The Jewish people are building the Tabernacle. Then the Torah interrupts the narrative of the building to do some accounting.
Shemot – Exodus
This book begins with the Jewish people enslaved in Egypt. God chooses Moshe / Moses to bring His people out of Egypt. After the redemption He gives His people the Torah and commands them to build the Tabernacle.
Exodus 31:1-3 and 35:30 – Bezalel
In Exodus chapters 25 – 30 God commands Moses about building the Tabernacle and its furnishings. In Exodus 31:2 God designates Bezalel as the man who will perform the work.
Exodus 29:20 – Blood on the Ear
Why did God command Moses to take some blood from a ram and dab it on the ear, thumb, and big toe of Aaron and his sons?
Exodus 25:18 – Cherubs on the Ark
Why were there two cherubs on the Ark cover? What are cherubs? What do they look like and what do they do?
Exodus 23:20 – The Angel
God called Moses up to Mount Sinai. There He taught Moses the Torah. He also taught him what will happen after the people leave Mount Sinai.
Exodus 18:11 – Now I Know
Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, came to meet the Jewish people camped at Mount Sinai. Moses told him everything that had happened to them in Egypt and at the Sea.
Exodus 14:13-14 – Stand Still Be Silent
God is escorting the Jewish people out of Egypt. He directed them to camp by the sea. But Pharaoh is chasing after them with 600 chariots.
Exodus 11:3 – The Man Moses
God has brought 9 plagues on Egypt. In a shocking development we learn that Moses is respected and the Jewish people are not hated by the Egyptians.
Exodus 6:6-7 – Four Words
Exodus 5 ended with Pharaoh increasing the oppression of the Jewish people. Moses asked God why He had sent him to Pharaoh.
Exodus 1:7 – They Were Fruitful
The family of Jacob came to Egypt to escape the famine in Canaan. That generation died and things began to change for the children of Israel.