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And of the blue and purple and scarlet stuff they made finely wrought garments ,
for ministering in the holy place ;
they made the holy garments for Aaron ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he made the ephod of gold ,
blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and fine twined linen .
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And gold leaf was hammered out and cut into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet stuff ,
and into the fine twined linen ,
in skilled design .
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They made for the ephod shoulder-pieces ,
joined to it at its two edges .
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And the skilfully woven band upon it ,
to gird it on ,
was of the same materials and workmanship ,
of gold ,
blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and fine twined linen ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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The onyx stones were prepared ,
enclosed in settings of gold filigree and engraved like the engravings of a signet ,
according to the names of the sons of Israel .
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And he set them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod ,
to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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He made the breastpiece ,
in skilled work ,
like the work of the ephod ,
of gold ,
blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and fine twined linen .
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It was square ;
the breastpiece was made double ,
a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled .
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And they set in it four rows of stones .
A row of sardius ,
topaz ,
and carbuncle was the first row ;
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and the second row ,
an emerald ,
a sapphire ,
and a diamond ;
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and the third row ,
a jacinth ,
an agate ,
and an amethyst ;
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and the fourth row ,
a beryl ,
an onyx ,
and a jasper ;
they were enclosed in settings of gold filigree .
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There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel ;
they were like signets ,
each engraved with its name ,
for the twelve tribes .
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And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords ,
of pure gold ;
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and they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings ,
and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece ;
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and they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece .
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Two ends of the two cords they had attached to the two settings of filigree ;
thus they attached it in front to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod .
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Then they made two rings of gold ,
and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece ,
on its inside edge next to the ephod .
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And they made two rings of gold ,
and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod ,
at its joining above the skilfully woven band of the ephod .
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And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue ,
so that it should lie upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod ,
and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue ;
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and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment ,
with a binding around the opening ,
that it might not be torn .
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On the skirts of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen .
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They also made bells of pure gold ,
and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about ,
between the pomegranates ;
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a bell and a pomegranate ,
a bell and a pomegranate round about upon the skirts of the robe for ministering ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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They also made the coats ,
woven of fine linen ,
for Aaron and his sons ,
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and the turban of fine linen ,
and the caps of fine linen ,
and the linen breeches of fine twined linen ,
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and the girdle of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
embroidered with needlework ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold ,
and wrote upon it an inscription ,
like the engraving of a signet , "
Holy to the LORD ."
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And they tied to it a lace of blue ,
to fasten it on the turban above ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished ;
and the people of Israel had done according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses ;
so had they done .
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And they brought the tabernacle to Moses ,
the tent and all its utensils ,
its hooks ,
its frames ,
its bars ,
its pillars ,
and its bases ;
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the covering of tanned rams '
skins and goatskins ,
and the veil of the screen ;
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the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat ;
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the table with all its utensils ,
and the bread of the Presence ;
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the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils ,
and the oil for the light ;
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the golden altar ,
the anointing oil and the fragrant incense ,
and the screen for the door of the tent ;
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the bronze altar ,
and its grating of bronze ,
its poles ,
and all its utensils ;
the laver and its base ;
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the hangings of the court ,
its pillars ,
and its bases ,
and the screen for the gate of the court ,
its cords ,
and its pegs ;
and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle ,
for the tent of meeting ;
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the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place ,
the holy garments for Aaron the priest ,
and the garments of his sons to serve as priests .
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According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses ,
so the people of Israel had done all the work .
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And Moses saw all the work ,
and behold ,
they had done it ;
as the LORD had commanded ,
so had they done it .
And Moses blessed them .
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The LORD said to Moses ,
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On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting .
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And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony ,
and you shall screen the ark with the veil .
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And you shall bring in the table ,
and set its arrangements in order ;
and you shall bring in the lampstand ,
and set up its lamps .
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And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony ,
and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle .
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You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting ,
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and place the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar ,
and put water in it .
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And you shall set up the court round about ,
and hang up the screen for the gate of the court .
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Then you shall take the anointing oil ,
and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it ,
and consecrate it and all its furniture ;
and it shall become holy .
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You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils ,
and consecrate the altar ;
and the altar shall be most holy .
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You shall also anoint the laver and its base ,
and consecrate it .
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Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting ,
and shall wash them with water ,
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and put upon Aaron the holy garments ,
and you shall anoint him and consecrate him ,
that he may serve me as priest .
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You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them ,
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and anoint them ,
as you anointed their father ,
that they may serve me as priests :
and their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations ."
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Thus did Moses ;
according to all that the LORD commanded him ,
so he did .
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And in the first month in the second year ,
on the first day of the month ,
the tabernacle was erected .
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Moses erected the tabernacle ;
he laid its bases ,
and set up its frames ,
and put in its poles ,
and raised up its pillars ;
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and he spread the tent over the tabernacle ,
and put the covering of the tent over it ,
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he took the testimony and put it into the ark ,
and put the poles on the ark ,
and set the mercy seat above on the ark ;
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and he brought the ark into the tabernacle ,
and set up the veil of the screen ,
and screened the ark of the testimony ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he put the table in the tent of meeting ,
on the north side of the tabernacle ,
outside the veil ,
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and set the bread in order on it before the LORD ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting ,
opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle ,
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and set up the lamps before the LORD ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil ,
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and burnt fragrant incense upon it ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle .
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And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting ,
and offered upon it the burnt offering and the cereal offering ;
as the LORD had commanded Moses .
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And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar ,
and put water in it for washing ,
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with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet ;
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when they went into the tent of meeting ,
and when they approached the altar ,
they washed ;
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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And he erected the court round the tabernacle and the altar ,
and set up the screen of the gate of the court .
So Moses finished the work .
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Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting ,
and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle .
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And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting ,
because the cloud abode upon it ,
and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle .
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Throughout all their journeys ,
whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle ,
the people of Israel would go onward ;
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but if the cloud was not taken up ,
then they did not go onward till the day that it was taken up .
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For throughout all their journeys the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day ,
and fire was in it by night ,
in the sight of all the house of Israel .