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Welcome to Vayakhel / Pekudei / And He Assembled - this week’s Torah reading
Prophecy 52, 80, 103;
Exodus 35:1-40:38;
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18;
John 13:1-19; Luke 16:1-13;
Exodus 35:1-40:38
1 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to
them, These are the Words which YAHUVEH has commanded, to do them: 2 Work may be done six days and on the seventh day it shall be holy to you, a
Sabbath of rest to YAHUVEH; everyone doing work in it surely shall die. 3 You shall not kindle a fire in all your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath. 4 And Moses said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, This is
the thing which YAHUVEH commanded, saying, 5 Take from among you an offering to YAHUVEH. Everyone willing of heart shall
bring it, the offering of YAHUVEH: gold and silver and bronze, 6 and blue, and purple, and crimson, and bleached linen, and goats’ hair, 7 and rams’ skins dyed red, and dugong skins, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for the light, and spices for the oil of anointing, and for the
incense of perfumes; 9 and onyx stones, and stones of settings, for the ephod and for the breast
pocket. 10 And every wise-hearted one among you, let them come and make all which
YAHUVEH has commanded; 11 the tabernacle, its tent, and its cover, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its
pillars, and its sockets; 12 the ark, and its poles, the mercyseat and the veil of the covering, 13 the table and its poles, and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence; 14 and the Menorah of the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of
the light; 15 and the incense altar and its poles, and the oil of anointing, and the
incense of perfumes, and the screen of the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering, and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its
vessels, the laver and its base; 17 the screens of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for
the gate of the court; 18 the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; 19 the woven garments to minister in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron
the priest, and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests. 20 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from Moses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart was lifted up, and everyone whose spirit
made him willing. They brought the offering of YAHUVEH for the work of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy
garments. 22 And the men came in together with the women, everyone willing of heart. They
brought in bracelets, and nose rings, and rings, and ornaments, every gold
article, and every one who waved a wave offering of gold to YAHUVEH. 23 And everyone with whom blue was found, and purple, and crimson, and bleached
linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red, and dugong skins, they
brought. 24 Everyone rising up with an offering of silver and bronze, they brought the
offering of YAHUVEH; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work
of the service, they brought. 25 And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands; and they brought spun yarn,
blue, and purple, and crimson and bleached linen. 26 And all the women whose hearts were lifted up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair. 27 And the leaders brought the onyx stones, and stones for the setting, for the
ephod and for the breast pocket, 28 and the spice, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for
the incense of the perfumes. 29 And every man and woman whose hearts made them willing to bring for all the
work which YAHUVEH commanded to be done by the hand of Moses; the sons of Israel
brought a willing offering to YAHUVEH. 30 And Moses said to the sons of Israel, Behold! YAHUVEH has called by name
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31 And He has filled him with the spirit of ELOHIM, in wisdom, in intelligence,
and in knowledge, and in all workmanship, 32 and to devise designs, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, 33 and in cuttings of stones for finishings, and in carving of wood, to work in
all workmanship of design. 34 And He has put in his heart to teach, he and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of
the tribe of Dan, 35 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to do every work of a smith, and an
artisan, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in crimson, and in
bleached linen, and a weaver; doers of every work and devisers of designs.
*~Exodus Chapter 36 ~*
1 And Bezaleel and Aholiab shall work with everyone wise of heart to whom
YAHUVEH has given wisdom and intelligence, to know how to do every work of the
service of the sanctuary, concerning all which YAHUVEH had commanded. 2 And Moses called to Bezaleel, and to Aholiab, and to everyone wise of heart,
to whom YAHUVEH had given a heart of wisdom, everyone whose heart had lifted him
up to come near the work, to do it. 3 And they took every offering before Moses which the sons of Israel had brought
for the work of the service in the holy place, to do it. And they brought to him
still more willing offerings morning by morning. 4 And all the wise men came, those doing every kind of work for the sanctuary,
each one from his work they were doing. 5 And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people are bringing more than enough for
the service of the work that YAHUVEH commanded, to do it. 6 And Moses commanded, and they caused it to be voiced in the camp, saying, Let
neither man nor woman make any more offering for the sanctuary; and the people
were held back from bringing. 7 And their property was sufficient for all the work, to do it, and it was too
much. 8 And every wise-hearted one among the doers of the work of the tabernacle made
ten curtains, twined, bleached linen, and blue, and purple, and crimson; he made
them with cherubs, the work of an artisan. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty eight by the cubit; and the width was
four by the cubit; the one curtain was the same measure for all the curtains. 10 And he joined five curtains one to another; and he joined five curtains one
to another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, from the end to the
juncture; so he did at the edge of the last curtain at the second juncture. 12 He made fifty loops on one curtain; and he made fifty loops on the end of the
curtain which was at the second juncture; the loops cor-responded, one with
another. 13 And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he joined the curtains by the hooks, one
to another. And the tabernacle became one. 14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made
them eleven curtains. 15 The length of the one curtain was thirty by the cubit, and four cubits the
width of the one curtain; one measure to the eleven curtains. 16 And he joined the five curtains separately, and the six curtains separately. 17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the last curtain at the juncture; and
he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joined the second. 18 And he made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent, to unite it in one (echad). 19 And he made a cover for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red; and a cover of
dugong skins from above. 20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle, standing planks of acacia wood. 21 The length of the board was ten cubits, and a cubit and a half was the width
of the one board. 22 The one board was connected by two pins, one to another; so he did to all the
boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side
southward. 24 And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets
under the one board for its two pins. 25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, to the north side, he made twenty
boards, 26 and their forty silver sockets; two sockets under the one board, and two
sockets under the other board. 27 And he made six boards for the sides of the tabernacle westward. 28 And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle, in the sides. 29 And they were double from below, and in like manner they were complete to its
top, to the first ring. So he did to both of them, for the two corners. 30 And there were eight boards, and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets; two
sockets and two sockets under the one board. 31 And he made bars of acacia wood; five to the boards of the second side of the
tabernacle; 32 and five bars to the boards of the sides of the tabernacle westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to go through the middle of the boards, from end
to end. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold. And he made the rings gold, housing for
the poles; and he overlaid the bars with gold. 35 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined, bleached
linen. He made it the work of an artisan, with cherubs. 36 And he made four pillars of acacia for it. And he overlaid them with gold,
their hooks gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them. 37 And he made a screen for the door of the tabernacle, blue, and purple, and
crimson, and twined, bleached linen, the work of an embroiderer; 38 and its five pillars, and their hooks; and they overlaid their tops and their
bands with gold; and their five sockets bronze.
*~Exodus Chapter 37 ~*
1 And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half long, and a
cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside. And he made for it a
wreath of gold all around. 3 And he cast four rings of gold for it, on its four feet; two rings on its one
side and two rings on its second side. 4 And he made poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the poles into the rings, on the sides of the ark, to carry the
ark. 6 And he made a mercyseat of pure gold; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit
and a half wide. 7 And he made two cherubs of gold; he made them of beaten work, from the two
ends of the mercyseat; 8 one cherub here at one end, and one cherub here at the other end. He made the
cherubs from the mercyseat, from its two ends. 9 And the cherubs were spreading out wings above, covering the mercy-seat with
their wings, their faces each toward the other; the faces of the cherubs were
toward the mercyseat. 10 And he made the table of planks of acacia; two cubits long, and a cubit wide,
and a cubit and a half high. 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold; and he made for it a wreath of gold all
around. 12 And he made for it a border of a hand’s breadth all around. And he made a
wreath of gold for its border all around. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold; and he put the rings on the four
corners, which were to its four feet. 14 The rings were near the border, the housings for the poles, to carry the
table. 15 And he made the poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold, to lift
up the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were on the table, its platters and its bowls,
and its sacrificial cups, and its pitchers by which a drink offering is made,
with pure gold. 17 And he made the Menorah of pure gold; he made the Menorah of beaten work, its
side, and its branch, its calyxes, its knobs and its blossoms were from it. 18 And six branches went out from its sides; three branches of the Menorah from
one side, and three branches of the Menorah from its second side. 19 Three almond-like bowls were on the one branch, with knob and blossom; and
three almond-like bowls on the one branch, with knob and blossom; so for the six
branches, those going out from the Menorah . 20 And on the Menorah were four almond-like bowls, its knobs and its blossoms. 21 And a knob was under two branches of it, to the six branches, those going out
from it. 22 The knobs and the branches of it were one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its pans of pure gold. 24 He made it and all its vessels from a talent of pure gold. 25 And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood; its length a cubit, and its
width a cubit, square. And its height was two cubits; its horns were of it. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides and its horns all
around. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around. 27 And he made for it two rings of gold, from beneath its wreath, on its two
corners, on its two sides, for housings for poles, to lift it. 28 And he made its poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold. 29 And he made the holy oil of anointing, and the pure incense of fragrant
spices, the work of a perfumer.
*~Exodus Chapter 38 ~*
1 And he made the altar of the burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits its
length and five cubits its width, square; and its height was three cubits. 2 And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of it. And he
overlaid it with bronze. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the
sacrificial bowls, the fleshhooks and the firepans. He made all its vessels of
bronze. 4 And he made a network of bronze grating for the altar, from below under its
ledge, as far as its middle. 5 And he cast four rings in its four ends to the bronze grating, housings for
the poles. 6 And he made the poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with bronze. 7 And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to lift it with
them. He made it hollow with planks. 8 And he made the laver bronze, and its base bronze, from the mirrors of the
serving women, those assembling, who served at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. 9 And he made the court. To the side of the Negev, to the south, the curtains of
the court were twined bleached linen, a hundred by the cubit. 10 Their pillars were twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of
the pillars and their bands were silver. 11 And for the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars were twenty and
their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were
silver. 12 And for the west side, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their
sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and her bands were silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits, 14 curtains of fifteen cubits to the side, their pillars three and their sockets
three. 15 And for the second side on this side and on that side to the opening of the
court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. 16 All the curtains of the court all around were twined bleached linen. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and
their bands of silver. And the overlaying of their capitals were silver; and all
the pillars of the court were banded with silver. 18 And the screen of the opening of the court was an embroiderer’s work, blue
and purple and crimson, and bleached twined linen, and twenty cubits long, and
the height was five cubits in width; the curtains of the court joining. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks
silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands were silver. 20 And all the pins for the tabernacle and for the court all around were bronze. 21 These are the numbered things of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the
testimony, which were numbered at Moses’ command for the service of the Levites
in the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all
that YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
23 And with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver
and a craftsman, and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in crimson and in
bleached linen.
24 All the gold used was for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary; and it
was the gold of the wave offering, twenty nine talents and seven hundred and
thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 And the silver of the numbered ones of the assembly was a hundred talents,
and a thousand seven hundred and seventy five shekels, by the shekel of the
sanctuary,
26 a bekah for a head, half a shekel, by the shekel of the holy place, for
everyone passing over to those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upward,
for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty persons.
27 And the hundred talents of the silver were for casting the sockets of the
sanctuary, and for the sockets of the veil, a hundred sockets for a hundred
talents, a talent for a socket.
28 And the thousand, seven hundred and seventy five shekels he made into hooks
for the pillars; and he overlaid their capitals and joined them.
29 And the copper of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand and
four hundred shekels.
30 And he made with it the sockets of the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the copper altar and its copper grating, and all the vessels
of the altar.
31 And the sockets of the court all around, and the sockets of the opening of
the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all of the pins of the court
all around were copper. Chapter 39 1 And from the blue and the purple and the crimson they made woven garments for
serving in the sanctuary. And they made the holy garments which were for Aaron,
as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined
bleached linen.
3 And they beat out sheets of gold, and cut threads to work into the midst of
the blue, and into the midst of the purple, and into the midst of the crimson,
and into the midst of the bleached linen, the work of an artisan.
4 They made shoulderpieces for it, joined together; it was joined on its two
ends.
5 And its fastening band was on it; it was of it, like its work, gold, blue, and
purple, and crimson, and twined bleached linen, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
6 And they made stones of onyx set in plaited work of gold, engraved with
engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
7 And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, memorial stones for the
sons of Israel, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
8 And he made the breast pocket, a work of an artisan, like the work of the
ephod: gold, blue, purple, and crimson, and twined bleached linen;
9 it was square. They made the breast pocket double; its length a span and its
width a span, doubled.
10 And they set it in four rows of stones: one row, the first row: a ruby, a
topaz and a carbuncle.
11 The second row: a turquoise, a sapphire and a jasper.
12 And the third row: a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.
13 And the fourth row: a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper; these set in their
settings, plaited work of gold.
14 And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel; they were
twelve according to their names, the engravings of a signet, each according to
his name, for the twelve tribes.
15 And they made cords of chains on the breast pocket, a work of pure gold
cords.
16 And they made two gold plaitings and two golden rings; and they put the two
rings on the two ends of the breast pocket.
17 And they put the two golden cords on the two rings, on the ends of the breast
pocket.
18 And they put the two ends of the two cords on the two plaitings. And they put
them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, on the front of its face.
19 And they made two rings of gold, and they put them on the two ends of the
breast pocket, on its edge, on the inward side of the ephod.
20 And they made two rings of gold, and they put them on the two shoulderpieces
of the ephod from beneath, on the front of its face, near its joining; from
above to the band of the ephod.
21 And they fastened the breast pocket from its rings to the rings of the ephod
with a blue ribbon, to be on the ephod band, that the breast pocket not move
itself from the ephod, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
22 And he made the robe of the ephod, skilled work, all of blue.
23 And the mouth of the robe in its middle was like the mouth of a corselet, the
edge of its mouth all around, that it might not be torn.
24 And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and
crimson, bleached, twined linen.
25 And they made bells of pure gold, and they put the bells in the midst of the
pomegranates, all around on the hem of the robe, all around, among the
pomegranates,
26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate on the hem of the robe all
around for ministering, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
27 And they made the tunics of bleached linen, skilled work, for Aaron and for
his sons;
28 also the miter was of bleached linen, and the turban of the caps of bleached
linen, and the breeches of bleached, twined linen.
29 And the girdle was of twined bleached linen, and blue, and purple, and
crimson, the work of an embroiderer, even as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they wrote on it
the writing of the engravings of a signet: HOLINESS TO YAHUVEH.
31 And they put a blue ribbon on it, to fasten it on the miter from above, as
YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
32 And all the work of the tabernacle of the congregation was finished. And the
sons of Israel did according to all which YAHUVEH commanded Moses; so they did.
33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its vessels, its
hooks, its boards, it bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,
34 and the cover of rams’ skins dyed red, and the cover of Tachash skins, and
the veil of the covering,
35 the ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercyseat,
36 the table and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;
37 the pure Menorah, its lamps the lamps of arrangement and all its vessels, and
the oil of the light,
38 and the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the incense of fragrant
spices, and the screen of the door of the tabernacle,
39 the copper altar and copper grating which was to it, its poles and all its
vessels, the laver and its base,
40 the screen of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the
opening of the court, its cords and its pins, and all the vessels of the service
of the tabernacle for the tabernacle of the congregation,
41 the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron
the priest, and the garments of his sons for serving as priests.
42 According to all which YAHUVEH commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel,
all the work.
43 And Moses saw all the work. And, behold, they had done it; as YAHUVEH
commanded Moses, so they had done. And Moses blessed them. Chapter 40 1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 On the first day of the month, on the first of the month, you shall raise up
the tent of the tabernacle of the congregation.
3 And you shall put there the ark of testimony. And you shall cover the ark with
the veil.
4 And you shall bring in the table and set in order its arrangement. And you
shall bring in the Menorah and set up its lamps.
5 And you shall put the altar of gold for incense before the ark of testimony.
And you shall set up the screen of the door of the tabernacle.
6 And you shall set up the altar of burnt offerings before the door of the tent
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And you shall put the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the
altar. And you shall put water there.
8 And you shall set up the court all around. And you shall place the screen of
the opening of the court.
9 And you shall take the oil of anointing, and you shall anoint the tabernacle
and all that is in it. And you shall sanctify it and all its vessels. And it
shall become holy.1
10 And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels. And you
shall sanctify it and the altar shall become most holy.
11 And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and you shall sanctify it.
12 And you shall cause to draw near Aaron and his sons to the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall wash them with water.
13 And you shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments. And you shall anoint him
and sanctify him. And he shall serve as priest to Me.
14 And you shall cause his sons to draw near. And you shall clothe them with
tunics.
15 And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father. And they shall serve
as priests to Me. And their anointing shall be for an everlasting priesthood for
their generations.
16 And Moses did so, according to all that YAHUVEH commanded him; so he did.
17 And it happened in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the
month, the tabernacle was raised up.3
18 And Moses raised up the tabernacle, and he gave its sockets, and he set up
its boards, and he gave its bars, and he raised up its pillars.
19 And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle. And he put the cover of the
tent over it from above, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
20 And he took and gave the testimony into the ark. And he put the poles on the
ark. And he gave the mercyseat on the ark from above.
21 And he caused the ark to go in into the tabernacle. And he placed the veil of
the covering, and he covered over the ark of testimony, as YAHUVEH commanded
Moses.
22 And he gave the table into the tabernacle of the congregation, on the side of
the tabernacle, northward outside the veil.
23 And he set the bread in order on it before the face of YAHUVEH, as YAHUVEH
commanded Moses.
24 And he put the Menorah in the tabernacle of the congregation, opposite the
table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
25 And he set up the lamps before YAHUVEH, as YAHUVEH had commanded Moses.
26 And he set up the altar of gold in the tabernacle of the congregation, before
the veil.
27 And he burned on it incense of fragrant spices, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
28 And he set up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
29 And he put the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the
tabernacle of the congregation. And he offered up on it the burnt offering and
the food offering, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
30 And he put the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the
altar. And he gave there water for washing.
31 And from it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.
32 As they came into the tabernacle of the congregation, and as they drew near
to the altar, they would wash, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.
33 And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar. And he
gave the screen of the opening of the court. And Moses finished the work.
34 And the cloud covered the tabernacle of the congregation; and the glory of
YAHUVEH filled the tabernacle.1
35 And Moses was not able to come into the tabernacle of the congregation
because the cloud dwelt on it. And the glory of YAHUVEH filled the tabernacle.2
36 And as the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel pulled up
stakes in all their travels.
37 And if the cloud did not go up, then they did not pull up stakes until the
day it went up. (Num 9:17-23)
38 For the cloud of YAHUVEH was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by
night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their pulling up of
stakes.