6. oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
7. onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
8. Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9. According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
10. "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
11. You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
12. You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13. You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14. You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
15. The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
16. You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
17. You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
18. You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19. Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
20. The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
21. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22. There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of ISRAEL.
23. "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.
24. You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
25. You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
26. You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
27. the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
28. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
29. You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.
30. You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
31. "You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
32. There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;
33. three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand;
34. and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
35. and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.
36. Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
37. You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
38. Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39. It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.
40. See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
Exodus 26:1-37
1. "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
2. The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
3. Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
4. You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second coupling.
5. You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite to one another.
6. You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains to one another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be a unit.
7. "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make them eleven curtains.
8. The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
9. You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
10. You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outermost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outermost in the second coupling.
11. You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
12. The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13. The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14. You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
15. "You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
16. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
17. There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18. You shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
19. You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20. For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,
21. and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22. For the far part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
23. You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.
24. They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
25. There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
26. "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27. and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far part westward.
28. The middle bar in the middle of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
29. You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30. You shall set up the tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
31. "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
32. You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
33. You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
34. You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
35. You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lamp stand over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
36. "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
37. You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
Exodus 27:1-21
1. "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits.
2. You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
3. You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
4. You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
5. You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
6. You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
7. Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
8. You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
9. "You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
10. and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11. Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
12. For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13. The width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15. For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16. For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
17. All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18. The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19. All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
20. "You shall command the children of ISRAEL, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
21. In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before The LORD: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of ISRAEL.
Exodus 28:1-43
1. "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of ISRAEL, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2. You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
3. You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
4. These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
5. They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6. "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
7. It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
8. The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9. You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of ISRAEL:
10. six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
11. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of ISRAEL: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
12. You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of ISRAEL: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial.
13. You shall make settings of gold,
14. and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.
15. "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.
16. It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its width.
17. You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
18. and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
19. and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20. and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
21. The stones shall be according to the names of the children of ISRAEL, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
22. You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
23. You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24. You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
25. The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.
26. You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
27. You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
28. They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
29. Aaron shall bear the names of the children of ISRAEL in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30. You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before The LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of ISRAEL on his heart before the LORD continually.
31. "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32. It shall have a hole for the head in the middle of it. It shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
33. On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:
34. a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
35. It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before The LORD, and when he comes out, that he not die.
36. "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
37. You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.
38. It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of ISRAEL shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before The LORD.
39. You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
40. "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.
41. You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
42. You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:
43. They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
Exodus 29:1-46
1. "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,
2. unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine wheat flour.
3. You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
4. You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.
5. You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and clothe him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
6. and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
7. Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
8. You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
9. You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
10. "You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.
11. You shall kill the bull before The LORD, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
12. You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
13. You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
14. But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it is a sin offering.
15. "You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
16. You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
17. You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
18. You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to The LORD; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to The LORD.
19. "You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
20. Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
21. You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
22. Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
23. and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before The LORD.
24. You shall put all of this in Aaron's hands, and in his sons' hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before The LORD.
25. You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before The LORD: it is an offering made by fire to The LORD.
26. "You shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before The LORD: and it shall be your portion.
27. You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
28. and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of ISRAEL; for it is a wave offering: and it shall be a wave offering from the children of ISRAEL of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to The LORD.
29. "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
30. Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.
31. "You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its meat in a holy place.
32. Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
33. They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
34. If anything of the meat of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
35. "You shall do so to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.
36. Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
37. Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
38. "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
39. The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening:
40. and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
41. The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal offering of the morning, and according to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to The LORD.
42. It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before The LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
43. There I will meet with the children of ISRAEL; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.
44. I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar: Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
45. I will dwell among the children of ISRAEL, and will be their God.
46. They shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.
Exodus 30:1-38
1. "You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
2. Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
3. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
4. You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
5. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6. You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
7. Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
8. When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
9. You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
10. Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to The LORD."
11. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
12. "When you take a census of the children of ISRAEL, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to The LORD, when you count them; that there be no plague among them when you count them.
13. They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to The LORD.
14. Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to The LORD.
15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of The LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
16. You shall take the atonement money from the children of ISRAEL, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of ISRAEL before The LORD, to make atonement for your souls."
17. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
18. "You shall also make a basin of brass, and its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
19. Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
20. When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to The LORD.
21. So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."
22. Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
23. "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
24. and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
25. You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
26. You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony,
27. the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28. the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
29. You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
30. You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
31. You shall speak to the children of ISRAEL, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
32. It shall not be poured on man's flesh, and do not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be holy to you.
33. Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"
34. The LORD said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: there shall be an equal weight of each;
35. and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
36. and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
37. The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for The LORD.
38. Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people."