The Altar of Burnt Offering^(A)

27 “You shall make ^(B)an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits. ² You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze. ³ Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. ⁵ You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar. ⁶ And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. ⁷ The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it. ⁸ You shall make it hollow with boards; ^(C)as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.

The Court of the Tabernacle^(D)

^9 (E)“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side. ¹⁰ And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver. ¹¹ Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

¹² “And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. ¹³ The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. ¹⁵ And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

¹⁶ “For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their ^(F)hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze. ¹⁹ All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

The Care of the Lampstand^(G)

²⁰ “And ^(H)you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to ^[a]burn continually. ²¹ In the tabernacle of meeting, ^(I)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, ^(J)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. ^(K)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

Garments for the Priesthood^(L)

28 “Now take ^(M)Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as ^(N)priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: ^(O)Nadab, Abihu, ^(P)Eleazar, and Ithamar. ² And ^(Q)you shall make ^[b]holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. ³ So ^(R)you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, ^(S)whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. ⁴ And these are the garments which they shall make: ^(T)a breastplate, ^(U)an ^[c]ephod, ^(V)a robe, ^(W)a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and ^(X)a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

⁵ “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, ^6 (Y)and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked. ⁷ It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together. ⁸ And the ^[d]intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

⁹ “Then you shall take two onyx ^(Z)stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: ¹⁰ six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their ^(AA)birth. ¹¹ With the work of an ^(AB)engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. ¹² And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So ^(AC)Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders ^(AD)as a memorial. ¹³ You shall also make settings of gold, ¹⁴ and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

The Breastplate^(AE)

^15 (AF)“You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. ¹⁶ It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. ^17 (AG)And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a ^[e]sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; ¹⁸ the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹⁹ the third row, a ^[f]jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰ and the fourth row, a ^[g]beryl, an ^[h]onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings. ²¹ And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

²² “You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold. ²³ And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. ²⁴ Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate; ²⁵ and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

²⁶ “You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod. ²⁷ And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the ^[i]intricately woven band of the ephod. ²⁸ They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.

²⁹ “So Aaron shall ^(AH)bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually. ³⁰ And ^(AI)you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the ^[j]Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.

Other Priestly Garments^(AJ)

^31 (AK)“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. ³² There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear. ³³ And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: ³⁴ a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around. ³⁵ And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord and when he comes out, that he may not die.

^36 (AL)“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

³⁷ And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. ³⁸ So it shall be on Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may ^(AM)bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their ^[k]holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be ^(AN)accepted before the Lord.

³⁹ “You shall ^(AO)skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.

^40 (AP)“For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make ^[l]hats for them, for glory and ^(AQ)beauty. ⁴¹ So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall ^(AR)anoint them, ^(AS)consecrate them, and ^[m]sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests. ⁴² And you shall make ^(AT)for them linen trousers to cover their ^[n]nakedness; they shall ^[o]reach from the waist to the thighs. ⁴³ They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near ^(AU)the altar to minister in the holy place, that they ^(AV)do not incur ^[p]iniquity and die. ^(AW)It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.

The Assurance of God’s Saving Work

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

The Wiles of a Harlot

The Coming of the Son of Man^(A)

^29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days ^(C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ^30 (D)Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ^(E)and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ^31 (F)And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His ^[a]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree^(G)

³² “Now learn ^(H)this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. ³³ So you also, when you see all these things, know ^(I)that ^[b]it is near—at the doors! ³⁴ Assuredly, I say to you, ^(J)this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. ^35 (K)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

No One Knows the Day or Hour^(L)

^36 (M)“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of ^[c]heaven, ^(N)but My Father only. ³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^38 (O)For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^40 (P)Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. ^42 (Q)Watch therefore, for you do not know what ^[d]hour your Lord is coming. ^43 (R)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what ^[e]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ^44 (S)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant^(T)

^45 (U)“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food ^[f]in due season? ^46 (V)Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. ⁴⁷ Assuredly, I say to you that ^(W)he will make him ruler over all his goods. ⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master ^(X)is delaying ^[g]his coming,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is ^(Y)not aware of, ⁵¹ and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. ^(Z)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.