These gifts are to come from public contributions.
Detailed instructions follow about the different components of the mishkan.
Commentary by Pinchas Giller. The Tabernacle, and the Temple that was eventually constructed along its lines, make up the sacred center of Judaism. In the absence of this Temple, the very site, its ruined stones and remaining wall, are the sacred heart of the Jewish world. The veneration of such a sacred center or space is the great common quality of all religions. The Qaba of Islam, the Theravada Buddhist stupa, with a relic of the Buddha himself buried at the base, serve as what the Greeks termed the omphalos , and the Romans the axis mundi .