Exo_25:1-40 Exo_26:1-37; Exo_27:1-21

SECTIONXIX.

TERUMAH.

XXV. AND the Lordspake with Mosheh, saying, Speak with the sons of Israel that they set apartbefore Me a separated portion: from every man who is willing in his heart thoushalt receive that which is set apart. And this is the separation that thoushalt take of them: gold, and silver and brass; and hyacinth, and purple andvermilion, (lit., bright colour,) and fine linen, (butz,) and hair of goats, and skins oframs made red, and skins of purple, and sittin woods; oil for the illuminators,aromatics for the anointing oil, and aromatics for the incense; burilla stones,and stones that may complete the insetting of the ephod and the breastplate.And they shall make before me A SANCTUARY in which I will dwell among them.Altogether as I show thee the pattern of the sanctuary, and the pattern of allits vessels, even so shalt thou make them. And they shall make anARK of sitta wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half itsbreadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And thou shalt cover it with puregold within and without, and thou shalt make a crown of gold upon it roundabout. And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and set them upon itsfour corners, two rings upon one side of it, and two rings upon its other side.And thou shalt make staves of sittin woods, and cover them with gold, and shaltinsert the staves in the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may becarried upon them. In the rings of the ark shall be the staves, they shall notbe removed therefrom. And thou shalt place in the ark the Testimony that I willgive thee. And thou shalt make APROPITIATORY Of pure gold; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and ahalf its breadth. And thou shalt make two KERUBIN of gold, beaten (ductile)shalt thou make them, on the two sides of the propitiatory. And thou shalt makeone keruba on this side and one keruba on that side of the propitiatory; thoushalt make the kerubin on its two sides. And the kerubin shall have their wingsoutspreading above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and theirfaces shall be opposite one to another, towards the propitiatory shall be thefaces of the kerubin. And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the Ark overabove, and within the ark shalt thou put the Testimony that I will give thee.And I will appoint My Word (Memra) with thee there; and I will speak with theefrom above the Propitiatory, from between the two kerubin that are upon the Arkof the Testimony, all that I may command thee for the sons of Israel. And thou shalt Make ATABLE of sittin woods, two cubits the length of it, and a cubit its breadth,and a cubit and a half its height. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,and make for it a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt make to it aborder, a handbreadth high round about, and make a crown of gold to the borderof it round about. And thou shalt make for it four golden rings, and put therings upon the four corners of its four feet. Opposite to the border shall bethe rings for the place of the staves for carrying the table. And thou shaltmake the staves of sittin woods, and cover them with gold, that they may carrythe table upon them. And thou shalt make its dishes and its vases, its vialsand its chalices with which the libations are outpoured, of pure gold shaltthou make them. And thou shalt set upon the table the PRESENCEBREAD continuallybefore Me. And thou shalt make A CANDELABRUM; of pure ductile goldshalt thou make the candelabrum; its base and its shaft, its cups, apples, andlilies, of the same shall they be. And six branches shall come out from itssides, three branches of the candelabrum from one side, and three branches ofthe candelabrum on the second side. Three cups (calyxes) figured on one branchwith apple and lily, and three cups figured on one branch with apple and lily,so for the six branches that come out from the candelabrum. And upon thecandelabrum shall be four cups, figurated with apples and lilies; an appleunder the two branches of this, and an apple under the two branches of that,according to the six branches that come forth from the candelabrum. Theirapples and their branches shall be of it, all beaten of pure gold. And thoushalt make its seven lights, and kindle its lights that they may shine towardsits face. And its snuffers and shovels (shall be made) of pure gold. Of atalent of pure gold shall he make it and all these vessels. And look thou, andmake, according to their resemblance which was displayed in the mount.

XXVI. And thou shalt makeTHE TABERNACLE (of) ten curtains of fine linen twined, and hyacinth, andpurple, and vermilion, (and) figures of kerubin, the work of the artificershalt thou make them. The length of one curtain twenty and eight cubits, andthe breadth of one curtain four cubits; the measure of all the curtains shallbe one. Five curtains shall be conjoined one with another, and five curtainsconjoined one with another. And thou shalt make loops of hyacinth upon the edgeof one curtain in the side on which it is joined, and so shalt thou do on theborder of the second curtain in the side on which it is joined. Fifty loopsshalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the sideof the curtain which is in the place of the second coupling, that the loops,may answer one with another. And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and loopthe curtains one with another with the taches, that it may be one Tabernacle.And thou shalt make curtains of goat’s (hair) to stretch over the tabernacle;eleven curtains thou shalt make them. The length of one curtain shall be thirtycubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; of one measure shall be theeleven curtains. And thou shalt loop five curtains together, and six curtainstogether, and fold the sixth curtain against the front of the tabernacle. Andthou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain where it isconjoined, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain at the place of thesecond conjoinment. And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and introducethe taches into the loops, and conjoin the tabernacle that it may be one. Andthe overplus which remaineth of the tabernacle curtains, the half curtain,(namely,) thou shalt stretch over the hinder side of the tabernacle. And thecubit on this and the cubit on that (side) which remain in the length of thecurtains of the tabernacle shall be spread over the sides of the tabernacle,here and there, to cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tabernacleof rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of purple skins above. And thou shaltmake the standing-boards of the tabernacle of sittin woods. Ten cubitsthe length of one board, and a cubit and a half its breadth. Two tenons (shallthere be) to each board, fastened over against one another; so shalt thou makeall the boards of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make the boards for thetabernacle, twenty boards on the southern side. And forty bases of silver shaltthou make under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its twotenons, and two bases under one board for its two tenons. And for the secondside of the tabernacle, on the northern side, twenty boards and their fortysockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another.And for the side of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. And twoboards thou shalt make at the corners of the tabernacle at their extremities;and they shall be united below and likewise united at head with one ring; soshall it be with both of them for the two corners. And they shall be eightboards, and their silver bases, sixteen bases; two bases under one board, andtwo bases under the other board. And thou shalt make bars of sittin woods, fivefor the boards of one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards ofthe second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the end side of thetabernacle toward the west. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shallpass from end to end. And the boards thou shalt overlay with gold, and therings make thou of gold, the place for the bars, and cover the bars with gold.And thou shalt erect the tabernacle after the manner of it which hath beenshowed thee on the mount. And thou shalt make AVEIL, of hyacinth, and purple, and vermilion, and fine linen twined with thework of the artificer, it shall be made, figured with kerubin. And thou shaltset it upon four pillars of sittin covered with gold, and their hooks shall beof gold upon four bases of silver. And thou shalt put the veil under thetaches, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the Ark of the Testament;and the veil shall separate to you between the Holy and the Holy of Holies. Andthou shalt set the Mercy Seat upon the ark of the Testament in the Holy ofHolies. And place thou the table without the veil, and the candelabrum overagainst the table at the south side of the tabernacle, and the table place thouat the north side. And thou shalt make a curtain for the door of the tabernacleof hyacinth, and purple, and vermilion, and fine linen twined, the work of theembroiderer; and make for the curtain five pillars of sittin, and overlay themwith gold, and their hooks shall be of gold; and shalt set them upon five basesof brass.

XXVII. And thou shaltmake THE ALTAR of sittin woods; five cubits the length and five cubits thebreadth; square shall be the altar, and three cubits its height. And thou shaltmake its horns upon its four corners; of the same shall be its horns, andoverlay it with brass. And make its pots, to collect the ashes, and itsfireshovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its thuribles, allits vessels make thou of brass. And make for it a grate, a work of netting ofbrass, and make upon the network four rings of brass upon its four sides, andplace it under the surrounding of the altar beneath, that the net may (extend)to the middle of the altar. And make thou staves for the altar, staves ofsittin wood, and overlay them with brass; and he shall put the staves into therings, and the staves shall be at the two sides of the altar to carry it.Hollow (with) boards make thou it, according to what was showed thee in themount, so do thou. And thou shalt makeTHE COURT of the tabernacle on the side toward the south: curtains (shall therebe) for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits in length on one side.And its pillars twenty and their bases twenty of brass, the hooks of thepillars and their rods of silver. And so for the north side in length (thereshall be) curtains of a hundred cubits long, and their columns twenty and theirbases twenty of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their rods shall be ofsilver. And on the side of the court toward the west curtains of fifty cubits,their columns ten and their bases ten. And the breadth of the court toward theeast side eastward, fifty cubits, and fifteen cubits the curtains on a side,their columns three and their bases three. And on the second side fifteencurtains, their pillars three, and their bases three. And for the door of thecourt shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of hyacinth, and purple, andvermilion, and fine linen twined, the work of the embroiderer; their pillarsfour and their bases four. All the pillars round about the court shall be(united) with rods of silver, their hooks shall be of silver and their bases ofbrass. The length of the court, one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty, andthe height five cubits, of fine linen twined, and their bases of brass. All thevessels of the tabernacle, and all its service, and all its utensils, and allthe pins of the court shall be of brass.