Study Desk

Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.

Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover.

with two matching projections, so that the frames can be joined together. All the frames are to have these projections.

So there will be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.

Put the grating under the rim of the altar, so that it reaches halfway up the altar.

"Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.

"Summon your brother Aaron and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Separate them from the people of Israel, so that they may serve me as priests.

Call all the skilled workers to whom I have given ability, and tell them to make Aaron's clothes, so that he may be dedicated as a priest in my service.

Tell them to make a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, an embroidered shirt, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these priestly garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they can serve me as priests.

A finely woven belt made of the same materials is to be attached to the ephod so as to form one piece with it.

Put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. In this way Aaron will carry their names on his shoulders, so that I, the Lord , will always remember my people.

Tie the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rests above the belt and does not come loose.

"When Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will wear this breastpiece engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel, so that I, the Lord , will always remember my people.

Put the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece, so that Aaron will carry them when he comes into my holy presence. At such times he must always wear this breastpiece, so that he can determine my will for the people of Israel.

Aaron is to wear it on his forehead, so that I, the Lord , will accept all the offerings that the Israelites dedicate to me, even if the people commit some error in offering them.

Put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons. Then ordain them and dedicate them by anointing them with olive oil, so that they may serve me as priests.

Make linen shorts for them, reaching from the waist to the thighs, so that they will not expose themselves.

Aaron and his sons must always wear them when they go into the Tent of my presence or approach the altar to serve as priests in the Holy Place, so that they will not be killed for exposing themselves. This is a permanent rule for Aaron and his descendants.

Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice, so that sin may be forgiven. This will purify the altar. Then anoint it with olive oil to make it holy.

They will know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Lord their God.