Exodus 24–31

Chapter 24

¹And he said to Moses, Go up to Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off. ²And let Moses alone come near Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. ³And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words that Jehovah has said will we do! ⁴And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. ⁵And he sent the youths of the children of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah. ⁶And Moses took half the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ⁷And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has said will we do, and obey! ⁸And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words.

⁹And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up; ¹⁰and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness. ¹¹And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.

¹²And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction. ¹³And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant; and Moses went up to the mountain of God. ¹⁴And he said to the elders, Wait here for us, until we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matter, let him come before them. ¹⁵And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. ¹⁶And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. ¹⁷And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel. ¹⁸And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering. ³And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper, ⁴and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats’ hair, ⁵and rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins; and acacia-wood; ⁶oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs; ⁷onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. ⁸And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. ⁹According to all that I shall shew thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the utensils thereof, even so shall ye make it.

¹⁰And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ¹¹And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about. ¹²And cast four rings of gold for it, and put them at the four corners thereof, that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof. ¹³And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. ¹⁵The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it. ¹⁶And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee. ¹⁷And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. ¹⁸And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat. ¹⁹And make one cherub at the end of the one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof. ²⁰And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be turned. ²¹And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee. ²²And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

²³And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ²⁴And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about. ²⁵And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about. ²⁶And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. ²⁷Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table. ²⁸And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them. ²⁹And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them. ³⁰And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.

³¹And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same. ³²And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof—three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof; ³³three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand. ³⁴And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers; ³⁵and a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand. ³⁶Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself—all of one beaten work of pure gold. ³⁷And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it; ³⁸and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold. ³⁹Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils. ⁴⁰And see that thou make them according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.

Chapter 26

¹And thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them. ²The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for all the curtains. ³Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another, and the other five curtains coupled one to another. ⁴And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make them in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling. ⁵Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make at the end of the curtain in the other coupling: the loops shall be opposite to one another. ⁶And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.

⁷And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them. ⁸The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for the eleven curtains. ⁹And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the front of the tent. ¹⁰And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling. ¹¹And thou shalt make fifty clasps of copper, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent, that it may be one whole. ¹²And that which remaineth hanging over of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the rear of the tabernacle. ¹³And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth 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. ¹⁴And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins over that.

¹⁵And the boards for the tabernacle thou shalt make of acacia-wood, standing up; ¹⁶ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board. ¹⁷One board shall have two tenons, connected one with the other: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ¹⁸And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. ¹⁹And thou shalt make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons. ²⁰And for the other side of the…