End of Exodus - 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

36,37,38,39,40: I’m not going to cover anything from the last 5 chapters of Exodus because it’s all just a re-iteration of what we’ve already gone over, the specifications for the tabernacle, the temple clothing, etc. One interesting aspect that TB talks about is exactly WHY all this information is recorded a second time. TB asks then answers, saying, “Why this tedious repetition and not just some words stating that just as the Lord had ordered it that is how Israel built it? Because we are speaking of the most important, central, and holy item on the planet. The Sacred Tent has no rival; this is Yehoveh’s one and only sanctuary on Earth. There is nothing like it, and only it’s later replacement, the Temple, is its equal. Therefore excruciating detail is offered to demonstrate that every effort was made to construct the Wilderness Tabernacle according to its blueprints.”

It must be because we have SO many temples that it’s hard to look from an outside perspective and think just how significant a fabric tabernacle could be to the spiritual progression of a people. The last bit of information comes from the end of chapter 40 which says that a cloud covered the tent “and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.” Interestingly, how Israel knew that it was time to move forward in their journey toward their promised land was when the cloud moved. When “the cloud was take up from over the tabernacle” Israel would move forward in their journey, but then the cloud stayed down surrounding the tabernacle, then the people stayed where they were. “For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeying.” Very interesting,