וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֔יא רְאֵ֣ה נָ֔א אָנֹכִ֥י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּבֵ֣ית אֲרָזִ֑ים וַֽאֲרוֹן֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיְרִיעָֽה׃
Da sprach der König zu dem Propheten Natan: Ich wohne in einem Hause von Zedern, und die Lade Gottes wohnet unter dem Teppich in einem Zelt.
Exodus
You shall [then] make the mishkon (Tabernacle) out of ten drapes, [consisting of] fine twined linen, greenish blue, dark red and crimson [wool]. Figures of cherubim, the work of a craftsman, shall be woven into them. Each drape shall be twenty eight amohs long, and each drape shall be four amohs wide. All the drapes shall have the same measure. Five of these drapes shall be joined [sewn] together and [the other] five drapes shall be joined [sewn] together. Make loops of greenish blue [wool] on the edge of the drape which is at the [innermost] end of the [first] group. Do the same on the edge of the drape which is at the [innermost] end of the second group. Make fifty loops on [the edge of] one drape, and make fifty loops on the edge of the drape which is on the second group. The loops shall be opposite one another. Make fifty golden clasps, and join the drapes [of each group] together with the clasps, so that the mishkon is one. Make drapes of goats hair for a covering over the mishkon. Make eleven drapes. The length of each drape shall be thirty amohs, and the width of each drape shall be four amohs. The eleven drapes must have the same measure. Join [sew] together five drapes by themselves, and [the other] six drapes by themselves. Let the sixth drape overhang before the entrance of the tent [mishkon]. Make fifty loops on the edge of one drape which is at the [innermost] end of the [first] group, and fifty loops on the edge of the drape which is on the second group. Make fifty copper clasps. Bring the clasps into the loops, and join the tent together, making it one. The overlapping excess [from what is left over] [in the breadth] of the drapes of the tent—half of the extra drape shall overlap the back of the mishkon. The [extra] amoh on one side, and the [extra] amoh on the other side that were in excess of the length of the drapes of the tent shall overlap the sides of the mishkon, on both sides, to cover it. Make a covering for the tent out of red dyed ram’s skins, and a covering of tachash skins above that. Make the planks for the mishkon out of acacia wood; [these planks are] to stand upright [vertically]. Each plank shall be ten amohs long, and one and one half amohs shall be the width of each plank. Each plank shall have two [square] pegs, exactly parallel to each other. So shall you make all the planks of the mishkon. Make these planks for the mishkon, twenty planks for the southern side. Make forty silver sockets, [and place them] under the twenty planks. There shall be two sockets under one plank [one] for each of the two pegs, and two sockets under the other plank, [one] for each of the two pegs. For the second wall of the mishkon, to the northern side, [also make] twenty planks. [Make] their forty silver sockets, two sockets under each plank, two sockets under each plank. For the west end of the mishkon make six planks. Make two planks for the corners of the mishkon at the rear side. They must be coupled together on the bottom, and they must also be coupled together evenly on the top with one [square] ring. So must it be done with the two [planks], which are at the two corners. Thus there will be eight planks, and their silver sockets, totaling sixteen sockets, two sockets under each plank, two sockets under each plank. You shall make bars out of acacia wood, five for the planks of one wall, and five bars for the planks of the second wall of the mishkon. [There shall also be] five bars for the planks of the western [back] wall of the mishkon. The middle [center] bar shall go through the planks, reinforcing the planks from one end to the other. You shall overlay the planks with gold, and make their rings out of gold, to hold the bars. You shall [also] overlay the bars with gold. You shall erect the mishkon according to its rules. As shown to you on the mountain. You shall make a paroches [partition] out of greenish blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. It shall be the work of a craftsman, with figures of cherubim [woven into it]. Place it [the paroches] upon four acacia-wood pillars, that are overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall [also] be of gold. These pillars are to be set into four silver sockets. Place the paroches under the clasps [which kept the drapes together]. Bring into the space within [behind] the paroches, the Ark of the Testimony, and the paroches will divide for you between the Holy and the Holy of Holies. Place the cover upon the Ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies. Put the table outside the paroches, and the menorah opposite the table, toward the southern side of the mishkon. The table should be placed on the northern side. You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent. [Make it out of] greenish blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. It shall be the work of an embroiderer. Make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen. Overlay them with gold and their hooks are to be gold. Cast five copper sockets for them [the pillars].
Exodus
You shall make the altar out of acacia wood. It shall be five amohs long, and five amohs wide. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three amohs. Make its raised projections on its four corners. Its raised projections shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it [the altar] with copper. Make its pots to remove its ashes, [also] its scoops, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans. Make all of its vessels out of copper. Make for it a grate of copper netting. On the grate you shall make four copper rings on its four corners. Place it under the rim of the altar, extending downward, so that the grate reaches the middle of the altar. Make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with copper. Place its poles into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. It should be a hollow structure constructed from boards. As it was shown to you on the mountain, so shall they make it. You shall make the enclosure for the mishkon. On the south side there shall be curtains for the enclosure made of fine twined linen. It shall be one hundred amohs long on one side. It shall have twenty pillars, and they shall have twenty copper sockets. The hooks and bands of the pillars shall be of silver. The same shall be on the north side. The curtains shall be one hundred amohs long, with twenty pillars and twenty copper sockets. The hooks and bands of the pillar shall be of silver. For the width of the enclosure on the west side there shall be curtains of fifty amohs. They shall have ten pillars and ten sockets. The width of the enclosure on the east side shall be fifty amohs. There shall be curtains fifteen amohs long on one flank [of the entrance]. They shall have three pillars and three sockets. The other flank shall [also] have curtains of fifteen amohs. They [too] shall have three pillars and three sockets. The entrance of the enclosure shall have a screen of twenty amohs. [It shall be made of] greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. It shall be the work of an embroiderer. It [the screen] shall have four pillars and four sockets. All the pillars around the enclosure shall have silver bands, and silver hooks, and copper sockets. The length of the enclosure shall be one hundred amohs. The width shall be fifty by fifty amohs. The height [of the pillars holding up the curtains] of twisted fine linen shall be five amohs, and their sockets shall be [made] of copper. All the vessels of the mishkon in all its service, all of its stakes and all the stakes of the enclosure, shall be made of copper. You shall command the B’nei Yisrael and have them bring you clear olive oil, [made from olives that were] crushed for lighting, to keep the lamp burning constantly. In the Tent of Meeting, outside the paroches, which is before the Testimony, Aharon and his sons shall arrange it [for the lamp to burn] from evening to morning before Adonoy. This is an everlasting statute for their generations of the B’nei Yisrael.