My Poor Little Ute (Ex 30/ 80)

My old faithful ute nearly died today.
It was quite a scary few moments at the landscape supplies yard.
The half metre of gravel mix was gently tipped into the tray by the female driver.
Yes female.
Lovely lady but made me feel a tad inferior.
By a gigamile.
Like, she knew how to drive the big yellow thing with the scoop in the front. She also dumped the whole load exactly in the middle of the back bit of my ute.
She also called the stuff I called gravel something else that made it sound so much better.
Anyway when the load was dumped, my little ute dropped like a (insert appropriate analogy here as I can only think of ones I shouldn't use).
I lost sight of the top of the tyres and I thought the suspension would bust.
Kindly, the nice lady gave me some rather clever advice like "Drive carefully."
Kind of of burst the bubble of awe and admiration I had of her to that point.
It was a slow drive home.
Cornering was very, very interesting.
And felt peculiar.
Sort of like driving on bubbles that might pop at any moment.
So were some of the comments I supposed the drivers behind me had, as I dawdled along the highway at 50k's at 4:45 in the afternoon.
I did pull over twice to let the steady stream behind me past.
Yay me.
The bottom of the ute scraped the drive as I drove up.
Not sure how to handle the next load.
Might just get it delivered.
Piker.

Exodus 30
Okay, I have a confession tonight.
I have found the last 4 or 5 chapters really, really boring.
There I said it out loud.
That makes no sense when typing.
It was loud in my head.
They've been a struggle both reading and commenting.
I can't wait for Leviticus. *eyes roll*
But it wasn't meant to be easy.
And deep inside I knew it wouldn't be.
But golly, do something people, God, someone.
Quickly. Please.
See it just not the Gen Y'ers who need stuff to happen NOW.
Cubits, curtains, robes, gold, stones, ram fat, weights, measures, rings.........
Aaaaahhhhhhhh!
That feels better now.
Onwards.

So Moses is still on the mount taking all these details in.
The details of the altar are given and the process of consecrating the priests.
Important stuff. You do not want to forget, for example to wash in water before offering a burnt food offering to God.

v20 "..... to burn a food offering to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die."

So much detail.
As I said before, really important detail.
Most of it goes over my head. Maybe because I am intimidated by all those instructions. It seems way too much. I can't fathom the reasons behind most, if not all of it.
There must be significant call for it to be just so.
Possibly health and hygiene concerns to cater for.
Symbolic and cultural aspects that need to be addressed.
Any of those and maybe none of those.
I don't really think I can do any justice to this on just one reading.

This odyssey I have embarked upon has made me realise though, that these chapters are important. They are in the Bible for good reason and just because I don't get it doesn't make it so.
I actually got that sliver of insight a while ago but this section has brought it home somewhat. A tendency to overlook or skim through the "dull" bits could equate to lost opportunities to glean important aspects about God and His word.
You have to take it ALL.
Not just the "good", "interesting" bits.
But I so want Judges or Kings to come soon.