Moses calls upon the people to give of their possessions and skills to build this special place for God.Įxplain to the child that the people of Israel made offerings to God. Exodus 35:4-36:7 is filled with language of willingness and it is a joy to read the passage. Unlike many of the other events on the journey between Egypt and the land of promise the people seem to throw themselves joyfully into this project. God had given instructions for the tabernacle earlier when he met with Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 25:1-31:18) and they are repeated again in the Scriptures covered in this lesson. It was in the tabernacle that the priests would perform their duties. His presence would be centred in the tabernacle and the people would have a more tangible way of feeling his presence among them. It had always been God’s intention that the people would build a tabernacle so that they could worship him in their travels to the land of promise.
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