Parsha Terumah

(25,1) Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying,

(25,2) Speak to the B’nei Yisrael and have them take for Me a terumah-offering. From every man whose heart impels him to generosity shall you take My terumah-offering.

(25,3) This is the terumah-offering that you shall take from them: gold, silver and copper.

(25,4) Greenish-blue [wool], dark red [wool], crimson [wool], fine linen, and goats [hair].

(25,5) Red[-dyed] ram’s skins, tachash skins, and acacia wood.

(25,6) Oil for the lamp. Spices for anointing-oil, and for the incense of aromatic spices.

(25,7) Onyx stones, and filling stones [into] the eiphod and breastplate.

(25,8) They shall make a Sanctuary for Me, and I will [then] dwell in their midst.

(25,9) According to all that I am showing you—the form of the mishkon [tabernacle] and the form of all its vessels—and so should you make [it].

(25,10) They shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and one-half amohs long, one and one-half amohs wide, and one and one-half amohs high.

(25,11) Cover it with pure gold—you shall cover it inside and out. Make for it a golden crown-like rim around [its top].

(25,12) Cast four gold rings, and place them on its [the ark’s] four corners, two rings on one side, and two rings on the second side.

(25,13) Make [two] poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold.

(25,14) Place the poles in the rings on the sides of the ark, so that the ark can be carried with them.

(25,15) In the rings of the ark, must the poles remain. They must not be removed from them.

(25,16) You shall then place in the ark, the Testimony that I will give you.

(25,17) Make a cover of pure gold [for the ark], two and one-half amohs long, and one and one-half amohs wide.

(25,18) Make two golden cherubim. You must make them by hammering them out of the two ends of the [ark] cover.

(25,19) Make one cherub out of one end, and one cherub out of the other end. From the [same piece of gold as] the cover itself, you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.

(25,20) The cherubim shall spread their wings upward, sheltering the cover with their wings, and the cherubim shall face one another. Their faces shall be [inclined] toward the cover.

(25,21) Place the cover on top of the ark and place the Testimony in the ark that I will give you.

(25,22) I will set My meetings with you there, and I will speak with you from above the cover, from between the cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony. All that which I will command you concerning the B’nei Yisrael.

(25,23) You shall make a table out of acacia wood, two amohs will be its length, one amoh will be its width, and one and one-half amohs its height.

(25,24) Overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold crown-like rim around it.

(25,25) Make a ledge of a tefach around [the table], and make a gold crown-like rim around the ledge.

(25,26) Make four gold rings [for the table], and place the rings on the four corners that are on its legs.

(25,27) The rings shall be against the ledge, and they shall be houses [receptacles] for the poles with which to carry the table.

(25,28) Make the poles out of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. The table will be carried by them.

(25,29) Make its dishes [bread forms], spoons, its half-hollow tubes, and its supports, by which they [the breads] shall be covered. Make them out of pure gold.

(25,30) You shall place the showbread upon the table, before Me at all times.

(25,31) You shall make a menorah [out] of pure gold. The menorah must be made by hammering [its form out of a solid piece of gold]. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of it [the same piece of gold].

(25,32) Six branches shall extend from its sides, three branches of the menorah from one of its sides, and three branches of the menorah from the second side.

(25,33) Three cups, engraved in almond shaped patterns, on one branch, with a knob and a flower. And three cups engraved in almond shaped patterns, on one branch, with a knob and a flower. So shall be [the form] of each of the six branches that extend from [the shaft of] the menorah.

(25,34) The [shaft of the] menorah shall have four cups, engraved in almond shaped patterns, with their knobs and their flowers.

(25,35) [There shall be] a knob under the two branches extending from it. [There should be] a [second] knob under the [second] two branches extending from it. [There should be] a [third] knob under the [third] two branches extending from it. [This holds true] for the six branches that extend from [the shaft of] the menorah.

(25,36) Their knobs and their branches shall be made out of [the menorah] itself. It shall all be made of a single hammered work of pure gold.

(25,37) You shall make seven lamps [for the menorah]. and its lamps shall be lit so that they shine toward it [the center lamp].

(25,38) Its tongs and its [ash] scoops [shall also be made of] pure gold.

(25,39) It shall be made out of a kikar of pure gold [together] with all these vessels.

(25,40) Observe [carefully] and make them like the pattern that will be shown to you on the mountain.

(26,1) You shall [then] make the mishkon (Tabernacle) out of ten drapes, [consisting of] fine twined linen, greenish blue, dark red and crimson [wool]. Figures of cherubim, the work of a craftsman, shall be woven into them.

(26,2) Each drape shall be twenty eight amohs long, and each drape shall be four amohs wide. All the drapes shall have the same measure.

(26,3) Five of these drapes shall be joined [sewn] together and [the other] five drapes shall be joined [sewn] together.

(26,4) Make loops of greenish blue [wool] on the edge of the drape which is at the [innermost] end of the [first] group. Do the same on the edge of the drape which is at the [innermost] end of the second group.

(26,5) Make fifty loops on [the edge of] one drape, and make fifty loops on the edge of the drape which is on the second group. The loops shall be opposite one another.

(26,6) Make fifty golden clasps, and join the drapes [of each group] together with the clasps, so that the mishkon is one.

(26,7) Make drapes of goats hair for a covering over the mishkon. Make eleven drapes.

(26,8) The length of each drape shall be thirty amohs, and the width of each drape shall be four amohs. The eleven drapes must have the same measure.

(26,9) Join [sew] together five drapes by themselves, and [the other] six drapes by themselves. Let the sixth drape overhang before the entrance of the tent [mishkon].

(26,10) Make fifty loops on the edge of one drape which is at the [innermost] end of the [first] group, and fifty loops on the edge of the drape which is on the second group.

(26,11) Make fifty copper clasps. Bring the clasps into the loops, and join the tent together, making it one.

(26,12) The overlapping excess [from what is left over] [in the breadth] of the drapes of the tent—half of the extra drape shall overlap the back of the mishkon.

(26,13) The [extra] amoh on one side, and the [extra] amoh on the other side that were in excess of the length of the drapes of the tent shall overlap the sides of the mishkon, on both sides, to cover it.

(26,14) Make a covering for the tent out of red dyed ram’s skins, and a covering of tachash skins above that.

(26,15) Make the planks for the mishkon out of acacia wood; [these planks are] to stand upright [vertically].

(26,16) Each plank shall be ten amohs long, and one and one half amohs shall be the width of each plank.

(26,17) Each plank shall have two [square] pegs, exactly parallel to each other. So shall you make all the planks of the mishkon.

(26,18) Make these planks for the mishkon, twenty planks for the southern side.

(26,19) Make forty silver sockets, [and place them] under the twenty planks. There shall be 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.

(26,20) For the second wall of the mishkon, to the northern side, [also make] twenty planks.

(26,21) [Make] their forty silver sockets, two sockets under each plank, two sockets under each plank.

(26,22) For the west end of the mishkon make six planks.

(26,23) Make two planks for the corners of the mishkon at the rear side.

(26,24) They must be coupled together on the bottom, and they must also be coupled together evenly on the top with one [square] ring. So must it be done with the two [planks], which are at the two corners.

(26,25) Thus there will be eight planks, and their silver sockets, totaling sixteen sockets, two sockets under each plank, two sockets under each plank.

(26,26) You shall make bars out of acacia wood, five for the planks of one wall,

(26,27) and five bars for the planks of the second wall of the mishkon. [There shall also be] five bars for the planks of the western [back] wall of the mishkon.

(26,28) The middle [center] bar shall go through the planks, reinforcing the planks from one end to the other.

(26,29) You shall overlay the planks with gold, and make their rings out of gold, to hold the bars. You shall [also] overlay the bars with gold.

(26,30) You shall erect the mishkon according to its rules. As shown to you on the mountain.

(26,31) You shall make a paroches [partition] out of greenish blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. It shall be the work of a craftsman, with figures of cherubim [woven into it].

(26,32) Place it [the paroches] upon four acacia-wood pillars, that are overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall [also] be of gold. These pillars are to be set into four silver sockets.

(26,33) Place the paroches under the clasps [which kept the drapes together]. Bring into the space within [behind] the paroches, the Ark of the Testimony, and the paroches will divide for you between the Holy and the Holy of Holies.

(26,34) Place the cover upon the Ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies.

(26,35) Put the table outside the paroches, and the menorah opposite the table, toward the southern side of the mishkon. The table should be placed on the northern side.

(26,36) You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent. [Make it out of] greenish blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. It shall be the work of an embroiderer.

(26,37) Make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen. Overlay them with gold and their hooks are to be gold. Cast five copper sockets for them [the pillars].

(27,1) You shall make the altar out of acacia wood. It shall be five amohs long, and five amohs wide. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three amohs.

(27,2) Make its raised projections on its four corners. Its raised projections shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it [the altar] with copper.

(27,3) Make its pots to remove its ashes, [also] its scoops, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans. Make all of its vessels out of copper.

(27,4) Make for it a grate of copper netting. On the grate you shall make four copper rings on its four corners.

(27,5) Place it under the rim of the altar, extending downward, so that the grate reaches the middle of the altar.

(27,6) Make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with copper.

(27,7) Place its poles into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

(27,8) It should be a hollow structure constructed from boards. As it was shown to you on the mountain, so shall they make it.

(27,9) You shall make the enclosure for the mishkon. On the south side there shall be curtains for the enclosure made of fine twined linen. It shall be one hundred amohs long on one side.

(27,10) It shall have twenty pillars, and they shall have twenty copper sockets. The hooks and bands of the pillars shall be of silver.

(27,11) The same shall be on the north side. The curtains shall be one hundred amohs long, with twenty pillars and twenty copper sockets. The hooks and bands of the pillar shall be of silver.

(27,12) For the width of the enclosure on the west side there shall be curtains of fifty amohs. They shall have ten pillars and ten sockets.

(27,13) The width of the enclosure on the east side shall be fifty amohs.

(27,14) There shall be curtains fifteen amohs long on one flank [of the entrance]. They shall have three pillars and three sockets.

(27,15) The other flank shall [also] have curtains of fifteen amohs. They [too] shall have three pillars and three sockets.

(27,16) The entrance of the enclosure shall have a screen of twenty amohs. [It shall be made of] greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. It shall be the work of an embroiderer. It [the screen] shall have four pillars and four sockets.

(27,17) All the pillars around the enclosure shall have silver bands, and silver hooks, and copper sockets.

(27,18) The length of the enclosure shall be one hundred amohs. The width shall be fifty by fifty amohs. The height [of the pillars holding up the curtains] of twisted fine linen shall be five amohs, and their sockets shall be [made] of copper.

(27,19) All the vessels of the mishkon in all its service, all of its stakes and all the stakes of the enclosure, shall be made of copper.