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39:2
39:3

39:4

39:2	Second Reading Fifth Reading He made the ephod out of gold [thread], sky-blue, dark red and crimson wool, and twined linen. Vaya'as et-ha'efod zahav techelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani veshesh moshezar.
39:3	They beat out thin sheets of gold, and cut them into threads, which were [then] included in the sky-blue, dark red and crimson wool, and the fine linen. [The ephod was made] as a patterned brocade. Vayerake'u et-pachey hazahav vekitsets petilim la'asot betoch hatchelet uvetoch ha'argaman uvetoch tola'at hashani uvetoch hashesh ma'aseh choshev.
39:4	They made shoulder pieces for it, sewn to its two corners. Ktefot asu-lo choverot al-shney ketsotav chubar.

Commentary:

He
See note on Exodus 36:10.

made the ephod
The next few sections parallel Exodus 28:6-43.

thin sheets
See Numbers 17:3 (Radak, Sherashim).

brocade
Some say that gold threads were also interwoven in the tapestries for the Tabernacle (Baraitha of 49 Middoth).

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