Terumah

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Exodus 25:1-27:19
תרומה
רום
(rum)
“raise up”

Exodus 25:8  And they shall make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
בתוכם (b’tocham) = “among them” or “within them”

Exodus 25:8  And they shall make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell within them.

“For all the worlds which God created, and all the entire reality designated in the six days of creation from the beginning until the end, all come together in the formation of man and are transplanted in him, as it says Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of the …’” Malbim (R‘ Meir Lob Ben Yehiel Michal, 1809-1879)

Psalm 139:13-16  For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed sub¬stance. In Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Exodus 25:8  “And they shall make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell within them.”
ועשׂו לי מקדשׁ ושׁכנתי בתוכם  = 2120

Psalm 139:13  For You formed my inward parts. You knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
כי אתה קנית כליתי תסכני בבטן אמי  = 2120

Exodus 25:8-9  And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

תבנית
(tavnit)
בני
(beni)
“My”

Exodus 25:3-5  And this is the terumah that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, tachash skins, tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood …

תחש
?
13x in Torah

Ezekiel 16:10  I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of tachash skins. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

Exodus 25:17  “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold…”

“cover”

כפרת
(caporet)

Exodus 25:22  There I will meet with you, and from above the ark cover, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

שם
(sham)
= 340 =
ספר
(sepher)
“book”

Exodus 25:31-40  [This passage describing the design of the menorah does not contain the letter samech – ס. Neither does the story of creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3.]

REFERENCES:

Isaiah 66:1 Thus says Adonai: “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What is the house that you would build for Me, and what is the place of My rest?”

1 Chronicles 28:2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Adonai and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.”

Psalm 99:5  Exalt Adonai our God! Worship at His footstool! Holy is He! (+ Psalm 132:7)

Matthew 5:34-35  But I say to you, “Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is His footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”

1 Corinthians 6:19  Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit within you, whom you have from God? …