Exodus:35-40

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* Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together , and said to them , "These are the words which the LORD has commanded you to do : * Work shall be done for six days , but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you , a Sabbath of rest to the LORD . Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death . * You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day ." * And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel , saying , "This is the thing which the LORD commanded , saying : * "Take from among you an offering to the LORD . Whoever is of a willing heart , let him bring it as an offering to the LORD : gold , silver , and bronze ; * blue , purple , and scarlet thread , fine linen , and goats ' hair ; * ram skins dyed red , badger skins , and acacia wood ; * oil for the light , and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense ; * onyx stones , and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate . * "All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded : * the tabernacle , its tent , its covering , its clasps , its boards , its bars , its pillars , and its sockets ; * the ark and its poles , with the mercy seat , and the veil of the covering ; * the table and its poles , all its utensils , and the showbread ; * also the lampstand for the light , its utensils , its lamps , and the oil for the light ; * the incense altar , its poles , the anointing oil , the sweet incense , and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle ; * the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating , its poles , all its utensils , and the laver and its base ; * the hangings of the court , its pillars , their sockets , and the screen for the gate of the court ; * the pegs of the tabernacle , the pegs of the court , and their cords ; * the garments of ministry , for ministering in the holy place--the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons , to minister as priests ."' * And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses . * Then everyone came whose heart was stirred , and everyone whose spirit was willing , and they brought the LORD 's offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting , for all its service , and for the holy garments . * They came , both men and women , as many as had a willing heart , and brought earrings and nose rings , rings and necklaces , all jewelry of gold , that is , every man who made an offering of gold to the LORD . * And every man , with whom was found blue , purple , and scarlet thread , fine linen , goats ' hair , red skins of rams , and badger skins , brought them . * Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the LORD 's offering . And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service , brought it . * All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands , and brought what they had spun , of blue , purple , and scarlet , and fine linen . * And all the women whose hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats ' hair . * The rulers brought onyx stones , and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate , * and spices and oil for the light , for the anointing oil , and for the sweet incense . * The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the LORD , all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the LORD , by the hand of Moses , had commanded to be done . * And Moses said to the children of Israel , "See , the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah ; * and He has filled him with the Spirit of God , in wisdom and understanding , in knowledge and all manner of workmanship , * to design artistic works , to work in gold and silver and bronze , * in cutting jewels for setting , in carving wood , and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship . * "And He has put in his heart the ability to teach , in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan . * He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker , in blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and fine linen , and of the weaver--those who do every work and those who design artistic works . * "And Bezalel and Aholiab , and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding , to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary , shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded ." * Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab , and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom , everyone whose heart was stirred , to come and do the work . * And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary . So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning . * Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came , each from the work he was doing , * and they spoke to Moses , saying , "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded us to do ." * So Moses gave a commandment , and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp , saying , "Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary ." And the people were restrained from bringing , * for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done--indeed too much . * Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen , and of blue , purple , and scarlet thread ; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them . * The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits , and the width of each curtain four cubits ; the curtains were all the same size . * And he coupled five curtains to one another , and the other five curtains he coupled to one another . * He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set ; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set . * Fifty loops he made on one curtain , and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set ; the loops held one curtain to another . * And he made fifty clasps of gold , and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps , that it might be one tabernacle . * He made curtains of goats ' hair for the tent over the tabernacle ; he made eleven curtains . * The length of each curtain was thirty cubits , and the width of each curtain four cubits ; the eleven curtains were the same size . * He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves . * And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set , and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set . * He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together , that it might be one . * Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red , and a covering of badger skins above that . * For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood , standing upright . * The length of each board was ten cubits , and the width of each board a cubit and a half . * Each board had two tenons for binding one to another . Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle . * And he made boards for the tabernacle , twenty boards for the south side . * Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards : two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons . * And for the other side of the tabernacle , the north side , he made twenty boards * and their forty sockets of silver : two sockets under each of the boards . * For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards . * He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle . * And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring . Thus he made both of them for the two corners . * So there were eight boards and their sockets--sixteen sockets of silver--two sockets under each of the boards . * And he made bars of acacia wood : five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle , * five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward . * And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other . * He overlaid the boards with gold , made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars , and overlaid the bars with gold . * And he made a veil of blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and fine woven linen ; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim . * He made for it four pillars of acacia wood , and overlaid them with gold , with their hooks of gold ; and he cast four sockets of silver for them . * He also made a screen for the tabernacle door , of blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and fine woven linen , made by a weaver , * and its five pillars with their hooks . And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold , but their five sockets were bronze . * Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood ; two and a half cubits was its length , a cubit and a half its width , and a cubit and a half its height . * He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside , and made a molding of gold all around it . * And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four corners : two rings on one side , and two rings on the other side of it . * He made poles of acacia wood , and overlaid them with gold . * And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark , to bear the ark . * He also made the mercy seat of pure gold ; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width . * He made two cherubim of beaten gold ; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat : * one cherub at one end on this side , and the other cherub at the other end on that side . He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat . * The cherubim spread out their wings above , and covered the mercy seat with their wings . They faced one another ; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat . * He made the table of acacia wood ; two cubits was its length , a cubit its width , and a cubit and a half its height . * And he overlaid it with pure gold , and made a molding of gold all around it . * Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it , and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it . * And he cast for it four rings of gold , and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs . * The rings were close to the frame , as holders for the poles to bear the table . * And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table , and overlaid them with gold . * He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table : its dishes , its cups , its bowls , and its pitchers for pouring . * He also made the lampstand of pure gold ; of hammered work he made the lampstand . Its shaft , its branches , its bowls , its ornamental knobs , and its flowers were of the same piece . * And six branches came out of its sides : three branches of the lampstand out of one side , and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side . * There were three bowls made like almond blossoms on one branch , with an ornamental knob and a flower , and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch , with an ornamental knob and a flower--and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand . * And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms , each with its ornamental knob and flower . * There was a knob under the first two branches of the same , a knob under the second two branches of the same , and a knob under the third two branches of the same , according to the six branches extending from it . * Their knobs and their branches were of one piece ; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold . * And he made its seven lamps , its wick-trimmers , and its trays of pure gold . * Of a talent of pure gold he made it , with all its utensils . * He made the incense altar of acacia wood . Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit--it was square--and two cubits was its height . Its horns were of one piece with it . * And he overlaid it with pure gold : its top , its sides all around , and its horns . He also made for it a molding of gold all around it . * He made two rings of gold for it under its molding , by its two corners on both sides , as holders for the poles with which to bear it . * And he made the poles of acacia wood , and overlaid them with gold . * He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices , according to the work of the perfumer . * He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood ; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width--it was square--and its height was three cubits . * He made its horns on its four corners ; the horns were of one piece with it . And he overlaid it with bronze . * He made all the utensils for the altar : the pans , the shovels , the basins , the forks , and the firepans ; all its utensils he made of bronze . * And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar , under its rim , midway from the bottom . * He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating , as holders for the poles . * And he made the poles of acacia wood , and overlaid them with bronze . * Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar , with which to bear it . He made the altar hollow with boards . * He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze , from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting . * Then he made the court on the south side ; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen , one hundred cubits long . * There were twenty pillars for them , with twenty bronze sockets . The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver . * On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long , with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets . The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver . * And on the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits , with ten pillars and their ten sockets . The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver . * For the east side the hangings were fifty cubits . * The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long , with their three pillars and their three sockets , * and the same for the other side of the court gate ; on this side and that were hangings of fifteen cubits , with their three pillars and their three sockets . * All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen . * The sockets for the pillars were bronze , the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver , and the overlay of their capitals was silver ; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver . * The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and of fine woven linen . The length was twenty cubits , and the height along its width was five cubits , corresponding to the hangings of the court . * And there were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze ; their hooks were silver , and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver . * All the pegs of the tabernacle , and of the court all around , were bronze . * This is the inventory of the tabernacle , the tabernacle of the Testimony , which was counted according to the commandment of Moses , for the service of the Levites , by the hand of Ithamar , son of Aaron the priest . * Bezalel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , made all that the LORD had commanded Moses . * And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan , an engraver and designer , a weaver of blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and of fine linen . * All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place , that is , the gold of the offering , was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary . * And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary : * a bekah for each man (that is , half a shekel , according to the shekel of the sanctuary ), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above , for six hundred and three thousand , five hundred and fifty men . * And from the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil : one hundred sockets from the hundred talents , one talent for each socket . * Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars , overlaid their capitals , and made bands for them . * The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels . * And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting , the bronze altar , the bronze grating for it , and all the utensils for the altar , * the sockets for the court all around , the bases for the court gate , all the pegs for the tabernacle , and all the pegs for the court all around . * Of the blue , purple , and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry , for ministering in the holy place , and made the holy garments for Aaron , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He made the ephod of gold , blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and of fine woven linen . * And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads , to work it in with the blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and the fine linen , into artistic designs . * They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together ; it was coupled together at its two edges . * And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship , woven of gold , blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and of fine woven linen , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * And they set onyx stones , enclosed in settings of gold ; they were engraved , as signets are engraved , with the names of the sons of Israel . * He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * And he made the breastplate , artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod , of gold , blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and of fine woven linen . * They made the breastplate square by doubling it ; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled . * And they set in it four rows of stones : a row with a sardius , a topaz , and an emerald was the first row ; * the second row , a turquoise , a sapphire , and a diamond ; * the third row , a jacinth , an agate , and an amethyst ; * the fourth row , a beryl , an onyx , and a jasper . They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings . * There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel : according to their names , engraved like a signet , each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes . * And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends , like braided cords of pure gold . * They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings , and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate . * And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate . * The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings , and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front . * And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate , on the edge of it , which was on the inward side of the ephod . * They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps , underneath the ephod toward its front , right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod . * And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord , so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod , and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He made the robe of the ephod of woven work , all of blue . * And there was an opening in the middle of the robe , like the opening in a coat of mail , with a woven binding all around the opening , so that it would not tear . * They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue , purple , and scarlet , and of fine woven linen . * And they made bells of pure gold , and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates : * a bell and a pomegranate , a bell and a pomegranate , all around the hem of the robe to minister in , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * They made tunics , artistically woven of fine linen , for Aaron and his sons , * a turban of fine linen , exquisite hats of fine linen , short trousers of fine woven linen , * and a sash of fine woven linen with blue , purple , and scarlet thread , made by a weaver , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold , and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet : HOLINESS TO THE LORD . * And they tied to it a blue cord , to fasten it above on the turban , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished . And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses ; so they did . * And they brought the tabernacle to Moses , the tent and all its furnishings : its clasps , its boards , its bars , its pillars , and its sockets ; * the covering of ram skins dyed red , the covering of badger skins , and the veil of the covering ; * the ark of the Testimony with its poles , and the mercy seat ; * the table , all its utensils , and the showbread ; * the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order ), all its utensils , and the oil for light ; * the gold altar , the anointing oil , and the sweet incense ; the screen for the tabernacle door ; * the bronze altar , its grate of bronze , its poles , and all its utensils ; the laver with its base ; * the hangings of the court , its pillars and its sockets , the screen for the court gate , its cords , and its pegs ; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle , for the tent of meeting ; * and the garments of ministry , to minister in the holy place : the holy garments for Aaron the priest , and his sons ' garments , to minister as priests . * According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses , so the children of Israel did all the work . * Then Moses looked over all the work , and indeed they had done it ; as the LORD had commanded , just so they had done it . And Moses blessed them . * Then the LORD spoke to Moses , saying : * "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . * You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony , and partition off the ark with the veil . * You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it ; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps . * You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony , and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle . * Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . * And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar , and put water in it . * You shall set up the court all around , and hang up the screen at the court gate . * "And you shall take the anointing oil , and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it ; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils , and it shall be holy . * You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils , and consecrate the altar . The altar shall be most holy . * And you shall anoint the laver and its base , and consecrate it . * "Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water . * You shall put the holy garments on Aaron , and anoint him and consecrate him , that he may minister to Me as priest . * And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics . * You shall anoint them , as you anointed their father , that they may minister to Me as priests ; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations ." * Thus Moses did ; according to all that the LORD had commanded him , so he did . * And it came to pass in the first month of the second year , on the first day of the month , that the tabernacle was raised up . * So Moses raised up the tabernacle , fastened its sockets , set up its boards , put in its bars , and raised up its pillars . * And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He took the Testimony and put it into the ark , inserted the poles through the rings of the ark , and put the mercy seat on top of the ark . * And he brought the ark into the tabernacle , hung up the veil of the covering , and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting , on the north side of the tabernacle , outside the veil ; * and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting , across from the table , on the south side of the tabernacle ; * and he lit the lamps before the LORD , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil ; * and he burned sweet incense on it , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle . * And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting , and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar , and put water there for washing ; * and Moses , Aaron , and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it . * Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting , and when they came near the altar , they washed , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar , and hung up the screen of the court gate . So Moses finished the work . * Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting , because the cloud rested above it , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle , the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys . * But if the cloud was not taken up , then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up . * For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day , and fire was over it by night , in the sight of all the house of Israel , throughout all their journeys .

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