SERIES D --- YHVH’S TABERNACLE --- LESSON 11

GIFTS GLADLY GIVEN

A CALL FOR GIFTS

From Exodus 35:1-36-7

One day Moses called together the entire congregation of Israel for a special meeting. [Here are the Laws which Adonai has given us to obey,] he told them. [Work six days each week, but set aside the seventh day as a holy day, a time of rest before Adonai. Whoever works on the Shabbat day shall be put to death. You must not even light a fire in your homes on that day.] Moses also said to the people, [Adonai has Commanded that whoever wishes to contribute offerings with willing hearts, may bring them to Him. Bring gold, silver, bronze, fine-twined linen cloth of blue, purple and scarlet colours, rams’ skins dyed red, goats’ skins, acacia wood, olive oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and aromatic incense and onyx stones and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastpiece. Let all of you who are craftsmen bring your special talents to Adonai and we will build the Tabernacle which He has Commanded, along with its coverings, hooks and frames, bars, pillars and sockets. We will build the Ark and the carrying poles, the mercy seat, the veil to screen the Ark from view, the table and its carrying poles and utensils and the Bread of the Presence. We will make the lamp stand with its lamps and utensils and the oil for the light, the altar of incense and its carrying poles, the anointing oil and aromatic incense and the curtain to cover the doorway of the tabernacle. Let us make the altar for burnt offerings with its bronze grating and the carrying poles and utensils, the laver and its pedestal, the curtains to form the walls of the courtyard with their pillars and sockets, the curtain to cover the entrance and the posts and cords to form the courtyard wall. And we will make beautiful garments for Aaron, his sons and the priests, to be used when serving YHVH in the Holy Place.] The people left Moses and returned to their tent homes. Then all those whose hearts were stirred by the Spirit of YHVH brought offerings of beautiful materials for the tabernacle and its services and for the sacred garments. Men and women, stirred to give, brought golden earrings, bracelets, rings, brooches, necklaces and other kinds of golden jewellery. Others gave blue, purple and scarlet cloth and fine linen, goats’ hair and rams’ skins dyed red and special goats’ skins. Some came with silver and bronze and others brought acacia wood to be used in making the tabernacle. Women who had special skills in sewing and spinning worked with the blue, purple and scarlet thread and the fine-twined linen. Others spun the goats’ hair into cloth. The leaders of the people gave the onyx stones and the stones for the ephod and the breastpiece, the spices and oil for the lamps and for the anointing oil and the aromatic incense. The men and women of Israel whose hearts had been moved brought materials for the tabernacle, as Adonai had Commanded through Moses, presenting them as a freewill offering to Adonai. Moses said to the people of Israel, [Adonai has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, filling him with the Spirit of YHVH, giving him great skill, wisdom and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship. He has fitted him to make beautiful designs, working in gold, silver and bronze and in cutting stones for setting, carving wood and other skilled crafts. Adonai has also given to Bezalel the desire to teach and likewise to Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. He has given them the ability to do skilful engraving, designing and embroidering. They can make many beautiful things from the blue, purple and scarlet material and from fine linen and they can also weave skilfully. We need their skills greatly in making the tabernacle. Bezalel and Oholiab will work with other skilled craftsmen to whom Adonai has given special abilities so that together they may make the tabernacle and its furnishings.] Moses gave Bezalel and Oholiab and the other skilled craftsmen orders to begin the work. He gave them the beautiful gifts which the people had brought with a willing heart. And each morning he added those materials which the people continued to bring. One day the craftsmen came to Moses. [The people have brought more materials than we need for the work Adonai Commanded,] they reported. Moses issued orders which were circulated around the camp, [Bring no more gifts for the tabernacle.] The people stopped giving, for there were more than enough materials to do the work that Adonai had told them to do.

COMMENTARY

SPINNING AND WEAVING IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Making clothes in the ancient world took a long time and was very complicated. It was also very expensive. If someone owned four or five articles of clothing, he was very rich by Egyptian standards. The smallest piece of cloth had to be painstakingly made from the very beginning. The Egyptians used cotton, wool, flax, camels’ hair and goats’ hair. They made especially fine linen from flax. The best kind was called {byssus.} Spinning is the first step in making cloth. The fibre is stretched and twisted until it becomes yarn. The spindle, the piece used to form and twist the threads, was a hooked stick. The Egyptians tied a little doughnut-shaped weight; a whorl; to the end of the fibres to make them twirl around faster. Women did most of the spinning in Egypt. Often, they would spin as they walked to get water or do other things. The most skilful spinners used two spindles; one in each hand; as they spun thread from the fibre, they carried with them. After spinning, the loom was prepared to weave the thread or yarn into cloth. There were three kinds of looms in ancient Egypt. One was placed on the ground and the weaver had to squat over it. Another was a simple crossbeam, from which weighted threads hung. The third also had a crossbeam, but it could be turned to wind up the cloth as it was woven. The hand looms invented today are somewhat easier to use and speedier than the ancient Egyptian looms. The first step is still the same; setting up the warp, the long rows of tied-down strings all going in the same direction. The Egyptians used a ball of thread as the shuttle to pass in and out of the strings of the warp. These days, the shuttle is a flat object with thread wrapped around it. Its shape makes it easier to pass through the strings, and the thread unwinds much faster. When all of this was done and the cloth was completed, it was then beaten on the sides to bring the threads closer together and make the cloth that much firmer. Since weaving was such wearying, dull work, the Egyptians gave the job to slaves whenever they could. After the cloth was woven, it was ready to be sewed. Of course, that too was done by hand, with needles and thimbles that look much like those used today. The Egyptians preferred white fabrics, so not much material was dyed. Cloth for special use was embroidered. The Israelites learned the techniques of weaving from the Egyptians. They devoted long hours of very hard work and delicate skill to make the curtains, veils and embroidered drapery of YHVH’s tabernacle.

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Matthew 8:14-15

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Shir HaMa’alot [song of ascents])
“They that trust in Hashem shall be as Mt Tziyon, which is immoveable, and abideth l'olam. As harim (the mountains) surround Yerushalayim, so Hashem surrounds His people from henceforth v'ad olam (and to forever). For the shevet (scepter) of the resha shall not rest upon the goral (allotment, property) of the tzaddikim; lest the tzaddikim put forth their hands unto iniquity. Do good, Hashem, unto the tovim, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Hashem shall turn them away with the workers of iniquity; but shalom shall be upon Yisroel.”
‭‭Tehillim‬ ‭125‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭TOJB2011‬‬

Shir HaMa’alot [song of ascents])
“They that trust in Hashem shall be as Mt Tziyon, which is immoveable, and abideth l'olam. As harim (the mountains) surround Yerushalayim, so Hashem surrounds His people from henceforth v'ad olam (and to forever). For the shevet (scepter) of the resha shall not rest upon the goral (allotment, property) of the tzaddikim; lest the tzaddikim put forth their hands unto iniquity. Do good, Hashem, unto the tovim, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Hashem shall turn them away with the workers of iniquity; but shalom shall be upon Yisroel.”
‭‭Tehillim‬ ‭125‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭TOJB2011‬‬

Shir HaMa’alot [song of ascents])
“They that trust in Hashem shall be as Mt Tziyon, which is immoveable, and abideth l'olam. As harim (the mountains) surround Yerushalayim, so Hashem surrounds His people from henceforth v'ad olam (and to forever). For the shevet (scepter) of the resha shall not rest upon the goral (allotment, property) of the tzaddikim; lest the tzaddikim put forth their hands unto iniquity. Do good, Hashem, unto the tovim, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Hashem shall turn them away with the workers of iniquity; but shalom shall be upon Yisroel.”
‭‭Tehillim‬ ‭125‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭TOJB2011‬‬

SERIES D --- YHVH’S TABERNACLE --- LESSON 10

DEVOTED TO YHVH ONLY

THE TERMS OF YHVH’S COVENANT

From Exodus 34

[Cut two stone tablets like the ones you broke and I will write on them the same Commandments which I wrote on the others,] Adonai told Moses. [In the morning come up into Mount Sinai and present yourself to Me in the mountaintop. No one else may come with you to any part of the mountain. Even the flocks and herds must stay away from the mountain and not graze nearby.] Early the next morning Moses climbed into the mountain with two tablets of stone like the first ones, as Adonai had told him to do. When Moses reached the top of Mount Sinai, Adonai descended in a pillar of cloud and proclaimed His Name to Moses. Then Adonai passed before Moses and said, [I am Adonai, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to Anger, Abundant with Truth and Loving-Kindness. I reveal My love to thousands by forgiving their sins. But I also punish the guilty, sometimes carrying that punishment as far as the third and fourth generations.] Moses quickly fell to the ground to worship. [If I have found favour in Your sight O Adonai, go with us on our journey, even though the people are stubborn. Forgive our sins and receive us as Your own.] [I will make a Covenant and will perform miracles before the people which have never been performed in all the earth before any nation of people,] Adonai said. [All of your people will see My awesome and fearful Power which I will show to you. If you obey My Commandments, I will drive out from the land where you are going the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. You must never make a covenant with these people who already live in the Promised Land, for it will become a trap for you, drawing you into their evil ways. Instead, tear down their altars, break their idols and destroy their shrines. For My Name is jealous, because I am a jealous YHVH and I want you to be devoted only to Me. Make no peace treaties with the people of the land, for when they go running after their heathen gods and invite you to eat with them, you may go and even worship the heathen gods yourselves. Before long, you will have let your sons marry their daughters, who worship these idols and then your sons will turn against Me and worship their wives’ gods. No, you must have nothing to do with these heathen idols. Remember to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, as I Commanded you, in the month of Abib, which is toward the latter part of March, for that is the month when you left Egypt. Every firstborn male belongs to Me, whether it is from cattle, sheep or goats. The firstborn of a donkey may be redeemed by giving a lamb in exchange for it. If you do not want to redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn son must be redeemed and not one of you shall appear before Me empty-handed, without a gift. You must work only six days of each week, resting on the seventh day. This must be observed even during the times of ploughing and harvest. [Three times each year every man and boy must celebrate a great festival {Yamim Tovim} and appear before Adonai. These three festivals are the Pesach {Feast of Unleavened Bread – Passover}, Shavuot {the Feast of Weeks, and Sukkoth {Booths or Tabernacles} at the time of harvest. You don’t have to worry about an attack from your enemies when you go to these feasts or festivals, for I will drive out your enemies and enlarge your borders. When you sacrifice to Me, do not use leavened bread. Let none of the meat from Pesach remain until morning. Each year bring the first and best of your harvest to the tabernacle. When you cook a young goat, never boil it in its own mother’s milk.] Adonai also said to Moses, [Write the Words of these Commandments, for they state My Covenant with you and the people of Israel.] Moses remained there on Mount Sinai with Adonai for forty days and forty nights. During all that time he did not eat or drink. Adonai again wrote the Ten Commandments on the tablets of stone which Moses brought. But when Moses descended from the mountain with the tablets of stone, he did not realize that the skin on his face gave off a radiant light, for he had been in Adonai’s Presence. When Aaron and the people of Israel saw Moses’ face, they were afraid to come near him. When Moses called for them to come near, Aaron and the leaders of the people came to talk with him. Later the other people came and Moses presented to them Adonai’s Commandments that He had given on the mountain. Moses put a veil over his face when he finished speaking to the people of Israel. Whenever he went into Adonai’s Presence to speak to Him, Moses removed the veil. And whenever he came out to speak to the people of Israel, he put the veil on again, for the people would see the radiance of his face if he did not wear it.

COMMENTARY

IMAGES AND IDOLS OF THE PAST

During their years in Egypt, the Israelites became very familiar with the images and idols of the many gods worshiped by the Egyptians. But in the wilderness of the Sinai, things were very different. Gone were Osiris, judge of the dead and his wife Isis. The elaborate preparation of bodies for burial was no more. Instead, those who died on the journey were wrapped in their cloaks and buried in a shallow pit in the ground. Instead of the jackal-headed god Anubis, god of the dead, real jackals circled the edge of the Israelites’ camp. The goddess Nekhebet did not appear as a harmless image. Living vultures flew over the people of Israel, waiting to feast on those who died on the way. Live cobras lurked hidden in the desert sands. They did not appear as Udjar, the cobra-goddess represented on the pharaoh’s headdress. Bes, god of all pleasures, was gone. And gone were most of the pleasures of Egypt as the Israelites struggled toward their goal. The life-giving rays of the sun bestowed by Amon-Ra, the sun god, had become heat without mercy in the desert. In place of all the Egyptian idols that could be seen and touched, the Israelites had YHVH Elohiym who was invisible. He had forbidden them to make any images representing Him, not even a stone or a staff.

Thought for Today: Shabbat January 07:

YHVH Elohiym love you for who you are, not for what you do. Many voices vie for control of your mind, especially when you sit in silence. You must learn to discern what is His Voice and what is not. Pray and
ask Ruach HaKodesh to give you this discernment. Many, many believers run around in circles, trying to obey the various voices directing their lives, believing that it must be from HaShem. This results in fragmented frustrating patterns of living. Do not fall into this trap. Walk closely with Elohiym each moment, listening for His directives and enjoying His Companionship. Refuse to let other voices keep you busy. Remember, His sheep know His Voice and follow Him wherever He leads.

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