1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m] long, and five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m] wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].

2You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with bronze.

3You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans: all its utensils you shall make of bronze.

4You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.

5You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

6You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.

8You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain. (7)

9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits [150 ft; 457.2 m] long for one side:

10and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits [150 ft; 457.2 m] long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

12For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits [75 ft; 228.6 m]; their pillars ten cubits [15 ft; 45.72 m], and their sockets ten cubits [15 ft; 45.72 m].

13The width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits [75 ft; 228.6 m].

14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits [22.5 ft; 68.58 m]; their pillars three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m], and their sockets three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].

15For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits [22.5 ft; 68.58 m]; their pillars three, and their sockets three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].

16For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits [30 ft; 91.44 m], of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four cubits [6 ft; 18.29 m], and their sockets four cubits [6 ft; 18.29 m]. (Maftir ·Conclusion·)

17All the pillars of the court around shall have chasak ·joints for binding· made with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.

18The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits [150 ft; 457.2 m], and the width fifty cubits [75 ft; 228.6 m] every where, and the height five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m], of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.

19All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.

Haftarah T'rumah ·Taking leave· ·Elevated Offerings / Contribution·:

M'lakhim Alef / 1 King 5:26-6:13

B'rit Hadashah ·New Covenant·: Matt 12:46-13:58

20“You shall enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails], that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a menorah ·lamp· to burn continually.

21¹⁷²In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Adonai: it shall be a regulation forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel [God prevails].