Gersonides on the Tabernacle.

Reading Exodus as a tale of two ancient Near Eastern construction projects.

Why did God want a sanctuary?

A mob built the Golden Calf; a community built the Tabernacle.

The home of the Ark of the Covenant before the First Temple was built.

One horn of an altar, a goblet, and a ceramic pomegranate.

The ends don’t justify the means.

A sanctuary in the heart.

God’s spirit and God’s image.

“To work and guard it.”

The Tabernacle has to measure up.