“… like all Hashem had commanded Moshe” (Shemos 39:1).
The Midrash gives a mashal: A king commanded his servants to build him a palace. Upon completion his servants went and wrote the word “King” on all the windows doors and walls. Why? To increase the honor of the king.
This parable needs explanation. Moshe did not write anything anywhere. The pasuk only states that Moshe did exactly what Hashem commanded him. So what’s the comparison?
Halachah states that if a person starts a mitzvah and plans from the onset that he is doing it l’Shem Shamayim then that intention remains for the duration of the mitzvah. It is not necessary to continue to state “l’shem mitzvah” throughout each stage of the mitzvah.
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