Bezalel Begins the Tabernacle With the Ark of Torah

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayakhel 8:3

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation: "Give to a wise man and he will become yet wiser" (Proverbs 9:9). This is Bezalel. At the moment when Moses said to Bezalel, "Make a Tabernacle," Bezalel said: For what purpose is the Tabernacle? He said to him: To cause the Divine Presence to dwell within it, and to teach Israel Torah. Bezalel said: And where is the Torah to be placed? He said to him: When we make a Tabernacle, we shall make an Ark. So he began with the Ark, as it is said, "And Bezalel made the Ark" (Exodus 37:1).

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