⁵⁷ But those who had seized Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

⁵⁸ But Peter followed Him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest’s home; he even went inside and sat with the guards to see the end.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin) sought to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death;

⁶⁰ But they found none, though many witnesses came forward [to testify]. At last two men came forward

⁶¹ And testified, This ^[a]Fellow said, I am able to tear down the ^[b]sanctuary of the temple of God and to build it up again in three days.

⁶² And the high priest stood up and said, Have You no answer to make? What about this that these men testify against You?

⁶³ But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, ^[c]I call upon you to swear by the living God, and tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, ^[d]You have stated [the fact]. More than that, I tell you: You will in the future see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of ^[e]the Almighty and coming on the clouds of the sky.^(A)

⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothes and exclaimed, He has uttered blasphemy! What need have we of further evidence? You have now heard His blasphemy.^(B)

⁶⁶ What do you think now? They answered, He deserves to be put to death.

⁶⁷ Then they spat in His face and struck Him with their fists; and some ^[f]slapped Him in the face,^(C)

⁶⁸ Saying, Prophesy to us, You Christ (the Messiah)! Who was it that struck You?

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and ^[g]one maid came up to him and said, You were also with Jesus the Galilean!

⁷⁰ But he denied it ^[h]falsely before them all, saying, I do not know what you mean.

⁷¹ And when he had gone out to the porch, another maid saw him, and she said to the bystanders, This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!

⁷² And again he denied it and ^[i]disowned Him with an oath, saying, I do not know the Man!

⁷³ After a little while, the bystanders came up and said to Peter, You certainly are one of them too, for even your accent betrays you.

⁷⁴ Then Peter began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, I do not even know the Man! And at that moment a rooster crowed.

⁷⁵ And Peter remembered Jesus’ words, when He had said, Before a ^[j]single rooster crows, you will deny and disown Me three times. And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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36 Bezalel and Aholiab and every wisehearted man in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary shall work according to all that the Lord has commanded.

² And 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;

³ And 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.

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

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

⁶ So 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,

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

⁸ And 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.

⁹ The 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.

¹¹ And 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.

¹² Fifty 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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁷ And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁴ And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁶ For [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.

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

³⁸ And 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.

37 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

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

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

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

⁵ He 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.

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

⁸ One 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.

⁹ And 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)

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

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

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

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

¹⁴ Close 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.

¹⁶ He 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].

¹⁷ And 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.

¹⁸ There 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;

¹⁹ Three 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.

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

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

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

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

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

²⁵ And [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.

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

²⁷ And 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.

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

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