive than macho pride. It’s masculinity that is willing to take the painful shrapnel in the battle against his own sin, rather than run from sin and hide in the comfort of silence. It is a masculinity that willingly exposes its life to the iron-sharpening-iron of open and honest male accountability relationships. The unashamed masculinity that guards the hearts in my home puts away rash, cutting words that pierce like a sword. My husband’s Christ-honoring masculinity understands the power of words, and he uses words to bring healing to me and our children. The unashamed masculinity I cherish in my home is such that fixes its eyes on Jesus and turns its eyes away from all the vain things of this world that hold a potent charm over other men. My husband’s Christ-honoring masculinity flees from promises whispered by a hiss. The unashamed masculinity I need in my home is concerned that others find their delight in God. Nothing quite says, “I love you” to me than when my husband is willing to humbly stand up to the things I pursue that obstruct my everlasting joy in God. His loving masculinity reassures me of Christ’s atonement made on my behalf, and of the privilege I have to boldly approach the throne of grace. Unashamed masculinity has less to do with how many horses a man owns, or how fast he can run. Unashamed masculinity is about what a man does with the gospel. Where can you see this unashamed masculinity? You see it whenever a man has peered into the empty tomb and found new motivation to lay down his own life to spread the gospel into the souqs of Casablanca, into the office spaces in Dallas, into the cafes in Geneva, into the shantytowns of Mumbai, into the barrios of Sao Paulo, and into the universities of Toronto.
Gloria Furman

Latin Vulgate Exodus Chapter 36:1-38.

Index: Latin Vulgate

 

Exodus 36

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36:1 fecit ergo Beselehel et Hooliab et omnis vir sapiens quibus dedit Dominus sapientiam et intellectum ut scirent fabre operari quae in usus sanctuarii necessaria sunt et quae praecepit Dominus

36:2 cumque vocasset eos Moses et omnem eruditum virum cui dederat Deus sapientiam et qui sponte sua obtulerant se ad faciendum opus

36:3 tradidit eis universa donaria filiorum Israhel qui cum instarent operi cotidie mane vota populus offerebat

36:4 unde artifices venire conpulsi

36:5 dixerunt Mosi plus offert populus quam necessarium est

36:6 iussit ergo Moses praeconis voce cantari nec vir nec mulier quicquam ultra offerat in opere sanctuarii sicque cessatum est a muneribus offerendis

36:7 eo quod oblata sufficerent et superabundarent

36:8 feceruntque omnes corde sapientes ad explendum opus tabernaculi cortinas decem de bysso retorta et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto opere vario et arte polymita

36:9 quarum una habebat in longitudine viginti octo cubitos et in latitudine quattuor una mensura erat omnium cortinarum

36:10 coniunxitque cortinas quinque alteram alteri et alias quinque sibi invicem copulavit

36:11 fecit et ansas hyacinthinas in ora cortinae unius ex utroque latere et in ora cortinae alterius similiter

36:12 ut contra se invicem venirent ansae et mutuo iungerentur

36:13 unde et quinquaginta fudit circulos aureos qui morderent cortinarum ansas et fieret unum tabernaculum

36:14 fecit et saga undecim de pilis caprarum ad operiendum tectum tabernaculi

36:15 unum sagum habebat in longitudine cubitos triginta et in latitudine cubitos quattuor unius mensurae erant omnia saga

36:16 quorum quinque iunxit seorsum et sex alia separatim

36:17 fecitque ansas quinquaginta in ora sagi unius et quinquaginta in ora sagi alterius ut sibi invicem iungerentur

36:18 et fibulas aeneas quinquaginta quibus necteretur tectum et unum pallium ex omnibus sagis fieret

36:19 fecit et opertorium tabernaculi de pellibus arietum rubricatis aliudque desuper velamentum de pellibus ianthinis

36:20 fecit et tabulas tabernaculi de lignis setthim stantes

36:21 decem cubitorum erat longitudo tabulae unius et unum ac semis cubitum latitudo retinebat

36:22 binae incastraturae erant per singulas tabulas ut altera alteri iungeretur sic fecit in omnibus tabulis tabernaculi

36:23 e quibus viginti ad plagam meridianam erant contra austrum

36:24 cum quadraginta basibus argenteis duae bases sub una tabula ponebantur ex utraque angulorum parte ubi incastraturae laterum in angulis terminantur

36:25 ad plagam quoque tabernaculi quae respicit ad aquilonem fecit viginti tabulas

36:26 cum quadraginta argenteis basibus duas bases per singulas tabulas

36:27 contra occidentem vero id est ad eam partem tabernaculi quae mare respicit fecit sex tabulas

36:28 et duas alias per singulos angulos tabernaculi retro

36:29 quae iunctae erant deorsum usque sursum et in unam conpagem pariter ferebantur ita fecit ex utraque parte per angulos

36:30 ut octo essent simul tabulae et haberent bases argenteas sedecim binas scilicet bases sub singulis tabulis

36:31 fecit et vectes de lignis setthim quinque ad continendas tabulas unius lateris tabernaculi

36:32 et quinque alios ad alterius lateris tabulas coaptandas et extra hos quinque alios vectes ad occidentalem plagam tabernaculi contra mare

36:33 fecit quoque vectem alium qui per medias tabulas ab angulo usque ad angulum perveniret

36:34 ipsa autem tabulata deauravit et circulos eorum fecit aureos per quos vectes induci possint quos et ipsos aureis lamminis operuit

36:35 fecit et velum de hyacintho purpura vermiculo ac bysso retorta opere polymitario varium atque distinctum

36:36 et quattuor columnas de lignis setthim quas cum capitibus deauravit fusis basibus earum argenteis

36:37 fecit et tentorium in introitu tabernaculi ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo byssoque retorta opere plumarii

36:38 et columnas quinque cum capitibus suis quas operuit auro basesque earum fudit aeneas