And it would follow (that labors for the sanctuary would override the Sabbath, viz.:) If the sacrificial service, which comes only from the enablers, (i.e., the vessels, etc.) overrides the Sabbath, then the (fixing of) the enablers of the sacrificial service, which (service) comes only from them—how much more so should they (i.e., their fixing) override the Sabbath! So that if the horn of the altar were removed or if the (sacrificial) knife were damaged, I would think they could be repaired on the Sabbath. It is, therefore, written "And Moses assembled, etc." (where the exhortation against working on the Sabbath (Ibid. 35:2-3) precedes their being charged with the work of the sanctuary—to teach that such work is to be done) on the weekday, and not on the Sabbath).
And it would follow (that labors for the sanctuary would
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