Shemot 24:1 - 28:43

24:1 Ve'el-Moshe amar aleh el-HASHEM atah ve'Aharon Nadav va'Avihu veshiv'im miziknei Yisrael vehishtachavitem merachok.
Now He said to Moshe, "Come up to HASHEM, you and Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy of the elders of Yisrael, and worship from afar.

2 Venigash Moshe levado el-HASHEM vehem lo yigashu veha'am lo ya'alu imo.
And Moshe alone shall come near HASHEM, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him."

3 Vayavo Moshe vayesaper la'am et kol-divrei HASHEM ve'et kol-hamishpatim vaya'an kol-ha'am kol echad vayomru kol-hadevarim asher-diber HASHEM na'aseh.
So Moshe came and told the people all the words of HASHEM and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which HASHEM has said we will do."

4 Vayichtov Moshe et kol-divrei HASHEM vayashkem baboker vayiven mizbeach tachat hahar ushteim esreh matzevah lishneim asar shivtei Yisrael.
And Moshe wrote all the words of HASHEM. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Yisrael.

5 Vayishlach et-na'arei benei Yisrael vaya'alu olot vayizbechu zvachim shlamim l'HASHEM parim.
Then he sent young men of the children of Yisrael, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to HASHEM.

6 Vayikach Moshe chatsi hadam vayasem ba'aganot vachatsi hadam zarak al-hamizbeach.
And Moshe took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 Vayikach sefer habrit vayikra be'oznei ha'am vayomeru kol asher-diber HASHEM na'aseh venishma.
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that HASHEM has said we will do, and be obedient."

8 Vayikach Moshe et-hadam vayizrok al-ha'am vayomer hineh dam-habrit asher karat HASHEM imachem al kol-hadvarim ha'eleh.
And Moshe took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which HASHEM has made with you according to all these words."

9 Vaya'al Moshe ve'Aharon Nadav va'Avihu veshiv'im miziknei Yisrael.
Then Moshe went up, also Aharon, Nadav, and Avihu, and seventy of the elders of Yisrael,

10 Vayir'u et Elokei Yisrael vetachat raglav kema'aseh livnat hasapir uche'etzem hashamayim latohar.
and they saw the G-d of Yisrael. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.

11 Ve'el-atziley benei Yisrael lo shalach yado vayechezu et-ha'Elokim vayochlu vayishtu.
But on the nobles of the children of Yisrael He did not lay His hand. So they saw G-d, and they ate and drank.

12 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe aleh elai haharah vehyeh-sham ve'etnah lecha et-luchot ha'even vehatorah vehamitzvah asher katavti lehorotam.
Then HASHEM said to Moshe, "Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the Torah and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them."

13 Vayakom Moshe viYehoshua mesharto vaya'al Moshe el-har ha'Elokim.
So Moshe arose with his assistant Yehoshua, and Moshe went up to the mountain of G-d.

14 Ve'el-hazkenim amar shvu-lanu vazeh ad asher-nashuv aleichem vehineh Aharon veChur imachem mi-va'al dvarim yigash alehem.
And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed Aharon and Chur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them."

Maftir

15 Vaya'al Moshe el-hahar vayechas he'anan et-hahar.
Then Moshe went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.

16 Vayishkon kvod-HASHEM al-har Sinai vayechasehu he'anan sheshet yamim vayikra el-Moshe bayom hashvi'i mitoch he'anan.
Now the glory of HASHEM rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moshe out of the midst of the cloud.

17 Umar'eh kvod HASHEM ke'esh ochelet berosh hahar le'eynei benei Yisrael.
The sight of the glory of HASHEM was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Yisrael.

18 Vayavo Moshe betoch he'anan vaya'al el-hahar vayehi Moshe bahar arba'im yom ve'arba'im laylah.
So Moshe went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moshe was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Parasha Terumah

 

A Resting Place for G-d's Presence

25:1 Vayedaber HASHEM el-Moshe lemor.
Then HASHEM spoke to Moshe, saying:

2 Daber el-benei Yisrael veyikchu-li trumah me'et kol-ish asher yidvenu libo tikchu et-trumati.
"Speak to the children of Yisrael, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

3 Vezot hatrumah asher tikchu me'itam zahav vachesef unechoshet.
And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

4 Utchelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh ve'izim.
blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats' hair;

5 Ve'orot eylim me'odamim ve'orot tchashim va'atzei shitim.
ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;

6 Shemen lama'or besamim leshemen hamishchah veliktoret hasamim.
oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;

7 Avnei-shoham ve'avnei milu'im la'efod velachoshen.
onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

8 Ve'asu li mikdash veshachanti betocham.
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

9 Kechol asher ani mar'eh otcha et tavnit haMishkan ve'et tavnit kol-kelav vechen ta'asu.
According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.

The Aron

10 Ve'asu aron atzei shitim amatayim vachetzi orko ve'amah vachetzi rochbo ve'amah vachetzi komato.
And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 Vetzipita oto zahav tahor mibayit umichutz tetzapenu ve'asita alav zer zahav saviv.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.

12 Veyatzakta lo arba tabe'ot zahav venatatah al arba pa'amotav ushtei taba'ot al-tzal'o ha'echat ushtei taba'ot al-tzal'o hashenit.
You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side.

13 Ve'asita vadei atzei shitim vetzipita otam zahav.
And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 Veheveta et-habadim bataba'ot al tsal'ot ha'aron laset et-ha'aron bahem.
You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.

15 Betabe'ot ha'aron yihyu habadim lo yasuru mimenu.
The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

16 Venatata el-ha'aron et ha'edut asher eten eleicha.
And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.

Sheni

17 Ve'asita chaporet zahav tahor amatayim vachetzi orkah ve'amah vachetzi rochbah.
You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.

18 Ve'asita shnayim keruvim zahav mikshah ta'aseh otam mishnei ketzot hakaporet.
And you shall make two Keruvim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 Va'aseh keruv echad mikatzah mizeh uchruv-echad mikatzah mizeh min-hakaporet ta'asu et-hakruvim al-shnei ketzotav.
Make one Keruv at one end, and the other Keruv at the other end; you shall make the Keruvim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.

20 Vehayu hakeruvim porsei chenafayim lemalah sochechim bechanfeihem al-hakaporet ufneihem ish el-achiv el-hakaporet yihyu penei hakeruvim.
And the Keruvim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the Keruvim shall be toward the mercy seat.

21 Venatata et-hakaporet al-ha'aron milmalah ve'el-ha'aron titen et-ha'edut asher eten eleicha.
You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.

22 Veno'adeti lecha sham vedibarti itcha me'al hakaporet mibein shnei hakeruvim asher al-Aron ha'Edut et-kol asher atzaveh otcha el-benei Yisrael.
And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two Keruvim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Yisrael.

The Shulchan

23 Ve'asita shulchan atzei shitim amatayim orko ve'amah rochbo ve'amah vachetzi komato.
You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

24 Vetsipita oto zahav tahor ve'asita lo zer zahav saviv.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.

25 Ve'asita lo misgeret tofach saviv ve'asita zer-zahav lemisgarto saviv.
You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.

26 Ve'asita lo arba tabe'ot zahav venatata et-hataba'ot al arba hape'ot asher le'arba raglav.
And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.

27 Le'umat hamisgeret tihyena hataba'ot levatim levadim laset et-hashulchan.
The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.

28 Ve'asita et-habadim atzei shitim vetsipita otam zahav venisa-vam et-hashulchan.
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

29 Ve'asita ke'arotav vechapotav uksotav umenaki'otav asher yusach bahen zahav tahor ta'aseh otam.
You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.

30 Venatata al-hashulchan lechem panim lefanai tamid.
And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.

The Menorah

31 Ve'asita menorat zahav tahor mikshah teyaseh hamenorah yerechah vekanah gevi'eiha kaftoreiha ufracheiha mimenah yihyu.
You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.

32 Veshishah kanim yotze'im mitzideiha shloshah kenei menorah mitzidah ha'echad ushloshah knei menorah mitzidah hasheni.
And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

33 Shloshah gevi'im meshukadim bakaneh ha'echad kaftor vaferach ushloshah gevi'im meshukadim bakaneh ha'echad kaftor vafarach ken lesheshet hakanim hayotze'im min-hamenorah.
Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower--and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

34 Uvamenorah arba'ah gevi'im meshukadim kaftoreiha ufracheiha.
On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.

35 Vechaftor tachat shnei hakanim mimenah vechaftor tachat shnei hakanim mimenah vechaftor tachat-shnei hakanim mimenah lesheshet hakanim hayotze'im min-hamenorah.
And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

36 Kaftoreihem uknotam mimenah yihyu kulah mikshah achat zahav tahor.
Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.

37 Ve'asita et-neroteiha shiv'ah vehe'elah et-neroteiha vehe'ir al-ever paneiha.
You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

38 Umalkacheiha umachtoteiha zahav tahor.
And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.

39 Kikar zahav tahor ya'aseh otah et kol-hakelim ha'eleh.
It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

40 Ur'eh va'aseh betavnitam asher-atah mor'eh bahar.
And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.

Shlishi

The Mishkan

26:1 Ve'et-haMishkan ta'aseh eser yeri'ot shesh moshezar utchelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani keruvim ma'aseh choshev ta'aseh otam.
Moreover you shall make the Tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.

2 Orech hayeri'ah ha'achat shmoneh ve'esrim ba'amah verochav arba ba'amah hayeri'ah ha'echat midah achat lechol-hayeri'ot.
The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. And every one of the curtains shall have the same measurements.

3 Chamesh hayeri'ot tihyeina choverot ishah el-achotah vechamesh yeri'ot choverot ishah el-achotah.
Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

4 Ve'asita lule'ot techelet al sfat hayeri'ah ha'echat mikatzah bachovaret vechen ta'aseh bisfat hayeri'ah hakitzonah bamachberet hashenit.
And you shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.

5 Chamishim lula'ot ta'aseh bayeri'ah ha'echat vachamishim lula'ot ta'aseh biktzeh hayeri'ah asher bamachberet hashenit makbilot halula'ot ishah el-achotah.
Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is on the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.

6 Ve'asita chamishim karsei zahav vechibarta et-hayeri'ot ishah el-achotah bakrasim vehayah haMishkan echad.
And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one Tabernacle.

7 Ve'asita yeri'ot izim le'ohel al-haMishkan ashtei-esreh yeri'ot ta'aseh otam.
You shall also make curtains of goats' hair, to be a tent over the Tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.

8 Orech hayeri'ah ha'achat shloshim ba'amah verochav arba ba'amah hayeri'ah ha'echat midah achat le'ashtei esreh yeri'ot.
The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measurements.

9 Vechibarta et-chamesh hayeri'ot levad ve'et-shesh hayeri'ot levad vechafalta et-hayeri'ah hashishit el-mul penei ha'ohel.
And you shall couple five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the forefront of the Tent.

10 Ve'asita chamishim lula'ot al-sfat hayeri'ah ha'echat hakitzonah bachovaret vachamishim lula'ot al sfat hayeri'ah hachoveret hashenit.
You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

11 Ve'asita karsei nechoshet chamishim veheveta et-hakrasim balula'ot vechibarta et-ha'ohel vehayah echad.
And you shall make fifty bronze clasps, put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

12 Veserach ha'odef biryot ha'ohel chatsi hayeri'ah ha'odefet tisrach al achorei haMishkan.
The remnant that remains of the curtains of the Tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the Tabernacle.

13 Veha'amah mizeh veha'amah mizeh ba'odef be'orech yeri'ot ha'ohel yihyeh saru'ach al-tzidei haMishkan mizeh umizeh lechasoto.
And a cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side, of what remains of the length of the curtains of the Tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and on that side, to cover it.

14 Ve'asita michseh la'ohel orot eylim me'odamim umichseh orot tchashim milemalah.
You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the Tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.

Revi'i

15 Ve'asita et-hakrasim laMishkan atzei shitim omedim.
And for the Tabernacle you shall make the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

16 Eser amot orech hakaresh ve'amah vachatzi ha'amah rochav hakeresh ha'echad.
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.

17 Shtei yadot lakeresh ha'echad meshulavot ishah el-achotah ken ta'aseh lechol karshei haMishkan.
Two tenons shall be in each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the Tabernacle.

18 Ve'asita et-hakrashim laMishkan esrim keresh life'at negbah teimanah.
And you shall make the boards for the Tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.

19 Ve'arba'im adnei-chesef ta'aseh tachat esrim hakaresh shnei adanim tachat-hakeresh ha'echad lishtei yedotav ushnei adanim tachat-hakeresh ha'echad lishtei yedotav.
You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.

20 Uletzela haMishkan hashenit lif'at tzafon esrim karesh.
And for the second side of the Tabernacle, the north side, there shall be twenty boards

21 Ve'arba'im adneihem kasef shnei adanim tachat hakeresh ha'echad ushnei adanim tachat hakeresh ha'echad.
and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.

22 Uleyarketei haMishkan yamah ta'aseh shishah kerashim.
For the far side of the Tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.

23 Ushnei krashim ta'aseh limekutz'ot haMishkan bayarkhatayim.
And you shall also make two boards for the two back corners of the Tabernacle.

24 Veyihyu to'amim milematah veyachdav yihyu tamim al-rosho el-hataba'at ha'echat ken yihyeh lishneihem lishnei hamiktzo'ot yihyu.
They shall be coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.

25 Vehayu shmonah krashim ve'adneihem kesef shishah asar adanim shnei adanim tachat hakeresh ha'echad ushnei adanim tachat hakeresh ha'echad.
So there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver--sixteen sockets--two sockets under each board.

26 Ve'asita verichim atzei shitim chamishah lekarshei tzela-haMishkan ha'echad.
And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the Tabernacle,

27 Vachamishah verichim lekarshei tzela-haMishkan hashenit vachamishah verichim lekarshei tzela haMishkan layarchatayim yamah.
five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the Tabernacle, for the far side westward.

28 Vehaberi'ach hatichon betoch hakerashim mavri'ach min-hakatzeh el-hakatzeh.
The middle bar shall pass through the midst of the boards from end to end.

29 Ve'et-hakerashim tetzapeh zahav ve'et-tab'oteihem ta'aseh zahav batim labrichim vetzipita et-habrichim zahav.
You shall overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.

30 Vahakemota et-haMishkan kemishpato asher hor'eyta bahar.
And you shall raise up the Tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain

Chamishi

31 Ve'asita farochet techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh moshezar ma'aseh choshev ya'aseh otah keruvim.
You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of Keruvim.

32 Venatatah otah al-arba'ah amudei shitim metsupim zahav vaveihem zahav al-arba'ah adnei-chasef.
You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of silver.

33 Venatatah et-haparochet tachat hakrasim veheveta shamah mibeit laparochet et Aron ha'Edut vehivdilah haparochet lachem bein hakodesh uvein kodesh hakodashim.
And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Holy of Holies.

34 Venatata et-hakaporet al Aron ha'Edut beKodesh haKodashim.
You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies.

35 Vesamta et-hashulchan mikhutz laparochet ve'et-hamenorah nochach hashulchan al tsela haMishkan teimanah vehashulchan titen al-tzela tzafon.
You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the Tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

36 Ve'asita masach lefetach ha'ohel techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh moshezar ma'aseh rokem.
You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.

37 Ve'asita lamasach chamishah amudei shitim vetzipita otam zahav vaveihem zahav veyatzakta lahem chamishah adnei nekhoshet.
And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.

Shishi

The Mizbeach

27:1 Ve'asita et-hamizbe'ach atzei shitim chamesh amot orech vechamesh amot rochav ravua yihyeh hamizbe'ach veshalosh amot komato.
You shall make an Altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide--the Altar shall be square--and its height shall be three cubits.

2 Ve'asita karnotav al arba pinotav mimenu tihyeina karnotav vetzipita oto nechoshet.
You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

3 Ve'asita sirotav ledashno veya'av umizrekotav umizlegotav umachtotav lechol-kelav ta'aseh nechoshet.
Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its fire pans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

4 Ve'asita lo michbar ma'aseh reshet nechoshet ve'asita al-hareshet arba tabe'ot nechoshet al arba ketzotav.
You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

5 Venatatah otah tachat karkov hamizbe'ach milematah vehayetah hareshet ad chatzi hamizbe'ach.
You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.

6 Ve'asita vadim lamizbe'ach badei atzei shitim vetsipita otam nechoshet.
And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7 Vehuva et-badav bataba'ot vehayu habadim al-shtei tzal'ot hamizbe'ach bis'et oto.
The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.

8 Nevuv luchot ta'aseh oto ka'asher her'ah otcha bahar ken ya'asu.
You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.

Shevi'i

 

The Court of the Mishkan

9 Ve'asita et chatzar haMishkan life'at negev-teimanah kela'im lechatzer shesh moshezar me'ah va'amah orech lape'ah ha'echat.
You shall also make the court of the Tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.

10 Ve'amudav esrim ve'adneihem esrim nechoshet vavey ha'amudim vachashukeihen kasef.
And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.

11 Vechen lif'at tzafon ba'orech kla'im me'ah orech ve'amudav esrim ve'adneihem esrim nechoshet vavei ha'amudim vachashukeihem kasef.
Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

12 Verochav hechatzer life'at-yam kla'im chamishim amah amudeihem asarah ve'adneihem asarah.
And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

13 Verochav hechatzer life'at kedmah mizrachah chamishim amah.
The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.

14 Vachamesh esreh amah kla'im lakatef amudeihem shloshah ve'adneihem shloshah.
The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

15 Velakatef hashenit chamesh esreh kela'im amudeihem sloshah ve'adneihem shloshah.
And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

16 Ulesha'ar hechatzer masach esrim amah techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh moshezar ma'aseh rokem amudeihem arba'ah ve'adneihem arba'ah.
For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.

Maftir

17 Kol-amudei hechatzer saviv mechushakim kesef vaveihem kasef ve'adneihem nechoshet.
All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

18 Orech hechatzer me'ah va'amah verochav chamishim bachamishim vekomah chamesh amot shesh moshezar ve'adneihem nechoshet.
The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.

19 Lechol klei haMishkan bechol avodato vechol-yetedotav vechol-yitdot hechatzer nechoshet.
All the utensils of the Tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

Parasha Tetzaveh

The Oil

20 Ve'atah tetzaveh et-benei Yisrael veyikchu eleicha shemen zayit zach katit lama'or leha'alot ner tamid.
And you shall command the children of Yisrael that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

21 Be'Okel Mo'ed mikhutz laparochet asher al-ha'edut ya'aroch oto Aharon uvanav me'erev ad-boker lifnei HASHEM chukat olam ledorotam me'et benei Yisrael.
In the Tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aharon and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before HASHEM. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Yisrael.

The Kohanim and Their Vestments

28:1 Ve'atah hakrev eleicha et-Aharon akhicha ve'et-banav ito mitoch benei Yisrael lechahano-li Aharon Nadav va'Avihu El'azar ve'Itamar benei Aharon.
"Now take Aharon your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Yisra'el, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aharon and Aharon's sons: Nadav, Avihu, El'azar, and Itamar.

2 Ve'asita vigdei-kodesh le-Aharon akhicha lechavod uletif'aret.
And you shall make holy garments for Aharon your brother, for glory and for beauty.

3 Ve'atah tedaber el-kol-chachmei-lev asher miletiv ruach chochmah ve'asu et-bigdei Aharon lekadesho lechahano-li.
So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aharon's garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.

4 Ve'eleh habegadim asher ya'asu choshen ve'efod ume'il uchtonet tashbetz mitznefet ve'avnet ve'asu vigdei-kodesh le-Aharon akhicha ulevanav lechahano-li.
And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aharon your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Efod

5 Vehem yikchu et-hazahav ve'et-hatchelet ve'et-ha'argaman ve'et-tola'at hashani ve'et-hashesh.
They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen,

6 Ve'asu et-ha'efod zahav techelet ve'argaman tola'at shani veshesh moshezar ma'aseh choshev.
and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

7 Shtei chtefot choverot yihyeh-lo el-shnei ketsotav vechubar.
It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together.

8 Vecheshev afudato asher alav kema'asehu mimenu yihyeh zahav techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh moshezar.
And the intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

9 Velakachta et-shtei avnei-shoham ufitachta aleihem shmot benei Yisrael.
Then you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Yisrael:

10 Shishah mishmotam al ha'even ha'echat ve'et-shemot hashishah hanotarim al-ha'even hashenit ketoldotam.
six of their names on one stone, and six names on the other stone, in order of their birth.

11 Ma'aseh charash even pituchey chotam tefatach et-shtei ha'avanim al-shmot benei Yisrael musabot mishbetzot zahav ta'aseh otam.
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Yisrael. You shall set them in settings of gold.

12 Vesamta et-shtei ha'avanim al kitfot ha'efod avnei zikaron livnei Yisrael venasa Aharon et-shmotam lifnei HASHEM al-shtei chtefav lezikaron.
And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Yisrael. So Aharon shall bear their names before HASHEM on his two shoulders as a memorial.

Sheni

13 Ve'asita mishbetzot zahav.
You shall also make settings of gold,

14 Ushtei sharsherot zahav tahor migbalot ta'aseh otam ma'aseh avot venatatah et-sharsherot ha'avotot al-hamishbetzot.
and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

The Breastplate of Judgment

15 Ve'asita chochen mishpat ma'aseh choshev kema'aseh efod ta'asenu zahav techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh moshezar ta'aseh oto.
You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it.

16 Ravua yihyeh kaful zeret orko vezeret rochbo.
It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width.

17 Umileta vo milu'at even arba'ah turim aven tur odem pitedah uvareket hatur ha'echad.
And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row;

18 Vehatur hasheni nofech sapir veyahalom.
the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

19 Vehatur hashlishi leshem shvo ve'achlamah.
the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

20 Vehatur harevi'i tarshish veshoham veyoshfeh meshubatzim zahav yihyu bemilu'otam.
and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

21 Veha'avanim tihyeina al-shemot benei-Yisrael shteim esreh al-shemotam pituchei chotam ish al-shmo tihyeina lishnei asar shavet.
And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Yisrael, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

22 Ve'asita al-hachoshen sharshot gavlut ma'aseh avot zahav tahor.
You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold.

23 Ve'asita al-hachoshen shtei tabe'ot zahav venatata et-shtei hataba'ot al-shnei ketzot hachoshen.
And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 Venatatah et-shtei avotot hazahav al-shtei hataba'ot el-ketzot hachoshen.
Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate;

25 Ve'et shtei ketzot shtei ha'avotot titen al-shtei hamishbetzot venatatah al-kitfot ha'efod el-mul panav.
and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

26 Ve'asita shtei tabe'ot zahav vesamta otam al-shnei ktzot hachoshen al-sefato asher el-ever ha'efod baytah.
You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod.

27 Ve'asita shtei tabe'ot zahav venatatah otam al-shtei chitfot ha'efod milmatah mimul panav le'umat machbarto mima'al lecheshev ha'efod.
And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.

28 Veyirkesu et-hachoshen mitabe'otav el-tabe'ot ha'efod biftil tchelet lihyot al-cheshev ha'efod velo-yizakh hachoshen me'al ha'efod.
They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.

29 Venasa Aharon et shemot bnei-Yisrael bechoshen hamishpat al-libo bevo'o el-hakodesh lezikaron lifnei-HASHEM tamid.
So Aharon shall bear the names of the sons of Yisrael on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before HASHEM continually.

30 Venatata el-Choshen hamishpat et-ha'urim ve'et-hatumim vehayu al-lev Aharon bevo'o lifneI HASHEM venasa Aharon et-mishpat bnei-Yisrael al-libo lifnei HASHEM tamid.
And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aharon's heart when he goes in before HASHEM. So Aharon shall bear the judgment of the children of Yisrael over his heart before HASHEM continually.

Shlishi

Robe of the Efod

31 Ve'asita et-me'il ha'efod klil techelet.
You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

32 Vehayah fi-rosho betocho safah yihyeh lefiv saviv ma'aseh oreg kefi tachra yihyeh-lo lo yikarea.
There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear.

33 Ve'asita al-shulav rimonei techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani al-shulav saviv ufa'amonei zahav betocham saviv.
And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

34 Pa'amon zahav verimon pa'amon zahav verimon al-shulei hame'il saviv.
a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around.

35 Vehayah al-Aharon lesharet venishma kolo bevo'o el-hakodesh lifnei HASHEM uvetzeto velo yamut.
And it shall be upon Aharon when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place before HASHEM and when he comes out, that he may not die.

36 Ve'asita tzitz zahav tahor ufitachta alav pituchei chotam kodesh l'HASHEM.
You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLY TO HASHEM.

37 Vesamta oto al-ptil techelet vehayah al-hamitznafet el-mul pnei-hamitznefet yihyeh.
And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.

38 Vehayah al-metzach Aharon venasa Aharon et-avon hakodashim asher yakdishu bnei Yisrael lechol-matnot kodsheihem vehayah al-mitzcho tamid leratzon lahem lifnei HASHEM.
So it shall be on Aharon's forehead, that Aharon may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Yisrael hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before HASHEM.

39 Veshibatzta haktonet shesh ve'asita mitznefet shesh ve'avnet ta'aseh ma'aseh rokem.
You shall skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.

40 Velivnei Aharon ta'aseh chutanot ve'asita lahem avnetim umigba'ot ta'aseh lahem lechavod ultif'aret.
For Aharon's sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make hats for them, for glory and beauty.

41 Vehilbashta otam et-Aharon achicha ve'et-banav ito umashachta otam umileta et-yadam vekidashta otam vekhihanu-li.
So you shall put them on Aharon your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

42 Va'aseh lahem mikhnesei-vad lechasot besar ervah mimotnayim ve'ad-yerechayim yihyu.
And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs.

43 Vehayu al-Aharon ve'al-banav bevo'am el-Ohel Mo'ed o vegishtam el-hamizbe'ach lesharet bakodesh velo-yis'u avon vametu chukat olam lo ulezar'o acharav.
They shall be on Aharon and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, that they do not incur iniquity and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.