ALL COMING TOGETHER

“Moshe saw all the work, and – there it was! – they had done it! Exactly as Adonai had ordered they had done it. And Moshe blessed them.”
Exodus 39:43

We are about to complete the book of Exodus with only one more portion to go after this. Today, however, I decided to wrap into one once again the portions of Exodus 39:2-21 and 22-43. It is in these two passages that we once again find the people of Israel being obedient to the commands of Adonai as were given while Moshe was on Mount Sinai. The people began the process of hammering out gold into the thinnest of materials so as the cut it like string for the garments of the priests. The cords were twisted, the stones set, the royal ephod sewn and ready to be worn. In each step, the people followed with precise detail all that Adonai had spoken.
When it came to the tabernacle they got to see finally the finished product of their labor, including the furnishings, planks, and crossbars. They were able at that point to see the inner workings of the tabernacle, from the place where the table for the showbread and its utensils was, to the menorah, to the gold alter holding the anointing oil. And then the Torah records something almost so simple. We are privy to Moshe’s reaction to seeing all these things come about. In Exodus 39:43 it is almost as though we see a huge smile painted on Moshe’s face when we read, “Moshe saw all the work, and – there it was! – they had done it! Exactly as Adonai had ordered they had done it. And Moshe blessed them.” The school kid Moshe was birth again and he was blessed. It was all coming together and with that Moshe was pleased. In fact, Moshe was so blessed that he gave the people a blessing. Every piece had been completed exactly according to Adonai’s word

Exodus 39:2-21
Exodus 39:22-43