Vayakhel-Pekudei

Passages

Torah: Exodus 35:30-37:16
Gospel: Mark 14:66 - 14:72

Torah — Exodus 35:30-37:16

35:30 And Moses said to the Israelites, “See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.

35:31 And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship,

35:32 and to devise designs, to work with the gold and with the silver and with the bronze,

35:33 and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every kind of design craftsmanship.

35:34 And he has put it in his heart to teach—he and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan.

35:35 He has filled them with skill of heart to do every work of a craftsman and a designer and an embroiderer with the blue and with the purple, with the crimson yarns and with the fine linen and a weaver; they are doers of every kind of craftsmanship and devisers of designs.

36:1 And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone who is skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary—they will do it, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

36:2 Making the Tabernacle And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone skilled of heart, in whose heart Yahweh had put skill, all whose heart lifted him to come near to the work in order to do it.

36:3 And they took from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning.

36:4 And all the skilled workers who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came, each from his work that they were doing.

36:5 And they said to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing more than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh has commanded to be done.”

36:6 And Moses commanded, and they proclaimed the message in the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman again make anything for the sanctuary contribution.” And so the people were restrained from bringing.

36:7 And the material was enough for doing all the work, and it was left over.

36:8 And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman.

36:9 The length of the one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measurement was for all the curtains.

36:10 And he joined five of the curtains one to another, and five curtains he joined one to another.

36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; so he did on the edge of the end curtain in the second set.

36:12 He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another.

36:13 And he made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was one.

36:14 And he made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made them eleven curtains.

36:15 The length of the one curtain was thirty cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measure was for the eleven curtains.

36:16 And he joined five curtains together and six curtains together.

36:17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set.

36:18 And he made fifty bronze clasps for joining the tent to become one.

36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skin and a covering of fine leather to go above.

36:20 And he made the frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.

36:21 The length of the frame was ten cubits, and the width of the one frame was one and a half cubits.

36:22 He made two pegs for the one frame for joining one to another and likewise for all the frames of the tabernacle.

36:23 And he made the frames for the tabernacle with twenty frames for the south side.

36:24 And he made forty silver bases under the twenty frames, with two bases under the one frame for its two pegs and two bases under the next frame for its two pegs.

36:25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

36:26 and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one frame and two bases under the next frame.

36:27 And for the rear of the tabernacle on the west he made six frames.

36:28 And he made two frames for the tabernacle corners at the rear.

36:29 And they were double at the bottom, and they were completely together on its top to the one ring; he did likewise for the two of them, for the two corners.

36:30 And there were eight frames and their sixteen silver bases, two bases, two bases under the one frame.

36:31 And he made five bars of acacia wood for the frames on the one side of the tabernacle,

36:32 and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames at the rear on the west.

36:33 And he made the middle bar to run in the midst of the frames from end to end.

36:34 And he overlaid the frames with gold, and he made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

36:35 And he made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a craftsman; he made it with cherubim.

36:36 And he made for it four acacia pillars, and he overlaid them with gold, with their gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

36:37 And he made for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,

36:38 and the five pillars and their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their connections with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

37:1 Making the Ark of the Covenant And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height.

37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

37:3 And he cast for it four gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second side.

37:4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.

37:5 And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

37:6 And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.

37:7 And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.

37:8 One cherub was at one end, and one cherub was at the other end of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends.

37:9 And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

37:10 Making the Table and the Lampstand And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height.

37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

37:12 And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around.

37:13 And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four legs were.

37:14 The rings were near the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

37:15 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold to carry the table.

37:16 And he made the vessels that were on the table—its plates and its ladles, and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold.

35:30 Bezalel and Oholiab Then Moses spoke to the people of Israel. He said, “The Lord has chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri. Uri is the son of Hur. Bezalel is from the tribe of Judah.

35:31 The Lord has filled him with the Spirit of God. He has filled him with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts.

35:32 He can make beautiful patterns in gold, silver and bronze.

35:33 He can cut and set stones. He can work with wood. In fact, he can work in all kinds of arts and crafts.

35:34 “And the Lord has given both him and Oholiab the ability to teach others. Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, is from the tribe of Dan.

35:35 “The Lord has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work. They carve things and make patterns. They sew skillfully with blue, purple and bright red yarn and on fine linen. They use thread to make beautiful cloth. They have the skill to work in all kinds of crafts.

36:1 36 Bezalel and Oholiab must do the work just as the Lord has commanded. So must every skilled worker to whom the Lord has given skill and ability. They must know how to do all of the work for every purpose connected with the sacred tent. And that includes setting it up.”

36:2 Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab. He sent for every skilled worker to whom the Lord had given ability and who wanted to come and do the work.

36:3 They received from Moses all of the offerings the people of Israel had brought. They had brought the offerings for all of the work for every purpose connected with the holy tent. That included setting it up. The people kept bringing the offerings they chose to give. They brought them morning after morning.

36:4 So all of the skilled workers who were working on the holy tent stopped what they were doing.

36:5 They said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded us to do.”

36:6 Then Moses gave an order. A message was sent through the whole camp. It said, “No man or woman should make anything else and offer it for the holy tent.” And so the people were kept from bringing more offerings.

36:7 There was already more than enough to do all of the work.

36:8 The Holy Tent All of the skilled workers made the holy tent. They made ten curtains out of finely twisted linen. They made them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern.

36:9 All of the curtains were the same size. They were 42 feet long and six feet wide.

36:10 The workers joined five of the curtains together. They did the same thing with the other five.

36:11 Then they made loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. They did the same thing with the end curtain in the other set.

36:12 They also made 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. They did the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. They put the loops across from each other.

36:13 Then they made 50 gold hooks. They used them to join curtains together so that the holy tent was all one piece.

36:14 The workers made a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent.

36:15 All 11 curtains were the same size. They were 45 feet long and six feet wide.

36:16 The workers joined five of the curtains together into one set. They did the same thing with the other six.

36:17 Then they made 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain in the one set. They did the same thing with the other set.

36:18 They made 50 bronze hooks. They used them to join the tent together all in one piece.

36:19 They made a covering for the tent. They made it out of ram skins that were dyed red. They put a covering of the hides of sea cows over that.

36:20 The workers made frames out of acacia wood for the holy tent.

36:21 Each frame was 15 feet long and two feet three inches wide.

36:22 The workers added two small wooden pins to each frame. The pins stuck out so that they were even with each other. The workers made all of the frames of the holy tent in the same way.

36:23 They made 20 frames for the south side of the holy tent.

36:24 And they made 40 silver bases to go under them. They made two bases for each frame. They put one under each pin that stuck out.

36:25 For the north side of the holy tent they made 20 frames

36:26 and 40 silver bases. They put two bases under each frame.

36:27 The workers made six frames for the west end of the holy tent.

36:28 They made two frames for the corners of the holy tent at the far end.

36:29 At those two corners the frames were double from top to bottom. They were fitted into a single ring. The workers made both of them the same.

36:30 So there were eight frames and 16 silver bases. There were two bases under each frame.

36:31 The workers also made crossbars out of acacia wood. They made five for the frames on one side of the holy tent.

36:32 They made five for the frames on the other side. And they made five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the holy tent.

36:33 The center crossbar reached from end to end at the middle of the frames.

36:34 They covered the frames with gold. They made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also covered the crossbars with gold.

36:35 They made the curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into the pattern.

36:36 The workers made four posts out of acacia wood for the curtain. They covered the posts with gold. They made gold hooks and four silver bases for the posts.

36:37 For the entrance to the tent the workers made a curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. A person who sewed skillfully made it.

36:38 The workers made five posts with hooks for the curtains. They covered the tops of the posts and their bands with gold. And they made five bronze bases for them.

37:1 The Ark of the Covenant Bezalel made the ark of the covenant out of acacia wood. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide and high.

37:2 He covered it inside and outside with pure gold. He put a strip of gold around it.

37:3 He made four gold rings for it. He joined them to its four bottom corners. He put two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

37:4 Then he made poles out of acacia wood. He covered them with gold.

37:5 He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

37:6 He made its cover out of pure gold. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. The cover is the place where sin is paid for.

37:7 He made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

37:8 He put one cherub on each end of it.

37:9 He made the cherubim as part of the cover itself. The cherubim’s wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim faced each other and looked toward the cover.

37:10 The Table for the Holy Bread The workers made the table out of acacia wood. It was three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high.

37:11 They covered it with pure gold. They put a strip of gold around it.

37:12 They also made a rim three inches wide around it. They put a strip of gold around the rim.

37:13 They made four gold rings for the table. They joined them to the four corners, where the four legs were.

37:14 The rings were close to the rim. They held the poles that were used to carry the table.

37:15 The workers made the poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with gold.

37:16 They made plates, dishes and bowls out of pure gold for the table. They also made pure gold pitchers to pour out drink offerings.

Gospel — Mark 14:66 - 14:72

14:66 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female slaves of the high priest came up

14:67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean!” And he went out into the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

14:69 And the female slave, when she saw him, began to say again to the bystanders, “This man is one of them!”

14:70 But he denied it again. And after a little while, again the bystanders began to say to Peter, “You really are one of them, because you also are a Galilean, and your accent shows it!”

14:71 And he began to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know this man whom you are talking about!”

14:72 And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times,” and throwing himself down, he began to weep.

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Torah — Exodus 35:30-37:16

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Gospel — Mark 14:66 - 14:72

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