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Exodus 21:1-24:18

Exodus 27:20-30:10

Exodus 18:1-20:23

Exodus 10:1-13:16

Exodus 6:2-9:35

God instructs Moses to collect gifts from the Israelites in order to build a Tabernacle so that God can dwell among the people; God describes to Moses the vessels and structures that comprise the Tabernacle.

Questions for an Unfinished Revolution

The Israelites bring so many materials for the construction of the Tabernacle that Moses tells them to stop; Bezalel and Oholiab, gifted craftspeople, construct the elements of the Tabernacle.

God continues describing the Tabernacle to Moses; the people worship the Golden Calf, Moses pleads on their behalf, and God forgives them.

Moses informs the people of numerous ethical and ritual laws and seals the covenant between the Children of Israel and God.

Unlike the first tablets, the second tablets, which were hewn by human hands, endured.

We are often blind to the dimension that lacks physical substance, and that can lead to enslavement to things.