 CHAPTER 26 THROUGH THIRTY OF EXITUS, AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org Recording by Sam Stinson, CHAPTER 26 Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains, a fine twined linen, and blue and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workmen, shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits, and all the curtains shall have one measure. Five curtains shall be coupled together, one to another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another, and thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvage in the coupling, and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another, and thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, and the tabernacle shall be one whole, and thou shalt make curtains of goat's hair for a tent over the tabernacle. Eleven curtains shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits, the eleven curtains shall have one measure, and thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling, and thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be one. And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth shall hang over the back of the tabernacle, and the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side, and on that side to cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of ram's skins dyed red, and a covering of seal skins above, and thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of Acacia Wood standing up. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another, thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle twenty boards for the south side southward, and thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side twenty boards, and there forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board, and for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward, thou shalt make six boards, and two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle tender part, and they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto, the top thereof, unto one ring, thus shall it be for them both. They shall be for the two corners, and there shall be eight boards, and there are sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board, and thou shalt make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end, and thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars, and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold, and thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof, which hath been showed thee in the mount, and thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workmen shall it be made, and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia, overlaid with gold, their hooks shall be of gold upon four sockets of silver, and thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony, and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy, and thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place, and thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south, and thou shalt put the table on the north side, and thou shalt make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer, and thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold, their hooks shall be of gold, and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. CHAPTER 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad. The altar shall be four square, and the height thereof shall be three cubits, and thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof. The horns thereof shall be of one piece with it, and thou shalt overlay it with brass, and thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh hooks, and its fire pans. All the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass, and thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass, and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof, and thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass, and the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar in bearing it. Hollow with planks shalt thou make it, as it hath been showed thee in the mount. So shall they make it, and thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle for the southside southward, there shall be hangings for the court of fine twine linen, a hundred cubits long for one side, and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for the northside in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass, the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the westside shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten, and the breadth of the court on the eastside eastward shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen. The work of the embroiderer, their pillars four and their sockets four, all the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver, their hooks of silver and their sockets of brass. The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty, everywhere, and the height five cubits, a fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. All the instruments of the tabernacle, and all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court shall be of brass. And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it, in order from evening to morning before Jehovah. It shall be a statute for ever, throughout their generations, on the behalf of the children of Israel. And bring thou near unto the Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me and the priest's office. Then Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eliezer, and Ifamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me and the priest's office. And these are the garments which they shall make, a breastplate, and an ephid, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a miter, and a girdle, and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother and his sons, that he may minister unto me and the priest's office. And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen, and they shall make the ephid of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twine linen, the work of the skillful workman. Which shall have two shoulder pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together. And the skillfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith two girded on, shall be like the work thereof, and of the same piece, of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twine linen. And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel, six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver and stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel, thou shalt make them to be enclosed in settings of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder pieces of the ephid, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial. And thou shalt make settings of gold, and two chains of pure gold, like cords shalt thou make them of wreathen work, and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings, and thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment. The work of the skillful workmen, like the work of the ephid, thou shalt make it of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twine linen. Shalt thou make it, for square it shall be and double, a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones, a row of sarges, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row, and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond, and the third row adjacent, an agate, and an amethyst, and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper, they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings. And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet. Everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords of wreathen work of pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephid in the four part thereof. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephid inward. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephid underneath, in the four part thereof, close by the coupling thereof above the skilfully woven band of the ephid, and they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephid with a lace of blue. That it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephid, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephid. An errand shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place for a memorial before Jehovah continually. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the earm and the thumb, and they shall be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah, and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. And thou shalt make the robe of the ephid all of blue. And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof. It shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it. As it were the hole of a coat of mail that it be not rent. And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet round about the skirts thereof, and bells of gold between them round about. A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate upon the skirts of the robe round about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister, and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not. And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, holy to Jehovah. And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the miter, upon the forefront of the miter it shall be. And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall hollow in all their holy gifts. And it shall be always upon his forehead that they may be accepted before Jehovah. And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a miter of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle the work of the embroiderer. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness, from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach. And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar, to minister in the holy place, that they bear not iniquity and die. It shall be a statute for ever unto him, and unto his seed after him. And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them, to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office. Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened, mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened, anointed with oil. Of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them, and thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket with the bullock and the two rams. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water, and thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephid, and the ephid and the breastplate, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephid, and thou shalt set the miter upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the miter. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him, and thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them, and thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute, and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons, and thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock, and thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar, and thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the call upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp. It is a sin offering. Thou shalt also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram, and thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar, and thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head, and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt offering unto Jehovah. It is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. And thou shalt take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him, and he shall be hallowed in his garments and his sons and his sons' garments with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the fat tail and the fat that covereth the inwards and the call of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them and the right thigh, for it is a ram of consecration, and one loaf of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Jehovah, and thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron and upon the hands of his sons and shalt wave them for a wave offering before Jehovah, and thou shalt take them from their hands and burn them on the altar upon the burnt offering for a sweet savor before Jehovah it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration and wave it for a wave offering before Jehovah, and it shall be thy portion, and thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering which is waived and which is heaved up of the ram of consecration even of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons, and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel for it is a heave offering, and it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings even their heave offering unto Jehovah, and the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them. Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place, and thou shalt take the ram of consecration and boil its flesh in a holy place. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the door of the tent of meeting, and they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made to consecrate and to sanctify them, but a stranger shall not eat their rough because they are holy, and if ought of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten because it is holy, and thus shalt thou do unto Aaron and to his sons according to all that I have commanded thee. Seven days shalt thou consecrate them, and every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin offering for atonement, and thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou makeest atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it to sanctify it. Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar and sanctify it, and the altar shall be most holy whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar. Two lambs a year old, day by day continually, the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and with the one lamb a tenth part of an effa, a fine flower mingled with the fourth part of a hint of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hint of wine for a drink offering. In the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do there too according to the meal offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you to speak there unto thee, and there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tent shall be sanctified by my glory, and I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify to minister to me in the priest's office, and I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God, and they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them. I am Jehovah their God. End of Chapter 29, Chapter 30. And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon. Of acacia would shalt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof. Four squares shall it be, and two cubits shall be the height thereof, the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof, and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. And two golden rings shalt thou make for it, under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them. And they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it. And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put it before the veil, that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat, that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices, every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps it even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah, throughout your generations. Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering, and ye shall pour no drink offering thereon. And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it, once in the year, with the blood of the sin offering of atonement, once in the year shall he make atonement for it, throughout your generations. It is most holy unto Jehovah. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, When thou takeest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them, that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them, that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel is twenty garas, half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah, everyone that passeth over unto them, that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward shall give the offering of Jehovah, the rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah to make atonement for your souls. And thou shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah to make atonement for your souls. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash, and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein, and Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat. When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not, or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not, and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. Moreover, Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, a flowing myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon, half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus, two hundred and fifty, and of cassia, five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil, a hen, and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil, and thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting in the ark of the testimony, and the table, and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick, and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver in the base thereof, and thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy, and thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office, and thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof. It is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever puteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people. In Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto these sweet spices, stockty in Annika and Galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, of each shall there be a like weight, and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy, and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee, it shall be unto you most holy. In the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof, ye shall not make for yourselves. It shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people. End of chapter 30 chapters 31 through 35 of Exodus, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org, recording by Sam Stinson, chapter 31. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Her, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have appointed with him a Holy Abbe, the son of Ahi Samaq, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted, I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee, the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is there upon, and all the furniture of the tent, and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base, and the finely-wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded thee, shall they do. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you, throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifyeth you, ye shall keep the sabbath therefore, for it is holy unto you. Every one that profaneeth it shall surely be put to death, for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah. Whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever. For in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. End of chapter 31, chapter 32. And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, up, make us gods which shall go before us, for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, break off the golden rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people break off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf. And they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to Jehovah. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down, for thy people that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them, and I will make of thee a great nation. And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, thy servants to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and said unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And Jehovah repented of the evil, which he said he would do unto his people. And Moses turned and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand, tables that were written on both their sides, on the one side and on the other, were they written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. And when Joshua heard the noise of the people, as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery. Neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome. But the noise of them that sing, do I hear? And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing. And Moses' anger waxed hot. And he cast the tables out of his hands, and break them beneath the mount. And he took the calf, which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewn it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them? And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot. Thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil. For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us. For as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him. And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me, and I cast it into the fire. And there came out this calf. And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, for Aaron had let them loose, for a derision among their enemies. Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah's side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. And he said unto them, Thus sayeth Jehovah, the God of Israel, put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from the gate to gate, throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And there fell on the people that day about 3,000 men. And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves today to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother, that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. And it came to pass on the morrow that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin, and now I will go up unto Jehovah, for adventure I shall make atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto Jehovah and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin, and if not blot me, I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book, and now go lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee. Behold, mine angel shall go before thee. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. End of Chapter 32, Chapter 33. In Jehovah spake unto Moses, depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I swear unto Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, saying, unto thy seed will I give it. And I will send an angel before thee, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Parasite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee in the way. And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned, and no man did put on him his ornaments. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people, if I go up into the midst of thee, for one moment I shall consume thee. Therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horrib onward. Now, Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, a far off from the camp. And he called it the tent of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp. And it came to pass when Moses went out unto the tent, that all the people rose up and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tent. And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tent, and Jehovah spake with Moses. And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the tent, and all the people rose up and worshipped every man at his tent door. And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp. But his minister, Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man departed not out of the tent. And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, bring up this people, and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight. Now therefore I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight, and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, my presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also, that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face, for man shall not see me, and live. And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock, and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by. And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back. But my face shall not be seen. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou breakest, and be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount, neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto Mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. And that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. And Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord I pray thee, go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. And he said, Behold, I make a covenant. Before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation, and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah, for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee. Observe thou that which I command thee this day. Behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Parasite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, whether thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee. But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their asheram. For thou shalt worship no other God, for Jehovah, whose name is jealous, is a jealous God. Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice, and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. All that openeth the womb is mine, and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep, and the firstling of an ass, thou shalt redeem with the lamb. And if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the firstborn of thy sons, thou shalt redeem, and none shall appear before me empty. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest. In plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel, for I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders. Neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God. Three times in the year thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. Neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left unto the morning. The first of the first fruits of thy ground, thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did neither eat bread nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. And it came to pass when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the Mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come nigh him. And Moses called unto them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him, and Moses spake to them. And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh, and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out, and he came out and spake unto the children of Israel, that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. And of Chapter 34, Chapter 35. And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah. Whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day. And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying, Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah, whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it. Jehovah's offering, gold and silver and brass, and blue and purple and scarlet, and fine linen and goat's hair, and ram's skin, dyed red, and seal skins, and acacia wood, and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, and onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephid, and for the breastplate. And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded, the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen, the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread, the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light, and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, and the door of the tabernacle, the altar of burnt offering with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver, and its base, the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office, and all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses, and they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Jehovah's offering for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments, and they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, and ear rings, and signet rings, and armlets, and jewels of gold, even every man that offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah, and every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goat's hair, and ram's skins dyed red, and seal skins brought them. Everyone that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah's offering, and every man with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue and the purple, the scarlet and the fine linen, and all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goat's hair, and the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set for the eve and for the breastplate, and the spice and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. The children of Israel brought a free will offering unto Jehovah, every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses. And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Her, of the tribe of Judah, and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, and to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skillful workmanship. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach both he and Aholiab, the son of Ahi Samach, of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skillful works. End of chapter 35. Chapters 36-40 of Exodus, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Sam Stinson, chapter 36. And Bezalel and Aholiab shall work in every wise-hearted man in whom Jehovah hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah hath commanded. And Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every wise-hearted man in whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it. And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him free will offerings every morning. And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they wrought, and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains, a fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workmen, Bezalel, made them. The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain, four cubits. All the curtains had one measure. And he coupled five curtains one to another, and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling. Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another. And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps. So the tabernacle was one. And he made curtains of goat's hair for a tent over the tabernacle. Eleven curtains he made them. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure. And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling. And fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling. And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together that it might be one. And he made a covering for the tent of ram's skins dyed red, and a covering of seal skins above. And he made the boards for the tabernacle of Acacia wood standing up. Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit, and a half the breadth of each board. Each board had two tenons joined one to another. Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. And he made the boards for the tabernacle. Twenty boards for the south side southward. And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards. Two sockets under one board for its two tenons. And two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle. On the north side he made twenty boards. And there forty sockets of silver. Two sockets under one board. And two sockets under another board. And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. And they were double beneath. And in like manner they were entire unto the top thereof, unto one ring. Thus he did to both of them in the two corners. And there were eight boards. And there sockets of silver. Sixteen sockets under every board. Two sockets. And he made bars of acacia wood. Five for the board of the one side of the tabernacle. And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle. And five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. And he overlaid the boards with gold. And made their rings of gold for places for the bars. And overlaid the bars with gold. And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman made he it. And he made there unto four pillars of acacia. And overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. And he cast for them four sockets of silver. And he made a screen for the door of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen. The work of the embroiderer. And the five pillars of it with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their filets with gold. And their five sockets were of brass. End of chapter 36. Chapter 37. And Bezalel made the arc of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was the length of it. And a cubit and a half the breadth of it. And a cubit and a half the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without. And made a crown of gold to it round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold. And the four feet thereof. Even two rings on the one side of it. And two rings on the other side of it. And he made staves of acacia wood. And overlaid them with gold. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the arc to bear the arc. And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was the length thereof. And a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubim of gold. Of beaten work made he them. At the two ends of the mercy seat. One cherub at the one end. And one cherub at the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat made he the cherubim. At the two ends thereof. And the cherubim spread out their wings on high. Covering the mercy seat with their wings. With their faces one to another. Toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. And he made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was the length thereof. And a cubit the breadth thereof. And a cubit and a half the height thereof. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he made the table of gold round about. And he made unto it a border of a hand breadth round about. And made a golden crown to the border thereof round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold. And put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. Close by the border were the rings. The places for the staves to bear the table. And he made the staves of acacia wood. And overlaid them with gold to bear the table. And he made the vessels which were the dishes thereof. And the spoons thereof. And the bowls thereof. And the flagons thereof. Wherewith to pour out of pure gold. And he made the candlestick of pure gold. Of beaten work made he the candlestick. Even its base. And its shaft. Its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it. And there were six branches going out of the sides thereof. Three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof. And three branches thereof. Three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch. A knob and a flower. And three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch. A knob and a flower. So for the six branches going out of the candlestick. And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond blossoms. The knobs thereof. And the flowers thereof. And a knob under two branches of one piece with it. And a knob under two branches of one piece with it. And branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it, the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold, and he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. And he made the altar of incense of Acacia Wood. Acubit was the length thereof, and Acubit the breadth thereof, four square. And two cubits was the height thereof, the horns thereof, were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it. And he made unto it a crown of gold round about, and he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves were with to bear it. And he made the staves of Acacia Wood, and overlaid them with gold, and he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. And of chapter thirty-seven, chapter thirty-eight. And he made the altar of burnt offering of Acacia Wood. Five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, four square. And three cubits the height thereof, and he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it. The horns thereof were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the basins, the flesh hooks and the fire pans, all the vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a grading of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching half way up. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grading of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of Acacia Wood, and overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it. He made it hollow with blanks. And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting. And he made the court for the south side southward the hangings. Of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits. Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three, and so for the other side. On this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. All the hangings of the court round about were a fine twined linen, and the sockets for the pillars were of brass, the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets of silver, and the overlangs of their capitals of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, and twenty cubits was the length, and the height and the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. And their pillars were four, and their sockets four of brass, their hooks of silver, and the overlangs of their capitals, and their fillets of silver, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about were of brass. This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. And Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Her, of the tribe of Judah, made all the Jehovah commanded Moses, and with him was Aholi of the son of Ahisomach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen. All the gold that was used for the work, and all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and three score, and fifteen shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary. Abika ahead, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them, that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty men. And the hundred talents of silver were forecasting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil, a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. And of the thousand, seven hundred, seventy, and five shekels, he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them, and the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. Therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar, and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. And of chapter thirty-eight, chapter thirty-nine. And of the blue and purple and scarlet they made finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as Jehovah commanded Moses, and he made the effet of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, and they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workmen. They made shoulder pieces for it, joined together, at the two ends was it joined together, and the skillfully woven band that was upon it wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece, and like the work thereof of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel, and he put them on the shoulder pieces of the effet, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he made the breastplate, the work of the skillful workmen, like the work of the effet, of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It was four square. They made the breastplate double, a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sarges, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row, and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond, and the third row a jacenth, an agate, and an amethyst, and the fourth row a barrel, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in enclosings of gold in their settings, and the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name for the twelve tribes. And they made upon the breastplate chains, like cords, of reathen work of pure gold. And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate, and they put the two reathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two reathen chains, they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the effet, in the four part thereof. And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the effet inward. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the effet underneath, in the four part thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skillfully woven band of the effet. And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof, unto the rings of the effet, with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skillfully woven band of the effet, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the effet, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he made the robe of the effet of woven work, all of blue, and the whole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the whole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the whole of it, that it should not be rent. And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple and scarlet and twined linen. And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates. A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons, and the mitre of fine linen in the goodly head tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, holy to Jehovah. And they tied unto it a lace of blue to fasten it upon the mitre above, as Jehovah commanded Moses. Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses. So did they. And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the covering of ram's skins, dyed red, and the covering of seal skins, and the veil of the screen, the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread, the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light, and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the tent, the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver, and its bays, the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the quartz thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of meeting, the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office, according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. And Moses saw all the work, and behold they had done it, as Jehovah had commanded, even so had they done it, and Moses blessed them. CHAPTER 40 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month, shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil, and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it, and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof, and thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the arc of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt set the lather between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put water therein, and thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court, and thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof, and it shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me and the priest's office. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them, and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me and the priest's office, and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. Thus did Moses, according to all that Jehovah commanded him. So did he. And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark. And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. And he set the bread and order upon it before Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the veil. And he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle, of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering, and the meal offering, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands, and their feet thereat. When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward throughout all their journeys. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.