אלה הדברים אשר צוה ד' לעשות אתם
Horav S. R. Hirsch, zl, observes that the above pasuk, Eilah ha’devarim, “These are the objects,” alludes to the various categories of labor required to construct the Mishkan. It represents the concept of meleches Shabbos, that which constitutes labor on Shabbos. In pasuk 4, the orders for building the Mishkan are introduced in a similar vernacular, Zeh hadavar asher tzivah Hashem laasos, “This is what G-d has commanded.” Thus, the (eilah ha)’devarim of the above pasuk refer only to those forms of labor which are vital to the construction of the Mishkan. These are the forms of labor which are…