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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak unto the children of Israel ,
that they bring me an offering :
of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering .
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And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ;
gold ,
and silver ,
and brass ,
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And blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet ,
and fine linen ,
and goats '
hair ,
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And rams '
skins dyed red ,
and badgers '
skins ,
and shittim wood ,
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Oil for the light ,
spices for anointing oil ,
and for sweet incense ,
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Onyx stones ,
and stones to be set in the ephod ,
and in the breastplate .
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And let them make me a sanctuary ;
that I may dwell among them .
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According to all that I shew thee ,
after the pattern of the tabernacle ,
and the pattern of all the instruments thereof ,
even so shall ye make it .
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And they shall make an ark of shittim wood :
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof ,
and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof ,
and a cubit and a half the height thereof .
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold ,
within and without shalt thou overlay it ,
and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about .
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And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it ,
and put them in the four corners thereof ;
and two rings shall be in the one side of it ,
and two rings in the other side of it .
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And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood ,
and overlay them with gold .
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And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark ,
that the ark may be borne with them .
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The staves shall be in the rings of the ark :
they shall not be taken from it .
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And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee .
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And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold :
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof ,
and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof .
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And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold ,
of beaten work shalt thou make them ,
in the two ends of the mercy seat .
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And make one cherub on the one end ,
and the other cherub on the other end :
even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof .
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And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high ,
covering the mercy seat with their wings ,
and their faces shall look one to another ;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be .
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And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark ;
and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee .
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And there I will meet with thee ,
and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat ,
from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony ,
of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel .
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Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood :
two cubits shall be the length thereof ,
and a cubit the breadth thereof ,
and a cubit and a half the height thereof .
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold ,
and make thereto a crown of gold round about .
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And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about ,
and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about .
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And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold ,
and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof .
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Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table .
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And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood ,
and overlay them with gold ,
that the table may be borne with them .
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And thou shalt make the dishes thereof ,
and spoons thereof ,
and covers thereof ,
and bowls thereof ,
to cover withal :
of pure gold shalt thou make them .
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And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway .
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And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold :
of beaten work shall the candlestick be made :
his shaft ,
and his branches ,
his bowls ,
his knops ,
and his flowers ,
shall be of the same .
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And six branches shall come out of the sides of it ;
three branches of the candlestick out of the one side ,
and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side :
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Three bowls made like unto almonds ,
with a knop and a flower in one branch ;
and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch ,
with a knop and a flower :
so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick .
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And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds ,
with their knops and their flowers .
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And there shall be 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 ,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick .
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Their knops and their branches shall be of the same :
all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold .
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And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof :
and they shall light the lamps thereof ,
that they may give light over against it .
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And the tongs thereof ,
and the snuffdishes thereof ,
shall be of pure gold .
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Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it ,
with all these vessels .
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And look that thou make them after their pattern ,
which was shewed thee in the mount .
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Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen ,
and blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet :
with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them .
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The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits ,
and the breadth of one curtain four cubits :
and every one of the curtains shall have one measure .
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The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another ;
and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another .
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And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling ;
and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain ,
in the coupling of the second .
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Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain ,
and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second ;
that the loops may take hold one of another .
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And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold ,
and couple the curtains together with the taches :
and it shall be one tabernacle .
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And thou shalt make curtains of goats '
hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle :
eleven curtains shalt thou make .
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The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits ,
and the breadth of one curtain four cubits :
and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure .
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And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves ,
and six curtains by themselves ,
and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle .
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And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling ,
and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second .
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And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass ,
and put the taches into the loops ,
and couple the tent together ,
that it may be one .
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And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent ,
the half curtain that remaineth ,
shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle .
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And a cubit on the one side ,
and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent ,
it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side ,
to cover it .
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And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams '
skins dyed red ,
and a covering above of badgers '
skins .
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And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up .
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Ten cubits shall be the length of a board ,
and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board .
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Two tenons shall there be in one board ,
set in order one against another :
thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle .
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And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle ,
twenty boards on the south side southward .
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And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons ,
and two sockets under another board for his two tenons .
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And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards :
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And their forty sockets of silver ;
two sockets under one board ,
and two sockets under another board .
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And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards .
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And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides .
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And they shall be coupled together beneath ,
and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring :
thus shall it be for them both ;
they shall be for the two corners .
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And they shall be eight boards ,
and their sockets of silver ,
sixteen sockets ;
two sockets under one board ,
and two sockets under another board .
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And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood ;
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle ,
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And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle ,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle ,
for the two sides westward .
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And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end .
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And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold ,
and make their rings of gold for places for the bars :
and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold .
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And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount .
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And thou shalt make a vail of blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet ,
and fine twined linen of cunning work :
with cherubims shall it be made :
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And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold :
their hooks shall be of gold ,
upon the four sockets of silver .
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And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches ,
that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony :
and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy .
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And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place .
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And thou shalt set the table without the vail ,
and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south :
and thou shalt put the table on the north side .
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And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent ,
of blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet ,
and fine twined linen ,
wrought with needlework .
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And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood ,
and overlay them with gold ,
and their hooks shall be of gold :
and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them .
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And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood ,
five cubits long ,
and five cubits broad ;
the altar shall be foursquare :
and the height thereof shall be three cubits .
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And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof :
his horns shall be of the same :
and thou shalt overlay it with brass .
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And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes ,
and his shovels ,
and his basons ,
and his fleshhooks ,
and his firepans :
all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass .
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And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass ;
and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof .
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And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath ,
that the net may be even to the midst of the altar .
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And thou shalt make staves for the altar ,
staves of shittim wood ,
and overlay them with brass .
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And the staves shall be put into the rings ,
and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar ,
to bear it .
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it :
as it was shewed thee in the mount ,
so shall they make it .
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And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle :
for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side :
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And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass ;
the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver .
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And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long ,
and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass ;
the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver .
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And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits :
their pillars ten ,
and their sockets ten .
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And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits .
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The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits :
their pillars three ,
and their sockets three .
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And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits :
their pillars three ,
and their sockets three .
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And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits ,
of blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet ,
and fine twined linen ,
wrought with needlework :
and their pillars shall be four ,
and their sockets four .
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All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver ;
their hooks shall be of silver ,
and their sockets of brass .
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The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits ,
and the breadth fifty every where ,
and the height five cubits of fine twined linen ,
and their sockets of brass .
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All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof ,
and all the pins thereof ,
and all the pins of the court ,
shall be of brass .
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And thou shalt command the children of Israel ,
that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light ,
to cause the lamp to burn always .
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In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail ,
which is before the testimony ,
Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD :
it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel .
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And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother ,
and his sons with him ,
from among the children of Israel ,
that he may minister unto me in the priest '
s office ,
even Aaron ,
Nadab and Abihu ,
Eleazar and Ithamar ,
Aaron '
s sons .
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And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty .
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And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted ,
whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom ,
that they may make Aaron '
s garments to consecrate him ,
that he may minister unto me in the priest '
s office .
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And these are the garments which they shall make ;
a breastplate ,
and an ephod ,
and a robe ,
and a broidered coat ,
a mitre ,
and a girdle :
and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother ,
and his sons ,
that he may minister unto me in the priest '
s office .
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And they shall take gold ,
and blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet ,
and fine linen .
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And they shall make the ephod of gold ,
of blue ,
and of purple ,
of scarlet ,
and fine twined linen ,
with cunning work .
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It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof ;
and so it shall be joined together .
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And the curious girdle of the ephod ,
which is upon it ,
shall be of the same ,
according to the work thereof ;
even of gold ,
of blue ,
and purple ,
and scarlet ,
and fine twined linen .
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And thou shalt take two onyx stones ,
and grave on them the names of the children of Israel :
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Six of their names on one stone ,
and the other six names of the rest on the other stone ,
according to their birth .
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With the work of an engraver in stone ,
like the engravings of a signet ,
shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel :
thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold .
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And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel :
and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial .
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And thou shalt make ouches of gold ;
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And two chains of pure gold at the ends ;
of wreathen work shalt thou make them ,
and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches .
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And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work ;
after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ;
of gold ,
of blue ,
and of purple ,
and of scarlet ,
and of fine twined linen ,
shalt thou make it .
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Foursquare it shall be being doubled ;
a span shall be the length thereof ,
and a span shall be the breadth thereof .
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And thou shalt set in it settings of stones ,
even four rows of stones :
the first row shall be a sardius ,
a topaz ,
and a carbuncle :
this shall be the first row .
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And the second row shall be an emerald ,
a sapphire ,
and a diamond .
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And the third row a ligure ,
an agate ,
and an amethyst .
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And the fourth row a beryl ,
and an onyx ,
and a jasper :
they shall be set in gold in their inclosings .
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And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel ,
twelve ,
according to their names ,
like the engravings of a signet ;
every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes .
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And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold .
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And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold ,
and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate .
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And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate .
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And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches ,
and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it .
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And thou shalt make two rings of gold ,
and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof ,
which is in the side of the ephod inward .
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And two other rings of gold thou shalt make ,
and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath ,
toward the forepart thereof ,
over against the other coupling thereof ,
above the curious girdle of the ephod .
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And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue ,
that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod ,
and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod .
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And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart ,
when he goeth in unto the holy place ,
for a memorial before the LORD continually .
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And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim ;
and they shall be upon Aaron '
s heart ,
when he goeth in before the LORD :
and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually .
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And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue .
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And there shall be an hole in the top of it ,
in the midst thereof :
it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it ,
as it were the hole of an habergeon ,
that it be not rent .
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And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue ,
and of purple ,
and of scarlet ,
round about the hem thereof ;
and bells of gold between them round about :
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A golden bell and a pomegranate ,
a golden bell and a pomegranate ,
upon the hem of the robe round about .
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And it shall be upon Aaron to minister :
and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD ,
and when he cometh out ,
that he die not .
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And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold ,
and grave upon it ,
like the engravings of a signet ,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD .
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And thou shalt put it on a blue lace ,
that it may be upon the mitre ;
upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be .
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And it shall be upon Aaron '
s forehead ,
that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things ,
which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ;
and it shall be always upon his forehead ,
that they may be accepted before the LORD .
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And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen ,
and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen ,
and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework .
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And for Aaron '
s sons thou shalt make coats ,
and thou shalt make for them girdles ,
and bonnets shalt thou make for them ,
for glory and for beauty .
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And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother ,
and his sons with him ;
and shalt anoint them ,
and consecrate them ,
and sanctify them ,
that they may minister unto me in the priest '
s office .
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And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness ;
from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach :
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And they shall be upon Aaron ,
and upon his sons ,
when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation ,
or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ;
that they bear not iniquity ,
and die :
it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him .
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And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them ,
to minister unto me in the priest '
s office :
Take one young bullock ,
and two rams without blemish ,