Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Exodo 25:1

ferner wer vom fremden Eigentum absondert. Dass diese fünf Personen nicht fähig sind תרומה abzusondern, wird aus einem einzigen Verse hergeleitet; denn es heisst (Exodus 25, 1): דבר אל בני ישראל ויקחו לי תרומה מאת כל איש אשר ידבנו לבו. „Zu den Kindern Israel‟, ausgenommen ein Götzendiener; „von jedem Manne‟, ausgenommen ein Kind, „dem es sein Herz eingiebt‟, ausgenommen ein Taubstummer und Blödsinniger, die keine richtigen Gedanken haben, „und dieses ist die Hebesteuer, die Du von ihnen nehmen sollst‟, ausgenommen von dem, was ihm nicht gehört.

a wooden ark The Exegetes, of blessed memory, have said [Palestinian Talmud Soṭa 8: 3 (22b)] that Moshe himself made an original ark, different from the one that was later made. Their evidence is I made an ark, followed by I hewed…, after which Moshe says “I put the tablets into the ark which I had made” — and their understanding is greater than ours. But it would seem that “The glory of God dwelt” [Exodus 24: 16] refers to the glory that the elders had already seen [Exodus 24: 10]. The exact date of Moshe’s first ascent is not clear, and a surface reading of Scripture suggests that Moshe only fasted for eighty days: The period denoted by “I stayed on the mount, as the first days:” [: 10] coincides with the second forty-day period [9: 25], so that the sense of the passage is, When I had stayed in the mountain these forty days, God “hearkened” unto me [cf.: 10], and said, “lead the march” [: 11] — which is the same as “go, lead the people” [Exodus 32: 34]. If all this be true, then the “wooden ark” [: 1] was made at Moshe’s command , but it is actually the same ark that B ә ṣal כ el made [cf. Exodus 37: 1].

The answer is clear when we consider our verse wherein G'd is on record as showing Moses the blueprint of the Tabernacle. Accordingly, when Moses received the details about the measurements of both the Tabernacle and its furnishings, he was told first about the furnishings. Moses misunderstood that these details were not communicated to him as an instruction to construct them first but that they merely complemented the picture G'd had already shown him of the overall structure. In other words, verse ten is merely a continuation of verse nine in which the visual appearance of the Tabernacle was described. The reason that G'd mentioned the Tabernacle first in 26,6, i.e. "the Tabernacle and its furnishings," is to reflect Moses' incredulity when he had first heard that G'd would take up residence in the Tabernacle. By telling Moses of the measurements of the Tabernacle, G'd emphasized the smallness of the structure. This verse also informs us of the fact that when G'd showed Moses the blueprint of the Tabernacle He showed him the furnishings at the same time. Perhaps the Torah also intended to convey the idea that there was no need for these furnishings to be of a large size.

fine flour, honey, and oil you ate The manna, which would change to any flavorto fine flour, honey, and oilyou ate. The Midrash Aggadah (Mid. Song 4:2) [points out that] thirteen items are enumerated here, and corresponding to them, the Holy One, blessed be He, ordered them to bring the thirteen items enumerated in the donation for the Tabernacle (Exod. 25:1-7). Nevertheless, He is destined to repay them in the future with thirteen items (Isa. 4:5f.): “And the Lord shall create over every dwelling of Mount Zion, etc. And a tabernacle shall be for shade by day from the heat, etc., from stream and from rain, etc.”