“And Moses carried the bones of Joseph with him” (Exodus 13:9).
Moses, leading the Israelites out of Egypt toward the Promised Land, carried at the head of a vast army the mortal remains of Joseph in an Ark. Another Ark was also carried before the people, the Ark which held the Tablets of the Divine Law, fashioned at Sinai.
“Why were the Arks carried side by side?”
The answer, filled with significance for us today, echoes down the ages and hovers over the Ark which rests before us now: "He who lies on the first ark fulfilled the mitzvot inscribed in the other.” -Mekhilta, Lauterbach
This is the goal of life - to live seamlessly with God's ordinances.
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