וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חָמֵשׁ֩ אַמּ֨וֹת אֹ֜רֶךְ וְחָמֵ֧שׁ אַמּ֣וֹת רֹ֗חַב רָב֤וּעַ יִהְיֶה֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת קֹמָתֽוֹ׃

You shall make the altar, where most offerings will be brought, of acacia wood, five cubits’ length and five cubits’ width; the altar shall be square. And three cubits shall be its height. The height of the altar was lower than that of an average person and disproportionate to its large area. Some Sages argue that the three cubits stated here do not refer to the entire height of the altar but only to the upper part of it, from the ledge on which the priests would walk to its top.

וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ קַרְנֹתָ֗יו עַ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנֹּתָ֔יו מִמֶּ֖נּוּ תִּהְיֶ֣יןָ קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹת֖וֹ נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

You shall make its horns on its four corners. According to the tradition of the Sages, the horns of the altar were straight, square blocks. Its horns shall be from it, the altar. The horns were not made from separate material joined to the altar, but from the same wood as the altar itself. And you shall plate it, the entire altar, with bronze.

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ סִּֽירֹתָיו֙ לְדַשְּׁנ֔וֹ וְיָעָיו֙ וּמִזְרְקֹתָ֔יו וּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יו וּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יו לְכָל־כֵּלָ֖יו תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

You shall make its pots to clear its ashes, the soot and waste left from the offerings, and its shovels, for sweeping away the ashes, and its basins, for collecting the blood of offerings and sprinkling it upon the altar, and its large forks, used for placing pieces of meat upon the altar and turning them over, and its pans, for raking the coals and moving them around. All its vessels you shall make of bronze.

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לּוֹ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ עַל־הָרֶ֗שֶׁת אַרְבַּע֙ טַבְּעֹ֣ת נְחֹ֔שֶׁת עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥ע קְצוֹתָֽיו׃

You shall make for it a grate, a work of bronze mesh, laid over the bronze plating on the altar. And you shall make on the mesh four bronze rings on its, the altar’s, four corners, to insert the poles for carrying it.

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה אֹתָ֗הּ תַּ֛חַת כַּרְכֹּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ מִלְּמָ֑טָּה וְהָיְתָ֣ה הָרֶ֔שֶׁת עַ֖ד חֲצִ֥י הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

You shall place it, this grate, under the surrounding ledge of the altar from below. The ledge was a protrusion that surrounded the outer wall of the altar. And the mesh shall be up to the middle of the altar. The upper edge of the grate should reach the ledge, which will be in the upper portion of the altar, and it should extend down to half the height of the altar.

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ בַדִּים֙ לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ בַּדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

You shall make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and you shall plate them with bronze.

וְהוּבָ֥א אֶת־בַּדָּ֖יו בַּטַּבָּעֹ֑ת וְהָי֣וּ הַבַּדִּ֗ים עַל־שְׁתֵּ֛י צַלְעֹ֥ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ בִּשְׂאֵ֥ת אֹתֽוֹ׃

Its staves shall be inserted into the rings which are on the grate, at the edges of the altar, and the staves shall be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it from place to place.

נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶרְאָ֥ה אֹתְךָ֛ בָּהָ֖ר כֵּ֥ן יַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ (ס)

You shall make it, the altar, hollow, out of planks, with no bottom part closing it, of wooden boards covered with bronze. When the altar was put in its place, it was filled with earth and was therefore called “an altar of earth” (see 20:21). When the Israelites traveled, the altar was emptied of its earth, and they carried only the framework by its staves. As He showed you on the mountain so shall they, the children of Israel, make it.

וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֖ת חֲצַ֣ר הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן לִפְאַ֣ת נֶֽגֶב־תֵּ֠ימָנָה קְלָעִ֨ים לֶחָצֵ֜ר שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר מֵאָ֤ה בָֽאַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ לַפֵּאָ֖ה הָאֶחָֽת׃

You shall make the courtyard of the Tabernacle: On the south side there shall be hangings for the courtyard, the main function of which was to conceal the courtyard from view. The hangings shall be made of spun linen strings. According to tradition, each string was comprised of six thin, entwined threads. The hangings shall be one hundred cubits long for the one side.

וְעַמֻּדָ֣יו עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃

Its pillars, of the courtyard, shall be twenty in number. The hangings were draped over twenty pillars, with a gap of five cubits between each pillar. And their, the pillars’, sockets for holding them in place shall also be twenty in number. The sockets themselves shall be made of bronze, unlike the silver sockets inside the Tabernacle (see 26:19). However, the hooks of the pillars, for the hangings, and their bands, the hoops which surrounded the pillars for decoration or to prevent them from cracking, shall be of silver.

וְכֵ֨ן לִפְאַ֤ת צָפוֹן֙ בָּאֹ֔רֶךְ קְלָעִ֖ים מֵ֣אָה אֹ֑רֶךְ ועמדו [וְעַמּוּדָ֣יו] עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֤ם עֶשְׂרִים֙ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃

Likewise, on the north side, in length, there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty in number and their sockets twenty in number, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.

וְרֹ֤חַב הֶֽחָצֵר֙ לִפְאַת־יָ֔ם קְלָעִ֖ים חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֲשָׂרָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃

The width of the courtyard on the west side shall be enclosed by hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten in number and their sockets ten in number, by the same ratio.

וְרֹ֣חַב הֶֽחָצֵ֗ר לִפְאַ֛ת קֵ֥דְמָה מִזְרָ֖חָה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃

The width of the courtyard on the east side shall also be fifty cubits.

וַחֲמֵ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֛ה קְלָעִ֖ים לַכָּתֵ֑ף עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃

Since the gate is located on the east side of the courtyard, only fifteen cubits of hangings shall be allocated for the one side of the entrance, their pillars three in number and their sockets three in number,

וְלַכָּתֵף֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔ית חְמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה קְלָעִ֑ים עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃

and on the second side of the entrance shall also be fifteen cubits’ length of hangings, their pillars three in number and their sockets three in number.

וּלְשַׁ֨עַר הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר מָסָ֣ךְ ׀ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אַמָּ֗ה תְּכֵ֨לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן וְתוֹלַ֧עַת שָׁנִ֛י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָ֖ר מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑ם עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ אַרְבָּעָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם אַרְבָּעָֽה׃

In the middle, for the gate of the courtyard, there shall be a magnificent screen of twenty cubits, made of sky-blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and linen, all of which shall be spun together, all the work of an embroiderer. Their pillars, which hold the screen, shall be four in number, and their sockets shall be four in number. There was no heavy gate at the entrance to the courtyard, but merely a decorative screen, which was turned aside or rolled up to allow entry.

כָּל־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר סָבִיב֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וָוֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

All the pillars of the courtyard all around shall be banded with loops of silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets shall be of bronze.

אֹ֣רֶךְ הֶֽחָצֵר֩ מֵאָ֨ה בָֽאַמָּ֜ה וְרֹ֣חַב ׀ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים וְקֹמָ֛ה חָמֵ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

The length of the courtyard shall be one hundred cubits, and the width shall be fifty on each side, a rectangle. And the height of the hangings of the courtyard shall be five cubits, and they shall be of spun linen, and their sockets shall be of bronze.

לְכֹל֙ כְּלֵ֣י הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן בְּכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָת֑וֹ וְכָל־יְתֵדֹתָ֛יו וְכָל־יִתְדֹ֥ת הֶחָצֵ֖ר נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (ס)

All the vessels of the Tabernacle, for all its craftsmanship, all the instruments required for its preparation, its assembly and dismantling, and its upkeep; and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the courtyard, which were required for holding the Tabernacle in place to prevent the sheets and hangings from blowing over in heavy winds, shall be bronze.

וְאַתָּ֞ה תְּצַוֶּ֣ה ׀ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית לַמָּא֑וֹר לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת נֵ֖ר תָּמִֽיד׃

You, Moses, shall command the children of Israel, and they shall take for you pure virgin olive oil. This refers to oil produced by pounding ripe olives. Such oil is of superior quality and purer than oil produced by crushing and grinding olives in a press. This oil shall be for the light, to kindle a lamp continually.

בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֩ מִח֨וּץ לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָעֵדֻ֗ת יַעֲרֹךְ֩ אֹת֨וֹ אַהֲרֹ֧ן וּבָנָ֛יו מֵעֶ֥רֶב עַד־בֹּ֖קֶר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (ס)

In the Tent of Meeting, the Sanctuary, outside the curtain which is a cover before the Ark of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall arrange it, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord. The lamps shall be kindled in the evening, and they will remain lit throughout the night. It is an eternal statute for their generations from the children of Israel. The priests are commanded to light the lamps, while the children of Israel are required to provide the necessary oil.