30. Moshe said to the B'nei Yisrael,
"See, Ad-noy has designated by name,
Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Chur,
of the tribe of Yehudah.
Verse 31: And He endowed him with Divine spirit,
with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge
and
with [the skill to perform] all types of crafting.
Verse 32: And to devise [plans] with ingenuity,
to execute [those plans]
in gold, in silver and in copper.
Verse 33: And in masonary for settings,
and in carpentry,
to execute all kinds of clever tasks.
Verse 34: And the ability to instruct he instilled in his heart,
he (Betzalel) and Oholiov, the son of Achisomoch
of the tribe of Dan.
Verse 35: He filled them with wisdom of the heart,
to execute all the tasks of
the engraver, the craftsman, and the embroiderer
of greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool,
fine linen, and the [the tasks of] weaver,
[also] that of laborers and planners.
Chapter 36
Verse 1: And they shall execute---
Betzalel and Oholiov---and every wise-hearted man
whom Ad-noy had endowed with wisdom and insight
to know (how) to execute in
all of the holy work---
all that
Ad-noy had commanded.
Verse 2: Moshe called to Betzalel and to Oholiov,
and to every wise-hearted man
whom Ad-noy had endowed
with wisdom in his heart,
everyone whose heart moved him
to approach the task---to execute it.
Verse 3: And they took from before Moshe,
all the terumah-offering
which the B'nei Yisrael brought
for the tasks of the holy work,
to execute it.
And they continued to bring gifts
each and every morning.
Verse 4: All the wise men came---
who were executing all the holy tasks---
each and every man
from the task in which he was engaged.
Verse 5: They said the following to Moshe:
the people are bringing too much---
more than is needed for the tasks
which Ad-noy has commanded to execute.
Verse 6: Moshe commanded---
and they proclaimed throughout the encampment
saying,
"Let no man or woman bring any more material
for the sacred offering."
And the
people stopped bringing.
Verse 7: The material was enough
for all the work that had to be done,
and some was left over.
Revi'i (Fourth Aliyah)
Verse 8: All craftsmen with the spirit of wisdom made
the mishkon out of ten drapes,
(consisting of) twined fine linen,
greenish blue wool, dark red wool and crimson wool,
figures of Cherubim, the work of a craftsman.
Verse 9: The length of each drape
was twenty eight amohs,
and each drape was four amohs wide.
All drapes had the same measure.
Verse 10: He joined (sewed) five of these drapes together,
and the other five drapes he joined (sewed) together.
Verse 11: He made loops of greenish blue wool
on the edge of the drape
which was at the (innermost) end of the (first) group.
He did
the same on the edge of the drape
which was the innermost end of the second group.
Verse 12: He made fifty loops on (the edge of) one drape
and he made fifty loops on the edge of the drape
which was on the second group.
The loops were opposite one another.
Verse 13: He made fifty golden clasps
and he joined the drapes (of each group) together
with the clasps.
The mishkon was thus one unit.
Verse 14: He made drapes of goats' hair
for a covering over the mishkon.
He made eleven such drapes.
Verse 15: The length of each drape was thirty amohs,
and the width of each drape was four amohs.
The eleven drapes were of the same measure.
Verse 16: And he joined together five drapes by themselves,
and six drapes by themselves.
Verse 17: He made fifty loops on the edge of one drape
which was the innermost end of the (first) group
and he made fifty loops on the edge of the drape
which was on the second group.
Verse 18: He made fifty copper clasps
to join the tent together making it one.
Verse 19: He made a covering for the tent
out of red dyed rams' skins,
and a covering of tachash skins above that.
Chamishi (Fifth Aliyah)
Verse 20: He made planks for the mishkon
out of acacia wood;
(these planks) stood upright (vertically).
Verse 21: Each plank was ten amohs long,
and one and one half amohs
was the width of each plank.
Verse 22:
Each plank had two (square) pegs,
exactly parallel to each other.
In this manner he made all the planks of the mishkon.
Verse 23: He made these planks for the mishkon,
twenty planks for the southern side.
Verse 24: He made forty silver sockets,
(and placed them) under the twenty planks.
There were two sockets under one plank
(one) for each of the two pegs,
and two sockets under the other plank,
(one) for each of the two pegs.
Verse 25: For the second wall of the mishkon,
to the northern side, he made twenty planks.
Verse 26: (He made) their forty silver sockets,
two sockets under each plank,
two sockets under each plank.
27.For the western end of the mishkon
he made six planks.
Verse 28: He made two planks
for the corners of the mishkon at the rear side.
Verse 29: They were coupled together on the bottom,
and they were coupled together evenly on the top
with one (square) ring.
In this manner he made the two (planks)
which were at the two corners.
Verse 30: There were eight planks,
and their silver sockets, totaling sixteen sockets,
two sockets, two sockets under each plank.
Verse 31: He made bars out of acacia wood,
five for the planks of one wall,
Verse 32: and five bars for the planks
of the second wall of the mishkon,
and five bars for the planks
of the western (back) wall of the mishkon.
Verse 33:
He made the middle (center) bar
to go through the planks,
[reinforcing the planks] from one end to the other.
Verse 34: He overlaid the planks with gold,
and made their rings out of gold
to hold the bars.
He (also) overlaid the bars with gold.
Verse 35: He made the paroches (partition)
out of greenish blue wool,
dark red wool, crimson wool,
and fine, twined linen,
the work of a craftsman,
with figures of Cherubim (woven into it).
Verse 36: He made for it (the paroches)
four acacia-wood pillars
and he overlaid them with gold.
Their hooks were also of gold.
He cast for them four silver sockets.
Verse 37: He made a screen
for the entrance of the tent,
of greenish blue wool, dark red wool,
crimson wool, and fine twined linen.
It was the work of an embroiderer.
Verse 38: (He made) five pillars (to hold the screen),
along with their hooks
and he overlaid their caps and bands with gold.
Their five sockets (he made of) copper.
Chapter 37
Verse 1: Betzalel made the ark of acacia wood,
two and
one-half amohs long,
one and one-half amohs wide,
and one and one-half amohs high.
Verse 2: He covered it with pure gold
from inside and out.
He made for it
a golden crown-like rim around (its top).
Verse 3: He cast four gold rings
on its (the ark's) four corners,
two rings on one side
and two rings on the other side.
Verse 4: He made two poles of acacia wood,
and overlaid them with gold.
Verse 5: He placed the poles in the rings
on the sides of the ark,
so that the ark can be carried with them.
Verse 6: He made a cover (for the ark) of pure gold,
two and one-half amohs long,
and one and one-half amohs wide.
Verse 7: He made two golden Cherubim.
He hammered them out
of the two ends of the (ark) cover.
Verse 8: One Cherub out of one end,
and one Cherub out of the other end.
From the (same piece of gold as the) cover itself,
he made the Cherubim on its two ends.
Verse 9: The Cherubim had their wings spread upward,
sheltering
the cover with their wings,
and they faced one another,
the Cherubim's faces were (inclined) toward the cover.
Verse 10: He made a table out of acacia wood,
two amohs long, one amoh wide,
and one and one-half amohs high.
Verse 11: He overlaid it with pure gold,
and he made a crown-like rim around it.
Verse 12: He made a ledge of a tefach around (the table),
and he made a gold crown-like rim around the ledge.
Verse 13: He cast for it (the table) four gold rings,
and placed the rings on the four corners
that are on its four legs.
Verse 14: The rings were against the ledge
as houses (receptacles) for the poles
with which to carry the table.
Verse 15: He made the poles out of acacia wood,
and overlaid them with gold
with which to carry the table.
Verse 16: He made the vessels that were on the table,
its dishes (bread shapes), its spoons (incense bowls),
its supports, and its half-hollow tubes
by which they (the breads) are covered,
out of pure gold.
17. He made the menorah (out) of pure gold.
The menorah was made by hammering
(its form out of a solid piece of gold).
Its base, its shaft, its cups, its knobs,
and its flowers were of it (the same piece of gold).
Verse 18: Six branches extended from its sides,
three branches of the menorah from one of its sides,
and three branches of the menorah
from the second side.
Verse 19:
Three cups
were engraved in almond-shaped patterns,
on one branch with a knob and a flower,
and three cups
were engraved in almond-shaped patterns,
on one branch with a knob and a flower.
So was (the form) of each of the six branches
that extended from (the shaft) of the menorah.
Verse 20: The (shaft of the) menorah had four cups,
engraved in almond shaped patterns,
with their knobs and their flowers.
Verse 21: There was a knob
under the two branches extending from it,
and a (second) knob
under the (second) two branches extending from it,
and a (third) knob under the (third) two branches extending from it.
(This held true) for the six branches
that extended from it (the menorah's shaft).
Verse 22: Their knobs and their branches
were made out of (the menorah) itself.
It was all made of a single hammered work
of pure gold.
Verse 23: He made seven lamps (for the menorah),
and its tongs and its (ash) scoops,
of pure gold.
Verse 24: He made it out of a kikar of pure gold,
together with all its vessels.
Verse 25: He made the incense altar
out of acacia wood,
one amoh long and one amoh wide, it was square,
and two amohs high.
Its horn-like elevations were of one piece with it.
Verse 26: He overlaid it with pure gold,
on
its top, its walls all around,
and its horn-like elevations.
He made a gold crown-like rim all around it.
Verse 27: He made two gold rings for it
under its crown-like rim on two of its corners,
on its two opposite sides,
to house the poles with which to carry it.
Verse 28: He made the poles out of acacia wood
and overlaid them with gold.
Verse 29: He made the sacred anointing oil
and the pure perfumed incense,
according to the work of the perfumer.
Chapter 38
Verse 1: He made the burnt-offering altar
out of acacia wood.
It was five amohs long and five amohs wide,
it was square,
and three amohs high.
Verse 2: He made its raised projections on its four corners.
Its raised projections were one piece with it,
and he overlaid it with copper.
Verse 3: He made all the vessels of the altar,
its pots, its scoops, its basins,
its flesh-hooks, and its fire pans.
He made all of its vessels out of copper.
Verse 4: He made for the altar
a grate of copper netting,
under its rim extending downward,
(so that the grate reached) to the middle of the altar.
Verse 5: He cast four rings on the four corners
of the copper grating to house the poles.
Verse 6: He made the poles of acacia wood,
and overlaid them with copper.
Verse 7: He placed the poles into the rings
that were
on the (two) sides of the altar
to carry it with them.
He made it a hollow structure constructed from boards.
Verse 8: He made the basin out of copper
and its base out of copper,
from the mirrors of the women who had gathered
at the entrance of the
Tent of Meeting.
Verse 9: He
made the enclosure (for the mishkon).
On the south side the curtains for the enclosure
were made of fine, twined linen,
one hundred amohs long.
Verse 10: It had twenty pillars
and twenty copper sockets.
The hooks and bands of the pillars were of silver.
Verse 11: On the north side,
(its length was) one hundred amohs.
It had twenty pillars
and twenty copper sockets.
The hooks and bands of the pillars were of silver.
Verse 12: On the west side,
the curtains were of fifty amohs.
It had ten pillars and ten sockets.
The hooks and bands of the pillars were of silver.
Verse 13: (The width of the enclosure) on the east side
was fifty amohs.
Verse 14: Curtains fifteen amohs long
were on one flank (of the entrance).
They had three pillars and three sockets.
Verse 15: The other flank,
on either side of the gate to the enclosure
(there also were) curtains fifteen amohs long.
They (too) had three pillars and three sockets.
Verse 16: All curtains around the enclosure were made of twined, fine linen.
Verse 17: The sockets for the pillars were of copper,
the
hooks and bands of the pillars were of silver,
and the covering of their tops was of silver.
All pillars of the enclosure had silver bands.
Maftir
Verse 18: The screen at the entrance of the enclosure
was the work of an embroiderer.
It was made of greenish blue wool,
dark red wool, crimson wool,
and twined, fine linen.
It was twenty amohs long
and the height in the width was five amohs,
corresponding to the curtains of the enclosure.
Verse 19: (The screen) had four pillars
and four copper sockets, silver hooks,
and their tops and bands were overlaid with silver.
Verse 20: All the stakes of the mishkon
and the surrounding enclosure were made of copper.
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