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Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Tetzaveh / You shall command - this week’s Torah reading

Prophecy 64, 108, 142;
Exodus 27:20-30:10;
Ezekiel 43:10-27;
Matthew 5:13-20;

Exodus 27:20-30:10

20 And you shall command the sons of Israel, and let them bring to you pure olive oil beaten1 for the light, to set up lamps perpetually.
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation from outside the veil which is by the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall arrange them from evening until morning before YAHUVEH; a never ending statute for their generations, from the sons of Israel.

*~Exodus Chapter 28 ~*

1 And you shall take to yourself your brother Aaron, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, for him to serve as priest to Me; Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.
2 And you shall make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty.
3 And you shall speak to all the wise-hearted whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom; and they shall make the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his serving as priest to Me.
4 And these are the garments which they shall make: a breast pocket, and an ephod, and a robe, and a tunic of woven stuff, a miter, and a girdle. And they shall make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, even for him to serve as priest to Me.
5 And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the crimson, and the bleached linen.
6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, crimson and bleached, twined linen, skilled work.
7 It shall have two shoulder pieces at its two ends; and it shall be joined together.
8 And the band of the ephod which is on it, like its work, shall be of it, gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and bleached, twined linen.
9 And you shall take two onyx stones; and you shall engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel.
10 Six of their names shall be on the one stone, and six of the remaining names on the second stone, according to their birth.
11 You shall engrave the two stones, the work of a stone engraver, the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall make them set in plaited work of gold.
12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the face of YAHUVEH, on his two shoulders for a remembrance.
13 And you shall make plaited work of gold:
14 and two chains of pure gold, you shall make them twisted, a work of cord; and you shall put chains of the cords on the plaited work.
15 And you shall make a breast pocket of judgment, skilled work, like the work of the ephod you shall make it: gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and bleached, twined linen you shall make it.
16 It shall be square, being doubled, its length a span and its width a span.
17 And you shall fill in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row.
18 And the second row: emerald, sapphire and diamond.
19 And the third row: jacinth, agate and amethyst.
20 And the fourth row: chrysolite, onyx and jasper. They shall be plaited with gold in their settings.
21 And the stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, the engraving of a signet; they shall be each according to his name for the twelve tribes.
22 And you shall make chains of woven work on the breast pocket, a work of cords, in pure gold.
23 And you shall make two rings of gold on the breast pocket. And you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breast pocket.
24 And you shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings, at the end of the breast pocket.
25 And you shall put the two ends of the two cords on the two plaitings. And you shall put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to the front of it.
26 And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breast pocket, on its edge, inward across from the ephod.
27 And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod, from beneath, at its front, near its joining, above the band of the ephod.
28 And they shall fasten the breast pocket from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue ribbon, to be above the band; and the breast pocket may not move itself from the ephod.
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breast pocket of judgment on his heart, in his going into the holy place, for a memorial before the face of YAHUVEH continually.
30 And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim into the breast pocket of judgment; and they shall be on the heart of Aaron in his going before the face of YAHUVEH. And Aaron shall bear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before the face of YAHUVEH continually.
31 And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32 And the mouth in its top shall be in its middle; a binding shall be all around its mouth, of woven work; it shall be like the mouth of a corselet; it may not be torn.
33 And you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and crimson on its hem, all around on its hem; also bells of gold shall be among them all around:
34 a bell of gold and a pomegranate; a bell of gold and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around.
35 And it shall be on Aaron for ministering; and its sound shall be heard in his going into the sanctuary before the face of YAHUVEH, and in his coming out, that he should not die.
36 And you shall make a plate of pure gold. And you shall engrave on it the engravings of a signet: HOLINESS TO YAHUVEH.
37 And you shall put a ribbon of blue on it, and it shall be on the miter, to the front of the miter it shall be.
38 And it shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things which will sanctify the sons of Israel to all their holy gifts. And it shall be on his forehead continually, for acceptance for them before the face of YAHUVEH.
39 And you shall weave the tunic of bleached linen, and you shall make a miter of bleached linen, and you shall make a girdle, the work of an embroiderer.
40 And you shall make tunics for the sons of Aaron; and you shall make girdles for them; and you shall make turbans for them, for glory and for beauty.
41 And you shall clothe your brother Aaron with them, and his sons with him; and you shall anoint them, and you shall consecrate them, and you shall sanctify them. And they shall minister as priests to Me.
42 And make bleached linen breeches for them, to cover the naked flesh, from the loins as far as the thighs they shall be.
43 And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons in their going into the tabernacle of the congregation, or in their drawing near to the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and so that they shall not raise up iniquity and die. It is a never ending statute to him and to his seed after him.

*~Exodus Chapter 29 ~*

1 And this is the thing which you shall do to them, to sanctify them to minister as priests to Me: take one bull, the son of the herd, and two rams without blemish,
2 and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes poured over with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.
3 And you shall put them into one basket and shall bring them near in the basket, and the bull and the two rams.
4 And you shall take Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of congregation. And you shall wash them in water.
5 And you shall take the garments, and you shall clothe Aaron with the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast plate. And you shall bind it to him with the band of the ephod.
6 And you shall put the miter on his head; and you shall put the holy crown on the miter.
7 And you shall take the oil of anointing and shall pour on his head, and shall anoint him.
8 And you shall take his sons and clothe them with tunics.
9 And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons; and you shall bind on turbans for them; and it shall be a never ending statute for them in the priest’s office. And you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
10 And you shall bring near the bull before the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.
11 And you shall slaughter the bull before the face of YAHUVEH, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
12 And you shall take of the bull’s blood and shall put it on the horns of the altar with your finger. And you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
13 And you shall take all the fat that covers the inward parts, and the lobe on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, and you shall burn them on the altar.
14 And you shall burn the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
15 And you shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
16 And you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and shall sprinkle it on the altar all around.
17 And you shall cut the ram into pieces; and you shall wash its inward parts, and its legs, and shall place them on its pieces and on its head.
18 And you shall burn all the ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to YAHUVEH, a soothing fragrance; it is a fire offering to YAHUVEH.
19 And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
20 And you shall slaughter the ram; and you shall take of its blood and shall put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and you shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around.
21 And you shall take of the blood on the altar, and the oil of anointing, and you shall sprinkle on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him.
22 And you shall take the fat from the ram, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the inward parts, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, and the right leg; for it is a ram of consecration;
23 also one loaf of bread, and one cake of oil bread, and one wafer, from the basket of unleavened bread which is before the face of YAHUVEH.
24 And you shall put all on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons. And you shall wave them, a wave offering before the face of YAHUVEH.
25 And you shall take them from their hands, and you shall burn the burnt offering on the altar for a soothing fragrance before the face of YAHUVEH; it is a fire offering to YAHUVEH.
26 And you shall take the breast from the ram of consecration which is on Aaron. And you shall wave it a wave offering before the face of YAHUVEH; it shall be your portion.
27 And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved and which is lifted from the ram of consecration, from what is Aaron’s, and from what is to his sons.
28 And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons for a never ending statute from the sons of Israel; it is for a heave offering, and it shall be a heave offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their heave offering to YAHUVEH.
29 And the holy garments which are Aaron’s shall be his sons’ after him, for anointing in them and for filling their hands in them.
30 The priest shall put them on seven days, the one from his sons taking his place; the one who comes into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the sanctuary.
31 And you shall take the ram of consecration, and you shall boil its flesh in a sanctuary.
32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread which is in the basket at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
33 And they shall eat those things by which atonement is made to consecrate them, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat, for they are holy.
34 And if any is left of the flesh of consecration, and of the bread, until the morning, you shall burn what is left with fire; it shall not be eaten, for it is holy.
35 And so you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all which I have commanded you; you shall consecrate them seven days.
36 And you shall offer a bull of a sin offering daily for atonement; and you shall purify the altar in your making atonement for it; and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.
37 You shall make atonement seven days for the altar, and shall sanctify it; and the altar shall become most holy, all touching the altar becomes holy.
38 And this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs daily, sons of a year, continually.
39 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second lamb you shall offer between the evenings.
40 And a tenth of fine flour anointed with beaten oil, a fourth of a hin; and a drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine, for the one lamb.
41 And you shall offer the second lamb between the evenings; you shall do to it like the morning food offering and its drink offering, for a soothing fragrance, a fire offering to YAHUVEH.
42 This shall be a continual burnt offering to your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the face of YAHUVEH; there where I meet you to speak to you there.
43 And I will meet the sons of Israel here and it shall be sanctified by My glory.
44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar. And I will sanctify Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me.
45 And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel; and I will be ELOHIM to them.
46 And they shall know that I am YAHUVEH their ELOHIM, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, that I may dwell in their midst. I am YAHUVEH their ELOHIM.

*~Exodus Chapter 30 ~*

1 And you shall make an altar, a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
2 It shall be a cubit in length and a cubit in width; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits, its horns are to be a part of itself.
3 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its walls all around, and its horns. And you shall make a wreath of gold for it all around.
4 And you shall make two rings of gold for it under its wreath; you shall make its two corners on its two sides; and they shall be housings for poles, to lift them up by it.
5 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood; and you shall overlay them with gold.
6 And you shall put it before the veil which is beside the ark of the testimony; in front of the mercyseat which is over the testimony, there where I meet you.
7 And Aaron shall burn incense of perfume on it morning by morning; when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it.
8 And when Aaron sets up the lamps between the evenings he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the face of YAHUVEH for your generations.
9 You shall not offer up strange incense on it, and burnt offering and food offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering, to go up on it.
10 And Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in a year; from the blood of the sin offering of the atonement once in the year he shall make atonement on it for your generations; it is most holy to YAHUVEH.