THESE ARE THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TABERNACLE, EVEN THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY, AS THEY WERE RENDERED ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF MOSES, ETC. R. Jesse said: ‘The wise men having completed the Tabernacle, it was requisite that an account should be rendered of all the parts of the work. For what reason? Because as the account of each work was rendered, so did that work become firmly established in its place.
Furthermore, as the Israelites had found delight at first in their voluntary offerings, so were they delighted in the accounts being rendered; and thus their delight helped to the confirming of the work. Now, it is written “these” and not “and these”, this signifying that this account eclipsed all previous accounts rendered in the world, and was destined to outlive them, being the one by which the Tabernacle was sustained.’
(שמות ל״ח:כ״א) אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה וְגוֹ'. רִבִּי יֵיסָא אָמַר, כֵּיוָן דְּעָבְדוּ כָּל חַכִּימַיָּיא יַת מַשְׁכְּנָא, אִצְטְרִיךְ לְמֶהֲדָר חוּשְׁבָּנָא, מִכָּל אִינּוּן עֲבִידָן דְּאִתְעָבֵידוּ בֵּיהּ. מַאי טַעֲמָא. בְּגִין דְּכָל חוּשְׁבָּן וְחוּשְׁבָּן, כַּד הֲוָה אִתְעַבִיד חוּשְׁבָּנָא, הָכִי אִתְקָיָּים הַהוּא עֲבִידָא, וְאִתְקָיָּים בְּאַתְרֵיהּ.
THESE ARE THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TABERNACLE, EVEN THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY, AS THEY WERE RENDERED ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF MOSES, ETC. R. Jesse said: ‘The wise men having completed the Tabernacle, it was requisite that an account should be rendered of all the parts of the work. For what reason? Because as the account of each work was rendered, so did that work become firmly established in its place.
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלְּהוּ כְּמָה דְּאִתְרְעוּ בְּמָה דִּנְדִיבוּ בְּקַדְמִיתָא, הָכִי נָמֵי אִתְרְעוּ בְּהַהוּא חוּשְׁבָּנָא, וּכְדֵין אִתְקָיָּים כָּל עֲבִידָא, בְּהַהוּא רְעוּתָא. וְעַל דָּא אִצְטְרִיךְ הָכָא חוּשְׁבָּנָא, בְּגִין דִּבְהַאי אִתְקָיָּים עֲבִידָא. אֵלֶּה כְּתִיב, וְלָא כְּתִיב וְאֵלֶּה. אֶלָּא דָּא אִיהוּ חוּשְׁבָּנָא דְּפָסִיל כָּל חוּשְׁבָּנִין דְּעָלְמָא, וְדָא אִתְקָיָּים יַתִּיר מִכֻּלְּהוּ, דִּבְהַאי אִתְקָיָּים מַשְׁכְּנָא, וְלָא בְּאַחֲרָא.
Furthermore, as the Israelites had found delight at first in their voluntary offerings, so were they delighted in the accounts being rendered; and thus their delight helped to the confirming of the work. Now, it is written “these” and not “and these”, this signifying that this account eclipsed all previous accounts rendered in the world, and was destined to outlive them, being the one by which the Tabernacle was sustained.’