Logically, they would go up in order to get the wood. However, syntactically,
this is not a purpose clause. If you only use verb forms to indicate purpose
— that is, though any specific auxiliaries like למען, then you would normally
express it by a simple we-Yiqtol, not a weqatal.
GEORGE ATHAS
Director of Postgraduate Studies,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia
I want to thank each one of you for responding to my request. Your answers
are importand to me.
I studied other instances of Imperatives followed by Waw-Perfect meanwhile
and I think you, George, hit the nail on the head. It seems that the force
of the Imperative influences the Waw-Perfect. My initial idea was to treat
both forms seperatly with a note of purpose concerning the Waw-Perfect: I
thought it was the divine intention to bring the people to go up to the
mountain(s) and bring wood to the temple building process, that's why I
suggested "in order to" for the relation between the two verb forms.
If you have further thoughts on that I'd be glad to hear them, as I want
to learn more.