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AND Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together and said to them. These are the things which the LORD has commanded to be done.

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be holy to you, a sabbath of rest to the LORD; whosoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day.

And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to be done:

Take from among you an offering for the LORD; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring an offering to the LORD, gold, silver, and brass,

Blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen, and goats hair,

And rams skins dyed red, and dark blue skins, and shittim wood,

And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

And onyx stones, and precious stones for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

And every wisehearted one among you shall come, and make all that the LORD has commanded;

The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its taches, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,

The ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,

The table, and its poles, and all its vessels, and the shewbread,

The candlestick for the light, and its instruments and its lamps, and the oil for the light,

And the incense altar, and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle,

The altar of burnt offering, with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver, and its base,

The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

The vestments of service, to minister in the holy place, the holy vestments for Aaron the priest, and the vestments for his sons, to minister in the priests office.

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

And they came, every one who was willing in his heart and every one whose spirit made him willing, and they brought offerings for the LORD, to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy vestments.

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets and earrings and rings and necklaces and all sorts of jewels of gold; and every man that had set aside an offering of gold brought it to the LORD.

And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen, and goats hair, and red skins of rams, and dark blue skins, brought them.

Every one who had set aside an offering of silver and brass brought it as an offering for the LORD; and every man with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service brought it.

And all the women who were skillful did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet material, and of fine linen.

And all the women who were willing skillfully spun goats hair.

And the princes brought onyx stones and precious stones for the ephod and for the breastplate,

And spices, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman who were willing-hearted to bring material for all manner of work which the LORD had commanded to be done by Moses.

Then Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezaliel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with understanding, and with knowledge, and with all manner of workmanship,

To devise artistic works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

And in the cutting of stones to be set, and in the carving of wood to make any manner of art work.

And he has inspired him to teach, both he and Elihab, the son of Ahisamakh, of the tribe of Dan.

Both of them he has filled with wisdom and inspiration to do all manner of work of the carpenter and of the workman of art and of the embroiderer in blue, and in purple, in fine linen, and in scarlet material, and in weaving, and of those who do any kind of work, and of those who devise skillful work.

THEN Bezaliel and Elihab and every wise man to whom the LORD gave wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary did everything, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

And Moses called Bezaliel and Elihab and every skillful man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, every one whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.

And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, with which to make it. And they brought yet to him free offerings every morning.

And all the skillful men who did the work of the sanctuary brought in every man some of his work which he made;

And they said to Moses, The people bring much more than is necessary for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.

And Moses gave command, which the heralds proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained.

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the things they had to make, and some was left over.

And all the skillful men among those who did the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet material; with cherubim artistically wrought they made them.

The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of one size.

And they coupled the five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains they coupled one to another.

And they made loops of blue on the edge of each curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; likewise they wrought on the other edge of the curtain, on the coupling of the second.

They made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second; the loops were opposite each other.

And they made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps so that it became one tabernacle.

And they made curtains of goats hair for the tent over the tabernacle; they made eleven curtains.

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were of one size.

And they coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

And they made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which coupled the second.

And they made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

And they made a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red and a covering of badgers skins above that.

And they made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

The length of each board was ten cubits, and the breadth of each board one cubit and a half.

Each board had two sockets, one exactly opposite the other; thus did they make all the boards of the tabernacle.

And they made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side:

And forty sockets of silver they made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north side, they made twenty boards,

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

And for the side of the tabernacle westward they made six boards.

And two boards made they for the corners of the tabernacle on the two sides.

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the top thereof, to one ring; thus they made both of them in both the corners.

And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

And they made bars of shittim wood; five bars for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the side westward.

And they made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other.

And they overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

And they made a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twined linen; with cherubim made they it of the work of an artist.

And they made for it four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold: and they cast for them four sockets of silver.

And they made a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue and purple and scarlet material anti fine twined linen of needlework;

And they made the five pillars of it with their hooks; and they overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; but their five sockets were of brass.

THEN Bezaliel made the ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold for it round about.

And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set on its four corners; two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.

And he made poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And he put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

And he made the mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.

And he made two cherubim of gold; of casting work he made them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

One cherub on one side and the other cherub on the other side; above the mercy seat made he the cherubim on its two ends.

And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; over the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

And he made the table of shittim wood; two cubits was its length and a cubit its breadth and a cubit and a half its height;

And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a crown of gold round about.

Also he made for it a border of a handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

And he cast for it four rings of gold, and fastened the rings on the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.

Over against the border were the rings, the places for the poles to carry the table.

And he made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold to carry the table with them.

And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its flagons, its spoons, its cups, and its bowls, wherein the drink offering is poured out, of pure gold.

And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of cast work made he the candlestick; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its buds, and its flowers were of the same;

And six branches went out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick went out of the one side of it and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side of it;

Three bowls were fastened on one shaft with their buds and flowers; and three bowls were fastened on another shaft with their buds and flowers; so, throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

And in the candlestick were four bowls fastened to it with their buds and flowers;

And a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same; likewise for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

Their buds and branches were of the same; all of it was one piece of molten work of pure gold.

And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its snuff dishes of pure gold.

Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels.

And he made the incense altar of shittim wood; the length of it was a cubit and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; and its horns were of the same.

And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it and its sides round about, and the horns of it; and he made for it a crown of gold round about.

And he made two rings of gold for it under its crown, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, as places for the poles to carry it with them.

And he made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of a perfumer.

AND he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its breadth; it was foursquare; and three cubits were the height thereof.

And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of the same; and he overlaid it with brass.

And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the cauldrons, the hanging pots, the fleshhooks, the shovels, the censers; all its vessels he made of brass.

And he made for the altar a bronze grate of network halfway under the base of it.

And he cast four rings for the four corners of the grate of brass to be places for the poles.

And he made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

And put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them; he made the altar hollow with boards.

And he placed the laver of brass and its base of brass at the assembly house, for the women who came to pray at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

Their pillars were twenty, and their bronze sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

And for the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

And for the other side, on this hand and that of the gate of the court, were hangings of fifteen cubits for each side; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

And the sockets of the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were overlaid with silver.

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet material, and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits long, and the height and the width were five cubits, opposite the hangings of the court.

And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of the testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, and the work of the Levites, under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.

And Bezaliel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

And with him was Elihab, the son of Ahisamakh, of the tribe of Dan, a carpenter, and a craftsman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen.

All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and four hundred and thirty shekels, by the weight of the sanctuary.

And the silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:

A shekel for every head, that is half a shekel, by the weight of the sanctuary, for every one who was included in the number, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

And the total sum was one hundred talents of silver, for the casting of the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets were made from a hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and overlaid the hooks with silver.

And the total sum of the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

And with it he made the sockets of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

AND of the blue and purple and scarlet material, they made vestments for the service, to minister in the sanctuary, and made the holy vestments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to be worked in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet material, and in the fine linen, with artistic workmanship.

They made shoulder-pieces for it, to join it together; by the two edges was it joined together.

And the embroidered girdle of the ephod that was upon it was of the same material, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet material, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made the onyx stones inclosed and set in work of gold, engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel.

And they put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial for the sons of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made the breastplate, the work of an artist, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet material, and fine twined linen.

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double; a span was its length and a span its breadth, being doubled.

And they set it in four rows of stones; the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this was the first row.

And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.

And the third row, a jacinth, a carnelian, and an amethyst.

And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed and set in the work of gold in their inclosings.

And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved like the engravings of signets, everyone with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

And they made upon the breastplate chains at the two ends, of braided work of pure gold.

And they made two settings of gold and two gold rings; and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

And they fastened the two braided chains of gold to the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

And the two ends of the two braided chains they fastened to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the front of it.

And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod from within.

And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod from within, toward the front of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the embroidered girdle of the ephod.

And they did bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue, that it might be above the embroidered girdle of the ephod and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made the robe of the ephod of fine woven work, all of blue.

And the opening of the robe was within it, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the opening, that it might not be torn.

And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twined linen.

And they made bells of pure gold, and fastened the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

A bell of gold and a pomegranate, and a bell of gold and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,

And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and breeches of fine linen,

And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses,

And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it an inscription like to the engraving of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it over the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the congregation was finished; and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its vessels, its rings, its clasps, its boards, its pins, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,

And the covering of rams skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers skins, and the veil for the covering of the door,

The ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercy seat,

The table, and all its vessels, and the shewbread,

The pure candlestick, with its lamps, and with the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, and the oil for light,

And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

The altar of brass, and its grate of brass, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

The hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, its cords, its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle of the congregation,

The vestments of the service to minister in the holy place, and the holy vestments for Aaron the priest, and vestments for his sons, to minister in the priests office.

According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

And Moses looked upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded Moses, even so had they done it; and Moses blessed them.

AND the LORD said to Moses,

On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the congregation.

And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be placed upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick and light the lamps thereof.

And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and fasten the hanging to the entry of the tabernacle.

And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering in front of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water in it.

And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall sanctify it and all its vessels; and it shall be holy.

And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar; and it shall be an altar most holy.

And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

And you shall put upon Aaron the holy vestments and anoint him and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priests office.

Then you shall bring his sons and clothe them with coats;

And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint Aaron your brother, that they may minister to me in the priests office; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

Thus did Moses according to all that the LORD commanded him; so did he.

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the week, that the tabernacle was set up.

And Moses set up the tabernacle and fastened its pegs and set up its boards and put in its bars and raised up its pillars.

And be spread the covering over the tabernacle and put the covering of skins over it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he took the testimony and put it into the ark and set the poles on the ark and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the covering of the door and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And he put the candlestick in the tabernacle of the congregation, over against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the congregation in front of the veil;

And he burnt sweet incense upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

And he put the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there to wash with it.

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet at it;

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And when the cloud was lifted up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel started onward in all their journeys;

But if the cloud was not lifted up, then they did not journey till the day that it was lifted up.

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.