Category: Exodus

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,

3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft,

4 in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass,

5 from marble, and precious stones, and various woods.

6 And I have given to him, as his associate, Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. And I have placed wisdom in the heart of every artisan, so that they may make everything as I have instructed you:

7 the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory which is over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle,

8 and the table and its vessels, the most pure lampstand with its vessels, and the altars of incense

9 and of holocaust and all their vessels, the washtub with its base,

10 the holy vestments for the ministry of Aaron the priest, and for his sons, so that they may execute their office of sacred rites,

11 the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics in the Sanctuary. All the things that I have instructed you, they shall make.”

12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

13 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: See that you keep my Sabbath. For it is a sign between me and you among your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.

14 Keep my Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever will have polluted it, shall die a death. Whoever will have done any work in it, his soul shall perish from the midst of his people.

15 For six days you shall do work. On the seventh day, it is the Sabbath, a rest sanctified by the Lord. All who will have done work on this day shall die.

16 Let the sons of Israel keep the Sabbath, and let them celebrate it throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant

17 between me and the sons of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.”

18 And the Lord, having completed speaking in this way on Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tablets of testimony, written with the finger of God.

1 Then the people, seeing that Moses made a delay in descending from the mountain, gathered together against Aaron, and said: “Rise up, make us gods, who may go before us. But as for this man Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has befallen him.”

2 And Aaron said to them, “Take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

3 And the people did what he had commanded, carrying the earrings to Aaron.

4 And when he had received them, he formed these by the work of a casting furnace, and he made from these a molten calf. And they said: “These are your gods, O Israel, who led you away from the land of Egypt.”

5 And when Aaron had seen it, he built an altar before it, and he cried out with a voice of proclamation, saying, “Tomorrow is the solemnity of the Lord.”

6 And rising up in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and they rose up to play.

7 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Go, descend. Your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, have sinned.

8 They have quickly withdrawn from the way which you revealed to them. And they have made for themselves a molten calf, and they have worshiped it. And immolating victims to it, they have said: ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who led you away from the land of Egypt.’ ”

9 And again, the Lord said to Moses: “I discern that this people is stiff-necked.

10 Release me, so that my fury may be enraged against them, and I may destroy them, and then I will make of you a great nation.”

11 Then Moses prayed to the Lord his God, saying: “Why, O Lord, is your fury enraged against your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with a mighty hand?

12 I beg you, let not the Egyptians say, ‘He cleverly led them away, so that he could put them to death in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.’ Let your anger be quieted and appeased concerning the wickedness of your people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your very self, saying: ‘I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And this entire land, about which I have spoken, I will give to your offspring. And you shall possess it forever.’ ”

14 And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.

15 And Moses returned from the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,

16 and accomplished by the work of God. Also, the writing of God was engraved on the tablets.

17 Then Joshua, hearing the tumult of the people shouting, said to Moses: “The outcry of battle is heard in the camp.”

18 But he responded: “It is not the clamor of men being exhorted to battle, nor the shout of men being compelled to flee. But I hear the voice of singing.”

19 And when he had approached to the camp, he saw the calf and the dances. And being very angry, he threw down the tablets from his hand, and he broke them at the base of the mountain.

20 And seizing the calf, which they had made, he burnt it and crushed it, even to dust, which he scattered into water. And he gave from it to the sons of Israel to drink.

21 And he said to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, so that you would bring upon them the greatest sin?”

22 And he answered him: “Let not my lord be indignant. For you know this people, that they are prone to evil.

23 They said to me: ‘Make gods for us, who may go before us. For this Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has befallen him.’

24 And I said to them, ‘Which of you has gold?’ And they took it and gave it to me. And I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

25 Therefore, Moses, seeing that the people were naked (for Aaron had stripped them because of the disgrace of their sordidness, and he had set them naked among their enemies),

26 and standing at the gate of the camp, said: “If anyone is for the Lord, let him join with me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

27 And he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Let a man place his sword at his thigh. Go forth, and then return, from gate to gate, through the midst of the camp, and let each one kill his brother, and friend, and neighbor.”

28 And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there fell on that day about twenty-three thousand men.

29 And Moses said: “On this day, you have consecrated your hands to the Lord, each one in his son and in his brother, so that a blessing may be given to you.”

30 Then, when the next day arrived, Moses spoke to the people: “You have sinned the greatest sin. I will ascend to the Lord. Perhaps, in some way, I might be able to entreat him for your wickedness.”

31 And returning to the Lord, he said: “I beg you, this people has sinned the greatest sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold. Either release them from this offense,

32 or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written.”

33 And the Lord answered him: “Whoever has sinned against me, him I will delete from my book.

34 But as for you, go and lead this people where I have told you. My angel will go before you. Then, on the day of retribution, I will also visit this sin of theirs.”

35 Therefore, the Lord struck the people for the guilt of the calf, which Aaron had made.

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Go forth, ascend from this place, you and your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, into the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: To your offspring, I will give it.

2 And I will send an Angel to precede you, so that I may cast out the Canaanite, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

3 and so that you may enter into a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up with you, since you are a stiff-necked people, lest perhaps I may destroy you on the way.”

4 And upon hearing this very bad news, the people mourned; and no one put on his finery according to custom.

5 And the Lord said to Moses: “Say to the sons of Israel: You are a stiff-necked people. I should at once go up into your midst and destroy you. Now immediately put aside your ornaments, so that I may know what to do to you.”

6 Therefore, the sons of Israel put aside their ornaments before Mount Horeb.

7 Also, Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it beyond the camp at a distance, and he called its name: ‘Tabernacle of the Covenant.’ And all the people, who had any kind of question, went out to the Tabernacle of the Covenant, beyond the camp.

8 And when Moses went out to the tabernacle, all the people rose up, and each one stood at the door of his pavilion, and they beheld the back of Moses until he entered the tent.

9 And when he had gone into the Tabernacle of the Covenant, the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door, and he spoke with Moses.

10 And all discerned that the pillar of cloud stood at the door of the Tabernacle. And they stood and worshipped at the doors of their tents.

11 But the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, just as a man is used to speaking to his friend. And when he returned to the camp, his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not withdraw from the Tabernacle.

12 Then Moses said to the Lord: “You instruct me to lead this people away, and you do not reveal to me whom you will send with me, particularly since you have said: ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor before me.’

13 If, therefore, I have found favor in your sight, show your face to me, so that I may know you and may find grace before your eyes. Look favorably on your people, this nation.”

14 And the Lord said, “My face will precede you, and I will give you rest.”

15 And Moses said: “If you will not yourself precede us, then do not lead us away from this place.

16 For how will we be able to know, I and your people, that we have found grace in your sight, unless you walk with us, so that we may be glorified out of all the people who live upon the earth?”

17 Then the Lord said to Moses: “This word also, which you have spoken, I will do. For you have found grace before me, and I have known you by name.”

18 And he said, “Show me your glory.”

19 He responded: “I will show you all that is good, and I will call out with the name of the Lord before you. And I will take pity on whomever I will, and I will be lenient to whomever it will please me.”

20 And again he said: “You are not able to see my face. For man shall not see me and live.”

21 And again, he said: “Behold, there is a place with me, and you shall stand upon the rock.

22 And when my glory will cross over, I will set you in a cleft of the rock, and I will protect you with my right hand, until I pass by.

23 And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back. But my face you are not able to see.”

1 And after this he said: “Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone similar to the first ones, and I will write upon them the words which were held on the tablets that you broke.

2 Be prepared in the morning, so that you may immediately ascend onto Mount Sinai, and you shall stand with me on the summit of the mountain.

3 Let no one ascend with you, and do not let anyone be seen throughout the entire mountain. Likewise, do not let the oxen or the sheep pasture up against it.”

4 And so he cut out two tablets of stone, like those that were before. And rising up in the night, he ascended onto Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had instructed him, carrying with him the tablets.

5 And when the Lord had descended in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.

6 And as he was crossing before him, he said: “The Ruler, the Lord God, merciful and lenient, patient and full of compassion and also truthful,

7 who preserves mercy a thousand fold, who takes away iniquity, and wickedness, and also sin; and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent. You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons, and also to their descendents to the third and fourth generation.”

8 And hurrying, Moses bowed down prostrate to the ground; and worshiping,

9 he said: “If I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, I beg you to walk with us, (for the people are stiff-necked) and take away our iniquities and our sin, and so possess us.”

10 The Lord responded: “I will enter into a pact in the sight of all. I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth, nor among any nation, so that this people, in whose midst you are, may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do.

11 Observe everything that I command you this day. I myself will drive out before your face the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

12 Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be your ruin.

13 But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves.

14 Do not be willing to worship any strange god. The jealous Lord is his name. God is a rival.

15 Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions, lest, when they will have fornicated with their gods and worshiped their idols, someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated.

16 Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters, lest, after they themselves have fornicated, they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.

17 You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods.

18 You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, in the time of the month of what is new. For in the month of springtime you departed from Egypt.

19 All of the male kind, which open the womb, shall be mine: from all the animals, as much of oxen as of sheep, it shall be mine.

20 The firstborn of a donkey, you shall redeem with a sheep. But if you will not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. You shall not appear empty in my sight.

21 For six days you shall work. On the seventh day you shall cease to cultivate and to harvest.

22 You shall observe the Solemnity of Weeks with the first-fruits of the grain from the harvest of your wheat, and a Solemnity when the time of the year returns and everything is stored away.

23 Three times a year, all your males shall appear in the sight of the Almighty, the Lord God of Israel.

24 For when I will have taken away the nations before your face, and enlarged your borders, no one shall lie in wait against your land when you will go up to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, three times a year.

25 You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven; and there shall not remain, in the morning, any of the victim of the Solemnity of the Passover.

26 The first of the fruits of your land you shall offer in the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”

27 And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words to you, through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel.”

28 Therefore, he was in that place with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread and he did not drink water, and he wrote on the tablets the ten words of the covenant.

29 And when Moses descended from Mount Sinai, he held the two tablets of the testimony, and he did not know that his face was radiant from the sharing of words with the Lord.

30 Then Aaron and the sons of Israel, seeing that the face of Moses was radiant, were afraid to approach close by.

31 And being called by him, they turned back, both Aaron and the leaders of the assembly. And after he had spoken to them,

32 all the sons of Israel also now came to him. And he instructed them in all the things that he had heard from the Lord on Mount Sinai.

33 And having completed these words, he placed a veil over his face.

34 But when he entered to the Lord and was speaking with him, he took it off, until he exited. And then he spoke to the sons of Israel all that had been commanded to him.

35 And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out, was radiant, but he covered his face again, whenever he spoke to them.

1 Therefore, when all the multitude of the sons of Israel had gathered together, he said to them: “These are the things that the Lord has ordered to be done:

2 For six days you shall do work; the seventh day, the Sabbath and the rest of the Lord, will be holy to you; whoever will have done any work in it shall be killed.

3 You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwelling places throughout the day of the Sabbath.”

4 And Moses said to the entire crowd of the sons of Israel: “This is the word which the Lord has instructed, saying:

5 Separate from among you the first-fruits to the Lord. Let all who are willing and have a ready soul offer these to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,

6 hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

7 and the skins of rams, dyed red, and violet skins, setim wood,

8 and oil to prepare lights and to produce ointment, and most sweet incense,

9 onyx stones and gems, to adorn the ephod and the breastplate.

10 And whoever among you is wise, let him come and make what the Lord has commanded:

11 the tabernacle, certainly, and its roof, and also the covering, the rings, and the panels with the bars, the tent pegs and the bases,

12 the ark and its bars, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it,

13 the table with its bars and vessels, and the bread of the presence,

14 the lampstand to hold up the lights, its vessels and lamps, and the oil to the nourish the fire,

15 the altar of incense and its bars, and the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics, the tent at the door of the tabernacle,

16 the altar of holocaust and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels, the washtub and its base,

17 the curtains of the atrium, with the columns and the bases, the hanging at the doors of the vestibule,

18 the tent pegs of the tabernacle and the atrium, with their little cords,

19 the vestments, which are to be used in the ministry of the Sanctuary, the vestments of Aaron, the high priest, as well as those of his sons, in order to exercise the priesthood to me.”

20 And all the multitude of the sons of Israel, departing from the sight of Moses,

21 offered the first-fruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatever was needed for worship and for the holy vestments,

22 men along with women provided: arm bands and earrings, rings and bracelets. And every vessel of gold was separated, to be donated to the Lord.

23 If anyone had hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, fine linen and the hair of goats, the skins of rams, dyed red, and violet skins,

24 metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, along with setim wood for various uses.

25 But the skillful women also gave whatever they had spun: hyacinth, purple, and vermillion, as well as fine linen,

26 and the hair of goats, donating everything of their own accord.

27 Yet truly, the leaders offered onyx stones and gems, for the ephod and the breastplate,

28 and aromatics and oil, to maintain the lights, and to prepare ointment, and also to produce incense with a most sweet odor.

29 All the men and women offered donations with a devout mind, so that the works might be done which the Lord had ordered by the hand of Moses. All the sons of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.

30 And Moses said to the sons of Israel: “Behold, the Lord has called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,

31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, and all teaching,

32 to design and to fashion, with gold and silver and brass,

33 and with engraving stones, and with the skill of a carpenter. Whatever can be skillfully invented,

34 he has given to his heart. It is likewise with Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan.

35 He has taught both of them wisdom, in order to do the work of carpentry, tapestry, and embroidery, from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, and every textile, and to discover whatever may be new.”

1 Therefore, Bezalel, and Oholiab, and every wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom and intelligence, so as to know how to work skillfully, made that which was necessary for the uses of the Sanctuary and which the Lord had instructed.

2 And when Moses had called them and every man of learning, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and who, of their own accord, had offered themselves in order to accomplish this work,

3 he handed over to them all the donations of the sons of Israel. And while they were pursuing this work, the people offered what they had vowed each day, in the morning.

4 The artisans were compelled by this to go

5 to Moses and to say, “The people offer more than is needed.”

6 Therefore, Moses ordered this to be recited, with a voice of proclamation: “Let neither man nor woman offer anything further for the work of the Sanctuary.” And so they ceased from offering gifts,

7 because what was offered was sufficient and was more than an abundance.

8 And all those who were wise of heart, in order to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse workmanship by the art of embroidery.

9 Each of these was twenty-eight cubits in length, and in width, four. All the curtains were of one measure.

10 And he joined five curtains to one another, and the other five he coupled to one another.

11 He also made loops of hyacinth along the edge of one curtain on both sides, and similarly along the edge of the other curtain,

12 so that the loops might meet against one another and might be joined together.

13 For these, he also cast fifty gold rings, which would retain the loops of the curtains and so make the tabernacle one.

14 He also made eleven canopies from the hair of goats, in order to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

15 one canopy held in length thirty cubits, and in width four cubits. All the canopies were of one measure.

16 Five of these he joined by themselves, and the other six separately.

17 And he made fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, and fifty along the edge of the other canopy, so that they might be joined to one another,

18 and fifty buckles of brass, with which the roof might be woven together, so that from all the canopies there would be made one covering.

19 He also made a covering for the tabernacle from the skins of rams, dyed-red; and another cover above it, from violet skins.

20 He also made the standing panels of the tabernacle, from setim wood.

21 Ten cubits was the length of one panel, and one and one half cubits comprised the width.

22 There were two dovetails along every panel, so that one might be joined to the other. Thus did he make all the panels of the tabernacle.

23 Of these, twenty were toward the meridian area, opposite the south,

24 with forty bases of silver. Two bases were set under one panel at each of two sides at the corners, where the joints of the sides terminate in corners.

25 Likewise, at that side of the tabernacle which looks toward the north, he made twenty panels,

26 with forty bases of silver, two bases for each board.

27 Yet truly, opposite the west, that is, toward that part of the tabernacle which looks out toward the sea, he made six panels,

28 and two others at each corner of the tabernacle at the back,

29 which were joined from bottom to top and held together by one joint. So did he make both corners on that side.

30 So then, there were altogether eight panels, and they had sixteen bases of silver, with, of course, two bases under each panel.

31 He also made bars from setim wood: five to hold together the panels at one side of the tabernacle,

32 and five others to fit together the panels of the other side, and, in addition to these, five other bars toward the western area of the tabernacle, opposite the sea.

33 He also made another bar, which came through the middle of the panels from corner to corner.

34 But the panels themselves he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them. And he made their rings from gold, through which the bars might be able to be drawn. And he covered the bars themselves with layers of gold.

35 He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,

36 and four columns of setim wood, which, along with their heads, he overlaid with gold, casting silver bases for them.

37 He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,

38 and five columns with their heads, which he covered with gold, and he cast their bases from brass.

1 Now Bezalel also made the ark from setim wood, having two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width, and the height was also one and one half cubits. And he clothed it with the purest gold, inside and out.

2 And for it he made a crown of gold all around,

3 casting four gold rings at its four corners: two rings on one side, and two on the other.

4 Likewise, he made bars from setim wood, which he clothed with gold,

5 and he placed them into the rings, which were at the sides of the ark, to carry it.

6 He also made the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, from the finest gold, two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width,

7 and then two Cherubim of ductile gold, which he positioned at the two sides of the propitiatory:

8 one Cherub at the top of one side, and the other Cherub at the top of the other side. The two Cherubim were at each end of the propitiatory,

9 spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.

10 He also made the table from setim wood, with a length of two cubits, and a width of one cubit, which had a height of one and one half cubits.

11 And he surrounded it with the finest gold, and for it he made a ledge of gold all around,

12 and for the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, four fingers high, and upon the same, another crown of gold.

13 And he cast four gold rings, which he set at the four corners at each foot of the table,

14 opposite the crown. And he placed the bars into them, so that the table could be carried.

15 Likewise, the bars themselves he made from setim wood, and he surrounded them with gold.

16 And he made vessels for the diverse uses of the table, as well as the little cups, and bowls, and measuring cups, and the censers, from pure gold, in which the libations would be offered.

17 He also made the lampstand, formed from the finest gold. The branches, bowls, and little spheres, as well as the lilies, proceeded from its bar:

18 six on the two sides, three branches on one side, and three on the other.

19 Three bowls, the size of a nut, were on each branch, with little spheres and lilies, and three bowls, in the likeness of a nut, were on the other branch, with the little spheres together with the lilies. The workmanship of the six branches, which proceeded from the shaft of the lampstand, was equal.

20 Now on the shaft itself were four bowls, the size of a nut, and little spheres together with each one, and lilies,

21 and little spheres under two branches in three places, which together made six branches proceeding from one bar.

22 Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold.

23 He also made the seven lamps with their candle snuffers, and the vessels where the candles would be extinguished, from the finest gold.

24 The lampstand with all its vessels weighed a talent of gold.

25 He also made the altar of incense from setim wood, having one cubit on each of four sides, and in height, two. From its corners proceeded horns.

26 And he clothed it with the purest gold, with its grating, as well as the sides and the horns.

27 And for it he made a crown of gold all around, and two gold rings under the crown at each side, so that the bars might be put into them, and the altar could be carried.

28 Now the bars themselves he also made from setim wood, and he covered them with layers of gold.

29 He also composed the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and the incense, from the purest aromatics, with the skill of a perfumer.

1 He also made the altar of holocaust from setim wood: five cubits square, and three in height,

2 the horns of which proceeded from the corners. And he covered it with layers of brass.

3 And for its uses, he prepared diverse vessels out of brass: kettles, forceps, little hooks, larger hooks, and receptacles for the fire.

4 And he made its grating of brass, in the manner of a net, and under it, in the midst of the altar, its base,

5 casting four rings at the four ends of the net in order to set the bars, so as to carry it.

6 These bars he also made of setim wood, and he covered them with layers of brass.

7 And he drew them through the rings, which projected from the sides of the altar. But the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, made from panels and empty inside.

8 He also made the washtub of brass, with its base made from the mirrors of the women who kept watch at the door of the tabernacle.

9 He also made the atrium, at the south side of which were hangings of fine twisted linen of one hundred cubits and

10 twenty columns of brass with their bases. The heads of the columns and all of the engraving work were of silver.

11 Equally, at the northern area, the hangings, the columns, and the bases and heads of the columns were of the same measure and work and metal.

12 Yet truly, on that side which looks out toward the west, there were hangings of fifty cubits, and ten columns with their bases of brass. And the heads of the columns and all of the engraving work were of silver.

13 Furthermore, toward the east, he prepared hangings of fifty cubits:

14 of which, there were fifteen cubits, among three columns with their bases, holding up one side,

15 and on the other side, (for between the two he made the entrance of the tabernacle) there were equally hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and the same number of bases.

16 All the hangings of the atrium were woven from fine twisted linen.

17 The bases of the columns were of brass, but their heads with all of their engravings were of silver. Now he also overlaid the columns of the atrium themselves with silver.

18 And he made, at its entrance, a hanging, wrought with embroidery, of hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, which held twenty cubits in length, yet truly it was five cubits in height, as with the measure of all the hangings of the atrium.

19 Now the columns at the entrance were four, with bases of brass, and their heads and engravings were of silver.

20 Likewise, the tent pegs of the tabernacle and the atrium all around he made of brass.

21 These are the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony, which were enumerated according to the instruction of Moses, with the ceremonies of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest,

22 which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur from the tribe of Judah, had completed, just as the Lord decreed through Moses.

23 He was joined by his associate, Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, who himself was also an exceptional artisan of wood, and of weaving, as well as of embroidery, with hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine linen.

24 All of the gold that was expended in the work of the Sanctuary, and that was offered in donation, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the measure of the Sanctuary.

25 Now it was offered by those who were past the numbering of twenty years and above: from six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men able to bear arms.

26 There were, beyond that, one hundred talents of silver, from which were cast the bases for the Sanctuary and for the entrance where the veil hangs.

27 One hundred bases were made from one hundred talents, a single talent being counted for each base.

28 But from one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, he made the heads of the columns, which he also clothed with silver.

29 Likewise, of brass, there was offered seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred more shekels,

30 from which were cast the bases at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with its grating, and the vessels which pertain to its use,

31 and the bases of the atrium, as much at the circumference as at its entrance, and the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the atrium all round.

1 Truly, from hyacinth and purple, vermillion and fine linen, he made the vestments with which Aaron was clothed when he ministered in the holy places, just as the Lord instructed Moses.

2 And so he made an ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen,

3 wrought with embroidery. And he cut thin strips of gold and drew them into threads, so that they could be twisted into the weave of the first colors.

4 And he made two edges, coupled to one another at the top of both sides,

5 and a wide belt from the same colors, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

6 He also prepared two onyx stones, set and enclosed in gold, and engraved with the skill of a jeweler, with the names of the sons of Israel.

7 And he set them in the sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

8 He also made a breastplate, wrought with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, from gold, hyacinth, purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen:

9 with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.

10 And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald;

11 in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper;

12 in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst;

13 in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows.

14 And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name.

15 They also made, in the breastplate, little chains linked to one another, from the purest gold,

16 and two hooks, and the same number of gold rings. Moreover, they set the rings at both sides of the breastplate,

17 from which two golden chains would hang, which they connected with the hooks that projected from the corners of the ephod.

18 These were both in front and in back so that they met one another, and so that the ephod and the breastplate were woven together,

19 being fastened to the wide belt and strongly coupled with rings, to which a hyacinth band was joined, lest they should shake loose and be moved away from one another, just as the Lord instructed Moses.

20 They also made the tunic of the ephod entirely from hyacinth,

21 with the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven edge all around the head.

22 Then, at the feet below, they also made pomegranates from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen,

23 and little bells from the purest gold, which they set between the pomegranates at the very bottom of the tunic all around.

24 So then, the high priest approached, adorned with gold bell and pomegranate, when he performed his ministry, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

25 They also made fine linen tunics with woven work, for Aaron and his sons,

26 and headdresses with their little crowns of fine linen,

27 and also linen undergarments of fine linen.

28 Truly, they also made a wide band of fine twisted linen, hyacinth, purple, as well as vermillion, twice-dyed, with skillful embroidery, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

29 They also made the plate of sacred veneration from the purest gold, and they wrote on it, with the skill of a jeweler: “Holy to the Lord.”

30 And they fastened it to the headdress with a hyacinth band, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

31 And so all the work of the tabernacle and of the covering of the testimony was completed. And the sons of Israel did all that the Lord had instructed Moses.

32 And they offered the tabernacle, and the covering, and all of the articles: the rings, the panels, the bars, the columns and bases,

33 the cover of the skins of rams, dyed red, and the other cover of violet skins,

34 the veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory,

35 the table, with its vessels and the bread of the presence,

36 the lampstand, the lamps, and their utensils with the oil,

37 the altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of aromatics,

38 and the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

39 the altar of brass, the grating, the bars, and all of its vessels, the washtub with its base, the hangings of the atrium, and the columns with their bases,

40 the hanging at the entrance of the atrium, and their little cords and pegs. Nothing was lacking of the articles that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle and for the covering of the covenant.

41 Likewise, the vestments, which the priests, namely, Aaron and his sons, make use of use in the Sanctuary,

42 the sons of Israel offered, just as the Lord had instructed.

43 After this, when Moses saw that everything was completed, he blessed them.

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,

3 and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.

4 And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,

5 and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

6 and before it, the altar of holocaust.

7 The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

8 And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.

9 And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.

10 The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

11 the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.

12 And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,

13 you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”

14 And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

15 Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

16 And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,

17 and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.

18 And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.

19 And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.

20 And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

21 arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

22 And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,

23 setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.

24 He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,

25 and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

26 And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,

27 and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.

28 Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

29 And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,

30 whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

31 And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,

32 the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.

33 Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.

34 Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.

35 But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.

36 Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.