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Par’sha Vayak’hel and Par’sha Pekudei, Exodus 35:1-40:38
Mar 13, 2015 0:37:39 GMT -8
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Post by alon on Mar 13, 2015 0:37:39 GMT -8
Par’sha Vayak’hel
Let’s start with a paraphrase of Warren Wiersby’s take on Ex 35. The detail of the plans for the Tabernacle shows its importance to God. The smallest details had to be done to plan. “If we expect God to be concerned about the details of our lives, we must pay attention to the details of His instructions.”
There is also an important leadership principle illustrated in vs. 30.
Exodus 35:30 (ESV) Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
According to the study notes in my JPS TNK, the Talmud interprets “see” as “do you agree?” Thus it is inferred that no public leader should be appointed without first consulting the public. As a general rule I’d say this is true. However in this case since God made the appointment, consulting the public is more a courtesy than a meaningful consultation.
Par’sha Pekudei
Again paraphrased from my JPS TNK study notes:
Exodus 39:32a (ESV) Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished,
The phraseology alludes to the creation account in Genesis 2:1a (ESV) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished.
“The sevenfold repetition of the phrase 'as the Lord had commanded Moses' echoes the sevenfold repetition of 'and there/ it was so' in Gen ch. 1” Creation and the Tabernacle were both completed just as God had planned them, with attention to the minutest detail.
Exodus 39:43a (ESV) And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; literally “and Moses saw all the work, and behold.” This echoes Gen 1:31, lit. “And God saw all that He had made, and behold …”. The same term for “work”, Heb. Mela’khah is used in both accounts. It implies craftsmanship.
Exodus 39:43b (ESV) Then Moses blessed them.
Genesis 1:22a (ESV) And God blessed them,
Again paralleling the creation account.
Exodus 40:33b (ESV) So Moses finished the work.
Genesis 2:2a (ESV) And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done,
The cloud hovering over Mt. Sinai could be equated to the Ruach HaChodesh hovering over the waters in Genesis. Genesis 1:2 (ESV) The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
“All these allusions reflect the view that the sanctuary and the world mirror each other and that the actions of the priests officiating in the sanctuary mirror God’s actions in creating the world (note especially the role of dividing/discriminating [“havdel”] in creation and in the priests duties, Gen 1.4,6,14; Lev 10.10).”
Genesis 1:4, 6, 14 (ESV)
4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
Leviticus 10:10 (ESV) You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
Dan C
also ref: theloveofgod.proboards.com/thread/1787/exo-35-01-vayakhel-pekhoodi
Let’s start with a paraphrase of Warren Wiersby’s take on Ex 35. The detail of the plans for the Tabernacle shows its importance to God. The smallest details had to be done to plan. “If we expect God to be concerned about the details of our lives, we must pay attention to the details of His instructions.”
There is also an important leadership principle illustrated in vs. 30.
Exodus 35:30 (ESV) Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
According to the study notes in my JPS TNK, the Talmud interprets “see” as “do you agree?” Thus it is inferred that no public leader should be appointed without first consulting the public. As a general rule I’d say this is true. However in this case since God made the appointment, consulting the public is more a courtesy than a meaningful consultation.
Par’sha Pekudei
Again paraphrased from my JPS TNK study notes:
Exodus 39:32a (ESV) Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished,
The phraseology alludes to the creation account in Genesis 2:1a (ESV) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished.
“The sevenfold repetition of the phrase 'as the Lord had commanded Moses' echoes the sevenfold repetition of 'and there/ it was so' in Gen ch. 1” Creation and the Tabernacle were both completed just as God had planned them, with attention to the minutest detail.
Exodus 39:43a (ESV) And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; literally “and Moses saw all the work, and behold.” This echoes Gen 1:31, lit. “And God saw all that He had made, and behold …”. The same term for “work”, Heb. Mela’khah is used in both accounts. It implies craftsmanship.
Exodus 39:43b (ESV) Then Moses blessed them.
Genesis 1:22a (ESV) And God blessed them,
Again paralleling the creation account.
Exodus 40:33b (ESV) So Moses finished the work.
Genesis 2:2a (ESV) And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done,
The cloud hovering over Mt. Sinai could be equated to the Ruach HaChodesh hovering over the waters in Genesis. Genesis 1:2 (ESV) The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
“All these allusions reflect the view that the sanctuary and the world mirror each other and that the actions of the priests officiating in the sanctuary mirror God’s actions in creating the world (note especially the role of dividing/discriminating [“havdel”] in creation and in the priests duties, Gen 1.4,6,14; Lev 10.10).”
Genesis 1:4, 6, 14 (ESV)
4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
Leviticus 10:10 (ESV) You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
Dan C
also ref: theloveofgod.proboards.com/thread/1787/exo-35-01-vayakhel-pekhoodi
