Chapter 36

2024 - Looks to me like 36:1 might fit better as the last verse of 35.

The making of the tabernacle.

2 Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work. [Exo 36:2 NKJV]

When God appoints us to a job, He gives us the skill to do that job.  These weren't called because they were already able, God made them skilled because he had determined to use them.  They relied on God for what they did, God didn't rely on them.

We get a summary of the work that was done in building the tent of meeting.  Not in the detail God described it to Moses, but enough to see that the work was done as prescribed.  They made no mistakes.  Because those given skill to do the work used what God gave them, and did not try to rely on their own knowledge.

It would be interesting to see how very large tents are made these days for the people who still live their lives in tents, and from that, maybe get a little better sense of how this was put together.