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G-d commands Moshe to
build a mishkan (sanctuary)
and supplies him with detailed instructions.
Bnei Yisrael are asked to
contribute precious metals and stones,
fabrics, skins, oil and spices. In the Mishkan's
outer courtyard
is an altar for the burnt offerings and a laver for washing.
The Tent of Meeting is divided by a
curtain into two chambers.
The outer chamber is accessible only to the kohanim, the
descendants
of Aharon. This contains the table of showbreads,
the menorah,
and the golden incense altar.
The innermost chamber, the Holy of Holies,
may be entered only by
the kohen gadol, and only once a year, on Yom
Kippur. Here is the
ark that held the Ten Commandments inscribed on the two tablets
of stone which G-d gave to the Jewish nation on Mount
Sinai.
All of the utensils and vessels, as well as the
construction of the
mishkan, are described in extraordinary detail. |
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