Moses Raises the Tabernacle by the Holy Spirit and a Crown

How many wise men were there, yet they could not erect the Tabernacle! Solomon said (Proverbs 31:29): "MANY DAUGHTERS HAVE DONE VALIANTLY." Why? Because they made the Tabernacle but did not know how to set it up. Each and every one took his own piece of work and went off to Moses. Each and every one would say: Here are my clasps, here are my boards, here are my bars. And the Holy Spirit rested upon Moses, and he erected the Tabernacle. And do not say that Moses did it; rather the Tabernacle stood up by itself, as it is said (Exodus 40:17): "THE TABERNACLE WAS ERECTED." And do not speak of the Tabernacle alone, but even of the Eternal House (the Temple): had the Holy One, blessed be He, not helped, neither Solomon nor all Israel would have built it. From where do we know that David spoke thus? (Psalms 127:1): "UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE, [ITS BUILDERS LABOR ON IT IN VAIN]." Therefore the Tabernacle was erected through miracles. When the Tabernacle was erected, all Israel began to rejoice, as it is said (Song of Songs 3:11): "GO FORTH AND GAZE, O DAUGHTERS OF ZION, UPON KING SOLOMON" — upon the King to whom peace belongs, this is the King of kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He; (ibid.) "WITH THE CROWN WITH WHICH HIS MOTHER CROWNED HIM" — for it calls the Tabernacle a crown. Just as this crown is adorned, so was the Tabernacle adorned with blue and purple.