CHAPTER XXVI. L 18 And thou shalt make two to cover withal : of pure gold shal cherubims of gold, of beaten work thou make them. shalt thou make them, in the two 30 And thou shalt set upon the taends of the mercy-seat.

ble shew-bread before me always. 19 And make one cherub on the L 31 | And thou shalt make a canone end, and the other cherub on dlestick of pure gold: of beaten the other end : een of the mercy- work shall the candlestick be made; seat shall ye make the cherubims on his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, the two ends thereof,

his knops, and his flowers, shall be 20 And the cherubims shall stretch of the same. forth their wings on high, covering 32 And six branches shall come the mercy-seat with their wings, and out of the sides of it: three branches their faces shall look one to another; of the candlestick out of the one side, toward the mercy-seat shall the faces and three branches of the candleof the cherubims be.

stick out of the other side : € 21 And thou shalt put the mercy- 33 Three bowls made like unto seat above upon the ark; and in the almonds, with a knop and a flower ark thou shalt put the testimony in one branch; and three bowls that I shall give thee...it 03

made like almonds in the other b 22 And there I will meet with branch, with a knop and a flower: thee, and I will commune with thee so in the six branches that come out from above the mercy-seat, from be- of the candlestick. tween the two cherubims which are 34 And in the candlestick shall be upon the ark of the testimony, of all four bowls made like unto almonds, things which I will give thee in with their knops and their flowers. commandment unto the children of 35. And there shall be a knop unIsrael.

der two branches of the same, and a L 23 | Thou shalt also make a ta- knop under two branches of the ble of shiuim-wond: two cubits same, and a knop under two branchshall be the length thereof, and a cu- es of the same, according to the six bit the breadth thereof, and a cabit branches that proceed out of the and a half the height thereof. candlestick.

24 And thou shalt overlay it with 36 Their knops and their branches pure gold, and make thereto a crown shall be of the same : all of it shall of gold round about.

be one beaten work of pure gold. 25 And thou shalt make unto it 37 And thou shali make the sea border of a hand-breadth round ven lamps thereof: and they shall about, and thou shalt make a gold- light the lamps thereof, that they

crown to the border thereof may give light over against it. round about.

38 And the tongs thereof, and the 26 And thou shalt make for it snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure four rings of gold, and put the rings gold. in the four corners that are on the 39 of a talent of pure gold shall four feet thereof.

he make it, with all these vessels. 27 Over against the border shall 40 And look that thou make them the rings be for places of the staves after their pattern, which was shewto bear the table.

ed thee in the mount. 28 And thou shalt make the staves

CHAP. XXVI. of shittim-wood, and overlay them L TOREOVER, thou shalt make with gold, that the table may be the tabernacle with ten curborne with them.

tains of fine twined linen, and blue, 29 And thou shalt make the dish- and purple, and scarlet : with chees thereof, and spoons thereof, and rubims of cunning work shalt thou covers thereof, and bowls thereof, make them.

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2 The length of one curtain shalls and a cubit on the other side of that be eight and iwenty cubits, and the which remaineth in the length of the breadth of one curtain four cubits : curtains of the tent, it shall hang and every one of the curtains shall over the sides of the tabernacle on have one measure.

this side and on that side, to cover it. 3 The five curtains shall be cou- 1 14 [ And thou shalt make a copled together one to another; and vering for the tent of rams' skins dyed other five curtains shall be coupled red, and a covering above of badone to another.

4 And thou shalt make loops of 15 | And thou shalt make boards blue upon the edge of the one cur- for the tabernacle of shittim-wood tain from the selvedge in the cou- standing up. pling; and likewise shalt thou make 16 Ten cubits shall be the length in the uttermost edge of another cur- of a board, and a cubit and a half tain, in the coupling of the second. shall be the breadth of one board.

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in 17 Two tenons shall there be in the one curtain, and fifty loops shall one board, set in order one against thou make in the edge of the cur- another: thus shalt thou make for tain that is in the coupling of the all the boards of the tabernacle. secoud; that the loops may take 18 And thou shalt make the boards hold one of another.

for the tabernacle, twenty boards on 6 And thou shalt make fifty lach- the south side southward. es of gold, and couple the curtains 19 And thou shalt make forty together with the iaches: and it sockets of silver under the twenty shall be one tabernacle.

boards : two Sockets under one 17 | And thou shalt make curtains board for his two tenons, and two of goats' hair to be a covering upon sockets under another board for his the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt two tenons. thou make.

20 And for the second side of the 8 The length of one curtain shall tabernacle on the north side there be thirty cubits, and the breadth of shall be twenty boards. one curtain four cubits: and the 21 And their forty sockets of silver; eleven curtains shall be all of one two sockets under one board, and mcasure.

two sockets under another board. 9 And thou shalt couple five cur- 22 And for the sides of the tabertains by themselves, and six curtains nacle westward thou shalt make six by themselves, and shalt double the boards. sixth curtain in the fore-front of the 23 And two boards shalt thou tabernacle.

make for the corners of the taberna10 And thou shalt make fisiy loops cle in the two sides. on the edge of the one curtain that 24 And they shall be coupled tois outmost in the coupling, and fifiy gether beneath, and they shall be loops in the edge of the curtain coupled together above the head of which coupleth the second. it unto one ring : thus shall it be for

11 And thou shalt make fifty tach- them both; they shall be for the two es of brass, and put the taches into corners. the loops, and couple the tent toge- 25 And they shall be eight boards, ther, that it may be one.

and their sockets of silver, sixteen 12 And the remnant that remain- sockets; two Sockets under one eth of the curtains of the lent, the board, and iwo sockets under ang. half curtain that remaineth, shall ther board. hang over the back-side of the ta- 26 And thou shalt make bars of bernacle.

shittim-wood; five for the boards of 13 And a cubit on the one side, the one side of the tabernacle,

27 And have bars for the boards of long, and five cubits broad; the althe other side of the tabernacle, and tar shall be four-square: and the five bars for the boards of the side of height thereof shall be three cubits. the tabernacle, for the two sides 2 And thou shalt make the horns Westward.

of it upon the four corners thereof: 28 And the middle bar in the his horns shall be of the same : and midst of the boards shall reach from thou shalt overlay it with brass. end to end.

3. And thou shalt make his pans 29 And thou shalt overlay the to receive his ashes, and his shovels, boards with gold, and make their and his basons, and his flesh-books, rings of gold for places for the bars : and his fire-pans: all the vessels and thou shalt overlay the bars with thereof thou shalt make of brass. gold.

4 And thou shalt make for it a d 30 And thou shalt rear up the grate of net-work of brass; and uptabernacle according to the fashion on the net shalt thou make four brathereof which was shewed thee in zen rings in the four corners thereof. the mount.

5 And thou shalt put it under the L 31 1 And thou shalt make a vail compass of the altar beneath, that of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and the net may be even to the midst of fine twined linen of cunning work : the altar. with cherubims shall it he made. 6 And thou shalt make staves for

32 And thou shalt bang it upon the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and four pillars of shiuim-wood overlaid overlay them with brass. with gold: their hooks shall be of 7 And the staves shall be put into gold upon the four sockets of silver. the rings, and the staves shall be up

33 And thou shalt hang up the on the iwo sides of the altar, to bear vail under the taches, that thou may. it. est bring in thither within the vail 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou the ark of the testimony: and the make it: as it was shewed thee in vail shall divide unto you between the mount, so shall they make it. the holy place and the most holy. L 9 And thou shalt make the

31 And thou shalt put the mercy- court of the tabernacle: for the seat upon the ark of the testimony south side southward there shall be in the most holy place.

hangings for the court of fine twined 36 And thou shalt set the table with linen of a hundred cubits long for out the vail, and the candlestick one side : over against ihe table on the side of 10 And the twenty pillars thereof the tabernacle toward the south: and their twenty sockets shall be of and thou shalt put the table on the brass : the hooks of the pillars and north side.

their fillets shall be of silver. L 36 | And thou shalt make a hang- 11 And likewise for the north ing for the door of the tent, of blue, side in length there shall be hangings and purple, and scarlet, and fine of a hundred cubits long, and his twined linen, wrought with needle- twenty pillars and their twenty work.

sockets of brass : the hooks of the 37 And thou shalt make for the pillars and their fillets of silver. hanging five pillars of shittim-wood, 12 And for the breadth of the and overlay them with gold, and court on the west side shall be hangtheir hooks shall be of gold: and ings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, thou shalt cast five sockets of brass and their sockets ten. for them.

13 And the breadth of the court on CHAP. XXVII.

the cast side eastward shall be fifty ND th shalt make an altar cubits. "A of shiuim-wood, five cubits 14 The hangings of one side of

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15 And on the other side shall be and á broidered coal, a mitre, and hangings, fifteen cubils : their pillars a girdle: and they shall make holy three, and their sockets three. garments for Aaron thy brother,

16 And for the gate of the court and his sons, that he may minister shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, unto me in the priest's office. of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 5 And they shall tako gold, and fine twined linen, wrought with nee- blue, and purple, and scarlet, and de-work : and their pillars shall be fine linen. four, and their sockets four, L 6 1 And they shall make the ephod

11 All the pillars round about the of gold, of blue, and of purple, court shall be filleted with silver : of scarlet, and fine twined linen, their hooks shall be of silver, and with cunning work. their sockets of brass.

7 It shall have the two shoulder1 18 1 The length of the court shall pieces thereof joined at the two be a hundred cubits, and the breadth edges thereof; and so it shall be fifty every where, and the height joined together. five cubits of fine twined linen, and 8 And the curious girdle of the their sockets of brass.

ephod which is upon it, shall be of 19 All the vessels of the taberna- the same, according to the work cle in all the service thereof, and all thereof; eren of gold, of blue, and the pins thereof, and all the pins of purple, and scarlet, and fine twined the court, shall be of brass.

linen. L 20 And thou shalt command the 9 And thou shalt take two onyxchildren of Israel, that they bring thee stones, and grave on them the names pure oil-olive beaten for the light, of the children of Israel: io cause the lamp to burn always. T 10 Six of their names on one stone,

21 In the tabernacle of the con- and the other six names of the rest gregation without the vail, which is on the other stone, according to before the testimony, Aaron and his their birth. sons shall order it from evening to 11 With the work of an engraver morning before the LORD; It shall in stone, like the engravings of a be a statute for ever unto their gene- signet, shalt thou engrave the two rations on the behalf of the children stones with the names of the chilof Israel.

dren of Israel : thou shalt make CHAP. XXVIII.

them to be set in ouches of gold. ND take thou unto thee Aa-t 12 And thou shalt put the two

ron thy brother, and his sons stones upon the shoulders of the with him, from among the children ephod for stones of memorial unto of Israel, that he may minister unto the children of Israel: and Aaron me in the priest's office, even Aaron, shall bear their names before the Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ith- Lord upon his two shoulders for a amar, Aaron's sons.

memorial L 2 And thou shalt make holy 13 And thou shalt make ouches garments for Aaron thy brother, of gold; for glory and for beauty.

14 And two chains of pure gold 3 And thou shalt speak unto all at the ends; of wreathen work that are wise-hearted, whom I have shalt thou make them, and fasten filled with the spirit of wisdom, that the wreathen chains to the ouches. they may make Aaron’s garments L 15 | And thou shalt make the to consecrate him, that he may mi-breast-plate of judgment with cunpister unto me in the priest's office. ning work; after the work of the 4 And these are the garments | ephiod thou shalt make it; of gold,

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of blue, and of purple, and of scar- 28 And they shall bind the breastlet, and of fine twined linen shalt plate by the rings thereof onto the thou make it.

rings of the ephed with a lace of blue, 16 Four-square it shall be, being that it may be above the curious girdoubled; a span shall be the length dle of the ephod, and that the treastthereof, and a span shall be the plate be noi loosed from the ephod. breadth thereof.

29 And Aaron shall bear the 2017 And thou shalt set in it settings names of the children of Israel in the of stones, even four rows of stones; breast-plate of judgment upon his the first row shall be a sardius, a to- beart, when he goeth in unto the holy paz, and a carbuncle : this shall be place, for a memorial before the LORD The first row.

continually, 18 And the second row shall be t 30 And thou shalt put in the an emerald, a sapphire, and a dia. breast-plate of judgment the Urim mond.

and the Thummim; and they shall 19 And the third row a ligure, be upon Aaron's heart, when he goan agate, and an amethyst. eth in before the LORD: and Aaron

20 And the fourth row a beryl, shall bear the judgment of the chiland an onyx, and a jasper : they dren of Israel upon his heart before shall be set in gold in their enclosings. the LORD continually. L 21 And the stones shall be with L 31 1 And thou shalt make the the names of the children of Israel, robe of the ephod all of blue. twelve, according to their names, like 32 And there shall be a hole in the engravings of a signet; every one the top of it, in the midst thereof: it with his name shall they be accord- shall have a binding of woven work ing to the twelve tribes.

round about the hole of it, as it were 22 And thou shalt make upon the the hole of a habergeon, that it be breast-plate chans at the ends of not rent. wreathen work of pure gold. 33 And beneoth, upon the hem of => 23 And thou shalt make upon the it thou shalt make pomegranates of breast-plate two rings of gold, and blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, shalt put the two rings on the two round about the hem thereof; and ends of the breast-plate.

bells of gold between them round 24 And thou shalt put the two about : wreathen chains of gold in the two 34 A golden bell and a pomegrarings which are on the ends of the nate, a golden bell and a pomegrabreast-plate.

nate, upon the betn of the robe round 25 And the other two ends of the about. two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten 35 And it shall be upon Aaron, in the two ouches, and put them on to minister: and his sound shall be the shoulder-pieces of the ephod be heard when he goeth in unto the fore it.

holy place before the Lord, and 26 And thou shalt make two rings when he cometh out, that he die of gold, and thou shalt put them upon not. the two ends of the breast-plate in d 36 And thou shalt make a the border thereof, which is in the plate of pure gold, and grave upon side of the ephod inward.

it like the engravings of a signet, 27 And two other rings of gold HOLINESS TO THE LORD. thou shalt make, and shalt put them 37 And thou shalt put it on a on the two sides of the ophod under-blue lace, that it may be upon the neath, toward the fore-part thereof, mitre; upon the fore-front of the over against the other couplig there. mitre it shall be. of, above the curious girdle of the 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's ephod.

forehead, that Aaron may bear the