Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
Hashem tells Moshe to have the people bring pure olive oil, beaten, for a lamp that burns from evening to morning. Aharon and his sons are to serve as kohanim, and wise-hearted craftsmen make them garments for honor and beauty. Aharon wears an ephod with two shoham stones on its shoulders, engraved with the names of the tribes, six on each; a breastpiece folded double, set with twelve stones, with the Urim and Tumim inside it over his heart; a blue robe with pomegranates and gold bells around the hem, so his sound is heard when he goes in; and a gold plate on his forehead that says "Holy to Hashem." Then seven days of consecration: rams, bread in a basket, blood on the right ear, thumb and toe, and the hands of the kohanim filled. A lamb every morning and every evening, and Hashem says, "I will dwell among the children of Israel." Last comes a small gold altar for incense. In this whole parsha, Moshe's name is never written; Hashem speaks to him only as "and you."