Early on, Jonathan has an intriguing liturgical analysis of Exodus 19-24 and 2 Chronicles 5-7. It is striking how much of the Church’s order of worship is already there at the inauguration of the tabernacle, and later the temple:

Gathering (at Mt Sinai) (Ex 19:1-3a)
Calling (by God’s Word) (19:3b-9)
Cleansing (through sacrifice) (19:10-15)
Mediated access (through an appointed prophet-priest) (19:16-25)
Divine communication (Ten Commandments and Book of Covenant) (20:1-24:2)
Consecration (promise of obedience) (24:3)
Sacrifice (burnt offerings and peace offerings) (24:4-5)
Divine communication (Book of Covenant) (24:7)
Cleansing (blood of burnt offerings and peace offerings sprinkled) (24:6, 8)
Mediated access to God’s presence (24:9-10)
Fellowship meal (with God) (24:11)

Remarkably similar to the shape of Anglican or Presbyterian worship, isn’t it? Almost every element on that list could be transposed into a new covenant key and preserved in the worshipping life of the Church. This is even more true for the dedication of the temple story:

Gathering (at Mt Zion) (2 Chr 5:2-3)
Cleansing (through sacrifice) (5:4-6)
Mediated access (through priests) (5:7-10)
Praise (with singing and music) (5:11-13)
Glory of God fills the temple (5:14)
Divine communication (Word of God through Solomon) (6:1-11)
Prayer of intercession (by Solomon) (6:12-42)
Fire and glory (from heaven) (7:1-2)
Praise (bowing and thanking) (7:3)
Cleansing/consecration (through sacrifice) (7:4-7)
Meal (feast) (7:8-10)
Blessing and dismissal (7:9-10)

I’m seeing this kind of thing more and more as I read Scripture, no doubt partly through the lens of my whole Eucharismatic hobby horse: Revelation has a liturgical shape, 1 Corinthians provides us with a Christian liturgy, and so on. Now I have two more texts to add to my collection.