Exodus 25:13-15

25:13 You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold, 25:14 and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. 25:15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

Exodus 25:1

The Materials for the Sanctuary

25:1 ¹ The Lord spoke to Moses:

Exodus 8:7-8

8:7 The magicians did the same ²  with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too. ³ 

8:8 Then Pharaoh summoned ⁴  Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray ⁵  to the Lord that he may take the frogs away ⁶  from me and my people, and I will release ⁷  the people that they may sacrifice ⁸  to the Lord.”

[25:1]  ¹ sn Now begin the detailed instructions for constructing the tabernacle of Yahweh, with all its furnishings. The first paragraph introduces the issue of the heavenly pattern for the construction, calls for the people to make willing offerings (vv. 2-7), and explains the purpose for these offerings (vv. 8-9). The message here is that God calls his people to offer of their substance willingly so that his sanctuary may be made.

[8:7]  ² tn Heb “thus, so.”

[8:7]  ³ sn In these first two plagues the fact that the Egyptians could and did duplicate them is ironic. By duplicating the experience, they added to the misery of Egypt. One wonders why they did not use their skills to rid the land of the pests instead, and the implication of course is that they could not.

[8:8]  ⁴ tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the lamed (ל) preposition has the meaning “to summon.”

[8:8]  ⁵ tn The verb הַעְתִּירוּ (ha’tiru) is the Hiphil imperative of the verb עָתַר (’atar). It means “to pray, supplicate,” or “make supplication” – always addressed to God. It is often translated “entreat” to reflect that it is a more urgent praying.

[8:8]  ⁶ tn This form is the jussive with a sequential vav that provides the purpose of the prayer: pray…that he may turn away the frogs.

[8:8]  ⁷ tn The form is the Piel cohortative וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה (va’ashallÿkhah) with the vav (ו) continuing the sequence from the request and its purpose. The cohortative here stresses the resolve of the king: “and (then) I will release.”

[8:8]  ⁸ tn Here also the imperfect tense with the vav (ו) shows the purpose of the release: “that they may sacrifice.”