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Exoduschapter 38

31 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th or 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Exodus 38— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Exodus 38. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 22 of 54

וַיַּקְהֵל Vayakhel, Exodus 35:1 to 38:20

Read with it: 1 Kings 7:40 to 7:50 in Ashkenazi use, and 1 Kings 7:13 to 7:26 in Sephardi use.

Weekly portion 23 of 54

פְקוּדֵי Pekudei, Exodus 38:21 to 40:38

Read with it: 1 Kings 7:51 to 8:21 in Ashkenazi use, and 1 Kings 7:40 to 7:50 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

The Reckoning of the Metals21

Exodus 38:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אֵ֣לֶּהʾelehtheseH428פְקוּדֵ֤יfekudei[were] [the] expenses ofH6485הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙hamishkanthe tabernacleH4908מִשְׁכַּ֣ןmishkan[the] tabernacle ofH4908הָעֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe testimonyH5715אֲשֶׁ֥רʾasherwhichH834פֻּקַּ֖דpukadit was recordedH6485עַל־ʾal-onH5921פִּ֣יpi[the] mouth ofH6310מֹשֶׁ֑הmoshehMosesH4872עֲבֹדַת֙ʾavodat[the] service ofH5656הַלְוִיִּ֔םhalviyimthe LevitesH3881בְּיַד֙beyadby [the] hand ofH3027אִֽיתָמָ֔רʾitamarIthamarH385בֶּֽן־ben-[the] son ofH1121אַהֲרֹ֖ןʾaharonAaronH175הַכֹּהֵֽן׃hakohenthe priestH3548

Ramban on Exodus 38:21

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Scripture uses this expression because the term “Tabernacle” means the curtains of fine-twined linen, which are so called both when the command was given. And thou shalt make the Tabernacle of ten curtains (above,:1).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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