November 13, 2010 – Exodus 36

This reminds me a lot of the book of Nehemiah.  There, the Israelites rebuilt the city of Jerusalem by the Spirit of God moving them to work hard and together to get it done faster than anyone thought.  Here we see God working through people to get things done.

We see that the experts go about the work exactly as the Lord instructed Moses.  I have a drawing of the Dwelling in a past post.   A cubit is roughly 17 1/2 to 20 1/2 inches long.  So a sheet that is 28 cubits long by 4 cubits wide is roughly  40-48 feet long and 6 to  7 feet wide.  10 of those sheets (5 each sewn together edge to edge making them 30-35 feet long and 40-48 feet wide.)  This would be used to make the wall and half the ceiling.  It was connected at the top to the other set of five.  So, this was not a small structure they were putting together.  Now keep in mind that they were going to be taking this up and down with them as they traveled.