“T'rumah” (offering) EXODUS 25:1-27:19
In this study, we see that a request is made for a “free-will offering” so that the Tabernacle can be built and its furnishings. As we remember, when the Israelites left Egypt, they took quite a treasure that the Egyptians gave them so they would leave. We could consider this “back pay” for all the work they had done for four-hundred years.
Egypt had quite a wealth in gold, silver, gems, fine fabrics, etc., and now, Egypt remained poor and in ruins while the Israelites left with the “spoils of war,” a war which YHVH fought against the gods of Egypt, and won. So, in a battle, the spoils of war belong to the victor. So, while the Israelites were protected, God fought against the demonic entities, in the guise of the “gods of Egypt,” Pharaoh included. So, rightly, the riches and spoils of Egypt belong to YHVH, being carried by HIS people.
God, who came to Moses on Mt. Siani wants to come down to live with HIS people, and even though HE is limitless, and needs no house to live in, as the entire universe is his home, wishes to dwell with his people. "I want to dwell among you, "inside" you, so, make me a house with the materials you were freely given in Egypt."
In “Yitro” The Torah was given to Israel, the marriage “Ketubah” was given in the form of the Ten Commandments, written in stone, In “Mishpatim” “justice” was given, some more commandments explained by YHVH through Moshe, and now, YHVH is saying “Take ME into your life, make ME a place to dwell among you”
So the people would gather up the materials to make HIM a “Mikdash” (Sanctuary), yet more on this word later. The materials would be “freely given.” The Word says, “Take for me an offering” (Terumah), yet at the end of the verse, the word is “Terumati” (my offering). Question: Is it Israel’s offering, or God’s offering? It is BOTH. Israel gave, and God made sure it was enough, and it was “more than enough”. Israel gave and "lifted up" (rum), which is part of the word "TeRUMah", and God "offered up Himself" to dwell close "sh'ken" with His people.
Remember in the New Covenant when the boy offered 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. “He gave,” and then, Yeshua multiplied the offering, “HE gave BACK”. In the days of Elisha, the widow gave a bit of wheat and oil to make some bread for the prophet, then God, through Elisha, gave it back! Many pots of olive oil were left over, enough to sell and pay off the widow’s debt. Whatever we have to offer, Adonai will bless and double it in only a way that HE will be glorified.
We look at 25:8, something is interesting; “and let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them…” thus said Adonai speaking to Moshe. The word “to dwell among” is “Shakhn’ti,” and it not only means “to dwell among,” it also means “to dwell inside,” and that is the way it is today, but the “Spirit of God also dwells “inside of every born-again believer.
Another word that describes the Tabernacle is “sanctuary” (Mikdash). Within this word is "Kadosh." (kdsh) since Hebrew uses for the most part consonants. "Kadosh" is "Holiness" or "set apart." So the Tabernacle is a sanctuary set apart for fellowship and service between Israel and YHVH.
This is the same way our church congregations are "Set apart" for service, Bible teaching and study, and fellowship today.
The words "Mikdash" (Sanctuary) and "Mishkan (Tabernacle) are both used. So, God's dwelling place will be a place "set apart" (Holy) so that God will "Draw close and dwell" among his people, just like God is within every believer today in the person of the Holy Spirit. A congregation is a "set apart" place to gather and worship, be it a large church building, an office area, o even a garage.
"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." (Matt 18:20)
This building project was, one could say, financed by Egypt. For 4 hundred years, Israel worked for a hard task master, “Pharaoh and Company” building edifices dedicated to false gods, now, Israel has a new master, The Creator of the Universe, the Maker of Man, the future “Yeshua Ha Mashiach” A place will be built for HIM to minister to his people, and every piece of furniture will reflect who HE IS.
There are 13 general items for the building project: 1. Gold, 2. Silver, 3. Brass, 4. Blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, 5. Fine linen, 6. Goat’s hair, 7. Ram’s skins, 8. Sealskins, 9. Acacia-wood, 10. Oil, 11. Spices, 12. Onyx stones, 13. Other gemstones. The number “13” in Gematria is the sum of the letters in the word “Echad,” which means “ONE in unity”. With those materials, the Mishkan/Mikdash was built, so that Adonai could be ONE with HIS PEOPLE, which now includes all believers. We are all ONE with Messiah Yeshua.
Gold, silver, precious stones, fabric, and wood. Now there is a question: where did the wood come from? Is there any Shitim and Acacia trees in the desert? If one looks at the desert of Saudi Arabia today, even though “Google Maps” or “Google Earth,” one can see almost no trees, just bare mountains. But we are talking about a desert almost 4000 years ago, it was probably very different, it had to be, remember that the Israelites brought with them cattle, sheep, what are they going to eat? Sand? NO, there had to have been vegetation, trees. They could have cut the trees down in the desert and fashioned them into boards for the “Mishkan” (tabernacle).
This is a “free-will offering,” Moshe states, “of every man whose heart maketh him willing”. So it was not forced, it was “of free will”. We know that the people gladly gave so much that later on, Moshe had to say, “Stop giving already, we have enough”. Can you imagine a pastor or rabbi from a church or synagogue that would say that to his congregation, “OK brothers and sisters, we have enough money for all of our needs, you can stop giving?” I don't think that will ever happen, when one gives of his or her time, talent, and treasure, God gives back many times over.
In this study, we see that a request is made for a “free-will offering” so that the Tabernacle can be built and its furnishings. As we remember, when the Israelites left Egypt, they took quite a treasure that the Egyptians gave them so they would leave. We could consider this “back pay” for all the work they had done for four-hundred years.
Egypt had quite a wealth in gold, silver, gems, fine fabrics, etc., and now, Egypt remained poor and in ruins while the Israelites left with the “spoils of war,” a war which YHVH fought against the gods of Egypt, and won. So, in a battle, the spoils of war belong to the victor. So, while the Israelites were protected, God fought against the demonic entities, in the guise of the “gods of Egypt,” Pharaoh included. So, rightly, the riches and spoils of Egypt belong to YHVH, being carried by HIS people.
God, who came to Moses on Mt. Siani wants to come down to live with HIS people, and even though HE is limitless, and needs no house to live in, as the entire universe is his home, wishes to dwell with his people. "I want to dwell among you, "inside" you, so, make me a house with the materials you were freely given in Egypt."
In “Yitro” The Torah was given to Israel, the marriage “Ketubah” was given in the form of the Ten Commandments, written in stone, In “Mishpatim” “justice” was given, some more commandments explained by YHVH through Moshe, and now, YHVH is saying “Take ME into your life, make ME a place to dwell among you”
So the people would gather up the materials to make HIM a “Mikdash” (Sanctuary), yet more on this word later. The materials would be “freely given.” The Word says, “Take for me an offering” (Terumah), yet at the end of the verse, the word is “Terumati” (my offering). Question: Is it Israel’s offering, or God’s offering? It is BOTH. Israel gave, and God made sure it was enough, and it was “more than enough”. Israel gave and "lifted up" (rum), which is part of the word "TeRUMah", and God "offered up Himself" to dwell close "sh'ken" with His people.
Remember in the New Covenant when the boy offered 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. “He gave,” and then, Yeshua multiplied the offering, “HE gave BACK”. In the days of Elisha, the widow gave a bit of wheat and oil to make some bread for the prophet, then God, through Elisha, gave it back! Many pots of olive oil were left over, enough to sell and pay off the widow’s debt. Whatever we have to offer, Adonai will bless and double it in only a way that HE will be glorified.
We look at 25:8, something is interesting; “and let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them…” thus said Adonai speaking to Moshe. The word “to dwell among” is “Shakhn’ti,” and it not only means “to dwell among,” it also means “to dwell inside,” and that is the way it is today, but the “Spirit of God also dwells “inside of every born-again believer.
Another word that describes the Tabernacle is “sanctuary” (Mikdash). Within this word is "Kadosh." (kdsh) since Hebrew uses for the most part consonants. "Kadosh" is "Holiness" or "set apart." So the Tabernacle is a sanctuary set apart for fellowship and service between Israel and YHVH.
This is the same way our church congregations are "Set apart" for service, Bible teaching and study, and fellowship today.
The words "Mikdash" (Sanctuary) and "Mishkan (Tabernacle) are both used. So, God's dwelling place will be a place "set apart" (Holy) so that God will "Draw close and dwell" among his people, just like God is within every believer today in the person of the Holy Spirit. A congregation is a "set apart" place to gather and worship, be it a large church building, an office area, o even a garage.
"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." (Matt 18:20)
This building project was, one could say, financed by Egypt. For 4 hundred years, Israel worked for a hard task master, “Pharaoh and Company” building edifices dedicated to false gods, now, Israel has a new master, The Creator of the Universe, the Maker of Man, the future “Yeshua Ha Mashiach” A place will be built for HIM to minister to his people, and every piece of furniture will reflect who HE IS.
There are 13 general items for the building project: 1. Gold, 2. Silver, 3. Brass, 4. Blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, 5. Fine linen, 6. Goat’s hair, 7. Ram’s skins, 8. Sealskins, 9. Acacia-wood, 10. Oil, 11. Spices, 12. Onyx stones, 13. Other gemstones. The number “13” in Gematria is the sum of the letters in the word “Echad,” which means “ONE in unity”. With those materials, the Mishkan/Mikdash was built, so that Adonai could be ONE with HIS PEOPLE, which now includes all believers. We are all ONE with Messiah Yeshua.
Gold, silver, precious stones, fabric, and wood. Now there is a question: where did the wood come from? Is there any Shitim and Acacia trees in the desert? If one looks at the desert of Saudi Arabia today, even though “Google Maps” or “Google Earth,” one can see almost no trees, just bare mountains. But we are talking about a desert almost 4000 years ago, it was probably very different, it had to be, remember that the Israelites brought with them cattle, sheep, what are they going to eat? Sand? NO, there had to have been vegetation, trees. They could have cut the trees down in the desert and fashioned them into boards for the “Mishkan” (tabernacle).
This is a “free-will offering,” Moshe states, “of every man whose heart maketh him willing”. So it was not forced, it was “of free will”. We know that the people gladly gave so much that later on, Moshe had to say, “Stop giving already, we have enough”. Can you imagine a pastor or rabbi from a church or synagogue that would say that to his congregation, “OK brothers and sisters, we have enough money for all of our needs, you can stop giving?” I don't think that will ever happen, when one gives of his or her time, talent, and treasure, God gives back many times over.
