Exodus 37–39

Chapter 37

¹And Bezaleel made the 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. ²And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about. ³And he cast for it four rings of gold, for its four corners: two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ⁴And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold. ⁵And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark. ⁶—And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. ⁷And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work did he make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; ⁸one cherub at the end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof. ⁹And the cherubim spread out their wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were turned toward the mercy-seat.

¹⁰And he made the table of acacia-wood; two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ¹¹And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made upon it a border of gold round about. ¹²And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof round about. ¹³And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. ¹⁴Close to the margin were the rings, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table. ¹⁵And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. ¹⁶And he made the utensils that were on the table, the dishes thereof, and the cups thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the goblets with which to pour out, of pure gold. ¹⁷And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he made the candlestick: its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of itself. ¹⁸And six branches went out of the sides thereof—three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof; ¹⁹there were 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 which went out of the candlestick. ²⁰And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers; ²¹and a knob under two branches thereof, and again a knob under two branches thereof, and again a knob under two branches thereof, for the six branches which went out of it. ²²Their knobs and their branches were of itself—all of one beaten work of pure gold. ²³And he made the seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold. ²⁴Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.

²⁵And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself. ²⁶And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and made upon it a border of gold round about. ²⁷And he made two rings of gold for it under its border, by its two corners, on the two sides thereof, as receptacles for the staves with which to carry it. ²⁸And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold. ²⁹And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of fragrant drugs, according to the work of the perfumer.

Chapter 38

¹And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof. ²And he made its horns on the four corners thereof; its horns were of itself; and he overlaid it with copper. ³And he made all the utensils of the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils made he of copper. ⁴And he made for the altar a grating of network of copper under its ledge from beneath, to the very middle of it. ⁵And he cast four rings for the four corners of the grating of copper, as receptacles for the staves. ⁶And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with copper. ⁷And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. Hollow with boards did he make it. ⁸And he made the laver of copper, and its stand of copper, of the mirrors of the crowds of women who crowded before the entrance of the tent of meeting.

⁹And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits; ¹⁰their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. ¹¹And on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. ¹²And on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. ¹³And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits; ¹⁴the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three; ¹⁵and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three. ¹⁶All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus; ¹⁷and the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with rods of silver. ¹⁸—And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court; ¹⁹and their pillars four, and their bases four, of copper; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods of silver. ²⁰And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper.

²¹These are the things numbered of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, by the service of the Levites, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. ²²And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah had commanded Moses; ²³and with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and artificer, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in byssus. ²⁴All the gold that it took for the work in all the work of the sanctuary—the gold of the wave-offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. ²⁵And the silver of them that were numbered of the assembly was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: ²⁶a bekah the head—half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed the numbering from twenty years old and upward, of the six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ²⁷And there were a hundred talents of silver for casting the bases of the sanctuary, and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases of a hundred talents, a talent for a base. ²⁸And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made the hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and fastened them with rods. ²⁹And the copper of the wave-offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. ³⁰And he made with it the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the copper altar, and the copper grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar. ³¹And the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court round about.

Chapter 39

¹And of the blue and purple and scarlet they made garments of service, for service in the sanctuary, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ²And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus. ³And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it artistically into the blue, and into the purple, and into the scarlet, and into the byssus. ⁴They made shoulder-pieces for it, joining it: at its two ends was it joined together. ⁵And the girdle of his ephod, which was on it, was of the same, according to its work, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ⁶And they wrought the onyx stones mounted in enclosures of gold, engraved with the engravings of a seal, according to the names of the sons of Israel. ⁷And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ⁸And he made the breastplate of artistic work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus. ⁹It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled. ¹⁰And they set in it four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald—the first row; ¹¹and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹²and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper; mounted in enclosures of gold in their settings. ¹⁴And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his…