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Exodus 39

Making the Priestly Garments

 ^2(D) He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. ³And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design. ⁴They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges. ⁵And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ⁶They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. ⁷And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ^8(E) He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. ⁹It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span^[b] its length and a span its breadth when doubled. ¹⁰And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; ¹¹and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹²and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree. ¹⁴There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. ¹⁵And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. ¹⁶And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. ¹⁷And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. ¹⁸They attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. ¹⁹Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. ²⁰And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. ²¹And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ^22(F) He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue, ²³and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear. ²⁴On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. ²⁵They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe, between the pomegranates— ²⁶a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ^27(G) They also made the coats, woven of fine^(H) linen, for Aaron and his sons, ²⁸and the^(I) turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twined linen, ²⁹and the sash of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with needlework, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ^30(J) They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the LORD." ³¹And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ³²Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did^(K) according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. ³³Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ³⁴the covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins, and the^(L) veil of the screen; ³⁵the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; ³⁶the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; ^37(M) the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; ^38(N) the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and^(O) the screen for the entrance of the tent; ³⁹the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand; ^40(P) the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the^(Q) screen for the gate of the court, its^(R) cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; ⁴¹the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests. ^42(S) According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. ⁴³And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses^(T) blessed them.

Exodus 40

The Tabernacle Erected

 ⁹"Then you shall take the^(AC) anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. ¹⁰You shall also anoint^(AD) the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar,^(AE) so that the altar may become most holy. ¹¹You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. ^12(AF) Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water ¹³and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. ¹⁴You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them, ^15(AG) and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a^(AH) perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."

 ¹⁶This Moses did; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did. ¹⁷In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month,^(AI) the tabernacle was erected. ¹⁸Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars. ¹⁹And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. ²⁰He^(AJ) took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark. ²¹And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and^(AK) set up the veil of the screen, and screened^(AL) the ark of the testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses. ^22(AM) He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil, ²³and arranged the bread on it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. ^24(AN) He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, ^25(AO) and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. ^26(AP) He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, ²⁷and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. ^28(AQ) He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle. ^29(AR) And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the^(AS) grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. ^30(AT) He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing, ³¹with which Moses and^(AU) Aaron and his sons^(AV) washed their hands and their feet. ³²When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses. ^33(AW) And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So^(AX) Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the LORD

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 ^23(A) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For^(B) you tithe mint and dill and^(C) cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law:^(D) justice and mercy and faithfulness.^(E) These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ²⁴You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing^(F) a camel!

 ^25(G) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For^(H) you clean the outside of^(I) the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of^(J) greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of^(K) the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

 ^27(L) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like^(M) whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and^(N) all uncleanness. ²⁸So you also^(O) outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of^(P) hypocrisy and lawlessness.

 ^29(Q) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' ³¹Thus you witness against yourselves that you are^(R) sons of those who murdered the prophets. ^32(S) Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³You serpents,^(T) you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to^(U) hell? ^34(V) Therefore^(W) I send you^(X) prophets and wise men and^(Y) scribes,^(Z) some of whom you will kill and crucify, and^(AA) some you will^(AB) flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, ³⁵so that on you may come all^(AC) the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent^(AD) Abel to the blood of^(AE) Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between^(AF) the sanctuary and^(AG) the altar. ³⁶Truly, I say to you,^(AH) all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem