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While there is a very important ark in these chapters of Exodus \u2013 the Ark of the Covenant, “aron habrit<\/em>” \u2013 I want to compare the Tabernacle to a different ark, this time a “tevah<\/em>,” “tevat Noach<\/em>,” Noah’s Ark.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Noah’s Ark and the Tabernacle were commanded by God. The grammar is similar. In Gen. 6:14, God says to Noah “ase lekha teva<\/em>“, “make yourself an ark,” whereas God commands Moses (Ex. 25:8) “veasu li mishkan<\/em>“, “make a tabernacle for Me.” The difference here reflects the fact that the Ark was for the dwelling and survival of human life; the Tabernacle, for the dwelling of the Immortal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both were travelling vessels \u2013crossing dryness (the desert) or absolute waters (the Flood). Both end up on a mountain – the portable desert place of worship ends up at Shilo and then, in a way, on Mount Moriah as Solomon\u2019s Temple; the Ark ends up on Mount Ararat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other dimensions of the Tabernacle are revealed when we contrast it with another “construction,” the Golden Calf of a few chapters ago. Both Tabernacle and calf are built with the gold taken from Egypt and with similar purposes: worship. Both represent an attempt at materializing the relationship to God. However, the golden calf means idolatry and has to be destroyed, while the Tabernacle makes room for (the real) God to be present. Here too the grammar is indicative. In Ex. 32:1, the people say to Aaron “ase lanu Elohim<\/em>,” “make a God for us,” for our needs and desires.<\/span><\/p>\n

The calf reflects the people\u2019s desire and impatience, the people\u2019s need of a concrete and secure leadership. It is a representation of the people\u2019s mentality, their spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both the Ark and the Tabernacle are the expression of God\u2019s will, not of the people\u2019s will, and both <\/span>move<\/span><\/em>. In contrast to the stationary calf they are dynamic, they move forward. Both are <\/span>vessels: they travel on a way toward something<\/span><\/em>. They are not representations or celebrations of the people\u2019s current situation. Both the Ark and the Tabernacle are a means, not an end; they represent a striving, an aspiration for the future. 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