Midrash sa Exodo 25:5: Midrash Tanchuma Buber & Vayikra Rabbah

Another interpretation (of Exod. 25:3): AND THIS IS THE PRIESTLY SHARE…: [GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE]. GOLD corresponds to the kingdom of Babylon, concerning which is written (in Dan. 2:38): YOU (Nebuchadnezzar) ARE THE HEAD OF GOLD.²¹Tanh., Exod. 7:7; cf. Exod. R. 35:5; above, 3:15. SILVER: This denotes the kingdom of Media, concerning which is written (in Esth. 3:9): THREE THOUSAND TALENTS OF SILVER.²²The money was to be Haman’s payment into the treasury of the king of the Persians and Medes. AND BRONZE: This denotes the kingdom of Greece, which was the least of them all. (Exod. 25:5:) REDDENED (rt.: 'DM) RAM SKINS. This denotes the kingdom of Edom, as stated (in Gen. 25:25): THE FIRST (i.e., Esau) CAME FORTH RUDDY (rt: 'DM).²³See also above, Gen. 8:4. The Holy One said: Although you have seen these four kingdoms exalting over you, by your life, I am producing salvation for you out of the midst of slavery. What is written next (in Exod. 25:6)? OIL FOR LIGHTING (ma'or). What is the meaning of LIGHTING? This denotes the Messianic (Mashiah) King, as stated (in Ps. 132:17): THERE I WILL MAKE A HORN SPROUT FOR DAVID; [I HAVE PREPARED A LAMP FOR MY ANOINTED ONE (Mashiah)].²⁴Below, 8:6. When Daniel saw these [four] kingdoms, he was afraid. It is so stated (in Dan. 7:15): AS FOR ME, DANIEL, MY SPIRIT WAS DISTURBED <WITHIN ME; AND THE VISION OF MY HEAD ALARMED ME>. What did Daniel see? It is simply that, when Nebuchadnezzar saw the dream, Daniel came and interpreted it for him. He said to him (in Dan. 2:38): YOU (Nebuchadnezzar) ARE THE HEAD OF GOLD. (Dan. 2:32:) <THE HEAD OF THAT STATUE WAS OF FINE GOLD;> ITS BREAST AND ITS ARMS WERE OF SILVER. This <silver> denotes the kingdom of Babylon.²⁵Cf. the Oxford MS, marked, “Michael 577, no. 155”; Codex Vaticanus, Ebr., 34; and the parallels in Tanh., Exod. 7:7 and Exod. R. 35:5. They all read here, “Kingdom of Media,” and identify the other kingdoms to fit this rendering. (Dan. 2:39:) BUT ANOTHER KINGDOM SHALL ARISE AFTER YOU, INFERIOR TO YOU. (Dan. 2:32:) ITS BELLY AND ITS THIGHS WERE OF BRONZE. This denotes the kingdom of Media. (Dan. 2:39, cont.:) THEN YET A THIRD KINGDOM, ONE OF BRONZE, WHICH SHALL RULE OVER THE WHOLE EARTH. (Dan. 2:33:) ITS LEGS WERE OF IRON. This denotes the kingdom of Greece. (Dan. 2:40, 42:) BUT THE FOURTH KINGDOM SHALL BE AS STRONG AS IRON<….> {AND ITS} [THE] FEET²⁶The Masoretic Text renders, “AND THE TOES OF THE FEET.” WERE PARTLY {OF} IRON AND PARTLY {OF} CLAY. This is Edom. Why was it likened to iron and clay? Our masters have said: This wicked kingdom is going to use clay coinage.

Rabbi Yehuda in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi began: “Hear, my son, and take my sayings” (Proverbs 4:10) – I [God] have commanded you many acts of taking in order to accord you merit. I said to you: “They shall take to you a completely red cow” (Numbers 19:2). Was it, perhaps, for My benefit? No, it was for your benefit, to purify you, as it is written: “The pure person shall sprinkle upon the impure person” (Numbers 19:19).
I said to you: “They shall take Me a gift [veyikḥu li teruma]” (Exodus 25:2), so that I will dwell in your midst. “They shall make Me a sanctuary” (Exodus 25:8) – as it were, the Holy One blessed be He said: Take Me and I will reside in your midst. It does not say: They shall take a gift [veyikḥu teruma], but rather, “they shall take Me [veyikḥu li].” It is I that you are taking.
I said to you: “They shall take to you pure olive oil” (Leviticus 24:2) – do I require your light? But is it not written: “The light rests with Him” (Daniel 2:22)? It is, rather, in order to accord you merit and to atone for your souls, which are likened to a lamp, as it is stated: “The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord; He searches all the chambers of the belly” (Proverbs 20:27).
Now that I have said to you: “You shall take for you on the first day,” it is in order to accord you merit so I will cause rain to fall for you. Therefore, Moses exhorts Israel and says to them: “You shall take for you on the first day.”