Exodus 39–40

Chapter 39

The Priestly Garments

¹Moreover, from the ^1ablue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely ^bwoven garments for ministering in the holy place ²as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^2aHe made the ephod of gold, and of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

³Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads ¹to be woven in with the ²blue and the purple and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a skillful workman.

⁴They made attaching shoulder pieces for ¹the ephod; it was attached at its two upper ends.

⁵The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, ¹of the same material: of gold and of ²blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^6aThey made the onyx stones, set in gold filigree settings; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

⁷And ^ahe placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^8aHe made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful workman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

⁹It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span ¹long and a span ²wide when folded double.

¹⁰And they ¹mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

¹¹and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond;

¹²and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in gold filigree settings when they were ¹mounted.

¹⁴The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

¹⁵They made on the breastpiece chains like cords, of twisted cordage work in pure gold.

¹⁶They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

¹⁷Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

¹⁸They put the other two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

¹⁹They made two gold rings and placed them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge which was next to the ephod.

²⁰Furthermore, they made two gold rings and placed them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it, close to the place where it joined, above the woven band of the ephod.

²¹They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a ¹blue cord, so that it would be on the woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^22aThen he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of ¹blue;

^23aand the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding all around its opening, so that it would not be torn.

²⁴They made pomegranates of ¹blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.

²⁵They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around on the hem of the ¹robe,

²⁶¹alternating a bell and a pomegranate all around on the hem of the robe for the service, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^27aThey made the tunics of finely woven linen for Aaron and his sons,

²⁸and the turban of fine linen, and the decorated ¹caps of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twisted linen,

²⁹and the sash of fine twisted linen, and ¹blue and purple and scarlet material, the work of the ²weaver, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^30aThey made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and ¹inscribed it like the engravings of a signet, “Holy to the Lord.”

³¹They ¹fastened a ²blue cord to it, to fasten it on the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³²Thus all the work of the ¹tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did.

³³They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its ¹furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its ²sockets;

³⁴and the covering of rams’ skins ¹dyed red, and the covering of porpoise skins, and the screening veil;

³⁵the ark of the testimony and its poles and the ¹mercy seat;

³⁶the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the ¹Presence;

³⁷the pure gold lampstand, ¹with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

³⁸and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent;

³⁹the ¹bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the laver and its stand;

⁴⁰the hangings for the court, its pillars and its ¹sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pegs and all the ²equipment for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

⁴¹the woven garments for ministering in the holy place and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.

⁴²So the sons of Israel did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁴³And Moses ¹examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses ^ablessed them.

Chapter 40

The Tabernacle Erected

¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²“^aOn the first day of the first month you shall set up the ¹tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

³“^aYou shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

⁴“You shall ^abring in the table and ^1barrange what belongs on it; and you shall ^cbring in the lampstand and ²mount its lamps.

⁵“Moreover, you shall ^aset the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle.

⁶“You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

⁷“You shall ^aset the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water ¹in it.

⁸“You shall set up the court all around and ¹hang up the veil for the gateway of the court.

⁹“Then you shall take the anointing oil and ^aanoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its ¹furnishings; and it shall be holy.

¹⁰“You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and ^athe altar shall be most holy.

¹¹“You shall anoint the laver and its stand, and consecrate it.

¹²“Then you shall ^abring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

¹³“^aYou shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister as a priest to Me.

¹⁴“You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them;

¹⁵and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will ¹qualify them for a ^aperpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁶Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

¹⁷Now ^ain the first month ¹of the second year, on the first day of the month, the ²tabernacle was erected.

¹⁸Moses erected the tabernacle and ¹laid its ²sockets, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars and erected its pillars.

¹⁹He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent ¹on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁰Then he took ^athe testimony and put it into the ark, and ¹attached the poles to the ark, and put the ²mercy seat ³on top of the ark.

²¹He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and ^aset up a veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²²Then he ^aput the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

²³He set the arrangement of ^abread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁴Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

²⁵He ^alighted the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁶Then he ^aplaced the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;

²⁷and he ^aburned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁸Then he set up the ¹veil for the doorway of the tabernacle.

²⁹He ^aset the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and ^boffered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁰He placed the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

^31aFrom it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.

³²When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³³He ^aerected the court all around the ¹tabernacle and the altar, and ²hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the Lord

^34aThen the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the ^bglory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

³⁵Moses ^awas not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

³⁶Throughout all their journeys ^awhenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out;

³⁷but ^aif the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up.

³⁸For throughout all their journeys, ^athe cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.