Two Takes on the Test at Mount Sinai –– Feat. Carmen Imes
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The Importance of Tabernacle Instructions in Exodus
The detailed tabernacle instructions in Exodus serve a literary purpose, showing that God anticipated the need for forgiveness and reconciliation with sinful people before they even worshiped the golden calf. The instructions came before the golden calf incident and the implementation came after, indicating that God was already designing a way for the people to be cleansed and for the covenant to remain. This aligns with the thesis that when Moses interceded in chapter 32, he passed a test by correctly discerning that he should mediate and not do away with the people. The detailed instructions for building the tabernacle serve to show that the people are following God's plan and that this time it will work, framing the golden calf incident as a total apostasy.
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