Read Exodus 37:1-38:20 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
37:1-9 {p} He made the ark of the covenant and the mercy seat
37:10-16 {p} He made the table of showbread and its utensils
37:17-24 {p} He made the lampstand and its utensils
37:25-29 {s} He made the altar of incense + utensils + anointing oil + incense
38:1-7 {s} He made the altar of burnt offering + utensils
38:8 {s} He made the laver of bronze and its base
38:9-20 {s} He made the hangings + pillars + sockets + screen of the gate for the outer court
Strong themes of the parashah
37:1-24 {px3} He made the ark, table, lampstand for the Most Holy and Holy Place
Exo 37:1-38:20 Chiastic structure
Vaya’as Betzalel makes a chiastic structure with elements from the previous parashah.
Download the fully expanded Exo 37:1-38:29 Triennial Vaya’as Betzalel chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
Betzalel made the articles commanded for the Tabernacle.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Vaya’as Betzalel
This section is part of a Chiastic Structure from Exo 25:1-39:31. Its two bookends are the blueprints for the tabernacle given, and the blueprints for the tabernacle followed in its construction. We find at the heart of it, that separation from YHVH is the consequence for sin. This is exactly the same Gospel that was preached from Genesis, at the Fall of Man, and the sin of Cain, and the Flood of Noah.
What is interesting here, is that Moses’ intercession and intervention wraps around the judgment for sin. Two consequences should have come about as a result of Israel’s idolatry.
1) The children of Israel should have been consumed in the wrath of God, down to the last man, woman, and child. They were not.
2) YHVH’s Presence should not have gone up with them. However, He did.
What is Scripture teaching us?
The Torah had been given to God’s people. These are not unbelievers and pagans. These are the ones who applied the blood of the Lamb to the doorposts of their houses and were baptized through the Red Sea. These are the ones who said to Moses, “All that YHVH has said, we will do and be obedient,” (Exo 24:7).
Scripture is revealing the grace of God poured out upon His people for their transgression of Torah, through the intervention of Messiah, that is, Moses as a type, the Mediator between God and men.
Or another way to say it: the Old Covenant is a covenant of grace under Moses the Messiah foreshadow, just as the (Re)New(ed) Covenant is a covenant of grace under Yeshua, the Messiah prophesied from the foundation of the world.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 66 (my notes) | 1 Kin 8 (my notes) | 1 Joh 1 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Vaya’as Betzalel
Exodus 37, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 38, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 35:1-38:20, Vayakhel Strong themes
Exodus 37 and 38, The covenant of grace under Moses
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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