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"All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded." Exodus 35:10 SMXL ​​   As we read the story of the construction of the Tabernacle, we are impressed both by the richness of the materials used and by the tremendous creative ability that was needed to accomplish the work according to the pattern God had given. God loves beauty. The tabernacle was to reflect it.  Moses invited the people of Israel to surrender their jewels, their gold and a sliver as an offering to the Lord. All the skilled people were called to furnish the Tabernacle as God had commanded them.    It was a project worth investing in - a dwelling suitable for God who speaks, who provides, the merciful God of the second chance. God appointed two gifted men to assemble the tabernacle and it's furnishings of wood and precious metals. Women also played a vital role in the finishing of the Tabernacle of God. They brought their gold and silver jewel