Sinai & The Law

Make the poles of acacia-wood, overlay them with gold, and use them to carry the table.

"Make its dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers of pure gold.

On the table you are to place the bread of the presence in my presence always.

"You are to make a menorah of pure gold. It is to be made of hammered work; its base, shaft, cups, ring of outer leaves and petals are to be of one piece with it.

It is to have six branches extending from its sides, three branches of the menorah on one side of it and three on the other.

On one branch are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a ring of outer leaves and petals; likewise on the opposite branch three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a ring of outer leaves and petals; and similarly for all six branches extending from the menorah.

On the central shaft of the menorah are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.

Where each pair of branches joins the central shaft is to be a ring of outer leaves of one piece with the pair of branches -thus for all six branches.

The rings of outer leaves and their branches are to be of one piece with the shaft. Thus the whole menorah is to be a single piece of hammered work made of pure gold.

"Make seven lamps for the menorah, and mount them so as to give light to the space in front of it.

Its tongs and trays are to be of pure gold.

The menorah and its utensils are to be made of sixty-six pounds of pure gold.

See that you make them according to the design being shown you on the mountain.

"You are to make the tabernacle with ten sheets of finely woven linen and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn. You are to make them with k'ruvim worked in, that have been crafted by a skilled artisan.

Each one is to be forty-two feet long and six feet wide; all the sheets are to be the same size.

Five sheets are to be joined one to another, and the other five sheets are to be joined one to another.

Make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost sheet in the first set, and do the same on the edge of the outermost sheet in the second set.

Make fifty loops on the one sheet, and make fifty loops on the edge of the sheet in the second set; the loops are to be opposite one another.

Make fifty fasteners of gold, and couple the sheets to each other with the fasteners, so that the tabernacle forms a single unit.

"You are to make sheets of goat's hair to be used as a tent covering the tabernacle; make eleven sheets.

Each sheet is to be forty-five feet long and six feet wide -all eleven sheets are to be the same size.

Join five sheets together and six sheets together, and fold the sixth sheet double at the front of the tent.

Make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost sheet in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the outermost sheet in the second set.

Make fifty fasteners of bronze, put the fasteners in the loops, and join the tent together, so that it forms a single unit.

As for the overhanging part that remains of the sheets forming the tent, the half-sheet remaining is to hang over the back of the tabernacle;