Orthodox Jewish Bible

Shemot 26:15-30 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

15. And thou shalt make the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan of acacia wood, standing erect.

16. Ten cubits shall be the length of each keresh (plank), and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each keresh (plank).

17. Two yadot (tenons, projections) shall there be in each keresh (plank), set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan.

18. And thou shalt make the kerashim (planks) for the Mishkan, twenty kerashim (planks) on the south side southward.

19. And thou shalt make arba'im sockets of kesef under the twenty kerashim (planks); two sockets under one keresh (plank) for its two yadot (tenons, projections), and two sockets under the next keresh (plank) for its two yadot.

20. And for the second wall of the Mishkan on the tzafon (north) side there shall be twenty kerashim (planks):

21. And their arba'im sockets of kesef; two sockets under one keresh (plank), and two sockets under the next keresh (plank).

22. And for the back of the Mishkan on the west, thou shalt make six kerashim (planks).

23. And two kerashim (planks) shalt thou make for the corners of the Mishkan in the rear.

24. And they shall be even beneath at the bottom, and they shall be joined together at the top of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

25. And they shall be shemoneh kerashim (eight planks), and their sockets of kesef, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one keresh, two sockets under the next keresh.

26. And thou shalt make crossbars of acacia wood; five for the kerashim (planks) of the one side of the Mishkan,

27. And five crossbars for the kerashim (planks) of the second wall of the Mishkan, and five crossbars for the kerashim (planks) of the wall of the Mishkan at the back, westward.

28. And the middle crossbar inside the kerashim (planks) shall extend from end to end.

29. And thou shalt overlay the kerashim (planks) with zahav, and make their rings of zahav as housing for the crossbars: and thou shalt overlay the crossbars with zahav.

30. And thou shalt erect the Mishkan according to the mishpat (plan, specifications) thereof which was showed thee in HaHar.