Exodus 24:9–32:14

9  And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up; 10  and 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. 11  And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.

12  And 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. 13  And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant; and Moses went up to the mountain of God. 14  And 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. 15  And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16  And 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. 17  And 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. 18  And 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

1  And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2  Speak 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. 3  And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper, 4  and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats’ hair, 5  and rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins; and acacia-wood; 6  oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs; 7  onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8  And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9  According 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.

10  And 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. 11  And 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. 12  And 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. 13  And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold. 14  And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15  The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it. 16  And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee. 17  And 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. 18  And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat. 19  And 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. 20  And 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. 21  And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee. 22  And 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.

23  And 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. 24  And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about. 25  And 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. 26  And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27  Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table. 28  And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them. 29  And 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. 30  And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.

31  And 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. 32  And 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; 33  three 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. 34  And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers; 35  and 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. 36  Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself—all of 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 shine out before it; 38  and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold. 39  Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils. 40  And see that thou make them according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.

Chapter 26

1  And 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. 2  The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for all the curtains. 3  Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another, and the other five curtains coupled one to another. 4  And 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. 5  Fifty 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. 6  And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.

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

15  And the boards for the tabernacle thou shalt make of acacia-wood, standing up; 16  ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board. 17  One board shall have two tenons, connected one with the other: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18  And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19  And 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. 20  And for the other side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards. 21  And their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. 22  And for the rear of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23  And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear; 24  and they shall be joined beneath, and together shall be united at the top thereof to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25  And there shall be eight boards, and their bases, of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. 26  And thou shalt 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 at the rear westward; 28  and the middle bar in the midst of the boards reaching from one end to the other. 29  And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make of gold their rings, the receptacles of the bars, and shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30  And …