לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Kaya nang marinig ito ng Walang-Hanggan, Siya ay napuno ng poot; at nagningas ang apoy laban sa Jacob, at umalab din ang galit laban sa Israel,
Rabbeinu Bahya
להקים את המשכן, “to erect the Tabernacle.” Although the erection of the Tabernacle is credited by the Torah to Moses, the fact is that it erected itself, as we know from Exodus 40,17 הוקם המשכן, “the Tabernacle had been erected.” The Torah had not attributed this to any human being or combination of human beings.
A Midrashic comment based on Tanchuma Nasso 14: the words “to erect the Tabernacle,” are reminiscent of Numbers 24,5 "how goodly are you tents o Yaakov, your sanctuaries, o Israel.” If Bileam mentioned אהליך “your tents,” why did he also have to mention משכנותיך, “your sanctuaries?” The answer given is that the "tents” Bileam referred to were the various locations commencing in the desert where the temporary structure, the Tabernacle would be located. The word משכנותיך, is to be read slightly differently, i.e. משכונותיך, from the word משכון, “pledge, collateral.” The presence of the Tabernacle (containing the Shechinah) in the midst of the Jewish people was to be their pledge that they would be loyal to G’d. Remember that history bears out that this is exactly what happened. When the Jewish people sinned we experienced retribution as described already in Psalms 78,21 and 60. The forsaking of the Tabernacle in Shiloh in that latter verse was a direct consequence of the people’s failure to live up to their part of the bargain.
Another meaning of the words: “to erect the Tabernacle.” According to Rabbi Simon, at the time G’d gave instructions to the Jewish people to erect the Tabernacle, He instructed the angels in the celestial spheres to do something commensurate so that a celestial Sanctuary was established at the same time as the Tabernacle on earth. The celestial Sanctuary is the Tabernacle of the נער whose name is Mattatron. In that Sanctuary the souls of the righteous are being offered in order for them to atone for their errant brethren, the sinners of the Jewish people during the period the latter are in exile. This is why the Torah wrote את המשכן the word את alluding to the other Sanctuary which had been erected simultaneously. This is also the reason for the words מכון לשבתך פעלת ה',”the foundation of Your dwelling-place Hashem” (Exodus 15,17). Thus far the Midrash.
A Midrashic comment based on Tanchuma Nasso 14: the words “to erect the Tabernacle,” are reminiscent of Numbers 24,5 "how goodly are you tents o Yaakov, your sanctuaries, o Israel.” If Bileam mentioned אהליך “your tents,” why did he also have to mention משכנותיך, “your sanctuaries?” The answer given is that the "tents” Bileam referred to were the various locations commencing in the desert where the temporary structure, the Tabernacle would be located. The word משכנותיך, is to be read slightly differently, i.e. משכונותיך, from the word משכון, “pledge, collateral.” The presence of the Tabernacle (containing the Shechinah) in the midst of the Jewish people was to be their pledge that they would be loyal to G’d. Remember that history bears out that this is exactly what happened. When the Jewish people sinned we experienced retribution as described already in Psalms 78,21 and 60. The forsaking of the Tabernacle in Shiloh in that latter verse was a direct consequence of the people’s failure to live up to their part of the bargain.
Another meaning of the words: “to erect the Tabernacle.” According to Rabbi Simon, at the time G’d gave instructions to the Jewish people to erect the Tabernacle, He instructed the angels in the celestial spheres to do something commensurate so that a celestial Sanctuary was established at the same time as the Tabernacle on earth. The celestial Sanctuary is the Tabernacle of the נער whose name is Mattatron. In that Sanctuary the souls of the righteous are being offered in order for them to atone for their errant brethren, the sinners of the Jewish people during the period the latter are in exile. This is why the Torah wrote את המשכן the word את alluding to the other Sanctuary which had been erected simultaneously. This is also the reason for the words מכון לשבתך פעלת ה',”the foundation of Your dwelling-place Hashem” (Exodus 15,17). Thus far the Midrash.
Ibn Ezra
לבער To bum. Then shall it be for a man, etc. Some warm themselves by the fire, others kindle it, etc. ישיק He kindleth it. Comp. נשקה was kindled (Ps. Ixxviii. 21); the meaning of נשק is similar to that of בער to burn.