In this episode, we are going to explore and challenge a common assumption that people have about Scripture: that everything under Moses belongs to a single “Mosaic Covenant.” But what if the Bible itself actually points to two distinct covenants administered during Moses’ leadership?

This episode will begin with examining 2 Timothy 2:15 and what it really means to “rightly divide the word of truth.” Paul doesn’t tell us to rightly divide truth from error, but to divide the truth. This suggests that Scripture contains important distinctions that must be carefully understood.

One of the key texts in this discussion is Deuteronomy 29:1, which explicitly mentions a covenant made in the land of Moab that is “besides” the covenant made earlier at Mount Sinai.

The questions that will be presented are:
1. If Israel was originally called to be a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19), how did they become a nation with priests limited to the sons of Aaron?
2. Why were the tablets of the covenant placed inside the ark, while the Book of the Law was placed beside it?
2. What role did the golden calf incident play in the shift toward the Levitical priesthood?
4. And how does the priesthood of Messiah relate to the earlier order of Melchizedek?

By examining the timeline between Sinai and the plains of Moab (and continuing this examination in the next episode, Episode 10), I am proposing that Israel originally entered a covenant that called the entire nation into priestly relationship with the Most High. After the rebellion with the golden calf, however, the tribe of Levi was separated, establishing the mediated Levitical priesthood that governed Israel’s worship and sacrificial system.
Last but certainly not least, we will look at how the New Testament speaks about drawing near to Elohim through Messiah, who restores access to the eternal priestly order—an order connected to Melchizedek rather than the Levitical system.

This episode will invite you to reconsider how the covenants unfold throughout Scripture and why understanding these distinctions is essential for properly understanding both Moses and Messiah.

In the next episode, we’ll dive deeper and more tediously into the chronology of the books of Moses, the consecration of the Levites, and how placing these events in the correct order sheds new light on covenant and priesthood.

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