While Moses was on the top of the mountain he not only received the tablets on which the words of the covenant were inscribed he was show a vision of what the tabernacle should resemble. At least 4 times in this passage (25:9, 40; 26:30; 27:8) God explained to Moses that the tabernacle that Israel was to assemble needed to look like the pattern Moses had been shown. Even though there were skilled craftsmen among the people of this new nation I wonder if Moses was concerned about their ability to build the structure that God desired? They were, after all, camped in the middle of a wilderness. Where could they acquire all of the linen that God required? Had they carried with them looms that the weavers had used in Egypt? What about all of the skins and the dyes that would provide the red, blue, and purple colors? Did the accumulation of the gold and bronze that would have be collected concern Moses? There was probably no way for Moses or any single member of Israel to understand that everything God was expecting of the people he had already given them. Probably most, if not all, of these items were spread out through the encampment that the Egyptians had given the people when the left their former slave masters. Today we can rest assured that whatever God asks us to do he has already provided the means to accomplish though us.
Stuart
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