Section 51
Covering upon Tsiyon And he said to Tsadoq the Kohen, Go, bring that covering which is upon Tsiyon, and take you this covering which is better than that, and lay it over the two [cherubs] which are below it.” (Now this covering was made of threads of the finest gold wirework twisted together and hammered out into a pattern, and they were not woven like the threads of purple.) And the five mice 2 which were given to Tsiyon, and the ten 3 figures of their shame (i.e. the emerods) which the nobles of the Philistines made for their redemption - now on the fringes are figures of gold that came forth from the land of Kades, which Mosheh in Sinai commanded should be made (or, worked) in the fringe of the apparel of Aharon his brother - gather [all these] together in the covering of Tsiyon and give [them] to my son Daviyd. For his mother said in [her] message by Tamrin her servant, Give us some of the fringe of the covering of Tsiyon, so that we may worship it, we and those who are in subjection to us and all our kingdom.’ And now, give it to him, and say to him, Take [and] worship this covering of Tsiyon, for your mother sent a message concerning this, and has said to you thyself, Give us some of the fringe of its covering, which we can worship, so that we may not, like the heathen, worship another [Elohim].’ And Tsiyon, the Tabot of the Torah of Elohim, shall be to you a guide wheresoever you are. But it must remain with us perpetually, although we have not paid it all the honour which is its due; and you, although it be not with you, must honour it, and revere it according to what is due to it and what is meet. For Elohim said to Eli by the mouth of Shemu'el the Navi, I wished you to remain, you and your father’s house, to offer up incense to the Tabot of My Torah, and to dwell before Me for ever, but now I have repented. I will turn My face away from you because you hast treated My offerings with contempt, and hast preferred your sons to Me. And now, him that honoureth Me I will honour, and him that esteemeth Me lightly I will esteem lightly; and I will destroy all your seed.’ This He said because the Levites had esteemed Him lightly. And say to him: Take this covering of Tsiyon, and this votive gift shall be in the place of it, and place it in your sanctuary. And when you takest an oath and makest another to take an oath, swear you and make him to swear by it, so that you do not make mention of the names of other gods of the heathen. And when you sacrificest let your face be towards us, and sacrifice to Yerushalayim and the qodesh Tsiyon; and when you prayest let your face be towards Yerushalayim, and pray towards us.”