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Exodus 36

    ²And Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every able and wisehearted man in whose mind the Lord had put wisdom and ability, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work;

    ³And they received from Moses all the freewill offerings which the Israelites had brought for doing the work of the sanctuary, to prepare it for service. And they continued to bring him freewill offerings every morning.

    ⁴And all the wise and able men who were doing the work on the sanctuary came, every man from the work he was doing,

    ⁵And they said to Moses, The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the Lord commanded to do.

    ⁶So Moses commanded and it was proclaimed in all the camp, Let no man or woman do anything more for the sanctuary offering. So the people were restrained from bringing,

    ⁷For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work and more.

    ⁸And all the able and wisehearted men among them who did the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], with cherubim skillfully worked on them.

    ⁹The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and its breadth four cubits; all the curtains were one size.

    ¹⁰[Bezalel] coupled five curtains one to another and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.

    ¹¹And he made loops of blue on the outer edge of the last curtain in the first set; this he did also on the inner edge of the first curtain in the second set.

    ¹²Fifty loops he made in the one curtain and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which was the second set; the loops were opposite one another.

    ¹³And he made fifty clasps of gold and coupled the curtains together with the clasps so that the tabernacle became one unit.

    ¹⁴And he made eleven curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle.

    ¹⁵The length of one curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits was the breadth; the eleven curtains were of equal size.

    ¹⁶And he coupled five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves.

    ¹⁷And he made fifty loops on the outmost edge of the curtain to be coupled and fifty loops he made on the inner edge of the second curtain to be coupled.

    ¹⁸He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together into one whole.

    ¹⁹He made a covering for the tent of ^[a]rams' skins tanned red, and above it a covering of dolphin or porpoise skins.

    ²⁰He made boards of acacia wood for the upright framework of the tabernacle.

    ²¹The length of a board was ten cubits and the breadth one cubit and a half.

    ²²Each board had two tenons (projections) to fit into a mortise to form a clutch; he did this for all the boards of the tabernacle.

    ²³And he made thus the boards [for frames] for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side,

    ²⁴And he made under the twenty boards forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under one board for its two tenons or hands, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

    ²⁵For the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards

    ²⁶And their forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under [the end of] each board.

    ²⁷And for the rear or west side of the tabernacle he made six [frame] boards.

    ²⁸And two boards he made for each corner of the tabernacle in the rear.

    ²⁹They were separate below but linked together at the top with one ring; thus he made both of them in both corners.

    ³⁰There were eight boards with sixteen sockets or bases of silver, and under [the end of] each board two sockets.

    ³¹He made bars of acacia wood, five for the [frame] boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

    ³²And five bars for the boards of its other side, and five bars for the boards at the rear or west side.

    ³³And he made the middle bar pass through halfway up the boards from one end to the other.

    ³⁴He overlaid the boards and the bars with gold and made their rings of gold as places for the bars.

    ³⁵And he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, with cherubim skillfully worked.^(A)

    ³⁶For [the veil] he made four pillars of acacia [wood] and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four sockets or bases of silver.

    ³⁷And he made a screen for the tent door of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered,

    ³⁸And he made the five pillars of it with their hooks, and overlaid their ornamental tops and joinings with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.

Exodus 37

    ²He overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made a molding or crown of gold to go around the top of it.

    ³He cast four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on either side.

    ⁴He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

    ⁵He put the poles through the rings at the sides of the ark to carry it.

    ⁶[Bezalel] made the mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.

    ⁷And he made two cherubim of beaten gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,

    ⁸One cherub at one end and one at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.

    ⁹And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces to each other, looking down to the mercy seat.^(B)

    ¹⁰Bezalel made the [showbread] table of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

    ¹¹He overlaid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold around its top.

    ¹²And he made a border around it [just under the top] a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the border.

    ¹³And he cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs.

    ¹⁴Close to the border were the rings, the places for the poles to pass through to carry the [showbread] table.

    ¹⁵[Bezalel] made the poles of acacia wood to carry the [showbread] table and overlaid them with gold.

    ¹⁶He made of pure gold the vessels which were to be on the table, its plates and dishes [for bread], its bowls and flagons for pouring [liquid sacrifices].

    ¹⁷And he made the lampstand of pure gold; its base and shaft were made of hammered work; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

    ¹⁸There were six branches going out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches out of one side of it and three branches out of the other side of it;

    ¹⁹Three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the [opposite] branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower; and so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

    ²⁰On [the shaft of] the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, with knobs and flowers [one at the top].

    ²¹And a knob under each pair of branches, of one piece with the lampstand, for the six branches going out of it.

    ²²Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it hammered work of pure gold.

    ²³And he made of pure gold its seven lamps, its snuffers, and its ashtrays.

    ²⁴Of a talent of pure gold he made the lampstand and all its utensils.^(C)

    ²⁵And [Bezalel] made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were one piece with it.

    ²⁶He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides round about, and its horns; also he made a rim around it of gold.

    ²⁷And he made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as places for the poles [to pass through] to carry it.

    ²⁸And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

    ²⁹He also made the holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit] and the pure, fragrant incense, after the perfumer's art.

Exodus 38

    ²He made its horns on the four corners of it; the horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

    ³He made all the utensils and vessels of the altar, the pots, shovels, basins, forks or fleshhooks, and firepans; all its utensils and vessels he made of bronze.

    ⁴And he made for the altar a bronze grate of network under its ledge, extending halfway down it.

    ⁵He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating to be places for the poles [with which to carry it].

    ⁶And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

    ⁷And he put the poles through the rings on the altar's sides with which to carry it; he made it hollow with planks.

    ⁸He made the laver and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

    ⁹And he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

    ¹⁰Their pillars and their bronze sockets or bases were twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their joinings were silver.

    ¹¹And for the north side the hangings were [also] a hundred cubits; their pillars and their sockets or bases of bronze were twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their joinings were of silver.

    ¹²But for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars and their sockets or bases were ten; the hooks of the pillars and their joinings were of silver.

    ¹³And for the front, the east side, fifty cubits.

    ¹⁴The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their sockets or bases three.

    ¹⁵Also for the other side of the court gate, left and right, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their sockets or bases three.

    ¹⁶All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.

    ¹⁷The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their joinings of silver, the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court were joined with silver.

    ¹⁸The hanging or screen for the gate of the court was embroidered in blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen; the length was twenty cubits and the height in the breadth was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

    ¹⁹Their pillars were four and their sockets of bronze four; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their joinings were of silver.

    ²⁰All the pegs for the tabernacle and around the court were of bronze.

    ²¹This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle of the Testimony, as counted at the command of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest.

    ²²Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

    ²³With him was Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, a skillful craftsman, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and in fine linen.

    ²⁴All the gold that was used for the work in all the building and furnishing of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was 29 talents and 730 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

    ²⁵And the silver from those numbered of the congregation was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, by sanctuary standards:

    ²⁶A beka for each man, that is, half a shekel, by the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who was counted, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.

    ²⁷The 100 talents of silver were for casting the sockets or bases of the sanctuary and of the veil; 100 sockets for the 100 talents, a talent for a socket.

    ²⁸Of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and made joinings for them.

    ²⁹The bronze of the offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

    ³⁰With it Bezalel made the sockets for the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar and the bronze grate for it, and all the utensils of the altar,

    ³¹The sockets of the court round about and of the court gate, and all the pegs of the tabernacle and around the court.

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Matthew 23

    ²The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses' seat [of authority].

    ³So observe and practice all they tell you; but do not do what they do, for they preach, but do not practice.

    ⁴They tie up heavy loads, hard to bear, and place them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to help bear them.

    ⁵They do all their works to be seen of men; for they make wide their phylacteries (^[a]small cases enclosing certain Scripture passages, worn during prayer on the left arm and forehead) and make long their fringes [worn by all male Israelites, according to the command].^(A)

    ⁶And they ^[b]take pleasure in and [thus] love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,

    ⁷And to be greeted with honor in the marketplaces and to have people call them rabbi.

    ⁸But you are not to be called rabbi (teacher), for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

    ⁹And do not call anyone [in the church] on earth father, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven.

    ¹⁰And you must not be called masters (leaders), for you have one Master (Leader), the Christ.

    ¹¹He who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

    ¹²Whoever exalts himself [^[c]with haughtiness and empty pride] shall be humbled (brought low), and whoever humbles himself [whoever has a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly] shall be ^[d]raised to honor.

    ¹³But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are about to go in to do so.

    ^14[e]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you swallow up widows' houses and for a pretense to cover it up make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation and the heavier sentence.

    ¹⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes one [a proselyte], you make him doubly as much a child of hell (Gehenna) as you are.

    ¹⁶Woe to you, blind guides, who say, If anyone swears by the ^[f]sanctuary of the temple, it is nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the ^[g]sanctuary, he is a debtor [bound by his oath].

    ¹⁷You blind fools! For which is greater: the gold, or the ^[h]sanctuary of the temple that has made the gold sacred?^(B)

    ¹⁸You say too, Whoever swears by the altar is not duty bound; but whoever swears by the offering on the altar, his oath is binding.

    ¹⁹You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar which makes the gift sacred?

    ²⁰So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

    ²¹And he who swears by the ^[i]sanctuary of the temple swears by it and by Him Who dwells in it. [I Kings 8:13; Ps. 26:8.]

    ²²And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him Who sits upon it.