Rabbi Brant Rosen's Omer teaching based on this text.
Exodus 25:1 - 27:19 in English. Translation from Davka Judaic Classics Library.
Exodus Chapter 25
1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. Speak to the people of Israel, that they bring me an offering; from every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
3. And this is the offering which you shall take from them; gold, and silver, and bronze,
4. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
5. And rams’ skins dyed red, and goats’ skins, and shittim wood,
6. Oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7. Onyx stones, and stones to be set on the ephod, and on the breastplate.
8. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9. According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its utensils, so shall you make it.
10. And they shall make an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
11. And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a rim of gold around it.
12. And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; and two rings shall be in one of its sides, and two rings in its other side.
13. And you shall make poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
14. And you shall put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark, so that the ark may be carried with them.
15. The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16. And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
17. And you shall make a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
18. And you shall make two kerubim of gold, of hammered workmanship shall you make them, in the two ends of the cover.
19. And make one kerub on one end, and the other kerub on the other end; of the cover shall you make the kerubim on its two ends.
20. And the kerubim shall stretch out their wings on high, covering the cover with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the cover shall the faces of the kerubim be.
21. And you shall put the cover upon the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
22. And there I will meet with you, and I will talk with you from above the cover, from between the two kerubim which are upon the ark of the Testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the people of Israel.
23. You shall also make a table of shittim wood; two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
24. And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make for it a rim of gold around it.
25. And you shall make for it a border, one hand breadth wide, and you shall make a golden rim around its border.
26. And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
27. Opposite the border shall the rings be as places for the poles to carry the table.
28. And you shall make the poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
29. And you shall make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover it with; of pure gold shall you make them.
30. And you shall set the bread of display upon the table before me always.
31. And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold; of hammered workmanship shall the lampstand be made; its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its bulbs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.
32. And six branches shall come from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side;
33. Three bowls made like almonds, with a bulb and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a bulb and a flower; so for the six branches that come from the lampstand.
34. And in the lampstand shall be four bowls made in the shape of almonds, with their bulbs and their flowers.
35. And there shall be a bulb under two branches of the same, and a bulb under two branches of the same, and a bulb under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed from the lampstand.
36. Their bulbs and their branches shall be of the same; it shall all be one hammered work of pure gold.
37. And you shall make for it seven lamps; and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light opposite it.
38. And its tongs, and its trays, shall be of pure gold.
39. Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these utensils.
40. And see that you make them after their pattern, which was shown to you in the mount.
Exodus Chapter 26
1. And you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; with kerubim of skilful work shall you make them.
2. The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
3. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
4. And you shall make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that is at the edge of the first coupling; and likewise shall you make in the uttermost edge of the curtain, that is outmost in the second coupling.
5. Fifty loops shall you make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
6. And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps; and it shall be one tabernacle.
7. And you shall make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.
8. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
9. And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double the sixth curtain at the front of the Tent.
10. And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second.
11. And you shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
12. And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13. And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the Tent on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14. And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of goats’ skins.
15. And you shall make upright boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood.
16. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
17. Two tenons shall there be in one board, connected one with the other; thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18. And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
19. And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
20. And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards;
21. And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22. And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
23. And two boards shall you make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
24. And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above its head to one ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
25. And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
26. And you shall make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27. And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
28. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29. And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30. And you shall erect the tabernacle according to its fashion, which was shown to you in the mount.
31. And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of skilful work; with kerubim shall it be made;
32. And you shall hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
33. And you shall hang up the veil from the clasps, that you may bring in there inside the veil the ark of the Testimony; and the veil shall separate for you between the holy place and the most holy.
34. And you shall put the covering upon the ark of the Testimony in the most holy place.
35. And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
36. And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, decorated with embroidery.
37. And you shall make for the screen five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
Exodus Chapter 27
1. And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square; and its height shall be three cubits.
2. And you shall make it horns upon its four corners; its horns shall be of the same; and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3. And you shall make pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its firepans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze.
4. And you shall make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and upon the net shall you make four bronze rings in its four corners.
5. And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the net may extend to the midst of the altar.
6. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7. And the poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to carry it.
8. Hollow with boards shall you make it; as it was shown to you in the mount, so shall they make it.
9. And you shall make the court of the tabernacle; for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side;
10. And its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets shall be of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their joints shall be of silver.
11. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their joints of silver.
12. And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13. And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14. The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15. And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16. And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, decorated with embroidery; and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17. All the pillars around the court shall be bound with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of bronze.
18. The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19. All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.
