“And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them.”
Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, these are the things the Lord has commanded you to do. The assembly before the tabernacle construction begins is the covenant community gathered to receive commission. The same community that gave its gold for the golden calf in Exodus 32 is now assembled to give its gold to God's dwelling. The convening of the whole community communicates that the tabernacle is the whole community's project. 1 Corinthians 3:9 says you are God's building — the community assembled to build the tabernacle is the type of the community that is itself God's building in the new covenant.
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