עברית
Highlights of Parshat Pekudei
- an accounting of all the materials used in making the elements of the mishkan
- Further details about the clothing of the cohanim and Aaron, the Cohen Gadol
- Moshe blesses the people for their work
- The mishkan is assembled and the kohanim are annointed
- Prescence of God fills the mishkan. It will mark when to travel and when to stay put.
The Mishkan and Creation
The primary organizational phrase motif of [Exodus 39] appears to be the sevenfold repetition of the completion formula “as YHWH had commanded.” It emphasizes the execution of a command given directly or indirectly by YHWH. -- Gerald A. Klingbeil, Bridging the Gap: Ritual and Ritual Texts in the Bible
(לב) וַתֵּ֕כֶל כָּל־עֲבֹדַ֕ת מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה ה' אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֖ה כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ׃ (פ)
(32) Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting; and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
(א) וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם׃ (ב) וַיְכַ֤ל אֱ-לֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
(1) And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (2) And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
(מג) וַיַּ֨רְא מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־כָּל־הַמְּלָאכָ֗ה וְהִנֵּה֙ עָשׂ֣וּ אֹתָ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה ה' כֵּ֣ן עָשׂ֑וּ וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֹתָ֖ם מֹשֶֽׁה׃ (פ)
(43) And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it. And Moses blessed them.
(ג) וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱ-לֹהִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱ-לֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (פ)
(3) And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
Our rabbis taught: One must not appoint less than two people with control over the finances of a city or community. But surely you find that Moses was solely in charge, while here you say that one must not invest less than two with this authority? The answer is that though Moses was the sole treasurer, yet he called others to audit the accounts with him. (Shemot Rabbah 51:1)