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Exodus 37: Ripple Effect
The last chapters of Exodus are a repeat of earlier chapters detailing the blueprints for the Mishkan. Why are these chapters repeated? One possible answer is to mimic the stories of creation. Recall that the first chapter of Genesis and the second chapter of Genesis seem to offer varying creation stories. However, the first chapter matches the earlier chapters of Mishkan by providing the blueprint for creation. The second chapter describes the actual physical building of the world just like these later chapters describe the actual building of the Mishkan:
(Exodus 39:32)
וַתֵּכֶל כָּל־עֲבֹדַת…
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