Another matter: “Et hamishkan” – as it is equal to the rest of the world, which is called a tent, just as the Tabernacle is called a tent. How so? It is written: “In the beginning, God created [the heavens and the earth]” (Genesis 1:1). And it is written: “He spreads the heavens like a sheet” (Psalms 104:2).
Regarding the Tabernacle it is written: “You shall make sheets of goats’ hair as a tent over the Tabernacle…” (Exodus 26:7). On the second, it is written: “Let there be a firmament…and let it divide…” (Genesis 1:6). Regarding the Tabernacle it is written: “The curtain shall divide for you” (Exodus 26:33). On the third: “Let the water under the heavens [be gathered to one place]” (Genesis 1:9).
In the Tabernacle, “You shall craft a basin of bronze and its base of bronze for washing…” (Exodus 30:18). On the fourth, “let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens” (Genesis 1:14). In the Tabernacle, “You shall craft a candelabrum of pure gold…” (Exodus 25:31). On the fifth, “let birds fly over the earth…” (Genesis 1:20).
In the Tabernacle, “the cherubs shall be spreaders of wings” (Exodus 25:20). On the sixth, man was created. In the Tabernacle, “you, draw Aaron your brother near to you” (Exodus 28:1). On the seventh, “the heavens…were completed” (Genesis 2:1).
In the Tabernacle, “all the work of the Tabernacle…was completed” (Exodus 39:32). In the creation of the world it is written: “God blessed” (Genesis 2:3). In the Tabernacle, “he46Moses blessed them” (Exodus 39:43). On the seventh, “God completed [vaykhal]” (Genesis 2:2).
In the Tabernacle, “it was on the day that Moses concluded [kalot].” On the seventh, “and sanctified it” (Genesis 2:3). In the Tabernacle, “and sanctified it” (Numbers 7:1). That is, “et hamishkan.”