Exodus 24–31

¹And unto Moses He said, ‘Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;’ ²and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him. ³And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer—one voice, and say, ‘All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.’ ⁴And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel; ⁵and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah—calves. ⁶And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar; ⁷and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, ‘All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.’ ⁸And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, ‘Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.’

⁹And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, ¹⁰and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet is as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity; ¹¹and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.’ ¹³And Moses riseth—Joshua his minister also—and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God; ¹⁴and unto the elders he hath said, ‘Abide ye for us in this place, until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur are with you—he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.’ ¹⁵And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount; ¹⁶and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud. ¹⁷And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah is as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel; ¹⁸and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

³‘And this is the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass, ⁴and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ hair, ⁵and rams’ skins made red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, ⁶oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the perfume of the spices, ⁷shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

⁸‘And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst; ⁹according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do make it.

¹⁰‘And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height; ¹¹and thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.

¹²‘And thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast put them on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side; ¹³and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, ¹⁴and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them, ¹⁵in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it; ¹⁶and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

¹⁷‘And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; ¹⁸and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; ¹⁹and make thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs on its two ends.

²⁰‘And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces are one towards another—towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

²¹‘And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee; ²²and I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which are on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel.

²³‘And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height, ²⁴and hast overlaid it with pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about, ²⁵and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.

²⁶‘And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which are to its four feet; ²⁷over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table; ²⁸and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them; ²⁹and thou hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them; ³⁰and thou hast put on the table bread of the presence before Me continually.

³¹‘And thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are of the same; ³²and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side; ³³three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.

³⁴‘And in the candlestick are four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers; ³⁵and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, are to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick; ³⁶their knops and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold; ³⁷and thou hast made its seven lamps, and one hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.

³⁸‘And its snuffers and its snuff dishes are of pure gold; ³⁹of a talent of pure gold he doth make it, with all these vessels. ⁴⁰And see thou and do them by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.

Chapter 26

¹‘And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; with cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them; ²the length of the one curtain is eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure is to all the curtains; ³five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.

⁴‘And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second. ⁵fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which is in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another; ⁶and thou hast made fifty hooks of gold, and hast joined the curtains one to another by the hooks, and the tabernacle hath been one.

⁷‘And thou hast made curtains of goats’ hair, for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains: ⁸the length of the one curtain is thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure is to the eleven curtains; ⁹and thou hast joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and hast doubled the six curtains over-against the front of the tent.

¹⁰‘And thou hast made fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second; ¹¹and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one.

¹²‘And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent—the half of the curtain which is superfluous—hath spread over the hinder part of the tabernacle; ¹³and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it; ¹⁴and thou hast made a covering for the tent, of rams’ skins made red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above.

¹⁵‘And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up; ¹⁶ten cubits is the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board; ¹⁷two handles are to the one board, joined one unto another; so thou dost make for all the boards of the tabernacle; ¹⁸and thou hast made the boards of the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward; ¹⁹and forty sockets of silver thou dost make under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

²⁰‘And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, are twenty boards, ²¹and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board. ²²And for the sides of the…