Keluaran 25:1

The Materials for the Sanctuary

25:1 ¹ The Lord spoke to Moses:

Keluaran 25:32

25:32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, ²  three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. ³ 

Keluaran 25:36

25:36 Their buds and their branches will be one piece, ⁴  all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

Keluaran 28:5

28:5 The artisans ⁵  are to use ⁶  the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

Keluaran 28:36

28:36 “You are to make a plate ⁷  of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: ⁸  “Holiness to the Lord.” ⁹ 

Keluaran 32:2

32:2 So Aaron said to them, “Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” ¹⁰ 

Keluaran 37:22

37:22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece; ¹¹  all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

Keluaran 39:29

39:29 The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Keluaran 39:31

39:31 They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

[25:1]  ¹ sn Now begin the detailed instructions for constructing the tabernacle of Yahweh, with all its furnishings. The first paragraph introduces the issue of the heavenly pattern for the construction, calls for the people to make willing offerings (vv. 2-7), and explains the purpose for these offerings (vv. 8-9). The message here is that God calls his people to offer of their substance willingly so that his sanctuary may be made.

[25:32]  ² tn Heb “from the sides of it.”

[25:32]  ³ tn Heb “from the second side.”

[25:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “will be from it.”

[28:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they.” The word “artisans” is supplied as the referent of the pronoun, a connection that is clearer in Hebrew than in English.

[28:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “receive” or “take.”

[28:36]  ⁷ tn The word צִּיץ (tsits) seems to mean “a shining thing” and so here a plate of metal. It originally meant “flower,” but they could not write on a flower. So it must have the sense of something worn openly, visible, and shining. The Rabbinic tradition says it was two fingers wide and stretched from ear to ear, but this is an attempt to give details that the Law does not give (see B. Jacob, Exodus, 818).

[28:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “the engravings of a seal”; this phrase is an adverbial accusative of manner.

[28:36]  ⁹ sn The engraving was a perpetual reminder of the holiness that was due the Lord (Heb “Yahweh”), that all the clothing, the furnishings, and the activities were to come under that description. This corresponded to the symbolism for the whole nation of binding the law between the eyes. It was to be a perpetual reminder of commitment.

[32:2]  ¹⁰ sn B. Jacob (Exodus, 937-38) argues that Aaron simply did not have the resolution that Moses did, and wanting to keep peace he gave in to the crowd. He also tries to explain that Aaron was wanting to show their folly through the deed. U. Cassuto also says that Aaron’s request for the gold was a form of procrastination, but that the people quickly did it and so he had no alternative but to go through with it (Exodus, 412). These may be right, since Aaron fully understood what was wrong with this, and what the program was all about. The text gives no strong indication to support these ideas, but there are enough hints from the way Aaron does things to warrant such a conclusion.

[37:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “were from it.”