Category Archives: Sh’mot (Exo)

1 Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “I have singled out B’tzal’el the son of Uri the son of Hur, of the tribe of Y’hudah. 3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God — with wisdom, understanding and knowledge concerning every kind of artisanry. 4 He is a master of design in gold, silver, bronze, […]

1 When the people saw that Moshe was taking a long time to come down from the mountain, they gathered around Aharon and said to him, “Get busy; and make us gods to go ahead of us; because this Moshe, the man that brought us up from the land of Egypt — we don’t know […]

1 Adonaisaid to Moshe, “Leave, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt; and move on from here toward the land of which I swore to Avraham, Yitz’chak and Ya‘akov, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2 I will send an angel ahead of you; and I will drive out […]

1 (v)Adonaisaid to Moshe, “Cut yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones; and I will inscribe on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready by morning; in the morning you are to ascend Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of […]

1 Moshe assembled the whole community of the people of Isra’el and said to them, “These are the things whichAdonaihas ordered you to do. 2 On six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day for you, aShabbatof complete rest in honor ofAdonai. Whoever does any work […]

1 “B’tzal’el and Oholi’av, along with all the craftsmen whomAdonaihas endowed with the wisdom and skill necessary to carry out the work needed for the sanctuary, are to do exactly according to everythingAdonaihas ordered.” 2 Moshe summoned B’tzal’el, Oholi’av and every craftsman to whomAdonaihad given wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come and take […]

1 B’tzal’el made the ark of acacia-wood three-and-three-quarters feet long, two-and-a-quarter feet wide and two-and-a-quarter feet high. 2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and put a molding of gold for it around the top. 3 He cast four gold rings for it at its four feet, two rings on each side. […]

1 (RY: iv, LY: vii)He made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia-wood, seven-and-a-half feet long and seven-and-a-half feet wide — it was square — and four-and-a-half feet high. 2 He made horns for it on its four corners, the horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3 He […]

1 From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made the garments for officiating, for serving in the Holy Place; and they made the holy garments for Aharon, asAdonaihad ordered Moshe.(RY: v, LY: ii) 2 He made the ritual vest of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely woven linen. 3 They […]

1 (RY: vii, LY: v)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “On the first day of the first month, you are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. 3 Put in it the ark for the testimony, and conceal the ark with the curtain. 4 Bring in the table, and arrange its display. Bring in themenorah, […]