Why Scripture Names Bezalel Alone for the Tabernacle Work

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayakhel 11:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

[(Exodus 37:1:) AND BEZALEL MADE.] But did Bezalel make it by himself, that every single time it says, AND BEZALEL MADE? Rather, because he devoted much of his soul to the work of the Tabernacle, therefore the Holy One, blessed be He, did not withhold his reward, and He proclaims him every time: AND BEZALEL MADE. So too in a like case (Ezra 10:15): ONLY JONATHAN THE SON OF ASAHEL AND JAHZEIAH THE SON OF TIKVAH STOOD UP OVER THIS [AND MESHULLAM AND SHABBETHAI THE LEVITE HELPED THEM]. Scripture proclaimed him because Jonathan devoted his soul. So too here: AND BEZALEL MADE.

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