Exodus 37–39

Chapter 37

And Beseleel made also, the ark of setim wood: it was two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth, and the height was of one cubit and a half: and he overlaid it with the purest gold within and without.

²And he made to it a crown of gold round about,

³Casting four rings of gold at the four corners thereof: two rings in one side, and two in the other.

⁴And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold,

⁵And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.

⁶He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.

⁷Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory:

⁸One cherub in the top of one side, and the other cherub in the top of the other side: two cherubims at the two ends of the propitiatory,

⁹Spreading their wings, and covering the propitiatory, and looking one towards the other, and towards it.

¹⁰He made also the table of setim wood, in length two cubits, and in breadth one cubit, and in height it was a cubit and a half.

¹¹And he overlaid it with the finest gold, and he made to it a golden ledge round about,

¹²And to the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, of four fingers breadth, and upon the same another golden crown.

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

¹⁴Over against the crown: and he put the bars into them, that the table might be carried.

¹⁵The bars also themselves he made of setim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

¹⁶And the vessels for the divers uses of the table, dishes, bowls, and cups, and censers of pure gold, wherein the libations are to be offered.

¹⁷He made also the candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold. from the shaft whereof its branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out:

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

¹⁹Three cups in manner of a nut on each branch, and bowls withal and lilies: and three cups of the fashion of a nut in another branch, and bowls withal and lilies. The work of the six branches, that went out from the shaft of the candlestick was equal.

²⁰And in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one, and lilies:

²¹And bowls under two branches in three places, which together made six branches going out from one shaft.

²²So both the bowls, and the branches were of the same, all beaten work of the purest gold.

²³He made also the seven lamps with their snuffers, and the vessels where the snuffings were to be put out, of the purest gold.

²⁴The candlestick with all the vessels thereof weighed a talent of gold.

²⁵He made also the altar of incense of setim wood, being a cubit on every side foursquare, and in height two cubits: from the corners of which went out horns.

²⁶And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with its grate, and the sides, and the horns.

²⁷And he made to it a crown of gold round about, and two golden rings under the crown at each side, that the bars might be put into them, and the altar be carried.

²⁸And the bars themselves he made also of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of gold.

²⁹He compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices, according to the work of a perfumer.

Chapter 38

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

²The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.

³And for the uses thereof, he prepared divers vessels of brass, cauldrons, tongs, fleshhooks, pothooks and firepans.

⁴And he made the grate thereof of brass, in manner of a net, and under it in the midst of the altar a hearth,

⁵Casting four rings at the four ends of the net at the top, to put in bars to carry it:

⁶And he made the bars of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of brass:

⁷And he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.

⁸He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watched at the door of the tabernacle.

⁹He made also the court, in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits.

¹⁰Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets, the beads of the pillars, and the whole graving of the work, of silver.

¹¹In like manner at the north side the hangings, the pillars, and the sockets and heads of the pillars were of the same measure, and work and metal.

¹²But on that side that looketh to the west, there were hangings of fifty cubits, ten pillars of brass with their sockets, and the heads of the pillars, and all the graving of the work, of silver.

¹³Moreover, towards the east he prepared hangings of fifty cubits:

¹⁴Fifteen cubits of which, were on one side with three pillars, and their sockets:

¹⁵And on the other side (for between the two he made the entry of the tabernacle) there were hangings equally of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets.

¹⁶All the hangings of the court were woven with twisted linen.

¹⁷The sockets of the pillars were of brass, and their heads with all their gravings of silver: and he overlaid the pillars of the court also with silver.

¹⁸And he made in the entry thereof an embroidered hanging of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, that was twenty cubits long, and five cubits high, according to the measure of all the hangings of the court.

¹⁹And the pillars in the entry were four, with sockets of brass, and their heads and gravings of silver.

²⁰The pins also of the tabernacle and of the court round about he made of brass.

²¹These are the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted according to the commandment of Moses, in the ceremonies of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest:

²²Which Beseleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda, had made, as the Lord commanded by Moses.

²³Having for his companion Ooliab, the son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan: who also was an excellent artificer in wood, and worker in tapestry and embroidery in violet, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

²⁴All the gold that was spent in the work of the sanctuary, and that was offered in gifts, was nine and twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty sicles according to the standard of the sanctuary.

²⁵And it was offered by them that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, of six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men able to bear arms.

²⁶There were moreover a hundred talents of silver, whereof were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and of the entry where the veil hangeth.

²⁷A hundred sockets were made of a hundred talents, one talent being reckoned for every socket.

²⁸And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five he made the heads of the pillars, which also he overlaid with silver.

²⁹And there were offered of brass also seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred sicles besides,

³⁰Of which were cast the sockets in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with the grate thereof, and also the vessels that belong to the use thereof.

³¹And the sockets of the court as well round about as in the entry thereof, and the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about.

Chapter 39

And he made, of violet and purple, scarlet and fine linen, the vestments for Aaron to wear when he ministered in the holy places, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²So he made an ephod of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen,

³With embroidered work, and he cut thin plates of gold, and drew them small into threads, that they might be twisted with the woof of the foresaid colours,

⁴And two borders coupled one to the other in the top on either side,

⁵And a girdle of the same colours, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁶He prepared also two onyx stones, fast set and closed in gold, and graven, by the art of a lapidary, with the names of the children of Israel:

⁷And he set them in the sides of the ephod, for a memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁸He made also a rational with embroidered work, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen:

⁹Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.

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

¹¹In the second, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.

¹²In the third, a ligurius, an agate, and an amethyst.

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

¹⁴And the twelve stones, were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with its several name.

¹⁵They made also in the rational little chains, linked one to another, of the purest gold,

¹⁶And two hooks, and as many rings of gold. And they set the rings on either side of the rational,

¹⁷On which rings the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod.

¹⁸These both before and behind so answered one another, that the ephod and the rational were bound together,

¹⁹Being fastened to the girdle, and strongly coupled with rings, which a violet fillet joined, lest they should flag loose, and be moved one from the other, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁰They made also the tunic of the ephod all of violet,

²¹And a hole for the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven border round about the hole:

²²And beneath at the feet pomegranates of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen:

²³And little bells of the purest gold, which they put between the pomegranates at the bottom of the tunic round about:

²⁴To wit, a bell of gold, and a pomegranate, wherewith the high…