## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 40

###### Onkelos Exodus 40:1
[Onkelos Exodus 40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:1)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:2
[Onkelos Exodus 40:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:2)

בְּיוֹמָא יַרְחָא קַדְמָאָה בְּחַד לְיַרְחָא תְּקִים יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“On the first day of the first month, you should set up the mishkon of the Tent of Meeting.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:3
[Onkelos Exodus 40:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:3)

וּתְשַׁוִּי תַמָּן יָת אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא **וְתַטֵּל** עַל אֲרוֹנָא יָת פָּרֻכְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Place the ark of Testimony there, and spread [**cover**] the paroches (partition) over the ark.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:4
[Onkelos Exodus 40:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:4)

וְתָעֵל יָת פָּתוֹרָא וְתַסְדַּר יָת סִדְרֵיהּ וְתָעֵל יָת מְנַרְתָּא וְתַדְלֵק יָת בּוֹצִינָהָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bring in the table and set it in order. Bring in the menorah and light its lamps.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:5
[Onkelos Exodus 40:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:5)

וְתִתֵּן יָת מַדְבְּחָא דְדַהֲבָא לִקְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמַיָּא** קֳדָם אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא וּתְשַׁוִּי יָת פְּרָסָא דְתַרְעָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Place the golden altar for burning incense [**of spices**], before the ark of Testimony. Place the screen at the mishkon’s entrance.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:6
[Onkelos Exodus 40:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:6)

וְתִתֵּן יָת מַדְבְּחָא דַעֲלָתָא קֳדָם תְּרַע מַשְׁכְּנָא מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Place the burnt-offering altar in front of the entrance of the mishkon of the Tent of Meeting.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:7
[Onkelos Exodus 40:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:7)

וְתִתֵּן יָת כִּיּוֹרָא בֵּין מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וּבֵין מַדְבְּחָא וְתִתֵּן תַּמָּן מַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Place the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water into it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:8
[Onkelos Exodus 40:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:8)

וּתְשַׁוֵּי יָת דַּרְתָּא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר וְתִתֵּן יָת פְּרָסָא דִּתְרַע דַּרְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Put up the enclosure all around, and set up the screen for the enclosure’s entrance.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:9
[Onkelos Exodus 40:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:9)

וְתִסַּב יָת מִשְׁחָא דִרְבוּתָא וּתְרַבֵּי יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא וְיָת כָּל דִּי בֵיהּ וּתְקַדֵּשׁ יָתֵיהּ וְיָת כָּל מָנוֹהִי וִיהֵי קוּדְשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Take the anointing oil, and anoint the mishkon and everything in it. Sanctify it and all its vessels so that it will become holy.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:10
[Onkelos Exodus 40:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:10)

וּתְרַבֵּי יָת מַדְבְּחָא דַעֲלָתָא וְיָת כָּל מָנוֹהִי וּתְקַדֵּשׁ יָת מַדְבְּחָא וִיהֵי מַדְבְּחָא קֹדֶשׁ קוּדְשִׁין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Anoint the burnt-offering altar and all its vessels. Sanctify the altar so that the altar becomes holy of holies.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:11
[Onkelos Exodus 40:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:11)

וּתְרַבֵּי יָת כִּיּוֹרָא וְיָת בְּסִיסֵיהּ וּתְקַדֵּשׁ יָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Anoint the laver and its base and sanctify it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:12
[Onkelos Exodus 40:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:12)

וּתְקָרֵב יָת אַהֲרֹן וְיָת בְּנוֹהִי לִתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְתַסְחֵי יָתְהוֹן בְּמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bring Aharon and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and immerse them in a mikveh.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:13
[Onkelos Exodus 40:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:13)

וְתַלְבֵּשׁ יָת אַהֲרֹן יָת לְבוּשֵׁי קוּדְשָׁא וּתְרַבֵּי יָתֵיהּ וּתְקַדֵּשׁ יָתֵיהּ וִישַׁמֵּשׁ **קֳדָמָי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Clothe Aharon with the sacred garments. Anoint him and sanctify him so that he may serve as a kohein to [**before**] Me.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:14
[Onkelos Exodus 40:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:14)

וְיָת בְּנוֹהִי תְּקָרֵב וְתַלְבֵּשׁ יָתְהוֹן כִּתּוּנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bring his sons and clothe them with undershirts.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:15
[Onkelos Exodus 40:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:15)

וּתְרַבֵּי יָתְהוֹן כְּמָא דִי רַבֵּיתָא יָת אֲבוּהוֹן וִישַׁמְּשׁוּן **קֳדָמָי** וּתְהֵי לְמֵהֶוֵי לְהוֹן רְבוּתְהוֹן לְכַהֲנוּת עָלָם לְדָרֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Anoint them as you anointed their father, so that they may serve as kohanim to [**before**] Me. This should be done so that their anointing will make them an eternal kehunah throughout their generations.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:16
[Onkelos Exodus 40:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:16)

וַעֲבַד משֶׁה כְּכֹל דִּי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָתֵיהּ כֵּן עֲבָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe did according to all that Adonoy commanded him—so he did.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:17
[Onkelos Exodus 40:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:17)

וַהֲוָה בְּיַרְחָא קַדְמָאָה בְּשַׁתָּא תִנְיֵתָא בְּחַד לְיַרְחָא אִתָּקַם מַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It was in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the mishkon was set up.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:18
[Onkelos Exodus 40:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:18)

וַאֲקֵם משֶׁה יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא וִיהַב יָת סַמְּכוֹהִי וְשַׁוִּי יָת דַּפּוֹהִי וִיהַב יָת עַבְרוֹהִי וַאֲקֵם יָת עַמּוּדוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe set up the mishkon, placed its sockets, put up its boards, put in its bars, and set up its pillars.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:19
[Onkelos Exodus 40:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:19)

וּפְרַס יָת פְּרָסָא עַל מַשְׁכְּנָא וְשַׁוִּי יָת חוֹפָאָה דְמַשְׁכְּנָא עֲלוֹהִי מִלְּעֵלָּא כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He spread the tent over the mishkon and placed the tent’s covering above it, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:20
[Onkelos Exodus 40:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:20)

וּנְסִיב וִיהַב יָת סַהֲדוּתָא לַאֲרוֹנָא וְשַׁוִּי יָת אֲרִיחַיָּא עַל אֲרוֹנָא וִיהַב יָת כַּפֻּרְתָּא עַל אֲרוֹנָא מִלְעֵלָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He took the Testimony and placed it into the ark, put the poles on the ark, and put the cover on top of the ark.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:21
[Onkelos Exodus 40:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:21)

וְאָעֵל יָת אֲרוֹנָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא וְשַׁוִּי יָת פָּרֻכְתָּא דִפְרָסָא וְאַטֵּל עַל אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He brought the ark into the mishkon and fastened the paroches (partition)-screen so that it covered the ark of Testimony, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:22
[Onkelos Exodus 40:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:22)

וִיהַב יָת פָּתוֹרָא בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא עַל צִדָּא דְמַשְׁכְּנָא צִפּוּנָא מִבָּרָא לְפָרֻכְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the mishkon, outside the paroches (partition).


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:23
[Onkelos Exodus 40:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:23)

וְסַדַּר עֲלוֹהִי סִדּוּר דִּלְחֵם קֳדָם יְיָ כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set upon it an arrangement of bread before Adonoy, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:24
[Onkelos Exodus 40:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:24)

וְשַׁוִּי יָת מְנַרְתָּא בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא לָקֳבֵל פָּתוֹרָא עַל צִדָּא דְמַשְׁכְּנָא לְדָרוֹמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He placed the Menorah in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the mishkon.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:25
[Onkelos Exodus 40:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:25)

וְאַדְלֵק בּוֹצִינָהָא קֳדָם יְיָ כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He lit the lamps before Adonoy, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:26
[Onkelos Exodus 40:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:26)

וְשַׁוִּי יָת מַדְבְּחָא דְדַהֲבָא בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא קֳדָם פָּרֻכְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He placed the golden altar inside the Tent of Meeting, in front of the paroches.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:27
[Onkelos Exodus 40:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:27)

וְאַקְטַר עֲלוֹהִי קְטֹרֶת בּוּסְמִין כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He burned the incense of spices upon it, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:28
[Onkelos Exodus 40:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:28)

וְשַׁוִּי יָת פְּרָסָא דְתַרְעָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set up the screen at the mishkon’s entrance.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:29
[Onkelos Exodus 40:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:29)

וְיָת מַדְבְּחָא דַעֲלָתָא שַׁוִּי בִּתְרַע מַשְׁכְּנָא מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְאַסֵּק עֲלוֹהִי יָת עֲלָתָא וְיָת מִנְחָתָא כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He placed the burnt-offering altar at the entrance of the mishkon of the Tent of Meeting. He sacrificed on it a burnt-offering and a meal-offering, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:30
[Onkelos Exodus 40:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:30)

וְשַׁוִּי יָת כִּיוֹרָא בֵּין מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וּבֵין מַדְבְּחָא וִיהַב תַּמָּן מַיָּא **לְקִדּוּשׁ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water into it for washing [**sanctification**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:31
[Onkelos Exodus 40:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:31)

**וִיקַדְּשׁוּן** מִנֵּיהּ משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וּבְנוֹהִי יָת יְדֵיהוֹן וְיָת רַגְלֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe, Aharon and his sons washed [**would sanctify**] their hands and feet from it,


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:32
[Onkelos Exodus 40:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:32)

בְּמֵעַלְהוֹן לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וּבְמִקְרָבְהוֹן לְמַדְבְּחָא **יְקַדְּשׁוּן** כְּמָא דִי פַּקִּיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
when they came to the Tent of Meeting and when they approached the altar they would wash [**sanctify themselves**], just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:33
[Onkelos Exodus 40:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:33)

וַאֲקֵם יָת דַּרְתָּא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְמַשְׁכְּנָא וּלְמַדְבְּחָא וִיהַב יָת פְּרָסָא דִּתְרַע דַּרְתָּא וְשֵׁיצֵי משֶׁה יָת עִבִידָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set up the enclosure around the mishkon and the altar, and put up the screen at the enclosure’s entrance, and thus Moshe completed the work.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:34
[Onkelos Exodus 40:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:34)

וַחֲפָא עֲנָנָא יָת מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וִיקָרָא דַיְיָ אִתְמְלִי יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Adonoy filled the mishkon.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:35
[Onkelos Exodus 40:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:35)

וְלָא יָכִיל משֶׁה לְמֵעַל לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא אֲרֵי שְׁרָא עֲלוֹהִי עֲנָנָא וִיקָרָא דַיְיָ אִתְמְלִי יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of Adonoy filled the mishkon.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:36
[Onkelos Exodus 40:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:36)

וּבְאִסְתַּלָּקוּת עֲנָנָא מֵעִלָּוֵי מַשְׁכְּנָא נָטְלִין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכֹל מַטְּלָנֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When the cloud rose up from over the mishkon, the B’nei Yisrael would set out in all their travels.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:37
[Onkelos Exodus 40:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:37)

וְאִם לָא יִסְתַּלַּק עֲנָנָא וְלָא נָטְלִין עַד יוֹמָא דְּאִסְתַּלָּקוּתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If the cloud did not rise, they would not set out until the day that it rose.


###### Onkelos Exodus 40:38
[Onkelos Exodus 40:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/40:38)

אֲרֵי עֲנָנָא **יְקָרָא דַ**יְיָ עַל מַשְׁכְּנָא בִּימָמָא **וְחֵיזוּ** אֶשָּׁתָא הֲוֵי בְלֵילְיָא בֵּיהּ לְעֵינֵי כָל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכֹל מַטְּלָנֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For the cloud of [**the Glory of**] Adonoy was upon the mishkon by day, and there was a [**vision of**] fire in it by night, before the eyes of the entire Beis Yisrael, in all their travels.