Exodus 37–39

¹And Bezaleel maketh the 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; ²and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about; ³and he casteth for it four rings of gold, on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side; ⁴and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold, ⁵and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. ⁶And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; ⁷and he maketh two cherubs of gold, of beaten work he hath made them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; ⁸one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends; ⁹and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces are one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.

¹⁰And he maketh the table of shittim wood; two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height, ¹¹and overlayeth it with pure gold, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about. ¹²And he maketh for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and maketh a wreath of gold for its border round about; ¹³and he casteth for it four rings of gold, and putteth the rings on the four corners which are to its four feet; ¹⁴over-against the border have the rings been, places for staves to bear the table. ¹⁵And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold, to bear the table; ¹⁶and he maketh the vessels which are upon the table, its dishes, and its bowls, and its cups, and the cups by which they pour out, of pure gold. ¹⁷And he maketh the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he hath made the candlestick, its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers, have been of the same; ¹⁸and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of its one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of its second side; ¹⁹three calyxes, made like almonds, in the one branch, a knop and a flower; and three calyxes, made like almonds, in another branch, a knop and a flower; so to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick. ²⁰And in the candlestick are four calyxes, made like almonds, its knops, and its flowers, ²¹and a knop under the two branches of the same, and a knop under the two branches of the same, and a knop under the two branches of the same, are to the six branches which are coming out of it; ²²their knops and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold. ²³And he maketh its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold; ²⁴of a talent of pure gold he hath made it, and all its vessels.

²⁵And he maketh the perfume-altar of shittim wood; a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth (square), and two cubits its height; its horns have been of the same; ²⁶and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about; ²⁷and two rings of gold he hath made for it under its wreath, at its two corners, at its two sides, for places for staves to bear it with them. ²⁸And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold; ²⁹and he maketh the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-perfume—work of a compounder.

Chapter 38

¹And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height; ²and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass; ³and he maketh all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the sprinkling-pans, the forks, and the fire-pans; all its vessels he hath made of brass. ⁴And he maketh for the altar a brazen grate of net-work, under its border beneath, unto its midst; ⁵and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate—places for bars; ⁶and he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with brass; ⁷and he bringeth in the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with them; hollow with boards he made it. ⁸And he maketh the laver of brass, and its base of brass, with the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who have assembled at the opening of the tent of meeting.

⁹And he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit, ¹⁰their pillars are twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver; ¹¹and at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars are twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver; ¹²and at the west side are hangings, fifty by the cubit; their pillars are ten, and their sockets ten; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver; ¹³and at the east side eastward fifty cubits. ¹⁴The hangings on the side are fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three, ¹⁵and at the second side at the gate of the court, on this and on that, are hangings, fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three; ¹⁶all the hangings of the court round about are of twined linen, ¹⁷and the sockets for the pillars of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver. ¹⁸And the covering of the gate of the court is the work of an embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; and twenty cubits is the length, and the height with the breadth five cubits, over-against the hangings of the court; ¹⁹and their pillars are four, and their sockets of brass four, their pegs are of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets are of silver; ²⁰and all the pins for the tabernacle, and for the court round about, are of brass.

²¹These are the numberings of the tabernacle (the tabernacle of testimony), which hath been numbered by the command of Moses, the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²²And Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, hath made all that Jehovah commanded Moses; ²³and with him is Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and designer, and embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in linen. ²⁴All the gold which is prepared for the work in all the work of the sanctuary (and it is the gold of the wave-offering) is twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. ²⁵And the silver of those numbered of the company is a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; ²⁶a bekah for a poll (half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary,) for every one who is passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, for six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. ²⁷And a hundred talents of silver are to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket; ²⁸and the thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy he hath made pegs for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and filleted them. ²⁹And the brass of the wave-offering is seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels; ³⁰and he maketh with it the sockets of the opening of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate which it hath, and all the vessels of the altar, ³¹and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Chapter 39

¹And of the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, they made coloured garments, to minister in the sanctuary; and they make the holy garments which are for Aaron, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²And he maketh the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, ³and they expand the plates of gold, and have cut off wires to work in the midst of the blue, and in the midst of the purple, and in the midst of the scarlet, and in the midst of the linen—work of a designer; ⁴shoulder-pieces they have made for it, joining; at its two ends it is joined. ⁵And the girdle of his ephod which is on it is of the same, according to its work, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ⁶And they prepare the shoham stones, set, embroidered with gold, opened with openings of a signet, by the names of the sons of Israel; ⁷and he setteth them on the shoulders of the ephod—stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ⁸And he maketh the breastplate, work of a designer, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; ⁹it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled. ¹⁰And they fill in it four rows of stones; a row of a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle is the one row; ¹¹and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹²and the third row an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper—set, embroidered with gold, in their settings. ¹⁴And the stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel, are twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each according to his name, for the twelve tribes. ¹⁵And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold; ¹⁶and they make two embroidered things of gold, and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate, ¹⁷and they put the two thick bands of gold on…