Essay for Exodus 40:17
וַיְהִ֞י בַּחֹ֧דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֛וֹן בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הוּקַ֖ם הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
Meaningfully, the formula “as YHWH had commanded Moshe” ends each of the seven paragraphs that describe the erection of the Dwelling.
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