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Midrash su Esdra 10:15

אַ֣ךְ יוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־תִּקְוָ֖ה עָמְד֣וּ עַל־זֹ֑את וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י הַלֵּוִ֖י עֲזָרֻֽם׃

Solo Gionata, figlio di Asahel e Iahzeia, figlio di Tikvah, si opposero a questa faccenda; e Meshullam e Shabbethai il Levita li aiutarono.

Midrash Tanchuma

Another illustration of this is in the verse Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter (supporting Ezra’s decree that the Israelites were to send away their foreign wives); and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them (Ezek. 10:15).16See Ezra 10:9–33. Because Jonathan devoted himself zealously to this matter while the other only helped him, his name is mentioned first. Similarly in the case of Bezalel. All the wise men assisted him, but because he devoted himself most zealously to the erection of the Tabernacle, it is written: And Bezalel made the ark.
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber

[Exod. 37:1:) THEN BEZALEL MADE.] Did Bezalel make them by himself, since it says each and every time: THEN BEZALEL MADE?41While these exact words only appear here in Exod. 37:1, similar wording does designate Bezalel as having made the altar (II Chron. 1:5) and all that Moses commanded (Exod. 38:22). It is simply because he put his whole heart into the work of the Tabernacle. Therefore, the Holy One did not deprive him of his reward, and proclaimed him on each occasion: THEN BEZALEL MADE. There is also a similar instance (in Ezra 10:15): ONLY JONATHAN BEN ASAHEL AND JAHZEIAH BEN TIKVAH REMAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE, WITH MESHULLAM AND SHABBETHAI THE LEVITES HELPING THEM. The text proclaims Jonathan because he put his heart into it. Here also <the name is proclaimed > (in Exod. 37:1): THEN BEZALEL MADE.
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