Reaping and Sowing

Although contributing to Project 314 Tabernacle education efforts via Patreon is a great start, there are other aspects of the project which lend themselves to other means of organization and funding.  After all, the original Tabernacle was not created by means of people dropping coins in their favorite street performer's hat.  Instead, the ancient Exodus Tabernacle was only made possible by a community of hundreds of thousands of people who saw the benefit of building God's dwelling place within days or perhaps even hours of receiving the instructions to build.  As such, until there is an increase in public education and interest, it will be impractical to establish ambitious building goals.  

So how much would it require to fully fund the Tabernacle project?  For a point of reference, there were just over 600,000 adult male Hebrews during the time of the Exodus; while the Tabernacle might be equated to around $50,000,000 in today's dollars given the value of the Tabernacle materials and labor.  To put things into better perspective, this amounts to a mere $83 per household—which frankly pales in comparison to church or synagogue construction budgets!  

So how might the project progress if not fully funded?  Obviously, the less that the public reaps, the less it will be able to sow, as shown below.

Scarce
Funding

Marginal
Funding

Partial
Funding

Full
Funding

  • Reduce Project to Part Time
  • Find Full Time Secular Job

  • Publish Books
  • Publish Presentation
  • Publish Video









  • Crowdfund Physical Tabletop Tabernacle Model
  • Work Project Full Time


  • Publish Books
  • Publish More Presentations
  • Publish More Videos
    Video Titles / Scope TBD








  • Crowdfund Several Scale Tabernacle Model Products
  • Work Project Full Time
  • Subcontract Services

  • Publish Books in Bulk
  • Publish More Presentations 
  • Publish More Videos
    Video Titles / Scope Include Anatomy, Paleo Etymology, Typology / Christology, Hebrew Only, Erection Plan


  • Create Virtual Reality Environment Tutorial
  • Web and Book Translation
  • Manufacture Several Scale Tabernacle Model Products
  • Develop and Build Medium Scale (2 or 3 story) Tour Model

  • Work Project Full Time
  • Subcontract Services
  • Hire Full Time Talent
  • Publish Books in Bulk
  • Publish More Presentations
  • Publish More Videos
    Video Titles / Scope Include Anatomy, Paleo Etymology, Typology / Christology, Hebrew Only, Erection Plan
  • Conduct Independent Multidisciplinary Research
  • Create Virtual Reality Environment Tutorial
  • Web and Book Translation
  • Manufacture Several Scale Tabernacle Model Products
  • Develop and Build Medium Scale (2 or 3 story) Tour Model
  • Develop, Build, and Operate Full Scale Tabernacle Model 

Vote with Your Gift

As indicated in the abbreviated lists above, in the brochure, and in the project overview, there is no shortage of vision, ambition, or aspirations with Project 314 and Project Betzalel; however, there is far more work to do than one man could accomplish in a lifetime (Noah and sons being an exception, perhaps).  Nevertheless, there remains a shortage of public understanding and familiarity, which unfortunately equates to insufficient "market demand" for call immediate and full project funding.  A compromise in project funding, of course, relates to a temporary or partial curtailment in project scope.  

Although most project work accomplished to date has typically been prioritized in accordance with perceived public value, due diligence, available resources, or some form of sequential cause-effect reasoning, future project work might be considered to be more arbitrary from a priority or approach standpoint, meaning that it may be prioritized more in accordance with public input.  

While the law of diminishing returns and "utilitarian ethics" (whereby resources are allocated in places where they are believed to be poised to have the largest social impact with the smallest investment of money, time, and effort practical) will continue to play a role in future project task prioritization, donors are also regarded to be project stakeholders, and are therefore encouraged to provide project priority input, as outlined in the donation form below.  

Where would you most like to see 
Project 314 and Project Betzalel efforts directed?

  • Books
  • Videos
  • Presentations
  • Advertising 
  • Educational Outreach
  • Research
  • Home Scale Models
  • Touring Model
  • Full Scale Model
  • Other (Please identify)

As you make your donation, please make a note as to which Tabernacle-related task or tasks that you'd like to see prioritized in the comments field .  However, please note that there are no commercial guarantees that project work will be conducted in accordance with preferences expressed within the user form above, and that donations may be reallocated to other project tasks until or unless definitive budgets are developed for fixed scope aspects of the project.  Please Contact us before contributing in the event that funding must be allocated for specific purposes or under predefined conditions.