Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Tetzaveh / You shall command - this week’s Prophetic reading
Prophecy 64, 108, 152;
Exodus 27:20-30:10;
Ezekiel 43:10-27;
Matthew 5:13-20;
Ezekiel 43:10-27
10 You, son of man, declare to the house of Israel, the sanctuary house, and
they will blush from their iniquities. And let them measure its size.
11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, the form of the house,
and its arrangement, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and
all its statutes, and all its forms, and all its laws, make them known to them.
And write them in their sight, so that they may observe all its form, and all
its statutes, and do them.
12 This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain is all its border,
all around, being most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
13 And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit: the cubit is a cubit
and a span, even the base shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its
border on its edge all around shall be one span. And this is the upper part of
the altar.
14 And from the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and
the width one cubit. And from the smaller ledge to the greater ledge shall be
four cubits, and the width a cubit.
15 And the altar hearth shall be four cubits, and from the altar hearth and
upward shall be four horns.
16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long, and twelve wide, square in
its four sides.
17 And the ledge shall be fourteen long, fourteen wide, in its four sides. And
the border around it shall be a half cubit, and the base for it a cubit all
around. And its steps shall face the east.
18 And He said to me, Son of man, so says Adonai YAHUVEH: These are the statutes
of the altar in the day of its being made to offer on it burnt offerings, and to
sprinkle on it blood.
19 And you shall give to the priests of the Levites, (they who are from the seed
of Zadok, who approach to Me), declares Adonai YAHUVEH, to minister to Me, a
bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering.
20 And you shall take of its blood and put it on its four horns, and on the four
corners of the ledge, and on the border all around. And you shall cleanse it and
atone for it.
21 And you shall take the bull of the sin offering, and he shall burn it at the
appointed place of the house outside the sanctuary.
22 And on the second day you shall bring a buck of the goats without blemish for
a sin offering. And they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the
bull.
23 When you have finished cleansing, you shall bring a bull without blemish, a
son of the herd, and a ram without blemish out of the flock.
24 And you shall bring them before YAHUVEH, and the priests shall throw salt on
them, and they shall offer them for a burnt offering to YAHUVEH.
25 For seven days you shall daily prepare a he goat for a sin offering. And they
shall prepare a bull, a son of the herd, and a ram out of the flock, ones
without blemish.
26 They shall atone seven days for the altar, and cleanse it, and consecrate it.
27 And when the days are completed, it shall be on the eighth day and forward,
the priests shall make your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, on the
altar. And I will accept you, declares Adonai YAHUVEH.
Matthew 5:13-20
13 You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what shall it be salted? For it has strength for nothing any more but to be thrown out and to be trampled under by men.
14 You are the light of the world. It is not possible to hide a city that is
built on a mountain.
15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp stand;
and it shines for all those in the house.
16 So let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and
may glorify your Father in Heaven.
17 Do not think that I came to annul the Torah or the Prophets; I did not come
to annul, but to fulfill.
18 Truly I say to you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, in no way shall
one yod or one stroke pass away from the Torah until all comes to pass.
19 Therefore, whoever loosens one of these commandments, the least, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the worst in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever
does and teaches them, this one shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.
20 For I say to you, If your righteousness shall not exceed that of the scribes
and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of YAHUVEH.