SCRIPTURA

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The Nineteenth, called תרומה terumah, begins [Exo 25:2], and ends [Exo 27:19].

The Twentieth, called תצוה tetsavveh, begins [Exo 27:20], and ends [Exo 30:10].

The Twenty-First, called תשא tissa, begins [Exo 30:11], and ends [Exo 34:35].

The Twenty-Second, called ויקהל vaiyakhel, begins [Exo 36:1], and ends [Exo 38:20].

The Twenty-Third, called פקודי pekudey, begins [Exo 38:21], and ends [Exo 40:38].

It will at once appear to the reader that these sections have their technical names from some remarkable word, either in the first or second verse of their commencement.