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And when Moses went forth to the tabernacle, all the people rose up, and every one stood in the door of his pavilion, and they beheld the back of Moses, till he went into the tabernacle.

And all saw that the pillar of the cloud stood at the door of the tabernacle. And they stood and worshipped at the doors of their tent.

Make no covenant with the men of those countries; lest, when they have committed fornication with their gods, and have adored their idols, some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed.

And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And after that he spoke to them,

And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them.

Metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, and setim wood for divers uses.

The skilful women also gave such things as they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,

He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.

Moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier’s voice: Let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary. And so they ceased from offering gifts,

Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.

And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.

So there were in all eight boards, and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.

With embroidered work, and he cut thin plates of gold, and drew them small into threads, that they might be twisted with the woof of the foresaid colours,

And two hooks, and as many rings of gold. And they set the rings on either side of the rational,

Being fastened to the girdle, and strongly coupled with rings, which a violet fillet joined, lest they should flag loose, and be moved one from the other, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And little bells of the purest gold, which they put between the pomegranates at the bottom of the tunic round about:

They made also fine linen tunics with woven work for Aaron and his sons:

They made also the plate of sacred veneration of the purest gold, and they wrote on it with the engraving of a lapidary: The Holy of the Lord:

And they fastened it to the mitre with a violet fillet, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

And they offered the tabernacle, and the roof, and the whole furniture, the rings, the boards, the bars, the pillars and their sockets,