Exodus 39:32-43

Exodus 39:32-43

[32] Thus was all the work  of the tabernacle  of the tent  of the congregation  finished:  and the children  of Israel  did  according to all that the LORD  commanded  Moses,  so did  they. [33] And they brought  the tabernacle  unto Moses,  the tent,  and all his furniture,  his taches,  his boards,  his bars,  and his pillars,  and his sockets,  [34] And the covering  of rams'  skins  dyed red,  and the covering  of badgers'  skins,  and the vail  of the covering,  [35] The ark  of the testimony,  and the staves  thereof, and the mercy seat,  [36] The table,  and all the vessels  thereof, and the shewbread,  [37] The pure  candlestick,  with the lamps  to be set in order,  and all the vessels  thereof, and the oil  for light,  [38] And the golden  altar,  and the anointing  oil,  and the sweet  incense,  and the hanging  for the tabernacle  door,  [39] The brasen  altar,  and his grate  of brass,  his staves,  and all his vessels,  the laver  and his foot,  [40] The hangings  of the court,  his pillars,  and his sockets,  and the hanging  for the court  gate,  his cords,  and his pins,  and all the vessels  of the service  of the tabernacle,  for the tent  of the congregation,  [41] The cloths  of service  to do service  in the holy  garments  for Aaron  the priest,  and his sons'  garments,  to minister in the priest's office.  [42] According to all that the LORD  commanded  Moses,  so the children  of Israel  made  all the work.  [43] And Moses  did look  upon all  the work,  and, behold, they had done  it as the LORD  had commanded,  even so had they done  it: and Moses  blessed  them.

What does Exodus 39:32-43 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The builders and craftsmen then presented the finished tabernacle items to Moses. The fact that he listed them again in the text reflects their importance. The statement that they did their work just as God had commanded Moses brackets the section ( Exodus 39:32; Exodus 39:42). As in the Creation narrative ( Genesis 1:28), a blessing concludes the tabernacle construction narrative ( Exodus 39:43).
"The readiness and liberality with which the people had presented the gifts required for this work, and the zeal which they had shown in executing the whole of the work in rather less than half a year (see at Exodus 40:17), were most cheering signs of the willingness of the Israelites to serve the Lord, for which they could not fail to receive the blessing of God." [1]
The sections of Exodus dealing with the tabernacle are a fruitful field for study. [2]