Shemot (Exodus) Chapter 38

1He made the sacrificial Altar out of acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and three cubits high.   אוַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הָֽעֹלָ֖ה עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חָמֵשׁ֩ אַמּ֨וֹת אָרְכּ֜וֹ וְחָמֵֽשׁ־אַמּ֤וֹת רָחְבּוֹ֙ רָב֔וּעַ וְשָׁל֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת קֹֽמָתֽוֹ:
2He made protrusions for it on its top four corners, the protrusions being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with copper.   בוַיַּ֣עַשׂ קַרְנֹתָ֗יו עַ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנֹּתָ֔יו מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הָי֣וּ קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וַיְצַ֥ף אֹת֖וֹ נְחֽשֶׁת:
3He made all the Altar’s implements—the pots, scoops, basins, flesh-hooks, and fire pans; he made all its implements out of copper.   גוַיַּ֜עַשׂ אֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֣י הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ אֶת־הַסִּירֹ֤ת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִים֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔ת אֶת־הַמִּזְלָגֹ֖ת וְאֶת־הַמַּחְתֹּ֑ת כָּל־כֵּלָ֖יו עָשָׂ֥ה נְחֽשֶׁת:
4He made for the Altar a Grate of copper network under its decorative Border, extending downward until the middle of the Altar’s height.   דוַיַּ֤עַשׂ לַמִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַֽעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְח֑שֶׁת תַּ֧חַת כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה עַד־חֶצְיֽוֹ:
5He cast four rings for the four corners of the copper Grate, as holders for the poles.   הוַיִּצֹ֞ק אַרְבַּ֧ע טַבָּעֹ֛ת בְּאַרְבַּ֥ע הַקְּצָוֹ֖ת לְמִכְבַּ֣ר הַנְּח֑שֶׁת בָּתִּ֖ים לַבַּדִּֽים:
6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with copper.   ווַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֖ים עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וַיְצַ֥ף אֹתָ֖ם נְחֽשֶׁת:
7He inserted the poles through the rings on the sides of the Altar, so that it could be carried with them. He made the Altar a hollow structure, of panels.   זוַיָּבֵ֨א אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֜ים בַּטַּבָּעֹ֗ת עַ֚ל צַלְעֹ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ לָשֵׂ֥את אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶ֑ם נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ:
נְבוּב לֻחֹת - נְבוּב means “hollow,” as in: “and it was four fingerbreadths thick and hollow (נָבוּב).”1   נְבוּב לֻחֹת.  נָבוּב הוּא חָלוּל, וְכֵן וְעָבְיוֹ אַרְבַּע אֶצְבָּעוֹת נָבוּב (ירמיהו נ"ב):
נְבוּב לֻחֹת - A hollow structure, of panels - i.e., panels of acacia wood on all sides, with a hollow in the middle.   נְבוּב לֻחֹת.  הַלּוּחוֹת שֶׁל עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים לְכָל רוּחַ, וְהֶחָלָל בָּאֶמְצַע:
8He made the copper Laver and its copper base out of the mirrors of the legions of women who congregated in the Courtyard, outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.   חוַיַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַכִּיּ֣וֹר נְח֔שֶׁת וְאֵ֖ת כַּנּ֣וֹ נְח֑שֶׁת בְּמַרְאֹת֙ הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽבְא֔וּ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד:
בְּמַרְאֹת הַצֹּבְאֹת - Out of the mirrors of the legions of women. The Israelite women possessed copper mirrors to look at when adorning themselves, and even these they did not withhold from bringing as a donation for the Tabernacle. Moses at first rejected them, because they are used to arouse the evil inclination, but the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: “Accept them, for these are more precious to Me than everything else, since through them the women produced many legions (צְבָאוֹת) in Egypt.” For when their husbands were weary from the backbreaking labor, the women would go and bring them food and drink, and feed them. They would then take these mirrors, and each one would look at herself in the mirror with her husband, luring him by saying, ‘I am more beautiful than you.’ In this way, they brought their husbands to desire and to have marital relations with them, and they conceived and gave birth there in the fields, as it says: “Under the apple tree I aroused you.”2 This is thus the meaning of what it says: “out of the mirrors of the legions.” From them was made the Laver, which serves to promote harmony between husband and wife, for a woman whose husband had warned her against seclusion with another man and nevertheless secluded herself with that man is given water from the Laver to drink. And you can be sure that the entities referred to in this verse were physical mirrors, for it says: “The copper of the wave-offering came to 70 talents…. With it he made…,”3 and the Laver and its base are not mentioned there, so you may infer that the copper for the Laver was not part of the copper of the wave-offering but came from some other donation, namely, these mirrors. This is how Rabbi Tanchuma expounded it,4 and Onkelos also translates it in this way: בְּמֶחְזְיָת נְשַׁיָּא “with the women’s mirrors,” מֶחְזְיָת being the translation of מַרְאוֹת; “mirores” in Old French. Similarly we find in Isaiah:5 וְהַגִּלְיֹנִים, which translates as וּמֶחְזְיָתָא “and the mirrors.”   בְּמַרְאֹת הַצֹּבְאֹת.  בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיוּ בְיָדָן מַרְאוֹת שֶׁרוֹאוֹת בָּהֶן כְּשֶׁהֵן מִתְקַשְּׁטוֹת, וְאַף אוֹתָן לֹא עִכְּבוּ מִלְּהָבִיא לְנִדְבַת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, וְהָיָה מוֹאֵס מֹשֶׁה בָּהֶן מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעֲשׂוּיִם לְיֵצֶר הָרָע, אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קַבֵּל, כִּי אֵלּוּ חֲבִיבִין עָלַי מִן הַכֹּל, שֶׁעַל יְדֵיהֶם הֶעֱמִידוּ הַנָּשִׁים צְבָאוֹת רַבּוֹת בְּמִצְרַיִם; כְּשֶׁהָיוּ בַעְלֵיהֶם יְגֵעִים בַּעֲבוֹדַת פֶּרֶךְ, הָיוּ הוֹלְכוֹת וּמוֹלִיכוֹת לָהֶם מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה, וּמַאֲכִילוֹת אוֹתָם וְנוֹטְלוֹת הַמַּרְאוֹת, וְכָל אַחַת רוֹאָה עַצְמָהּ עִם בַּעְלָהּ בַּמַּרְאָה, וּמְשַׁדַּלְתּוֹ בִדְבָרִים, לוֹמַר אֲנִי נָאָה מִמְּךָ, וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ מְבִיאוֹת לְבַעְלֵיהֶן לִידֵי תַאֲוָה וְנִזְקָקוֹת לָהֶם וּמִתְעַבְּרוֹת וְיוֹלְדוֹת שָׁם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר תַּחַת הַתַּפּוּחַ עוֹרַרְתִּיךָ (שיר השירים ח'), וְזֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּמַרְאֹת הַצּוֹבְאוֹת. וְנַעֲשָׂה הַכִּיּוֹר מֵהֶם, שֶׁהוּא לָשׂוּם שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ – לְהַשְׁקוֹת מִמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ לְמִי שֶׁקִּנֵּא לָהּ בַּעְלָהּ וְנִסְתְּרָה; וְתֵדַע לְךָ שֶׁהֵן מַרְאוֹת מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁהֲרֵי נֶאֱמַר וּנְחֹשֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָה שִׁבְעִים כִּכָּר וְגוֹ', וַיַּעַשׂ בָּהּ וְגוֹמֵר, וְכִיּוֹר וְכַנּוֹ לֹא הֻזְכְּרוּ שָׁם, לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה נְחֹשֶׁת שֶׁל כִּיּוֹר מִנְּחֹשֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָה, כָּךְ דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם אֻנְקְלוֹס בְּמֶחְזְיָת נְשַׁיָא וְהוּא תַרְגּוּם שֶׁל מַרְאוֹת, מירוריי"ש בְּלַעַז. וְכֵן מָצִינוּ וְהַגִּלְיוֹנִים (ישעיה ג') – מְתַרְגְּמִינָן מֶחְזְיָתָא:
אֲשֶׁר צָֽבְאוּ - Who congregated - to bring their donation.   אֲשֶׁר צָֽבְאוּ.  לְהָבִיא נִדְבָתָן:
9He made the Courtyard as follows: On the south side, the nettings of the Courtyard, which were made of twined linen, were 100 cubits long.   טוַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־הֶֽחָצֵ֑ר לִפְאַ֣ת | נֶ֣גֶב תֵּימָ֗נָה קַלְעֵ֤י הֶֽחָצֵר֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֔ר מֵאָ֖ה בָּֽאַמָּֽה:
10They had 20 pillars with their 20 copper bases. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver.   יעַמּֽוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְח֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛ים וַֽחֲשֻֽׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף:
11On the north side, the nettings were also 100 cubits long, with their 20 pillars and their 20 copper bases. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver.   יאוְלִפְאַ֤ת צָפוֹן֙ מֵאָ֣ה בָֽאַמָּ֔ה עַמּֽוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְח֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛ים וַֽחֲשֻֽׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף:
12On the west side, there were nettings 50 cubits long, with their 10 pillars and their 10 bases. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver.   יבוְלִפְאַת־יָ֗ם קְלָעִים֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה עַמּֽוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֲשָׂרָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָ֑ה וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַֽחֲשֽׁוּקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף:
13On the east side, the enclosure was also 50 cubits long, as follows:   יגוְלִפְאַ֛ת קֵ֥דְמָה מִזְרָ֖חָה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה:
14there were 15 cubits of nettings along one flank, with their three pillars and their three bases,   ידקְלָעִ֛ים חֲמֵֽשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה אֶל־הַכָּתֵ֑ף עַמּֽוּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלשָֽׁה:
15and likewise along the other flank—the flanks being at either side of the entrance to the Courtyard—there were 15 cubits of nettings, with their three pillars and their three bases.   טווְלַכָּתֵ֣ף הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית מִזֶּ֤ה וּמִזֶּה֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הֶֽחָצֵ֔ר קְלָעִ֕ים חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה אַמָּ֑ה עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלשָֽׁה:
16The nettings surrounding the entire Courtyard were made of twined linen.   טזכָּל־קַלְעֵ֧י הֶֽחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר:
17The bases for the pillars were made of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. All the pillars of the Courtyard were banded with silver.   יזוְהָֽאֲדָנִ֣ים לָֽעַמֻּדִים֘ נְח֒שֶׁת֒ וָוֵ֨י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֜ים וַֽחֲשֽׁוּקֵיהֶם֙ כֶּ֔סֶף וְצִפּ֥וּי רָֽאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְהֵם֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף כֹּ֖ל עַמֻּדֵ֥י הֶֽחָצֵֽר:
18The Screen for the entrance to the Courtyard was embroidered out of turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, and twined linen. It was 20 cubits in length, and its width was its height of five cubits, like the nettings of the Courtyard.   יחוּמָסַ֞ךְ שַׁ֤עַר הֶֽחָצֵר֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֔ם תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ וְקוֹמָ֤ה בְרֹ֨חַב֙ חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת לְעֻמַּ֖ת קַלְעֵ֥י הֶֽחָצֵֽר:
לְעֻמַּת קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר - (lit.) Corresponding to the nettings of the Courtyard - means: the Screen was five cubits high because it had to be the same size as the height of the nettings of the Courtyard.   לְעֻמַּת קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר.  כְּמִדַּת קַלְעֵי הֶחָצֵר:
19It had four pillars with their four copper bases; their hooks were silver, and their tops and bands were overlaid with silver.   יטוְעַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ אַרְבָּעָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם אַרְבָּעָ֖ה נְח֑שֶׁת וָֽוֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּ֔סֶף וְצִפּ֧וּי רָֽאשֵׁיהֶ֛ם וַֽחֲשֻֽׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף:
20All the stakes for the Tabernacle and for the surrounding Courtyard were made of copper.   כוְכָל־הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן וְלֶֽחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב נְחֽשֶׁת:
21These are the appointments over the Tabernacle—the Tabernacle being a testimony—assigned by Moses. The work of the Levites was to be under the direction of Itamar, son of Aaron the priest.   כאאֵ֣לֶּה פְקוּדֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָֽעֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י משֶׁ֑ה עֲבֹדַת֙ הַֽלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּן־אַֽהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן:
אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי - These are the appointments. In this section, the weights of all the contributions for the Tabernacle – of silver, of gold, and of copper – are listed, and all its furnishings are specified along with the service of each.   אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי.  בְּפָרָשָׁה זוֹ נִמְנוּ כָל מִשְׁקְלֵי נִדְבַת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, לַכֶּסֶף וְלַזָּהָב וְלַנְּחֹשֶׁת, וְנִמְנוּ כָל כֵּלָיו לְכָל עֲבוֹדָתוֹ:
הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן - The Tabernacle, the Tabernacle. The word מִּשְׁכָּן is written here twice as an allusion to the Holy Temple that was taken from us as a pledge (מַשְׁכּוֹן) the two times it was destroyed on account of the transgressions of Israel.   הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן.  שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים, רֶמֶז לַמִּקְדָשׁ שֶׁנִּתְמַשְׁכֵּן בִּשְׁנֵי חֻרְבָּנִין עַל עֲוֹנוֹתֵיהֶן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל (תנחומא):
מִשְׁכַּן הָֽעֵדֻת - The Tabernacle being a testimony - i.e., it is testimony for Israel that the Holy One, blessed be He, had forgiven the people for the sin of the Golden Calf, for He agreed to let His presence dwell among them.   מִשְׁכַּן הָֽעֵדֻת.  עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁוִּתֵּר לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַל מַעֲשֵׂה הָעֵגֶל, שֶׁהֲרֵי הִשְׁרָה שְׁכִינָתוֹ בֵּינֵיהֶם:
עֲבֹדַת הַֽלְוִיִּם - The work of the Levites - i.e., the appointments of the Tabernacle and its furnishings constitute the work entrusted to the Levites in the desert – to transport, dismantle, and erect them, each man according to the burden that was assigned to him, as is stated in parashat Naso. 6   עֲבֹדַת הַֽלְוִיִּם.  פְּקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְכֵלָיו הִיא עֲבוֹדָה הַמְּסוּרָה לַלְוִיִם בַּמִּדְבָּר – לָשֵׂאת וּלְהוֹרִיד וּלְהָקִים, אִישׁ אִישׁ לְמַשָּׂאוֹ הַמֻּפְקָד עָלָיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר בְּפָ' נָשֹׂא:
בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר - (lit.) In the hand of Itamar - i.e., he was in charge of them, to delegate to each family group (בֵּית אָב) the task that it had been assigned.   בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר.  הוּא הָיָה פָּקִיד עֲלֵיהֶם לִמְסֹר לְכָל בֵּית אָב עֲבוֹדָה שֶׁעָלָיו:
22Betzalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, had carried out all that God had commanded Moses.   כבוּבְצַלְאֵ֛ל בֶּן־אוּרִ֥י בֶן־ח֖וּר לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֑ה עָשָׂ֕ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־משֶֽׁה:
וּבְצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי וגו' עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה ה' אֶת־משֶֽׁה - Betzalel son of Uri…had carried out all that God had commanded Moses. It does not say here: “that Moses had commanded him,” but: “all that God had commanded Moses” – i.e., even regarding things that his teacher had not said to him, his own reasoning conformed to what Moses had been told by God at Sinai. For Moses instructed Betzalel to first make the furnishings of the Tabernacle and then the Tabernacle itself, but Betzalel said to him, “Surely, the usual way is to make a house first and then place furnishings inside it.” Moses answered him, “So indeed I heard directly from the Holy One, blessed be He.” Moses then said to him, “You must have been ‘in the shadow of God’ (בְּצֵל אֵל), for that is indeed what the Holy One, blessed be He, commanded me.” And that is actually what Betzalel did: He made the Tabernacle first and then made the furnishings.   וּבְצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי וגו' עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה ה' אֶת־משֶֽׁה.  אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא כָּל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה' אֶת מֹשֶׁה, אֲפִלּוּ דְּבָרִים שֶׁלֹּא אָמַר לוֹ רַבּוֹ, הִסְכִּימָה דַּעְתּוֹ לְמַה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמֹשֶׁה בְּסִינַי, כִּי מֹשֶׁה צִוָּה לִבְצַלְאֵל לַעֲשׂוֹת תְּחִלָּה כֵּלִים וְאַחַר כָּךְ מִשְׁכָּן, אָמַר לוֹ בְּצַלְאֵל מִנְהַג עוֹלָם לַעֲשׂוֹת תְּחִלָּה בַּיִת וְאַחַר כָּךְ מֵשִׂים כֵּלִים בְּתוֹכוֹ. אָמַר לוֹ כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מִפִּי הקב"ה. אָמַר לוֹ מֹשֶׁה בְּצֵל אֵל הָיִיתָ, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי כָּךְ צִוָּה לִי הקב"ה, וְכֵן עָשָׂה הַמִּשְׁכָּן תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ עָשָׂה הַכֵּלִים:
23With him was Oholiav son of Achisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and weaver, and an embroiderer in turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, and in linen.   כגוְאִתּ֗וֹ אָֽהֳלִיאָ֞ב בֶּן־אֲחִֽיסָמָ֛ךְ לְמַטֵּה־דָ֖ן חָרָ֣שׁ וְחשֵׁ֑ב וְרֹקֵ֗ם בַּתְּכֵ֨לֶת֙ וּבָ֣אַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְתוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ:
24All the gold that was used for the work, in all the holy work—that is, the gold of the wave-offering—came to 29 talents and 730 shekels, of the sacred shekels.   כדכָּל־הַזָּהָ֗ב הֶֽעָשׂוּי֙ לַמְּלָאכָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל מְלֶ֣אכֶת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וַיְהִ֣י | זְהַ֣ב הַתְּנוּפָ֗ה תֵּ֤שַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ כִּכָּ֔ר וּשְׁבַ֨ע מֵא֧וֹת וּשְׁלשִׁ֛ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ:
כִּכָּר - Talents - a talent is 60 maneh, and the sacred maneh was double – thus a sacred talent is equal to 120 regular maneh, and the regular maneh is 25 sela’im (shekels). Thus, a sacred talent is equal to 3000 shekels. Therefore, the Torah enumerates individually all the shekels less than 3000, which do not add up to a talent.   כִּכָּר.  שִׁשִּׁים מָנֶה, וּמָנֶה שֶׁל קֹדֶשׁ כָּפוּל הָיָה, הֲרֵי הַכִּכָּר ק"כ מָנֶה, וְהַמָּנֶה כ"ה סְלָעִים, הֲרֵי כִּכָּר שֶׁל קֹדֶשׁ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים שְׁקָלִים, לְפִיכָךְ מָנָה בִּפְרוֹטְרוֹט כָּל הַשְּׁקָלִים שֶׁפְּחוּתִין בְּמִנְיָנָם מִג' אֲלָפִים, שֶׁאֵין מַגִּיעִין לְכִכָּר:
25The silver from those of the community who had been counted came to 100 talents and 1775 shekels, of the sacred shekels:   כהוְכֶ֛סֶף פְּקוּדֵ֥י הָֽעֵדָ֖ה מְאַ֣ת כִּכָּ֑ר וְאֶ֩לֶף֩ וּשְׁבַ֨ע מֵא֜וֹת וַֽחֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ:
26a beka per head, which is a half-shekel according to the weight of the sacred shekel, for all those 20 years and over, who had passed through the line of those counted in the census, 603,550 in all, as follows:   כובֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַֽחֲצִ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ לְכֹ֨ל הָֽעֹבֵ֜ר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֗ים מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְשֵֽׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֨לֶף֙ וּשְׁל֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַֽחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וַֽחֲמִשִּֽׁים:
בֶּקַע - Beka - is the name of the weight of half a shekel.   בֶּקַע.  הוּא שֵׁם מִשְׁקָל שֶׁל מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל:
לְשֵֽׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וגו' - 603,[550]. This was the total number of the people of Israel – this was their total number after the Tabernacle was erected, as stated in the Book of Numbers, 7 and also at this point, when donating for the Tabernacle, they numbered the same. And the number of half-shekels of 600,000 equals 100 talents, each one being 3000 shekels. How so? 600,000 half-shekels make up 300,000 whole ones, which are 100 talents. And the remaining 3550 half-shekels equal 1775 shekels.   לְשֵֽׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וגו'.  כָּךְ הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְכָךְ עָלָה מִנְיָנָם אַחַר שֶׁהוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן בְּסֵפֶר וַיְדַבֵּר, וְאַף עַתָּה בְּנִדְבַת הַמִּשְׁכָּן כָּךְ הָיוּ, וּמִנְיַן חֲצָאֵי הַשְּׁקָלִים שֶׁל שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף עוֹלֶה מְאַת כִּכָּר, כָּל אֶחָד שֶׁל שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים שְׁקָלִים, כֵּיצַד? שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף חֲצָאִין הֲרֵי הֵן שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף שְׁלֵמִים, הֲרֵי מְאַת כִּכָּר, וְהַשְּׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְה' מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים חֲצָאִים עוֹלִים אֶלֶף וְז' מֵאוֹת וְע"ה שְׁקָלִים:
27The 100 talents of silver were used for casting the bases for the Tabernacle and the bases for the Curtain: 100 bases from 100 talents, one talent for each base.   כזוַיְהִ֗י מְאַת֙ כִּכַּ֣ר הַכֶּ֔סֶף לָצֶ֗קֶת אֵ֚ת אַדְנֵ֣י הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וְאֵ֖ת אַדְנֵ֣י הַפָּרֹ֑כֶת מְאַ֧ת אֲדָנִ֛ים לִמְאַ֥ת הַכִּכָּ֖ר כִּכָּ֥ר לָאָֽדֶן:
לָצֶקֶת - Its meaning is as Onkelos translates it: לְאַתָּכָא – “for casting.”   לָצֶקֶת.  כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ לְאַתָּכָא:
אֵת אַדְנֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ - (lit.) The bases for the Sanctuary - i.e., of the planks of the Tabernacle, which were 48 planks having 96 bases, plus the four bases of the Curtain, making a total of 100. But all the other bases are specified as being of copper.   אֵת אַדְנֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ.  שֶׁל קַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן, שֶהֵם מ"ח קְרָשִׁים וְלָהֶן צ"ו אֲדָנִים, וְאַדְנֵי הַפָּרֹכֶת אַרְבָּעָה, הֲרֵי מֵאָה, וְכָל שְׁאָר הָאֲדָנִים נְחֹשֶׁת כָּתוּב בָּהֶם:
28And with the 1775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars of the Courtyard, overlaid their tops, and banded them.   כחוְאֶת־הָאֶ֜לֶף וּשְׁבַ֤ע הַמֵּאוֹת֙ וַֽחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה וְשִׁבְעִ֔ים עָשָׂ֥ה וָוִ֖ים לָֽעַמּוּדִ֑ים וְצִפָּ֥ה רָֽאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם וְחִשַּׁ֥ק אֹתָֽם:
וְצִפָּה רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם - Overlaid their tops - i.e., of the pillars – with them, for regarding all of them, it is written: “and their tops and bands were overlaid with silver.” 8   וְצִפָּה רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם.  שֶׁל עַמּוּדִים מֵהֶן, שֶׁבְּכֻלָּן כְּתִיב וְצִפּוּי רָאשֵׁיהֶם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּסֶף:
29The copper of the wave-offering came to 70 talents and 2400 shekels.   כטוּנְח֥שֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֣ים כִּכָּ֑ר וְאַלְפַּ֥יִם וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֖וֹת שָֽׁקֶל:
30With it he made the bases for the Screen at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Outer, copper Altar and its copper Grate, and all the Altar’s utensils,   לוַיַּ֣עַשׂ בָּ֗הּ אֶת־אַדְנֵי֙ פֶּ֚תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְאֵת֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הַנְּח֔שֶׁת וְאֶת־מִכְבַּ֥ר הַנְּח֖שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ:
31the bases for the pillars of the Courtyard all around and the bases for the Screen at the entrance to the Courtyard, all the stakes for the Tabernacle, and all the stakes for the Courtyard all around.   לאוְאֶת־אַדְנֵ֤י הֶֽחָצֵר֙ סָבִ֔יב וְאֶת־אַדְנֵ֖י שַׁ֣עַר הֶֽחָצֵ֑ר וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־יִתְדֹ֧ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן וְאֶת־כָּל־יִתְדֹ֥ת הֶֽחָצֵ֖ר סָבִֽיב:

Shemot (Exodus) Chapter 39

1With the turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, they made the netted packing cloths for use in the Tabernacle, and made Aaron’s sacred garments—as God had commanded Moses.   אוּמִן־הַתְּכֵ֤לֶת וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן֙ וְתוֹלַ֣עַת הַשָּׁנִ֔י עָשׂ֥וּ בִגְדֵֽי־שְׂרָ֖ד לְשָׁרֵ֣ת בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֞וּ אֶת־בִּגְדֵ֤י הַקֹּ֨דֶשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאַֽהֲרֹ֔ן כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־משֶֽׁה:
וּמִן־הַתְּכֵלֶת וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן וגו' - With the turquoise, purple… Linen is not mentioned here, and it is from here that I deduce that these בִּגְדֵי הַשְּׂרָד are not the priestly garments, for the priestly garments contained linen. Rather, they are the cloths with which they covered the holy vessels when the Tabernacle was being dismantled for travel, which did not contain linen.   וּמִן־הַתְּכֵלֶת וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן וגו'.  שֵׁשׁ לֹא נֶאֱמַר כָּאן, וּמִכָּאן אֲנִי אוֹמֵר שֶׁאֵין בִּגְדֵי שְׂרָד הַלָּלוּ בִּגְדֵי כְהֻנָּה, שֶׁבְּבִגְדֵי כְהֻנָּה הָיָה שֵׁשׁ, אֶלָּא הֵם בְּגָדִים שֶׁמְּכַסִּים בָּהֶם כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ בִּשְׁעַת סִלּוּק מַסָּעוֹת, שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה בָהֶם שֵׁשׁ: