In the reading of Ki Tissa (Shemot 30:17 - 31:11) we find mentioning of laws and rules related to the Mishkan followed by a mentioning of Shabbat (31:12-17).
In the beginning of the reading of Vaykhel, the order is reversed. Shabbat is mentioned first in Shemot 35:1-3 followed by the Mishkan starting in verse 4.
Why is the order reversed in Vayakhel?
Answer
Sifsei Chachamim (s.k. 4) indeed seems to answer your question.
His question is that perhaps it's the opposite - it wrote it twice to say that it's the Mishkan that overrides Shabbos! He answers that whatever comes first is what is primary. In Vayakhel, where it comes first, it's to teach that Shabbos comes before Mishkan. In Ki Sisa, where HaShem told Moshe "but observe my Shabbasos," we darshen that it's to exclude the Mishkan. Moshe understood the derashah and thus swapped the parshios when he told it over to Klal Yisrael.
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