TETZAVEH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Exodus 27:20 - 30:10

Garbed in the robe and ephod, on his brow
The golden signet-plate of holy things,
The breast-plate with the twelve stones that endow
The heart with judgment, tied by golden strings
Upon his heart: so might Moshe have stood,
If at the first call he had not shrunk back,
Pleading with G-d to send by whom G-d would,
Till Aharon was called to fill the lack.
There would be two: the one in privity
With the Eternal, and the one who wore
The splendor of G-d’s favor outwardly
And showed toward G-d the love the people bore
In precious stuffs and work of skillful hand.
Thus was Moshe commanded to command.