“And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.”
Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: no man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary. And so the people were restrained from bringing more. Moses commands the community to stop giving — the only time in Scripture where a leader has to restrain his community from giving too much. Haggai 1:4–9 rebukes Israel for neglecting the temple while building their own houses — the contrast between Haggai's Israel and Exodus Israel could not be sharper. The community restrained from giving too much and the community rebuked for giving too little are the two poles of covenant generosity.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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