Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Yesterday we left off with Moses telling the people what was needed to build

the tabernacle where God would dwell in their midst and God said anyone

who felt like could contribute. Today we opened with God putting intelligence and skill into the

craftsmen so they could build the sanctuary just like he wanted it. Then we see

loads of people bringing stuff to donate. They're dropping things off every morning. They are

con-marrying their tents like crazy. So much so that Moses has to tell them to stop.

I love how God over provided here.

This really signals repentance on their parts.

And it's fitting because Romans 2-4 tells us

God's kindness leads us to repentance,

and he has certainly been kind to them in sparing

their lives after that golden calf debacle and renewing his covenant with them.

We have some lengthy passages that may seem redundant to you since we just read this a few days ago

when God gave these instructions, but the point of this repetition is to highlight that

the people who just rebelled were actually following God's instructions to the letter.

Don't miss that.

We are going to have plenty of opportunities to be frustrated with their sins,

so let's just take a moment to enjoy and appreciate this rare moment of obedience. It might be boring, but it's

glorifying to God nonetheless. Not only that, but each of these pieces of furniture

and even the way they're arranged in the

tabernacle in the shape of a cross paint a divine picture for us. All of this,

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