The people promise obedience. Chap. xxiv. xxv. Mofes goetb into mount Sinai. 78 Red fea even unto the fea of the Philif., ter Joshua: and Mofes went up into the tines, and from the defert unto the river: mount of God. for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They fhall not dwell in thy land, left they make thee fin agaigft me for if thou ferve their gods, it will furely be a faare unto thee. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Mofes is called up into the mountain. 3 AND he faid unto Mofes, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and feventy of the elders of Ifrael; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Mofes alone fhall come near the LORD: but they fhall not come nigh; neither fhall the people go up with him. 31 And Mofes came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments and all the people answered with one voice, and faid, All the words which the LORD hath faid will we do. ▲ And Mofes wrote all the words of the LORD, and rofe up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Ifrael. 14 And he faid unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Mofes went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it fix days and the feventh day he called unto Moles out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the fight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Ifrael. 18 And Mofes went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount; and Mofes was in the mount forty days and forty nights. CHAP. XXV. The offering for the tabernacle. 10The form of the ark. 17 The mercy-feat. 23 The table. 31 The candlestick. AND the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, that they bring me an offering of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye fhall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver, and brass, 5 And he fent young men of the chil- 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, dren of Ifrael, which offered burnt-of-and fine linen, and goat's hair, ferings, and facrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 ¶ And Mofes took half of the blood, and put it in bafons: and half of the blood he fprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the cove nant, and read in the audience of the people and they faid, All that the LORD hath faid will we do, and be obedient. 5 And rams' fkins died red, and badgers' fkins, and fhittim wood. 6 Oil for the light, fpices for anointing oil, and for fweet incenfe, 7 Onyx ftones, and ftones to be fet in the ephod, and in the breaft-plate. 8 And let them make me a fanctuary; that I may dwell amongst them. 9 According to all that I fhew thee, & And Mofes took the blood, and after the pattern of the tabernacle, and fprinkled it on the people, and faid, Be-the pattern of all the inftruments thereof, hold the blood of the covenant, which even fo fhall ye make it. the LORD hath made with you concern- 10 And they hall make an ark of ing all these words. fhittim wood: two cubits and a half ball be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 9 Then went up Mofes, and Aaron, Nabab, and Abihu, and feventy of the eiders of Ifrael : 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and fhalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 10 And they faw the God of Ifrael: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a fapphire ftone, and as it were the body of heaven in bis clearnefs. 11 And upon the nobles of the childrenj 12 And thou fhalt caft four rings of of Ifrael he laid not his hand : alfo they gold for it, and put them in the four corfaw God, and did eat and drink. ners thereof; and two rings balt be in the 12 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, one fide of it, and two rings in the other Come up to me into the mount, and be fide of it. there and I will give thee tables of 13 And thou fhalt make ftaves of hitfone, and a law, and commandments tim wood, and overlay them with gold. which I have written; that thou mayeft 14 And thou shalt put the ftaves into teach them. the rings by the fides of the ark, that the 13 And Mofes rofe up, and his minif-ark may be borne with them. K 15 The 74 The form of the mercy-feat; : EXODUS. of the tabernacle and candleflick. 15 The flaves fhall be in the rings of the fides of it; three branches of the the ark they shall not be taken from it. candleftick out of the one fide, and three 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the branches of the candlestick out of the teftimony which I fhall give thee. other fide: 17 And thou shalt make a mercyfeat of pure gold; two cubits and a half hall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubins of gald, of beaten work fhalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercyfeat. 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: fo in the fix branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick ball be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other 35 And there shall be a knop under two end: even of the mercy-feat hall ye make branches of the fame, and a knop under the cherubims on the two ends thereof. two branches of the fame, and a knop 20 And the cherubims fhall ftretch under two branches of the fame, accordforth their wings on high, covering the ing to the fix branches that proceed out Inercy-feat with their wings, and their of the candleflick. faces ball look one to another; toward the mercy-feat hall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy-feat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou fhalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 36 Their knops and their branches fhall be of the fame all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and 38 And the tongs thereof, and the I will commune with thee from above the fnuffdishes thereof, ball be of pure gold. mercy-feat, from between the two cher- 39 Of a talent of pure gold fhall he ubims which are upon the ark of the tef-make it, with all thefe veffels. timony, of all things which I will give thee 40 And look that thou make them after in commandment unto the children of their pattern, which was thewed thee in Ifrael. the mount. 25 Thou shalt also make a table of fhittim wood two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. CHAP. XXVI. The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 3 MOREOVER, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet with cherubims of cunning work fhalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains fhall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled to. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four cor-gether one to another; and other five curners that are on the four feet thereof, 27 Over against the borders fhall the rings be, for places of the ftaves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the flaves of hittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and fpoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold fhalt thou make them. 30 And thou fhalt fet upon the table fhewbread before me alway. 31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold of beaten work fhall the candlestick be made his fhaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, fhall be of the fame. 52 And fix branches fhall come out of tains ball be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the felvage in the coupling; and likewife shalt thou make in the uttermoft edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the fecond. 5 Fifty loops fhalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops fhalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the fecond; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it fhall be one tabernacle. 7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle. eleven curtains halt thou make. The curtains of the tabernacle. The altar of burnt-offering. 75 wood; five for the boards of the one fide of the tabernacle. Chap. xxvii. The length of one curtain ball be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains fall be all of one measure. 27 And five bars for the boards of the other fide of the tabernacle, and five bars 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains for the boards of the fide of the tabernaby themfelves, and fix curtains by them-cle, for the two fides weftward. félves, and (halt double the fixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmoft in the coupling,and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the fecond. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brafs, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the board fhall reach from end to end. 29 And thou halt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou halt o- · [verlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was thewed thee in the mount. 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, 12 And the remnant that remaineth of and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined the curtains of the tent, the half curtain linen of cunning work with cherubins that remaineth, shall hang over the back-fhall it be made: ide of the tabernacle. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four 13 And a cubit on the one fide, and a pillars of hittimwood,overlaid with gold: cubit on the other fide of that which re-their hooks ball be of gold, upon the four maineth in the length of the curtains of fockets of filver. the tent, it thall hang over the fides of the tabernacle on this fide and on that fide, to cover it. 17 Two tenons ball there be in one board, fet in order one against another thus fhalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the fouth fide fouthward. 33And thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches, that thou mayeft bring in thither within the veil the ark of the teftimony: and the veil fhall divide unto you be tween the holy place and the moit holy. $4 And thou shalt put the mercy-feat upon the ark of the teftimony in the most holy place. 35 And thou fhalt fet the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the fide of the tabernacle toward the fouth and thou shalt put the table on the north fide. 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and fcarlet,and fine twined linen,wrought with needle-work. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging 19 And thou fhalt make forty fockets five pillars of hittim wood, and overlay of filver under the twenty boards; two them with gold, and, their hooks ball be fockets under one board for his two ten-of gold: and thou shalt caft five fockets of ons, and two fockets under another board brafs for them. for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tab-1 ernacle on the north fide there fball be twenty boards: 21 And their forty fockets of filver; two fockets under one board, and two fockets under another board. CHAP. XXVII. The altar of burnt-offering, with the veffels. The court of the tabernacle. 20 The oil for the lamp. AND thou fhalt make an altar of hittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar fhall be fourfquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And for the fides of the tabernacle weftward, thou fhalt make fix boards. 2 And thou fhalt make the horns of it 23And two boards shalt thou make for upon the four corners thereof : his horns thecornersofthe tabernacleinthetwofides. fhall be of the fame: and thou shalt over24 And they shall be coupled together lay it with brafs. beneath, and they shall be coupled togeth- S And thou fhalt make his pans to reer above the head of it unto one ring:ceive his afhes, and his hovels, and his thus fhall it be for them both; they hall bafons, and his flesh-hooks, and his firebe for the two corners. pans all the veffels thereof thou shalt make of brais. 25 And they fhall be eight boards, and their fockets of filver, fixteen fockets; two fockets under one board,and two fockets under another board. 25 And thou shalt make bars of hittim 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brafs; and upon the net fhalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compats of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make ftaves for the altar, ftaves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves fhall be put into the rings, and the ftaves fhall be upon the two fides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards fhalt thou make it as it was fhewed thee in the mount, fo fhall they make it. : Aaron's garments. their generations on the behalf of the Aaron and his fons are separated for the priest's office. 6 The ephod, breaftplate,andother boly garments appointed. AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his fons with him, from among the children of Ifrael, that he may minifter unto me in the prieft's office,even Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's fons. 9 I And thou shalt make the court of 2 And thou shalt make holy garments the tabernacle for the fouth fide fouth-for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for ward,there fball be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one fide: 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty fockets (ball be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets ball be of filver. 11 And likewife for the north fide in length, there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty fockets of brafs: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of fil ver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the weft fide, ball be hangings of fifty cubits their pillars ten, and their fockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the eaft fide, eastward, shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one fide of the gate hall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their fockets three. 15 And on the other fide fhall be hangings fifteen cubits : their pillars three,and their fockets three. beauty. 3 And thou shalt fpeak unto all that are wife hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minifter unto me in the priest's office. 4 And thefe are the garments which they shall make; a breast-plate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle and they fhall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his fons, that he may minifter unto me in the prieft's office. : 5 And they fhall take gold, and blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine linen. 6 And they hall make the ephod of gold, of blue and of purple, of fcarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. It shall have the two thoulder-pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and fo it fhall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the fame, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple,and fcarlet,and fine twined linen. 16 And for the gate of the court ball be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined 9 And thou shalt take two onyx ftones, linen, wrought with needlework: and and grave on them the names of the chiltheir pillars ball be four, and their fock-dren of Ifrael: ets four. 10 Six of their names on one ftone, and the other fix names of the reft on the other ftone, according to their birth. 17 All the pillars round about the court hall be filleted with filver; their hooks hall be of filver,and their fockets of brass. 11 With the work of an engraver in 18 The length of the court ball be an ftone, like the engravings of a fignet, fhalt hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty ev-thou engrave the two ftones with the ery where, and the height five cubits, of names of the children of Ifrael: thou fine twined linen, and their fockets of halt make them to be set in ouches of brass. gold. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the fervice thereof, and all the pins thereof,and all the pins of the court, ball be of brafs. 20 And thou shalt command the children of Ifrael, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 12 And thou fhalt put the two ftones upon the fhoulders of the ephod, for stones of memorial unto the children of Ifrael: and Aaron fhall bear their names before the LORD, upon his two-shoulders for a memorial. 13And thou shalt make ouches of gold: 14 And two chains of pure gold at the 21 In the tabernacle of the congrega-ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make tion without the veil, which is before the them, and fasten the wreathen chains to teftimony, Aaron and his fons fhall order the ouches. it from evening to morning before the 15 And thou shalt make the breastLORD; is shall be a statute forever unto plate of judgment with cunning work; after The breaft-plate, and other holy garment described. ¶¶ 31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod of blue. Chap. xxix. after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, halt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it fhall be being doubled; a fpan ball be the length thereof, and a fpan fall be the breadth thereof. 32 And there fhall be an hole in the top of it, in the midft thereof: it fhall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 17 And thou fhalt fet in it fettingsof 33 And beneath upon the hem of it, thou fones, even four rows of ftones: the firft fhalt make pomegranates of blue, and of row ball be a fardius, a topaz, and a car-purple, and of fcarlet, round about the buncle this ball be the first row. 18 And the fecond row shall be an emerald, a fapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyft. hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a fomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to min 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jafper: they fhall be fet inifter: and his found fhall be heard when gold in their inclofings. he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 21 And the ftones fhall be with the names of the children of Ifrael, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a fignet; every one with his name hall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 And thoufhalt make upon the breaft-plate chains at the ends, of wreathen work, of pure gold. 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a fignet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou fhalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it thall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's fore 23 And thoufhalt make upon the breaftplate two rings of gold, and fhalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breaft-head, that Aaron may bear the iniquity plate. 24 And thoufhalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breaft-plate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou fhalt faften in the of the holy things, which the children of Ifrael fhall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it fhall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 39 And thou fhalt embroider the coat two ouches, and put them on the thoulder-of fine linen, and thou fhalt make the mipieces of the ephod before it. tre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breaft-plate in the border thereof, which is in the fide of the ephod inward. 40 And for Aaron's fons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets halt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 27 And two other rings of gold thou 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aafhalt make, and fhalt put them on the two ron thy brother, and his fons with him; fides of the ephod underneath, toward the and halt anoint them, and confecraté fore part thereof, over against the other them, and fanctify them, that they may coupling thereof, above the curious gir-minifter unto me in the priest's office. dle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breaft-plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breaft-plate be not loofed from the ephod. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 43 And they fhall be upon Aaron, and upon his fons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or 29 And Aarca fhall bear the names of when they come near unto the altar to the children of Ifrael in the breaft-plate of minifter in the holy lace, that they bear judgment upon his heart, when he goethnot iniquity and die: it ball be a itatute in unto the holy place, for a memorial be- forever unto him and his feed after him. fore the LORD continually. CHAP. XXIX. Thefacrifice and ceremonies of confecra. ting the priests. 38 The continual burntoffering. 50 And thou thalt put in the breaft-plate of judgment, the Urim and the Thummin; and they fall be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron fhall bear the judgment of the children of Ifrael upon his heart, before the Lord continually. AND this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minifter unto me in the prieft's office: take one young |