Exodus 36:1-38

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36:1 VE ASAH VETSAL-EL VE AHALI-AV VE CHOL ISH CHACHAM LEV ASHER NATAN YHVH CHACHMAH U TEVUNAH BA HEMAH LADA'AT LA'ASOT ET KOL MELE'CHET AVODAT HA KODESH LE CHOL ASHER TSIVAH YHVH

וְעָשָׂה בְצַלְאֵל וְאָהֳלִיאָב וְכֹל אִישׁ חֲכַם לֵב אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה חָכְמָה וּתְבוּנָה בָּהֵמָּה לָדַעַת לַעֲשֹׂת אֶת כָּל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה

KJ: Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

BN (BibleNet translation): "So, now, Betsal-El and Ahali-Av will undertake the work, and with them every skilled craftsperson, whom YHVH has instilled with both passion and ability, to produce all the items that are needed for the service of the Sanctuary, based on what YHVH has instructed."


The verse appears to start in mid-sentence, which is entirely possible in the Yehudit version, which does not have the chapter breaks that are present in Christian and other (including, now, most Jewish) translations. In the previous verse, Exodus 35:35, Mosheh was explaining the role and work of Betsal-El and Ahali-Av: my translation picks up from there, assuming this verse to be Mosheh still speaking, still explaining. The phrasing of the next two verses confirms this - first he calls them up, then they begin the work. The use of the Vav Consecutive is nonetheless odd, and suggests that a later editor, probably reading this as separate chapters and not realising the connection, attempted to narrativise what was originally speech.

CHACHAM LEV: "wise-hearted" is literally accurate, but it again avoids that significant difference between our epoch and theirs, that we regard the brain or psyche or something mental to be the source of knowledge, wisdom and understanding, and call it rational and objective, where the ancients understood the subjectivity of all these things, and located them in the heart. In fact, from several previous encounters with this term, it is clearly an idiom for somebody who has learned a skill. The equivalent in English terms is the word "mystery", which has religious connotations, but only because the priests are trained in its esoterica; in the Middle Ages a plumber or plasterer would have been trained in the "Mystery" of plumbing or plastering - look up the website of any of the "worshipful companies" and you will see this to be so in every case.


36:2 VA YIKRA MOSHEH EL BETSAL-EL VE EL-AHALI-AV VE EL KOL ISH CHACHAM LEV ASHER NATAN YHVH CHACHMA BE LIBO KOL ASHER NESA'O LIBO LE KARVAH EL HA MELA'CHAH LA'ASOT OTAH

וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה אֶל בְּצַלְאֵל וְאֶל אָהֳלִיאָב וְאֶל כָּל אִישׁ חֲכַם לֵב אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה חָכְמָה בְּלִבּוֹ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר נְשָׂאוֹ לִבּוֹ לְקָרְבָה אֶל הַמְּלָאכָה לַעֲשֹׂת אֹתָהּ

KJ: And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

BN: So Mosheh summoned Betsal-El and Ahali-Av, and every skilled craftsperson, who YHVH had inspired with the ability, every one whose heart had stirred him to come and undertake the work.


But if we do stay with the traditional translation of CHACHAM LEV as "wise-hearted", is there not something rather offensive in the constant repetition of the phrase, especially when it is followed by further endorsements such as CHACHMA BE LIBO and KOL ASHER NESA'O LIBO: those who support and give are wise-hearted; by definition, those who don't...? And if so, then I have to wonder how much this would be the voice of the Redactor, using the "model" of Mosheh to encourage the Yehudim of his own day, probably at the behest of Nechem-Yah (Nehemiah) and Ezra, to do the same for the completion rebuild of the city wall and especially the Temple then.


36:3 VA YIKCHU MI LIPHNEY MOSHEH ET KOL HA TERUMAH ASHER HEVIY'U BENEY YISRA-EL LI MELE'CHET AVODAT HA KODESH LA'ASOT OTAH VE HEM HEVIY'U ELAV OD NEDAVAH BA BOKER BA BOKER

וַיִּקְחוּ מִלִּפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל הַתְּרוּמָה אֲשֶׁר הֵבִיאוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִמְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ לַעֲשֹׂת אֹתָהּ וְהֵם הֵבִיאוּ אֵלָיו עוֹד נְדָבָה בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר

KJ: And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

BN: And they received from before Mosheh all the offerings which the Beney Yisra-El brought, the necessary wherewithal for the work of the service of the sanctuary. And they continued bringing him freewill-offerings every morning.


LIPHNEY: Presumably it had all been piled up and they collected what they were going to work on, rather than him handing out piece by piece.

VE HEM HEVIY'U...BA BOKER: How infinite is thy jewelery, ye erstwhile bondsmen of Mitsrayim! Whereas Ach-Mousa did indeed have the full resources of the nation at his disposal. And Shelomoh (Solomon) likewise, for the First Temple. Alas Zeru-Bavel did not, for the Second.


36:4 VA YAVO'U KOL HA CHACHAMIM HA OSIM ET KOL MELE'CHET HA KODESH ISH ISH MI MELA'CHTO ASHER HEMAH OSIM

וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל הַחֲכָמִים הָעֹשִׂים אֵת כָּל מְלֶאכֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אִישׁ אִישׁ מִמְּלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה עֹשִׂים

KJ: And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

BN: And all the skilled craftsmen who had committed themselves to undertake the work of the sanctuary, they too came up now, one by one, to begin that work.


Morning assembly - I wonder if they said prayers as well as taking the register?

Their being CHACHAM does seem practically the most important theme of the whole episode. And yet, how different is this from the holy work they were performing previously in Mitsrayim (Egypt), building the sacred store-cities of Osher (Osiris)? Do we now have a picture of what "slavery in Egypt" was really about? Jewish plumbers and masons and blacksmiths and carpenters - how to credit such an idea today? Mein son the brick-layer!


36:5 VA YOMRU EL MOSHEH LEMOR MARBIM HA AM LEHAVIY MIDEY HA AVODAH LA MELA'CHAH ASHER TSIVAH YHVH LA'ASOT OTAH

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי הָעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לַעֲשֹׂת אֹתָהּ

KJ: And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

BN: And they spoke to Mosheh, saying: "The people are bringing far more than we need to carry out this work which YHVH has instructed us to do."


36:6 VA YETSAV MOSHEH VA YA'AVIYRU KOL BA MACHANEH LEMOR ISH VE ISHAH AL YA'ASU OD MELA'CHAH LI TERUMAT HA KODESH VA YIKAL'E HA AM ME HAVIY

וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה וַיַּעֲבִירוּ קוֹל בַּמַּחֲנֶה לֵאמֹר אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה אַל יַעֲשׂוּ עוֹד מְלָאכָה לִתְרוּמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ וַיִּכָּלֵא הָעָם מֵהָבִיא

KJ: And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

BN: And Mosheh issued an instruction, and they had it proclaimed throughout the camp, saying: "Ladies and Gentlemen, do not do anything more by way of bringing offerings for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing.


How wise! And honestly, my translation is not intended facetiously. Ish va ishah, it begins. And the form of AL YA'ASU mirrors that of the Ten Commandments. "Do not".

This utterly miraculous amount of gold and silver and brass and jewels and cloth that keeps being found, and which was probably not a consequence of raiding parties going out into the desert to pirate the secret stores of the local Bedou, can only be explained as a miracle of story-telling later on, for in story-telling, yea and verily, all things are possible, including the impossible. But necessary. The redaction of the Tanach is for a purpose, and a key part of that purpose is the inspiring of the people to fund the completion of the Second Temple in Yeru-Shala'im. Look how your ancestors rallied to the task - now it is your turn.


36:7 VE HA MELA'CHAH HAYETAH DAYAM LE CHOL HA MELA'CHAH LA'ASOT OTAH VE HOTER

הַמְּלָאכָה הָיְתָה דַיָּם לְכָל הַמְּלָאכָה לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָהּ וְהוֹתֵר

KJ: For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

BN: For the amount they had collected was sufficient for all the work that needed to be undertaken - indeed, too much.


Dreadful phrasing - in the Yehudit! And note the word that is used in Yehudit for "stuff" - MELA'CHAH! Do we need to rethink the nature of Sabbath work yet again?

samech break; end of third fragment


36:8 VA YA'ASU CHOL CHACHAM LEV BE OSEY HA MELA'CHAH ET HA MISHKAN ESER YERIY'OT SHESH MASHZAR U TECHELET VE ARGAMAN BE TOLA'AT SHANI KERUVIM MA'ASEH CHOSHEV ASAH OTAM

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כָל חֲכַם לֵב בְּעֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן עֶשֶׂר יְרִיעֹת שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי כְּרֻבִים מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב עָשָׂה אֹתָם

KJ: And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

BN: And every skilled craftsman among them who was undertaking the work on the Mishkan made ten curtains, using fine, twined linen, in blue, and purple, and scarlet, with Keruvim creatively woven into them.


MISHKAN: see the link.


KERUVIM: see the link.


36:9 ORECH HA YERIY'AH HA ACHAT SHEMONEH VE ESRIM BA AMAH VE ROCHAV ARBA BA AMAH HA YERIY'AH HA ECHAT MIDAH ACHAT LE CHOL HA YERIY'OT

אֹרֶךְ הַיְרִיעָה הָאַחַת שְׁמֹנֶה וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּאַמָּה וְרֹחַב אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְכָל הַיְרִיעֹת

KJ: The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

BN: Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.


All these details can be found in Exodus 26. The methodology of the writing follows the pattern of Creation throughout the Tanach, including divine creation: first the announcement, then the action - though in this case the two are many chapters apart.


36:10 VA YECHABER ET CHAMESH HA YERIY'OT ACHAT EL ECHAT VE CHAMESH YERIY'OT CHIBAR ACHAT EL ECHAT

וַיְחַבֵּר אֶת חֲמֵשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת אַחַת אֶל אֶחָת וְחָמֵשׁ יְרִיעֹת חִבַּר אַחַת אֶל אֶחָת

KJ: And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

BN: And he coupled five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.


36:11 VA YA'AS LUL'OT TECHELET AL SEPHAT HA YERIY'AH HA ECHAT MI KATSAH BA MACHBARET KEN ASAH BI SEPHAT HA YERIY'AH HA KIYTSONAH BA MACHBERET HA SHENIT

וַיַּעַשׂ לֻלְאֹת תְּכֵלֶת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִקָּצָה בַּמַּחְבָּרֶת כֵּן עָשָׂה בִּשְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצוֹנָה בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית

KJ: And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

BN: And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain that was on the outside of the first set; and ditto on the edge of the curtain that was on the outside of the second set.


36:12 CHAMISHIM LULA'OT ASAH BE YERIY'AH HA ECHAT VA CHAMISHIM LULA'OT ASAH BI KETSEH HA YERIY'AH ASHER BA MACHBERET HA SHENIT MAKBIYLOT HA LULA'OT ACHAT EL ECHAT

חֲמִשִּׁים לֻלָאֹת עָשָׂה בַּיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לֻלָאֹת עָשָׂה בִּקְצֵה הַיְרִיעָה אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית מַקְבִּילֹת הַלֻּלָאֹת אַחַת אֶל אֶחָת

KJ: Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

BN: Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one another.


LULA'OT: as opposed to LULOT in the previous verse; we have seen this variation before and I remain convinced that it is simply sloppy work by the man who did the pointing (ha ish ha lo chacham lev).

MACHBERET: similarly here; we had both MACHBERET and MACHBARET in the previous verse, but the meaning and grammatical context in each case was identical, which is to say identicle, so one of them has to be wrong.

ACHAT EL ECHAT: And yet again. And perhaps there are obscure grammar rules that I am simply missing, but if so, then I am missing them won by one (and in the next verse, they are indeed ACHAT EL ACHAT, so I really don't think this is me).


36:13 VA YA'AS CHAMISHIM KARSEY ZAHAV VA YECHABER ET HA YERIY'OT ACHAT EL ACHAT BA KERASIM VA YEHI HA MISHKAN ECHAD

וַיַּעַשׂ חֲמִשִּׁים קַרְסֵי זָהָב וַיְחַבֵּר אֶת הַיְרִיעֹת אַחַת אֶל אַחַת בַּקְּרָסִים וַיְהִי הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָד

KJ: And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

BN: And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps; so the Mishkan was one.


pey break


36:14 VA YA'AS YERIY'OT IZIM LE OHEL AL HA MISHKAN ASHTEY ESREH YERIY'OT ASAH OTAM

וַיַּעַשׂ יְרִיעֹת עִזִּים לְאֹהֶל עַל הַמִּשְׁכָּן עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה יְרִיעֹת עָשָׂה אֹתָם

KJ: And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

BN: And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the Mishkan; eleven curtains he made them.


36:15 ORECH HA YERIY'AH HA ACHAT SHELOSHIM BA AMAH VE ARBA AMOT ROCHAV HA YERIY'AH HA ECHAT MIDAH ACHAT LE ASHTEY ESREH YERI'YOT

אֹרֶךְ הַיְרִיעָה הָאַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּאַמָּה וְאַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת רֹחַב הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְעַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה יְרִיעֹת

KJ: The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

BN: Each curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide; the eleven curtains were all the same size.


HA ACHAT...HA ECHAT: I still don't have an explanation for the difference; I could understand HE ACHAT as an alternative to HA ECHAT, but not this...


36:16 VA YECHABER ET CHAMESH HA YERIY'OT LEVAD VE ET SHESH HA YERIY'OT LEVAD

וַיְחַבֵּר אֶת חֲמֵשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת לְבָד וְאֶת שֵׁשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת לְבָד

KJ: And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

BN: And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.


36:17 VA YA'AS LULA'OT CHAMISHIM AL SEPHAT HA YERIY'AH HA KIYTSONAH BA MACHBARET VA CHAMISHIM LULA'OT ASAH AL SEPHAT HA YERIY'AH HA CHOVERET HA SHENIT

וַיַּעַשׂ לֻלָאֹת חֲמִשִּׁים עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצֹנָה בַּמַּחְבָּרֶת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לֻלָאֹת עָשָׂה עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַחֹבֶרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית

KJ: And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

BN: And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was that was on the outside of the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was that was on the outside of the second set.


36:18 VA YA'AS KARSEY NECHOSHET CHAMISHIM LECHABER ET HA OHEL LIHEYOT ECHAD

וַיַּעַשׂ קַרְסֵי נְחֹשֶׁת חֲמִשִּׁים לְחַבֵּר אֶת הָאֹהֶל לִהְיֹת אֶחָד

KJ: And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

BN: And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, so that it would all be one.


36:19 VA YA'AS MICHSEH LA OHEL OROT EYLIM ME'ADAMIM U MICHSEH OROT TECHASHIM MI LEMA'LAH

וַיַּעַשׂ מִכְסֶה לָאֹהֶל עֹרֹת אֵילִם מְאָדָּמִים וּמִכְסֵה עֹרֹת תְּחָשִׁים מִלְמָעְלָה

KJ: And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.

BN: And he made a covering for the tent out of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.


samech break; end of 4th fragment


36:20 VA YA'AS ET HA KERASHIM LA MISHKAN ATSEY SHITIM OMDIM

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים עֹמְדִים

KJ: And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

BN: And he made the planks for the Mishkan of acacia-wood, standing upright.


36:21 ESER AMOT ORECH HA KARESH VE AMAH VE CHATSIY HA AMAH ROCHAV HA KERESH HA ECHAD

עֶשֶׂר אַמֹּת אֹרֶךְ הַקָּרֶשׁ וְאַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָאַמָּה רֹחַב הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד

KJ: The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

BN: Each plank was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.


36:22 SHETEY YADOT LA KERESH HA ECHAD MESHULAVOT ACHAT EL ECHAT KEN ASAH LE CHOL KARSHEY HA MISHKAN

שְׁתֵּי יָדֹת לַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד מְשֻׁלָּבֹת אַחַת אֶל-אֶחָת כֵּן עָשָׂה לְכֹל קַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן

KJ: One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

BN: Each plank had two tenons, joined one to another. Thus did he make all the planks for the Mishkan.


ACHAT EL ECHAT: Here I can see that it is an idiom, based on a mixing of the masculine and feminine forms to create a universality; but the previous instances were not using this idiom.


36:23 VA YA'AS ET HA KERASHIM LA MISHKAN ESRIM KERASHIM LIPH'AT NEGEV TEYMANAH

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן עֶשְׂרִים קְרָשִׁים לִפְאַת נֶגֶב תֵּימָנָה

KJ: And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

BN: And he made the planks for the Mishkan; twenty planks for the south side facing southwards.


Again that strange compassing: negev teymanah, for which see my note at Exodus 26:18.


36:24 VE ARBA'IM ADNEY CHESEPH ASAH TACHAT ESRIM HA KERASHIM SHENEY ADANIM TACHAT HA KERESH HA ECHAD LISHTEY YEDOTAV U SHENEY ADANIM TACHAT HA KERESH HA ECHAD LISHTEY YEDOTAV

וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי כֶסֶף עָשָׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקְּרָשִׁים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו

KJ: And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

BN: And he put forty sockets of silver underneath the twenty planks: two sockets under one plank for its two tenons, and two sockets under another plank for its two tenons.


36:25 U LE TSELA HA MISHKAN HA SHENIT LIPH'AT TSAPHON ASAH ESRIM KERASHIM

וּלְצֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית לִפְאַת צָפוֹן עָשָׂה עֶשְׂרִים קְרָשִׁים

KJ: And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

BN: And for the second side of the Mishkan, which was the north side, he made twenty planks.


36:26 VE ARBA'IM ADNEYHEM KASEPH SHENEY ADANIM TACHAT HA KERESH HA ECHAD U SHENEY ADANIM TACHAT HA KERESH HA ECHAD

וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵיהֶם כָּסֶף שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד

KJ: And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

BN: And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one plank, and two sockets under another plank.


36:27 U LE YARKETEY HA MISHKAN YAMAH ASAH SHISHAH KERASHIM

וּלְיַרְכְּתֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן יָמָּה עָשָׂה שִׁשָּׁה קְרָשִׁים

KJ: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

BN: And for the rear of the Mishkan, facing westward, he made six planks.


36:28 U SHENEY KERASHIM ASAH LIMKUTS'OT HA MISHKAN BA YARCHATAYIM

וּשְׁנֵי קְרָשִׁים עָשָׂה לִמְקֻצְעֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן בַּיַּרְכָתָיִם

KJ: And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

BN: And he made two planks for the corners of the Mishkan at the rear end...


36:29 VE HAYU TO'AMIM MI LEMATAH VE YACHDAV YIHEYU TAMIM EL ROSHO EL HA TABA'AT HA ECHAT KEN ASAH LISHNEYHEM LISHNEY HA MIKTSO'OT

וְהָיוּ תוֹאֲמִם מִלְּמַטָּה וְיַחְדָּו יִהְיוּ תַמִּים אֶל רֹאשׁוֹ אֶל הַטַּבַּעַת הָאֶחָת כֵּן עָשָׂה לִשְׁנֵיהֶם לִשְׁנֵי הַמִּקְצֹעֹת

KJ: And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

BN: ...so that they could be doubled up underneath, and in like manner they could be closed at its top, by the first ring. Thus he did to both of them, in each of the two corners.


36:30 VE HAYU SHEMONAH KERASHIM VE ADNEYHEM KESEPH SHISHAH ASAR ADANIM SHENEY ADANIM SHENEY ADANIM TACHAT HA KERESH HA ECHAD

וְהָיוּ שְׁמֹנָה קְרָשִׁים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אֲדָנִים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד

KJ: And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

BN: And there were eight planks, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: under every plank two sockets.


36:31 VA YA'AS BERICHEY ATSEY SHITIM CHAMISHAH LE KARSHEY TSELA HA MISHKAN HA-ECHAT

וַיַּעַשׂ בְּרִיחֵי עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חֲמִשָּׁה לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָאֶחָת

KJ: And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

BN: And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the planks on one side of the Mishkan...


36:32 VA CHAMISHAH VERIYCHIM LE KARSHEY TSELA HA MISHKAN HA SHENIT VA CHAMISHAH VERIYCHIM LE KARSHEY HA MISHKAN LA YARCHATAYIM YAMAH

וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָמָּה

KJ: And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

BN: ...and five bars for the planks on the other side of the Mishkan, and five bars for the planks of the Mishkan for the rear end facing westward.


36:33 VA YA'AS ET HA BERIYACH HA TIYCHON LIVRO'ACH BETOCH HA KERASHIM MIN HA KATSEH EL HA KATSEH

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַבְּרִיחַ הַתִּיכֹן לִבְרֹחַ בְּתוֹךְ הַקְּרָשִׁים מִן הַקָּצֶה אֶל הַקָּצֶה

KJ: And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

BN: And he made the middle bar so that it could pass through along the centre of the planks, from the one end to the other.


36:34 VE ET HA KERASHIM TSIPAH ZAHAV VE ET TAB'OTAM ASAH ZAHAV BATIM LA BERICHIM VA YETSAPH ET HA BERICHIM ZAHAV

וְאֶת הַקְּרָשִׁים צִפָּה זָהָב וְאֶת טַבְּעֹתָם עָשָׂה זָהָב בָּתִּים לַבְּרִיחִם וַיְצַף אֶת הַבְּרִיחִם זָהָב

KJ: And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

BN: And he overlaid the planks with gold, and made rings out of gold for them, to serve as retainers for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.


36:35 VA YA'AS ET HA PAROCHET TECHELET VE ARGAMAN VE TOLA'AT SHANI VE SHESH MASHZAR MA'ASEH CHOSHEV ASAH OTAH KERUVIM

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַפָּרֹכֶת תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב עָשָׂה אֹתָהּ כְּרֻבִים

KJ: And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

BN: And he made the veil in blue, and purple, and scarlet, using fine, twined linen; with Keruvim creatively woven into them.


36:36 VA YA'AS LAH ARBA'AH AMUDEY SHITIM VA YETSAPEM ZAHAV VAVEYHEM ZAHAV VA YITSOK LAHEM ARBA'AH ADNEY CHASEPH

וַיַּעַשׂ לָהּ אַרְבָּעָה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים וַיְצַפֵּם זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב וַיִּצֹק לָהֶם אַרְבָּעָה אַדְנֵי כָסֶף

KJ: And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

BN: And he made for it four pillars out of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks being of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.


36:37 V YA'AS MASACH LE PHETACH HA OHEL TECHELET VE ARGAMAN VE TOLA'AT SHANI VE SHESH MASHZAR MA'ASEH ROKEM

וַיַּעַשׂ מָסָךְ לְפֶתַח הָאֹהֶל תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵם

KJ: And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

BN: And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, in blue, and purple, and scarlet, using fine, twined linen, the woven-work in colour.


36:38 VE ET AMUDAV CHAMISHAH VE ET VAVEYHEM VE TSIPAH RASHEYHEM VE CHASHUKEYHEM ZAHAV VE ADNEYHEM CHAMISHAH NECHOSHET

וְאֶת עַמּוּדָיו חֲמִשָּׁה וְאֶת וָוֵיהֶם וְצִפָּה רָאשֵׁיהֶם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם זָהָב וְאַדְנֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה נְחֹשֶׁת

KJ: And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were ofbrass.

BN: And also its five pillars, with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.


pey break; end of chapter 36





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