Pikudei
Accounts aren’t balanced. Accounts are what do the balancing.
All of the gold, silver, and copper is counted and accounted for. The eight priestly garments are fashioned and sown. The Mishkan, the Tabernacle is completed. Moses establishes the Divine dwelling and consecrates it with the anointing oil. Aaron and his sons are initiated into the priesthood. A cloud appears upon the Sanctuary and the Divine Presence has come to dwell within the Temple.
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