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25 2 The voluntary gifts for the making of the Tabernacle. 10 The form of the Ark. 17 The Mercy seat. 23 The Table. 31 The Candlestick. 40 All must be done according to the pattern.
1 Then the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 [a]Speak unto the children of Israel that they receive an offering for me: of (A)every man, whose heart giveth it freely, ye shall take the offering for me.
3 And this is the offering which ye shall [b]take of them, gold and silver, and brass,
4 And [c]blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen and goat’s hair,
5 And ram’s skins colored red, and the skins of badgers, and the wood [d]Shittim,
6 Oil for the light, spices for [e]anointing oil, and for the perfume of sweet savor.
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the (B)Ephod, and in the (C)breastplate.
8 Also they shall make me a [f]Sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9 According to all that I show thee, even so shall ye make the form of the Tabernacle, and the fashion of all the instruments thereof.
10 ¶ They shall make also an (D)Ark of Shittim wood, two cubits and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and a cubit and an half high.
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a [g]crown of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four [h]corners thereof: that is, two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof.
13 And thou shalt make bars of Shittim wood, and cover them with gold.
14 Then thou shalt put the bars in the rings by the sides of the Ark, to bear the Ark with them.
15 The bars shall be in the rings of the Ark: they shall not be taken away from it.
16 So thou shalt put in the Ark the [i]Testimony, which I shall give thee.
17 Also thou shalt make a [j][k]Mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and an half long and a cubit and an half broad.
18 And thou shalt make two Cherubims of gold: of work beaten out with the hammer shalt thou make them at the two ends of the Mercy seat.
19 And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one end, and the other Cherub at the other end: of the matter of the Mercy seat shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two ends thereof.
20 And the Cherubims shall stretch their wings on high, covering the Mercy seat with their wings and their faces one to another: to the Mercy seatward shall the faces of the Cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the Mercy seat above upon the Ark, and in the Ark thou shalt put the Testimony, which I will give thee.
22 And there I will [l]declare myself unto thee, and from above the Mercy seat (E)between the two Cherubims, which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, I will tell thee all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
23 ¶ (F)Thou shalt also make a Table of Shittim wood, of two cubits long, and one cubit broad, and a cubit and a half high:
24 And thou shalt cover it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 Thou shalt also make unto it a border of [m]four fingers round about: and thou shalt make a golden crown round about the border thereof:
26 After, thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and shalt put the rings in the four corners that are in the four feet thereof.
27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places for bars to bear the Table.
28 And thou shalt make the bars of Shittim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, that the Table may be borne with them.
29 Thou shalt make also [n]dishes for it, and incense cups for it, and coverings for it, and goblets, wherewith it shall be covered, even of fine gold shalt thou make them.
30 And thou shalt set upon the Table Showbread before me continually.
31 ¶ (G)Also thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of [o]work beaten out with the hammer shall the Candlestick be made, his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops: and his flowers shall be of the same.
32 Six branches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlestick out of the other side of it.
33 Three bowls like unto almonds, one knop and one flower in one branch: and three bowls like almonds in the other branch, one knop and one flower: so throughout the six branches that come out of the Candlestick.
34 And in the shaft of the Candlestick shall be four bowls like unto almonds, his knops and his flowers.
35 And there shall be a knop under two branches made thereof: and a knop under two branches made thereof: and a knop under two branches made thereof, according to the six branches coming out of the Candlestick.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be thereof: all this shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and the lamps thereof shalt thou put thereon, to give light toward that that is before it.
38 Also the snuffers and snuffdishes thereof shall be of pure gold.
39 Of a [p]talent of fine gold shalt thou make it with all these instruments.
40 (H)Look therefore that thou make them after their fashion, that was showed thee in the mountain.
26 1 The form of the Tabernacle and the appertinences. 33 The places of the Ark, of the Mercy seat, of the Table, and of the Candlestick.
1 Afterward thou shalt make the Tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue silk, and purple, and scarlet: and in them thou shalt make Cherubims of [q]broidered work.
2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
3 Five curtains shall be coupled one to another: and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
4 And thou shalt make strings of blue silk upon the edge of the one curtain, which is in the selvedge [r]of the coupling: and likewise shall thou make in the edge of the other curtain in the selvedge, in the second coupling.
5 Fifty strings shalt thou make in one curtain, and fifty strings shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain, which is in the [s]second coupling: the strings shall be one right against another.
6 Thou shalt make also fifty [t]taches of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the taches, and it shall be one [u]Tabernacle.
7 ¶ Also thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair, to be a [v]covering upon the Tabernacle, thou shalt make them to the number of eleven curtains.
8 The length of a curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of a curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall be of one measure.
9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves: but thou shalt double the [w]sixth curtain upon the forefront of the covering.
10 And thou shalt make fifty strings in the edge of one curtain in the selvedge of the coupling, and fifty strings in the edge of the other curtain in the second coupling.
11 Likewise thou shalt make fifty [x]taches of brass, and fasten them on the strings, and shalt couple the covering together that it may be one.
12 And the [y]remnant that resteth in the curtains of the covering, even the half curtain that resteth, shall be left at the backside of the Tabernacle.
13 That the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which is left in the length of the curtains of the covering may remain on either side of the Tabernacle to cover it.
14 Moreover, for that covering thou shalt make a [z]covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of [aa]badgers’ skins above.
15 ¶ Also thou shalt make boards for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood to stand up.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and an half cubit the breadth of one board.
17 Two tenons shall be in one board set in order as the feet of a Ladder, one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the Tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make boards for the Tabernacle, even twenty boards on the South side, even full South.
19 And thou shalt make forty [ab]sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
20 In like manner on the other side of the Tabernacle toward the North side shall be twenty boards,
21 And their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22 And on the side of the Tabernacle, toward the West, shalt thou make six boards.
23 Also two boards shalt thou make in the corners of the Tabernacle in the two sides.
24 Also they shall be [ac]joined beneath, and likewise they shall be joined above to a ring: thus shall it be for them two: they shall be for the two corners.
25 So they shall be eight boards having sockets of silver, even sixteen sockets, that is, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
26 ¶ Then thou shalt make five bars of Shittim wood for the boards of one side of the Tabernacle.
27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the Tabernacle: also five bars for the boards of the side of the Tabernacle toward the West side.
28 And the middle bar shall go through the midst of the boards, from end to end.
29 And thou shalt cover the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold, for places for the bars, and thou shalt cover the bars with gold.
30 So thou shalt rear up the Tabernacle, (I)according to the fashion thereof, which was showed thee in the Mount.
31 ¶ Moreover, thou shalt make a veil of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, thou shalt make it of broidered work with Cherubims.
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of Shittim wood covered with gold, (whose [ad]hooks shall be of gold) standing upon four sockets of silver.
33 ¶ Afterward thou shalt hang the veil [ae]on the hooks, that thou mayest bring in thither, that is, within the veil, the Ark of the Testimony: and the veil shall make you a separation between the Holy place and the [af]most holy place.
34 Also thou shalt put the Mercy seat upon the Ark of the Testimony in the most Holy place.
35 And thou shalt set the Table [ag]without the veil, and the Candlestick over against the Table on the South side of the Tabernacle, and thou shalt set the Table on the North side.
36 Also thou shalt make an [ah]hanging for the door of the Tabernacle of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle.
37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of Shittim, and cover them with gold: their heads shall be of gold, and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
27 1 The Altar of the burnt offering. 9 The courts of the Tabernacle. 20 The lamps continually burning.
1 Moreover thou shalt make the [ai]Altar of Shittim wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad (the altar shall be four square) and the height thereof three cubits.
2 And thou shalt make it horns in the four corners thereof: the horns shall be of [aj]itself, and thou shalt cover it with brass.
3 Also thou shalt make his ash pans for his ashes, and his besoms, and his basins, and his flesh-hooks, and his [ak]censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brass.
4 And thou shalt make unto it a grate, like network of brass: also upon that [al]grate shalt thou make four brazen rings upon the four corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the midst of the altar.
6 Also thou shalt make bars for the altar, bars, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt cover them with brass.
7 And the bars thereof shall be put in the rings, the which bars shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it.
8 Thou shalt make the altar hollow between the boards: as God showeth thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9 ¶ Also thou shalt make the [am]court of the Tabernacle in the South side, even full South: the court shall have curtains of fine twined linen, of an hundred cubits long, for one side,
10 And it shall have twenty pillars, with their twenty sockets of brass: the heads of the pillars, and their [an]fillets shall be silver.
11 Likewise on the North side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and the twenty pillars thereof with their twenty sockets of brass: the heads of the pillars and the fillets shall be silver.
12 ¶ And the breadth of the court, on the West side shall have curtains of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars, and their ten sockets.
13 And the breadth of the court, Eastward full East, shall have [ao]fifty cubits.
14 Also hangings of fifteen cubits shall be on the one [ap]side with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 Likewise on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 ¶ And in the gate of the court shall be a veil of twenty cubits of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the four pillars thereof and their four sockets.
17 All the pillars of the court shall have fillets of silver round about, with their heads of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18 ¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty [aq]at either end, and the height five cubits, and the hangings of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19 All the vessels of the Tabernacle for all manner service thereof, and all the [ar]pins thereof, and all the pins of the court shall be brass.
20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive [as]beaten for the light, that the lamps may always [at]burn.
21 In the Tabernacle of the Congregation without the veil, which is before the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sons dress them from evening to morning before the Lord, for a statute forever unto their generations, to be observed by the children of Israel.
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