Shemos
Book 2: Exodus
PEKUDEI
Chapter 38
Verse 21: These are the accounts of the mishkon,
the mishkon of Testimony,
that were drawn up by Moshe's order;
for the work of the Levites
under
the direction of Isamar,
son of Aharon the kohein.
Verse 22: Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Chur,
of the tribe of Yehudah,
made all that Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 23:
With him was Oholiav, son of Achisamach,
of the tribe of Dan, sculptor and craftsman,
and embroiderer in greenish-blue wool,
dark red wool, crimson wool,
and fine linen.
Verse 24: All the gold that was used for the work
in all the work of the Sanctuary.
The gold donated as a wave offering amounted to
twenty-nine kikar
and seven hundred and thirty shekel,
(measured) by the Sanctuary standard.
Verse 25: The silver (collected) by the community census
(amounted to) one hundred kikar,
and one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-five shekel,
(measured) by the Sanctuary standard,
Verse 26: one beka per person,
(the equivalent of) a half-shekel,
(measured)
by the Sanctuary standard,
from each one included in the census,
from the age of twenty years and up,
for six hundred and three thousand
five hundred and fifty (men).
Verse 27: One hundred kikar of this silver was (used)
to cast the sockets for the mishkon
and the sockets for the paroches (partition).
One
hundred sockets (were cast)
from one hundred kikar,
one kikar for each socket.
Verse 28: Of the (remaining) one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-five (shekel)
he made hooks for the pillars,
overlaid their caps and made bands for them.
Verse 29: The copper (donated as) a wave offering
(amounted to) seventy kikar,
and two thousand four hundred shekel,
Verse 30: from which he made sockets
for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
the copper altar
with its copper grate,
all the altar's vessels,
Verse 31: the sockets around the enclosure,
the sockets for the entrance of the enclosure,
all the stakes for the mishkon,
and all the stakes around the enclosure.
Chapter 39
Verse 1: From the greenish-blue wool,
dark red wool, and crimson wool,
they made
garments of distinction
for service in the Sanctuary,
and they made sacred garments for Aharon,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
2. He made the eiphod out of gold,
greenish-blue wool, dark red wool,
crimson wool, and twisted, fine linen.
Verse 3: They beat the plates of gold
and cut (them) into threads
to work them into the greenish-blue wool,
into the dark red wool, into the crimson wool,
and into the fine linen,
the work
of a craftsman.
Verse 4: They made shoulder straps attached to it,
attached at its two corners.
Verse 5: The eiphod's belt which was on it,
was woven with it in the same manner (as the eiphod)
(with) gold, greenish-blue wool,
dark red wool, crimson wool,
and twined, fine linen.
just as Ad-noy commanded.
Verse 6: They placed the shoham stones
in gold settings,
They (the stones) were engraved
like the engraving of a signet (ring),
with the names of the B'nei Yisrael.
Verse 7: He set them on the shoulder straps of the eiphod,
as remembrance stones for the B'nei Yisrael,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 8: He made the breastplate the work of a craftsman,
in the same manner the eiphod was made,
(out of) gold, greenish-blue wool,
dark red wool, crimson wool
and twined, fine linen.
Verse 9: They made the breastplate a doubled square,
a span in its length and a span in its width.
Verse 10: They filled them (the breastplate settings)
with four rows of stones:
An odem (ruby), pitda (topaz), and barekes
(emerald),
(was placed on) the first row.
Verse 11: The second row:
nofech (carbuncle), sapphire, and yahalom (diamond).
Verse 12: The third row:
leshem (opal), shevo (agate), and achlomo
(amethyst).
Verse 13: The fourth row:
tarshish (chrysolite), shoham (onyx), and
yoshfei (jasper).
(They
were) placed in gold settings in their fullness.
Verse 14: These stones had the names of the B'nei Yisrael,
twelve of them by their names,
each one's name engraved as on a signet (ring),
representing the twelve tribes.
Verse 15: They made twisted end-chains for the breastplate,
braided work of pure gold.
Verse 16: They made two gold settings,
and two gold rings.
They set the two gold rings
at the two (upper) corners of the breastplate.
Verse 17: They put (attached) the two gold-braided chains
on the two rings,
at the corners of the breastplate.
Verse 18: The two ends of the two braided chains
they put (attached) to the two settings,
and placed them
on the shoulder straps of the eiphod
toward the front.
Verse 19: They made two gold rings
and set them on the two (lower) corners
of the breastplate,
on its edge that was on the inner side of the eiphod.
Verse 20: They made two gold rings
and placed them
on the two shoulder straps of the eiphod,
on the bottom, toward the front,
against where they were joined,
above the eiphod's belt.
Verse 21: They bound the (lower) rings of the breastplate
to the (lower) rings of the eiphod
with a cord of greenish-blue wool,
so that it (the breastplate) remained
against the eiphod's belt,
so that
the breastplate did not move from the eiphod,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
22. He made the robe of the eiphod
of woven work,
completely out of greenish-blue wool.
Verse 23: The opening of the robe was turned inward
like the opening around a coat of armor,
with a border all around the opening
so that it did not tear.
Verse 24: They made on the robe's (lower) hem,
pomegranates of greenish-blue wool,
dark red wool, crimson wool,
(that were) twined together.
Verse 25: They made pure gold bells,
and put the bells between the pomegranates,
on the (lower) hem of the robe all around,
between the pomegranates.
Verse 26: A bell and a pomegranate,
a bell and a pomegranate,
on the (lower) hem of the robe all around,
for performing (Divine) service,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 27: They made fine linen undershirts,
of woven work,
for Aharon and his sons.
Verse 28: (They made) a fine linen turban,
and the slendor of the fine linen turban-hats,
and the linen pants, (all out of) fine, twined linen,
Verse 29:
(They made) the sash-belt of fine, twined linen,
and greenish-blue wool, dark red wool,
and crimson wool, the work of an embroiderer,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 30: They made a diadem ---
a holy crown, of pure gold.
They wrote upon it
a writing in the manner of a signet (ring),
"Holy unto Ad-noy."
Verse 31: They put (fastened) on it
a greenish-blue wool cord,
to fasten it to the turban from above,
just as Ad-noy
commanded Moshe.
Verse 32:
Thus was completed all the work of the mishkon
of the Tent of Meeting.
B'nei Yisrael did everything
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe, so they did.
Revi'i (Fourth Aliyah)
Verse 33: They brought the mishkon to Moshe ---
the Tent
and all its vessels,
its clasps, planks, bars, pillars, and sockets,
Verse 34: the covering of the red dyed rams' skins,
and the covering of the tachash skins,
and the paroches (partition)-screen,
Verse 35: the ark of the Testimony,
its poles, its cover,
Verse 36: the table, all its vessels,
the showbread,
Verse 37: the pure Menorah, its lamps,
the lamps to be set in order,
all its vessels, oil for light,
Verse 38: the golden altar,
the anointing oil,
the incense of spices,
the screen for the entrance of the Tent,
Verse 39: the copper altar
and its copper grate,
along with its poles and all its vessels,
the laver and its base,
Verse 40: curtains for the enclosure,
its pillars and its sockets,
the screen for the entrance to the enclosure,
its cords and its stakes,
all
the vessels for the service of the mishkon
of the Tent of Meeting,
Verse 41: the garments of distinction
for service in the Sanctuary,
the sacred garments for Aharon the kohein,
and the garments of his sons for priestly service.
Verse 42: According to all that Ad-noy commanded Moshe,
so did B'nei Yisrael do all the work.
Verse 43: Moshe saw the entire work,
and behold, they did it just as Ad-noy commanded,
so had they done,
and Moshe blessed them.
Chapter 40
Verse 1: Ad-noy spoke to Moshe saying.
Verse 2: "On the first day of the first month,
you should set up the mishkon
of the Tent of Meeting.
Verse 3: Place the ark of Testimony there,
and spread the paroches (partition) over the ark.
Verse 4: Bring
in the table and set it in order.
Bring in the menorah and light its lamps.
Verse 5: Place the golden altar for burning incense,
before the ark of Testimony.
Place the screen at the mishkon's entrance.
Verse 6: Place the burnt-offering altar
in front of the entrance of the mishkon
of the Tent of Meeting.
Verse 7: Place the laver between the Tent of Meeting
and the altar,
and put water into it.
Verse 8: Put up the enclosure all around,
and set up the screen for the enclosure's entrance.
Verse 9: Take the anointing oil,
and anoint the mishkon and everything in it.
Sanctify it and all its vessels
so that it will become holy.
Verse 10: Anoint the burnt-offering altar
and all its vessels.
Sanctify the altar
so that the altar becomes holy of holies.
Verse 11: Anoint the laver and its base
and sanctify it.
Verse 12: Bring Aharon and his sons
to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
and immerse them in a mikveh.
Verse 13: Clothe Aharon with the sacred garments.
Anoint him and sanctify him
so that he may serve as a kohein to Me.
Verse 14: Bring his sons
and
clothe them with undershirts.
Verse 15: Anoint them as you anointed their father,
so that they may serve as kohanim to Me.
This should be done
so that their anointing will make them
an eternal kehunah throughout their generations."
Verse 16: Moshe did
according to all that Ad-noy commanded him---
so he did.
Shishi (Sixth Aliyah)
Verse 17: It was in the first month of the second year,
on the first day of the month,
that the mishkon was set up.
Verse 18: Moshe set up the mishkon,
placed its sockets, put up its boards,
put in its bars, and set up its pillars.
Verse 19: He spread the tent over the mishkon
and placed the tent's covering above it,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 20: He took the Testimony and placed it into the ark,
put the poles on the ark,
and put the cover on top of the ark.
Verse 21: He brought the ark into the mishkon
and fastened the paroches (partition)-screen
so that it covered the ark of Testimony,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 22: He placed the table in the Tent of Meeting
on the
north side of the mishkon,
outside the paroches (partition).
Verse 23: He set upon it
an arrangement of bread before Ad-noy,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 24: He placed the Menorah in the Tent of Meeting,
opposite the table,
on the south side of the mishkon.
Verse 25: He lit the lamps before Ad-noy,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 26: He placed the golden altar
inside the Tent of Meeting,
in front of the paroches.
Verse 27: He burned the incense of spices upon it,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Shevi'i (Seventh Aliyah)
Verse 28: He set up the screen at the mishkon's entrance.
Verse 29: He placed the burnt-offering altar
at the entrance of the mishkon of the Tent of Meeting.
He sacrificed on it
a
burnt-offering and a meal-offering,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 30: He set the laver
between the Tent of Meeting and the altar,
and put water into it for washing.
Verse 31: Moshe, Aharon and his sons washed
their hands and feet from it,
Verse 32: when they came to the Tent of Meeting
and when
they approached the altar
they would wash,
just as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.
Verse 33: He set up the enclosure
around the mishkon and the altar,
and put up the screen at the enclosure's entrance,
and thus Moshe completed the work.
Maftir
Verse 34: The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting,
and the glory of Ad-noy filled the mishkon.
Verse 35: Moshe was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting
because the cloud rested on it,
and the glory of Ad-noy filled the mishkon.
Verse 36: When the cloud rose up from over the mishkon,
the B'nei Yisrael would set out in all their travels.
Verse 37: If the cloud did not rise,
they would not set out until the day that it rose.
Verse 38: For the cloud of Ad-noy
was upon the mishkon by day,
and there was a fire
in it by night,
before the eyes of the entire Beis Yisrael,
in all their travels.
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