Torah
Shemot26
Exodus · Chapter 26
Moreover thou shalt make the mishkan
with ten curtains
of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet:
with
cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
The length of one curtain
shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and
other five curtains
shall be coupled one to another.
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of
another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one mishkan.
And thou shalt make curtains
of goats’
hair to be a covering upon the mishkan: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
The length of one curtain
shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains
shall be all
of one measure.
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the mishkan.
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain
that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the mishkan.
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the mishkan on this side and on that side, to cover it.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent
of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above
of badgers skins.
And thou shalt make boards for the mishkan
of shittim wood standing up.
Ten cubits
shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half
shall be the breadth of one board.
Two tenons
shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the mishkan.
And thou shalt make the boards for the mishkan, twenty boards on the south side southward.
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And for the second side of the mishkan on the north side
there shall be twenty boards:
And their forty sockets
of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the sides of the mishkan westward thou shalt make six boards.
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the mishkan in the two sides.
And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets
of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And thou shalt make bars
of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the mishkan,
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the mishkan, and five bars for the boards of the side of the mishkan, for the two sides westward.
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings
of gold
for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
And thou shalt rear up the mishkan according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
And thou shalt make a vail
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim
wood
overlaid with gold: their hooks
shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy
place and the most holy.
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy
place.
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the mishkan toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent,
of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars
of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold,
and their hooks
shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Torah
Shemot27
Exodus · Chapter 27
And thou shalt make an altar
of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof
shall be three cubits.
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make
of brass.
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network
of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves
of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make
it.
And thou shalt make the court of the mishkan: for the south side southward
there shall be hangings for the court
of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets
shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
shall be of
silver.
And likewise for the north side in length
there shall be
hangings of an hundred
cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets
of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
of silver.
And
for the breadth of the court on the west side
shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward
shall be
fifty cubits.
The hangings of one side
of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And on the other side
shall be hangings fifteen
cubits:
their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework:
and their pillars
shall be four, and their sockets four.
All the pillars round about the court
shall be filleted with silver; their hooks
shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
The length of the court
shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits
of fine twined linen, and their sockets
of brass.
All the vessels of the mishkan in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court,
shall be of brass.
And thou shalt command the children of Yisra'el, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
In the mishkan of the congregation without the vail, which
is before the testimony, Aharon and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH):
it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Yisra'el.
Torah
Shemot28
Exodus · Chapter 28
And take thou unto thee Aharon thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Yisra'el, that he may minister unto me in the kohen’s office,
even Aharon, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aharon’s sons.
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aharon thy brother for glory and for beauty.
And thou shalt speak unto all
that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aharon’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the kohen’s office.
And these
are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aharon thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the kohen’s office.
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
And they shall make the ephod
of gold,
of blue, and
of purple,
of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and
so it shall be joined together.
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which
is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof;
even of gold,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Yisra'el:
Six of their names on one stone, and
the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
With the work of an engraver in stone,
like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Yisra'el: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod
for stones of memorial unto the children of Yisra'el: and Aharon shall bear their names before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
And thou shalt make ouches
of gold;
And two chains
of pure gold at the ends;
of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it;
of gold,
of
blue, and
of purple, and
of scarlet, and
of
fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Foursquare it shall be
being doubled; a span
shall be
the length thereof, and a span
shall be the breadth thereof.
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones,
even four rows of stones:
the first row
shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:
this shall be the first row.
And the second row
shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Yisra'el, twelve, according to their names,
like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends
of
wreathen work
of pure gold.
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
And thou shalt put the two wreathen
chains of gold in the two rings
which are on the ends of the breastplate.
And
the other two ends of the two wreathen
chains
thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put
them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which
is in the side of the ephod inward.
And two
other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the
other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that
it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
And Aharon shall bear the names of the children of Yisra'el in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy
place, for a memorial before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) continually.
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aharon’s heart, when he goeth in before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and Aharon shall bear the judgment of the children of Yisra'el upon his heart before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) continually.
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all
of blue.
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
And
beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates
of blue, and
of purple, and
of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
And it shall be upon Aharon to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy
place before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and when he cometh out, that he die not.
And thou shalt make a plate
of pure gold, and grave upon it,
like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
And it shall be upon Aharon’s forehead, that Aharon may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Yisra'el shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre
of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle
of
needlework.
And for Aharon’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
And thou shalt put them upon Aharon thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the kohen’s office.
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
And they shall be upon Aharon, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the mishkan of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy
place; that they bear not iniquity, and die:
it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.