10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits
and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou
overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four
corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in
the other side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that
the ark may be borne with them.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from
it.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall
be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make
them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end:
even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward
the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou
shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the
mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the
testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the
children of Israel. (Exodus 25:10-22)
10 And they shall make an ark - all Israel was to do an ark.
"... Why is the third person plural - they shall make -
used here instead of the usual second person singular: you? R. Judah stated in
the name of R. Shalom: Let all come and occupy themselves with the ark so that
they should all qualify for the Torah.
Rambam explains R. Judah's
statement to imply that all the Israelites should participate in the
construction of the ark because of its supremely sacred role in housing the
tablets of the Law, by donating articles of gold for it or helping Bezalel a
little or directing their minds to it." (Commentaries by Nehama Leibovitz
to Torah http://www.jafi.org.il/education/torani/NEHAMA/teruma.html)
4 To Whom coming, as unto a
living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Yeshua
Messiah (Jesus Christ). (1 Peter 2:4-5)
of shittim wood - «The boards for the Mishkan were made
from shittim-wood, from a tree that does not bear fruit; thereby man is taught
the virtue of economy: he should not waste anything of greater value when the
same can be obtained by using articles of lesser value. Even the Mishkan was
not to be made out of fruit-trees, since it could be made equally as effective
out of trees bearing no fruit.» (Midrash Tanhuma http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/mhl/mhl04.htm)
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a
cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof
- about 1,5 ì * 0,9 ì * 0,9 ì
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold - here is a hint to all
believers in Yeshua (Jesus) who need to have the faith in their acts (but not
in the beautiful words only)
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from
it - "Kli Yakar regards the permanent attachment of the poles to the
ark as symbolic of the unbreakable links between Israel and the Torah. The
poles perpetually fixed in the rings of the holy ark embodies the principle
formulated by Isaiah (59, 21) that: My spirit...and My words shall not depart
from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants...from henceforth and
forever or by Joshua (1, 8): this book of the law shall not move from your
mouth." (Commentaries by Nehama Leibovitz to Torah http://www.jafi.org.il/education/torani/NEHAMA/teruma.html)
21 As for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is
upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of
thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's
seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. (Isaiah 59:21)
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all
that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success. (Joshua 1:8)
17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold - Commentators
write it is possible that a mercy seat symbolizes the throne of God.
In Hebrew the name of a mercy seat is "kaporet" (from the verb
"kaphar" - to cover (the sins), clean, to redeem).
14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his
finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he
sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and
bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the
blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy
seat:
16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in
all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that
remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. (Lev. 16:14-16)
Messiah Yeshua is our KAPORAH, our
PROPITIATION, our ATONEMENT.
2 And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for
the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)
24 Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in
Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus):
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to
declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the
forbearance of God; (Rom. 3:24-25)
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high - the
cherubims symbolize the protection of angels
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