VayakhelShemot (exodus)

He made 50 loops on the one tapestry and 50 loops along the edge of the tapestry of the second set, each loop being exactly opposite its counterpart.

The length of each sheet was 30 cubits and the width of each sheet was four cubits, all 11 sheets being of the same size.

The length of each plank was 10 cubits, the width of each plank was one-and-a-half cubits, and the breadth of each plank was one cubit.

And he made 40 silver bases to place under the 20 planks, two bases under one plank, to accommodate its two tenons, and two bases under each following plank, to accommodate its two tenons.

All the planks were flush against each other at the bottom and flush against each other at the top, where every pair of adjoining planks was fitted together into a rectangular band. The two planks on the two corners he also made like this.

and five crossbars for the planks of the other long side of the Tabernacle, and five crossbars for the planks at the back of the Tabernacle, to the west. He made four half-length crossbars and one full-length crossbar for each side. Two of the half-length crossbars traversed the walls at a height of seven-and-a-half cubits and the other two at a height of two-and-a-half cubits.

Making the Curtain and the Screen
He made the partition Curtain woven out of threads composed of six strands each of turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, and twined linen. He made it with a woven design of cherubim having the appearance of eagles on one side of the Curtain and lions on the other side.

Making the Ark
Betzalel made the Ark of acacia wood, two-and-a-half cubits long, one-and-a-half cubits wide, and one-and-a-half cubits high. Even though Betzalel used his exceptional talents to supervise and oversee the fashioning of all the Tabernacle’s components and furnishings, in the case of the Ark, he applied his talents to the actual work of fashioning it, as well. Therefore his name is mentioned here singly and explicitly – as if he had fashioned the Ark all by himself.

The cherubim had their wings spread aloft to the level of their heads, so that their wings shielded the Cover. They faced one another, the faces of the cherubim being inclined downward toward the Cover.

Making the Table
He made the Table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

He made the utensils to go on the Table – its bread-forms, its spoons for the frankincense, its supporting frames for its shelving tubes, and its shelving tubes with which the bread would be covered – out of pure gold.

Six branches extended diagonally from its two sides, three branches of the Candelabrum on one side of it and three branches of the Candelabrum on its other side.

There were three engraved goblets, as well as a sphere and a flower, on the upper three handbreadths of one branch, and three engraved goblets, as well as a sphere and a flower, on the upper three handbreadths of the next branch; the same applied to all six branches extending from the stem of the Candelabrum.

Besides these spheres, there was also one sphere situated on the stem below the uppermost two branches that extended from the stem, another sphere below the next two branches that extended from the stem, and a third sphere below the lowest two branches that extended from the stem. These three spheres thus served as base-points for all the six branches extending from the stem of the Candelabrum.

He made its seven lamps, its wick-tongs, and its ash pans of pure gold.

He made two sets of gold rings for it below its rim, on each of the two corners of its two opposite sides, to serve as holders for the poles with which it would be carried.

He made all the Altar’s implements – the pots, scoops, basins, flesh-hooks, and fire pans; he made all its implements out of copper.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with copper.

He 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.

Making the Laver
He 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, to donate their mirrors. God instructed Moses to use this copper to make the Laver. Since the women had used these mirrors to promote marital harmony, it was fitting to use them to make the Laver, for a suspected adulteress drinks water taken from the Laver as part of the rite used to demonstrate her innocence and thereby restore marital harmony between her and her husband.

On 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.

The 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.