Exodus 37:1–9
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to a section of Exodus that can feel, to our modern sensibilities, a bit like reading assembly instructions for furniture you did not order. But we must disabuse ourselves of this notion immediately. We are not reading a divine manual for arts and crafts. We are witnessing the faithful, Spirit-filled execution of a divine command that lies at the very heart of Israel's life and worship. God had given Moses the blueprint for His house, the Tabernacle, up on the mountain in chapter 25. Now, down in the valley, after the catastrophic rebellion of the golden calf and the glorious renewal of the covenant, the work begins. This is the difference between a promise and its fulfillment, between a blueprint and a building. And the first piece of furniture to be constructed is the most important.