PARASHAT
TEZAVEH - Exodus 27:20
- 30:10
2720You
shall further instruct the Israelites to bring you clear
oil of beaten olives for lighting, for kindling lamps
regularly. 21Aaron and his sons shall set them
up in the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain which is
over [the Ark of] the Pact, [to burn] from evening to
morning before the Lord. It shall be a due from the Israelites
for all time, throughout the ages.
28You
shall bring forward your brother Aaron, with his sons,
from among the Israelites, to serve Me as priests: Aaron,
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.
2Make sacral vestments for your brother Aaron,
for dignity and adornment. 3Next you shall
instruct all who are skillful, whom I have endowed with
the gift of skill, to make Aaron's vestments, for consecrating
him to serve Me as priest. 4These are the vestments
they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fringed
tunic, a headdress, and a sash. They shall make those
sacral vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons,
for priestly service to Me; 5they, therefore,
shall receive the gold, the blue, purple, and crimson
yarns, and the fine linen.
6They
shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and crimson
yarns, and of fine twisted linen, worked into designs.
7It shall have two shoulder-pieces attached;
they shall be attached at its two ends. 8And
the decorated band that is upon it shall be made like
it, of one piece with it: of gold, of blue, purple, and
crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen. 9Then
take two lazuli stones and engrave on them the names of
the sons of Israel: 10six of their names on
the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the
other stone, in the order of their birth. 11On
the two stones you shall make seal engravings-the work
of a lapidary-of the names of the sons of Israel. Having
bordered them with frames of gold, 12attach
the two stones to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as
stones for remembrance of the Israelite people, whose
names Aaron shall carry upon his two shoulder-pieces for
remembrance before the Lord.
13Then
make frames of gold 14and two chains of pure
gold; braid these like corded work, and fasten the corded
chains to the frames.
15You
shall make a breastpiece of decision, worked into a design;
make it in the style of the ephod: make it of gold, of
blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen.
16It shall be square and doubled, a span in
length and a span in width. 17Set in it mounted
stones, in four rows of stones. The first row shall be
a row of carnelian, chrysolite, and emerald; 18the
second row: a turquoise, a sapphire, and an amethyst;
19the third row: a jacinth, an agate, and a
crystal; 20and the fourth row: a beryl, a lapis
lazuli, and a jasper. They shall be framed with gold in
their mountings. 21The stones shall correspond
[in number] to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve,
corresponding to their names. They shall be engraved like
seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes.
22On
the breastpiece make braided chains of corded work in
pure gold. 23Make two rings of gold on the
breastpiece, and fasten the two rings at the two ends
of the breastpiece, 24attaching the two golden
cords to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.
25Then fasten the two ends of the cords to
the two frames, which you shall attach to the shoulder-pieces
of the ephod, at the front. 26Make two rings
of gold and attach them to the two ends of the breastpiece,
at its inner edge, which faces the ephod. 27And
make two other rings of gold and fasten them on the front
of the ephod, low on the two shoulder-pieces, close to
its seam above the decorated band. 28The breastpiece
shall be held in place by a cord of blue from its rings
to the rings of the ephod, so that the breastpiece rests
on the decorated band and does not come loose from the
ephod. 29Aaron shall carry the names of the
sons of Israel on the breastpiece of decision over his
heart, when he enters the sanctuary, for remembrance before
the Lord at all times. 30Inside the breastpiece
of decision you shall place the Urim and Thummim, so that
they are over Aaron's heart when he comes before the Lord.
Thus Aaron shall carry the instrument of decision for
the Israelites over his heart before the Lord at all times.
31You
shall make the robe of the ephod of pure blue. 32The
opening for the head shall be in the middle of it; the
opening shall have a binding of woven work round about-it
shall be like the opening of a coat of mail-so that it
does not tear. 33On its hem make pomegranates
of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, all around the hem,
with bells of gold between them all around: 34a
golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
all around the hem of the robe. 35Aaron shall
wear it while officiating, so that the sound of it is
heard when he comes into the sanctuary before the Lord
and when he goes out-that he may not die.
36You
shall make a frontlet of pure gold and engrave on it the
seal inscription: "Holy to the Lord." 37Suspend
it on a cord of blue, so that it may remain on the headdress;
it shall remain on the front of the headdress. 38It
shall be on Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may take away
any sin arising from the holy things that the Israelites
consecrate, from any of their sacred donations; it shall
be on his forehead at all times, to win acceptance for
them before the Lord.
39You
shall make the fringed tunic of fine linen.
You
shall make the headdress of fine linen.
You
shall make the sash of embroidered work.
40And
for Aaron's sons also you shall make tunics, and make
sashes for them, and make turbans for them, for dignity
and adornment. 41Put these on your brother
Aaron and on his sons as well; anoint them, and ordain
them and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
42You
shall also make for them linen breeches to cover their
nakedness; they shall extend from the hips to the thighs.
43They shall be worn by Aaron and his sons
when they enter the Tent of Meeting or when they approach
the altar to officiate in the sanctuary, so that they
do not incur punishment and die. It shall be a law for
all time for him and for his offspring to come.
29This
is what you shall do to them in consecrating them to serve
Me as priests: Take a young bull of the herd and two rams
without blemish; 2also unleavened bread, unleavened
cakes with oil mixed in, and unleavened wafers spread
with oil-make these of choice wheat flour. 3Place
these in one basket and present them in the basket, along
with the bull and the two rams. 4Lead Aaron
and his sons up to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
and wash them with water. 5Then take the vestments,
and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod,
the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the
decorated band of the ephod. 6Put the headdress
on his head, and place the holy diadem upon the headdress.
7Take the anointing oil and pour it on his
head and anoint him. 8Then bring his sons forward;
clothe them with tunics 9and wind turbans upon
them. And gird both Aaron and his sons with sashes. And
so they shall have priesthood as their right for all time.
You
shall then ordain Aaron and his sons. 10Lead
the bull up to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and let
Aaron and his sons lay their hands upon the head of the
bull. 11Slaughter the bull before the Lord,
at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, 12and
take some of the bull's blood and put it on the horns
of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest
of the blood at the base of the altar. 13Take
all the fat that covers the entrails, the protuberance
on the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them,
and turn them into smoke upon the altar. 14The
rest of the flesh of the bull, its hide, and its dung
shall be put to the fire outside the camp; it is a sin
offering.
15Next
take the one ram, and let Aaron and his sons lay their
hands upon the ram's head. 16Slaughter the
ram, and take its blood and dash it against all sides
of the altar. 17Cut up the ram into sections,
wash its entrails and legs, and put them with its quarters
and its head. 18Turn all of the ram into smoke
upon the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a
pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.
19Then
take the other ram, and let Aaron and his sons lay their
hands upon the ram's head. 20Slaughter the
ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the ridge
of Aaron's right ear and on the ridges of his sons' right
ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the
big toes of their right feet; and dash the rest of the
blood against every side of the altar round about. 21Take
some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the
anointing oil and sprinkle upon Aaron and his vestments,
and also upon his sons and his sons' vestments. Thus shall
he and his vestments be holy, as well as his sons and
his sons' vestments.
22You
shall take from the ram the fat parts-the broad tail,
the fat that covers the entrails, the protuberance on
the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them-and the
right thigh; for this is a ram of ordination. 23Add
one flat loaf of bread, one cake of oil bread, and one
wafer, from the basket of unleavened bread that is before
the Lord. 24Place all these on the palms of
Aaron and his sons, and offer them as an elevation offering
before the Lord. 25Take them from their hands
and turn them into smoke upon the altar with the burnt
offering, as a pleasing odor before the Lord; it is an
offering by fire to the Lord.
26Then
take the breast of Aaron's ram of ordination and offer
it as an elevation offering before the Lord; it shall
be your portion. 27You shall consecrate the
breast that was offered as an elevation offering and the
thigh that was offered as a gift offering from the ram
of ordination-from that which was Aaron's and from that
which was his sons'-28and those parts shall
be a due for all time from the Israelites to Aaron and
his descendants. For they are a gift; and so shall they
be a gift from the Israelites, their gift to the Lord
out of their sacrifices of well-being.
29The
sacral vestments of Aaron shall pass on to his sons after
him, for them to be anointed and ordained in. 30He
among his sons who becomes priest in his stead, who enters
the Tent of Meeting to officiate within the sanctuary,
shall wear them seven days.
31You
shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in
the sacred precinct; 32and Aaron and his sons
shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is
in the basket, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
33These things shall be eaten only by those
for whom expiation was made with them when they were ordained
and consecrated; they may not be eaten by a layman, for
they are holy. 34And if any of the flesh of
ordination, or any of the bread, is left until morning,
you shall put what is left to the fire; it shall not be
eaten, for it is holy.
35Thus
you shall do to Aaron and his sons, just as I have commanded
you. You shall ordain them through seven days, 36and
each day you shall prepare a bull as a sin offering for
expiation; you shall purge the altar by performing purification
upon it, and you shall anoint it to consecrate it. 37Seven
days you shall perform purification for the altar to consecrate
it, and the altar shall become most holy; whatever touches
the altar shall become consecrated.
38Now
this is what you shall offer upon the altar: two yearling
lambs each day, regularly. 39You shall offer
the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other
lamb at twilight. 40There shall be a tenth
of a measure of choice flour with a quarter of a hin
of beaten oil mixed in, and a libation of a quarter hin
of wine for one lamb; 41and you shall offer
the other lamb at twilight, repeating with it the meal
offering of the morning with its libation-an offering
by fire for a pleasing odor to the Lord, 42a
regular burnt offering throughout the generations, at
the entrance of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord.
For
there I will meet with you, and there I will speak with
you, 43and there I will meet with the Israelites,
and it shall be sanctified by My Presence. 44I
will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I
will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
45I will abide among the Israelites, and I
will be their God. 46And they shall know that
I the Lord am their God, who brought them out from the
land of Egypt that I might abide among them, I the Lord
their God.
30You
shall make an altar for burning incense; make it of acacia
wood. 2It shall be a cubit long and a cubit
wide-it shall be square-and two cubits high, its horns
of one piece with it. 3Overlay it with pure
gold: its top, its sides round about, and its horns; and
make a gold molding for it round about. 4And
make two gold rings for it under its molding; make them
on its two side walls, on opposite sides. They shall serve
as holders for poles with which to carry it. 5Make
the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6Place
it in front of the curtain that is over the Ark of the
Pact-in front of the cover that is over the Pact-where
I will meet with you. 7On it Aaron shall burn
aromatic incense: he shall burn it every morning when
he tends the lamps, 8and Aaron shall burn it
at twilight when he lights the lamps-a regular incense
offering before the Lord throughout the ages. 9You
shall not offer alien incense on it, or a burnt offering
or a meal offering; neither shall you pour a libation
on it. 10Once a year Aaron shall perform purification
upon its horns with blood of the sin offering of purification;
purification shall be performed upon it once a year throughout
the ages. It is most holy to the Lord.