Exodus 31 Cross References - LEB

¹ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ² "See, I have called by name* Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ³ And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill* and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship, ⁴ to devise designs, to work with gold and with silver and with bronze, ⁵ and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every kind of craftsmanship. ⁶ And, look, I have given with him Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, and I have put skill in the heart of all the skilled of heart, and they will make all that I have commanded you— ⁷ the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony and the atonement cover that is on it and all the equipment of the tent, ⁸ and the table and all its equipment, and the pure gold lampstand and all its equipment, and the incense altar, ⁹ and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment, and the basin and its stand, ¹⁰ and the garments of woven material, and _⌊the garments of the sanctuary_⌋* for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests, ¹¹ and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. According to all that I have commanded you, they will make it. ¹² And Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, ¹³ "And you, speak to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* saying, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, because it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, in order to know that I am Yahweh, who consecrates you. ¹⁴ And you must keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; defilers* of it will surely be put to death, because anyone who does work on it—that person will be cut off from among his people. ¹⁵ On six days work can be done, and on the seventh _⌊is a Sabbath of complete rest_⌋,* _⌊a holy day_⌋* for Yahweh; anyone doing work on the Sabbath day will surely be put to death. ¹⁶ The _⌊Israelites_⌋* will pay attention to the Sabbath in order to fulfill the Sabbath* throughout their generations as a lasting covenant. ¹⁷ It is a sign between me and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* forever, because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased* and recovered."* ¹⁸ And when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with the finger of God.

¹² And Moses said to Yahweh, "See, you are saying to me, 'Take this people up.' But you have not let me know whom you will send with me, and you yourself have said, 'I know you by name, and you also have found favor in my eyes.'

¹⁷ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Also I will do this thing that you have spoken, because you have found favor in my eyes and I have known you by name."

³⁰ And Moses said to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* "See, Yahweh has called by name* Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.

¹ And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone who is skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary—they will do it, according to all that Yahweh has commanded."

¹ And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height.

¹⁹ And when Azubah died, Caleb married* Ephrathah, and she bore Hur to him. ²⁰ And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

³ And I will give you the treasures of darkness and treasures of secret places so that you may know that I am Yahweh, the one who calls you by your name, the God of Israel, ⁴ for the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one. And I call you by your name; I give you a name of honor, though* you do not know me.

¹⁶ And he appointed the twelve.* And to Simon he gave the name Peter, ¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"), ¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,* ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

²⁷ John answered and said, "A man can receive not one thing unless it is granted to him from heaven!

³¹ And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill* and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship,

⁹ Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"

¹⁴ He was the son of a widow woman from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, an artisan of bronze. He was filled with wisdom and with ability and with the knowledge to do all the work with the bronze. And he came to King Solomon, and he did all of his work.

⁶ and a spirit of justice to the one who sits over judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

²⁶ And his God instructs him about the prescription;* he teaches him.

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, ⁵ and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord, ⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but the same God, who works all things in all people. ⁷ But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial to all. ⁸ For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another* gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another* _⌊miraculous powers_⌋*, to another* prophecy, to another* distinguishing of spirits, to another kinds of tongues, to another* interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But in all these things one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes.

³² And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms. ³⁵ And a bud will be under the two branches that come from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.

¹ "And the tabernacle you will make with ten curtains; you will make them of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman.

¹⁵ And you will make a breast piece of judgment, a work of a skilled craftsman; you will make it like the work of the ephod; you will make it of gold, blue and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen.

⁷ So then, send to me skilled men to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue fabric, knowledgeable in engraving, with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father has established.

¹³ So now I have sent a skilled man, knowledgeable and with understanding: my master* Huram, ¹⁴ a son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, knowledgeable for working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and with purple, blue, and crimson fabric, and with fine linen, for engraving any engraving and devising any plan that is given to him, with your skilled men and the skilled men of my lord David your father.

⁹ "And you will take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* ¹⁰ with six of their names on the one stone and the remaining six on the second, according to their genealogies.* ¹¹ As the work of a skilled stone craftsman, with seal engravings you will engrave on the two stones the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋;* you will make them mounted in gold filigree settings. ¹² And you will set the two stones on the ephod's shoulder pieces as stones of remembrance for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and Aaron will bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulder pieces for remembrance. ¹³ "And you will make gold filigree settings. ¹⁴ And you will make two braided chains of pure gold ornamental cord work, and you will put the chains of the ornamental cords on the filigree settings. ¹⁵ And you will make a breast piece of judgment, a work of a skilled craftsman; you will make it like the work of the ephod; you will make it of gold, blue and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. ¹⁶ It will be squared, doubled, a span its length and a span its width. ¹⁷ And you will fill it with stone mounting, four rows of stone, a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald is the first row; ¹⁸ and the second row is a malachite, a sapphire, and a moonstone; ¹⁹ and the third row is a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰ and the fourth row is a turquoise and an onyx and a jasper. Their settings will be woven with gold. ²¹ The stones will be according to the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name they will be for the twelve tribes.

¹⁴ _⌊And Yahweh was angry with_⌋* Moses and said, "Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he certainly can speak, and also there he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will rejoice in his heart. ¹⁵ And you will speak to him, and you will put words in his mouth, and I myself will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you must do.

²⁶ It was that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, "Bring the _⌊Israelites_⌋* out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions."

³ And you will speak to all the skilled of heart, whom I have given _⌊a gift of skill_⌋,* and they will make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him for his serving as my priest.

¹⁰ "And let all the skilled of heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

²⁵ And every woman who was skilled of heart with her hands they spun, and they brought yarn—the blue and the purple, the crimson and the fine linen. ²⁶ And all the women whose heart lifted them with skill spun the goat hair.

³⁴ And he has put it in his heart to teach—he and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan.

⁸ And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman.

¹ And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. ² And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ³ And he cast for it four gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second side. ⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ⁵ And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. ⁶ And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. ⁸ One cherub was _⌊at one end_⌋,* and one cherub was _⌊at the other end_⌋* of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹ And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover _⌊and facing each other_⌋;* the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover. ¹⁰ And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ¹² And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around. ¹³ And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four _⌊legs_⌋* were. ¹⁴ The rings were near the rim as _⌊holders_⌋* for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold to carry the table. ¹⁶ And he made the vessels that were on the table—its plates and its ladles,* and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold. ¹⁷ And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work—its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were _⌊all part of it_⌋.* ¹⁸ And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its* buds and its blossoms. ²¹ And a bud was under the two branches that came from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ²² Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one piece of pure gold, hammered work. ²³ And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold. ²⁴ He made it from a talent of pure gold and all its pieces of equipment. ²⁵ And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were _⌊of one piece with it_⌋.* ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around. ²⁷ And he made for it two gold rings under its molding _⌊on two opposite sides_⌋* as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry it with them. ²⁸ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ²⁹ And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense—work of a perfumer.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ² "_⌊Take a census_⌋* of the descendants* of Kohath from the midst of the descendants* of Levi, according to their clans and _⌊their families_⌋,* ³ from _⌊thirty years old_⌋* and above, up to _⌊fifty years old_⌋,* everyone who comes to the service to do the work in the tent of assembly. ⁴ This is the work of the descendants* of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary: ⁵ When setting out the camp, Aaron and his sons will go and lower the curtain of the covering and cover with it the ark of the testimony.* ⁶ They will put on it a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles. ⁷ And over the table of the presence they will spread out a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes, and libation bowls, and the pitchers of the libation; and the bread of continuity will be on it. ⁸ They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* and they will place its poles. ⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light source, its lamps, a pair of its tongs, its small pans, and all the vessels of its oil with which they attend to it. ¹⁰ They will put it and all its vessels inside a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋* and put it on the carrying frame. ¹¹ Over the altar of gold they will spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋* and place its poles. ¹² They will take all the vessels of the cultic service with which they serve in the sanctuary and put them on a blue cloth, and they will cover them with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋;* and they will put them on the carrying frame. ¹³ They will remove the fat-soaked ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it; ¹⁴ they will put on it all the vessels with which they serve, the fire pans, forks, shovels, and bowls—all the vessels of the altar. They will spread on it a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋;* and they will place its poles. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp sets out, the descendants* of Kohath will come after to carry these, but they must not touch the sanctuary, or they will die. These are the load of the descendants* of Kohath in the tent of assembly. ¹⁶ "Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is to supervise the oil of the light source, the incense, _⌊the regular grain offering_⌋,* the oil of anointment, the supervision of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, in the sanctuary and in its vessels." ¹⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ¹⁸ "You must not cut off the tribe of the clan of the Kohathites* from the midst of the Levites. ¹⁹ Do this to them and they will live and not die when they come near the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will go and appoint them, each one to his task and burden. ²⁰ But they must not go and look _⌊for a moment_⌋* at the holy objects." ²¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ²² "_⌊Take a census_⌋* of the descendants* of Gershon also, according to _⌊their families_⌋* and clans, ²³ from _⌊those twenty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋;* you will muster* them, all who come to help to do the work of the tent of assembly. ²⁴ This is the work of the clans of the Gershonites:* to serve and to carry. ²⁵ They will carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of assembly and its covering and the covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* which _⌊is on top of it_⌋,* and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of assembly, ²⁶ and the curtains of the courtyard, and the covering for the doorway of the gate of the courtyard, which is all around on the tabernacle and altar, and their cords and all the vessels of their work; and all that is done to them they will do. ²⁷ And all the work of the descendants* of the Gershonites* will be at _⌊the command_⌋* of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry. ²⁸ This is the work of the clan of the descendants* of the Gershonites* in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility lies _⌊under the direction_⌋* of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "For the descendants* of Merari according to their clans, according to _⌊their families_⌋,* you will muster* them; ³⁰ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋;* you will muster* them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly. ³¹ And this is the responsibility of _⌊those who are to carry_⌋,* all their work in the tent of assembly: the frames of the tabernacle and its bars, pillars, and bases, ³² and the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their vessels and for all their work. You will appoint by name the vessels that they are responsible to carry. ³³ This is the work of the clan of the descendants* of Merari, for all their work in the tent of assembly _⌊under the direction_⌋* of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest." ³⁴ And Moses and Aaron mustered the leaders of the community according to the house of _⌊their families_⌋,* ³⁵ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋;* everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, ³⁶ the _⌊ones counted_⌋* were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ These were those counted of the clans of the Kohathites,* everyone who served in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.* ³⁸ And the descendants* of Gershon counted according to their clans and according to _⌊their families_⌋,* ³⁹ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋,* everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly; ⁴⁰ the _⌊ones counted_⌋,* according to their clans, according to _⌊their families_⌋,* were two thousand six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ These were those counted of the clans of the descendants* of Gershon, everyone who serves in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh. ⁴² Those counted of the clans of the descendants* of Merari according to their clans, according to _⌊their families_⌋,* ⁴³ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋,* everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, ⁴⁴ the _⌊ones counted_⌋,* according to their clans, were three thousand two hundred. ⁴⁵ These were those counted of the clans of the descendants* of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.* ⁴⁶ All those counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel mustered* according to their clans, according to _⌊their families_⌋,* ⁴⁷ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋,* everyone who comes to the service to do the work of the service carrying in the tent of assembly, ⁴⁸ the _⌊ones counted_⌋* were eighty thousand five hundred and eighty. ⁴⁹ According to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh by the hand of Moses* _⌊they were mustered_⌋,* each man according to his service and according to their* service and according to their* burden; and so they were counted by him just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹² behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.

¹ It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the _⌊Israelites_⌋* went out from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year _⌊of Solomon's rule_⌋* over Israel, the month of Ziv (that is the second month), that he began to build the house for Yahweh. ² Now the house that King Solomon built for Yahweh was sixty cubits in its length and twenty cubits in its width and thirty cubits in its height. ³ The vestibule on the face of the main hall of the temple* was twenty cubits in its length, and the width of the temple* was ten cubits wide on the face of the temple.* ⁴ And he made for the temple* specially designed framed windows, ⁵ and he built a structure against the wall of the temple* running all along the walls of the house, for the outer sanctuary and for the inner sanctuary, and made side rooms all around. ⁶ The lower structure was five cubits in its width and the middle was six cubits in its width and the third was seven cubits in its width, for he made niches for the temple* all around to the outside, so that beams would not attach to the walls of the temple.* ⁷ Now while the temple* was being built, it was built with stones finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or stone shaping tool or any instrument of iron was heard in the temple* as it was being built. ⁸ The doorway of the side room in the middle of the side of the temple* was on the south; they went up with a stairway to the middle and from the middle to the third floor.

¹ Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had established, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ² And he began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. ³ Now these were the measurements of Solomon for building the house of God: the length in cubits by the former measurement was sixty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits. ⁴ _⌊The length of the portico that was in front was the same as the front of the width of the house_⌋:* twenty cubits. And its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.

¹ Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in _⌊Judah_⌋* and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. ² Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak set out and began to build the house of God that is in Jerusalem. And with them the prophets of God were helping them.

⁶ For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. ⁷ For the upright, he stores* sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,

⁹ Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. ¹⁰ For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is _⌊no one_⌋* to help him up. ¹¹ Also if two lie together, _⌊they can keep each other warm_⌋.* But how can one person be warm? ¹² _⌊Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him_⌋.* A threefold cord _⌊is not easily broken_⌋!*

¹ And he brought me to the gate which was _⌊facing east_⌋.* ² And, look! The glory of the God of Israel, it came from the way of the east, and its sound was like the sound of many waters* and the land radiated due to his glory! ³ And* the appearance of the vision which I saw was as* the vision which I saw at his* coming to destroy the city, and these visions were also as* the vision which I saw by the _⌊Kebar River_⌋,* and I fell on my face. ⁴ And then the glory of Yahweh came to the temple _⌊by the way of the gate facing east_⌋.* ⁵ And the Spirit lifted me and it brought me to the inner courtyard and, look! The glory of Yahweh filled the temple! ⁶ And I heard someone speaking to me from the house,* and a man was standing beside me. ⁷ And he said to me, "Son of man,* this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet _⌊where I will dwell_⌋* in the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* to eternity, and they, the house of Israel, they and their kings, will not again defile _⌊my holy name_⌋* with their fornication and with their offerings for the dead* of their kings on their high places. ⁸ _⌊When they placed their threshold_⌋* with* my threshold, their doorframe beside my doorframe and the* wall was between me and between them, then they defiled _⌊my holy name_⌋,* with their detestable things that they did, and so I consumed them in my anger. ⁹ Now let them send their fornication far away and the offerings for the dead* of their kings away from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them _⌊forever_⌋.* ¹⁰ You, son of man,* describe to the house of Israel the temple and let them be ashamed of their iniquities and let them measure the pattern. ¹¹ And if they are ashamed of all that they did, then the plan of the temple and its arrangement and its exits and its entrances and all of its plans* and all of its statutes. And all of its plans* and all of its laws* make known to them and write them before their eyes, so that they may remember all of its plans and all of its statutes, so that they do them! ¹² This is the law* of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all of its territory, _⌊all the way around it_⌋,* _⌊will be most holy_⌋.* Look, this is the law of the temple. ¹³ And these are the measurements of the altar in the cubits* (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth):* now its gutter* _⌊is a cubit* in depth by a cubit* in width_⌋* and its rim along its edge all around is one span,* and this is also the height of the altar. ¹⁴ And from the gutter* at the ground up to the lower ledge is two cubits,* and its width is one cubit,* and from the small ledge up to the large ledge is four cubits,* and its width is one cubit. ¹⁵ And the altar hearth was four cubits,* and from the altar hearth and _⌊upwards_⌋* were the four horns of the altar. ¹⁶ And the altar hearth was _⌊twelve_⌋* cubits in length and _⌊twelve_⌋* cubits in width*; it was _⌊squared on its four sides_⌋.* ¹⁷ And the ledge was _⌊fourteen_⌋* cubits in length with _⌊fourteen_⌋* cubits its width* to all four of its sides, and a rim was all around it of one-half cubit.* And the gutter* for it was a cubit* all around, and its steps were facing east." ¹⁸ And he said to me, "Son of man,* thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'These are the statutes of the altar on the day _⌊when it is made_⌋,* to sacrifice a burnt offering on it and to sprinkle blood on it. ¹⁹ And you must give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, the ones coming near me," _⌊declares_⌋* the Lord Yahweh, "to serve me, a bull, _⌊a calf_⌋* as a sin offering. ²⁰ You must take some of its blood and put it on _⌊the four horns of the altar_⌋,* and the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all around; thus you must purify it and make atonement for it. ²¹ And you must take the bull, the sin offering, and you must burn it in the designated place of the temple outside of the holy place. ²² And on the second day you must offer a he-goat without defect as a sin offering, and they must purify the altar _⌊like_⌋* they purified with the bull. ²³ _⌊When you are finished_⌋* from purifying, you must offer a bull, _⌊a calf_⌋,* without defect, and a ram from the flock without defect. ²⁴ And you must bring them near _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh, and the priests must throw salt on them, and they must offer them as a burnt offering to Yahweh. ²⁵ For seven days you must provide a goat of sin offering for the day and a bull, _⌊a calf_⌋,* and a ram from the flock without defect; you must provide them. ²⁶ Seven days they must purify the altar and they must cleanse it and so _⌊they will consecrate it_⌋.* ²⁷ And they will finish the days, _⌊and then_⌋* on the eighth day and beyond that the priests will offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, and then I will be pleased with you," _⌊declares_⌋* the Lord Yahweh.

² Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James* the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, ³ Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, ⁴ Simon the Zealot,* and Judas Iscariot—the one who also betrayed him.

¹ And after these things, the Lord also* appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two before _⌊him_⌋* into every town and place where he was about to go.

² And while* they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

³⁹ And a sharp disagreement took place, so that they separated from one another. And Barnabas took along Mark and* sailed away to Cyprus, ⁴⁰ but Paul chose Silas and* departed, after* being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

⁵ Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

¹⁶ Do not be deceived, my dear brothers. ¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

¹⁰ "And they will make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And you will overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you will overlay it, and you will make on it a gold molding all around. ¹² And you will cast for it four gold rings, and you will put them on its four feet, with two rings on its one side and two rings on its second side. ¹³ And you will make poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And you will put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark with them. ¹⁵ In the rings of the ark will be the poles; they will not be removed from it.* ¹⁶ And you will put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you. ¹⁷ "And you will make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. ¹⁸ And you will make two cherubim of gold; you will make them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. ¹⁹ And make one cherub _⌊at one end_⌋* and one cherub _⌊at the other end_⌋* of the atonement cover; you will make the cherubim on its two ends. ²⁰ And the cherubim will be with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover _⌊and facing each other_⌋;* the faces of the cherubim will be toward the atonement cover. ²¹ And you will put the atonement cover above onto the ark, and into the ark you will put the testimony that I will give you. ²² And I will meet you there, and I will speak with you from over the atonement cover, from between the two cherubim that are to be on the ark of the testimony—all that I will command you to the _⌊Israelites_⌋.*

¹ "And the tabernacle you will make with ten curtains; you will make them of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman. ² The length of the one curtain will be twenty-eight cubits, and the width will be four cubits for the one curtain; one measure will be for all the curtains. ³ Five curtains will be joined _⌊to one another_⌋,* and five curtains joined _⌊to one another_⌋.* ⁴ And you will make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; and you will do so on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. ⁵ You will make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you will make fifty loops on the end of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops are to be opposite* _⌊to one another_⌋.* ⁶ And you will make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains _⌊to one another_⌋* with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be one. ⁷ "And you will make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you will make them eleven curtains. ⁸ The length of the one curtain will be thirty cubits, and the width will be four cubits for the one curtain; one measure will be for the eleven curtains. ⁹ And you will join five curtains together and six curtains together, and you will fold double the sixth curtain at the front of the tent. ¹⁰ And you will make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set. ¹¹ And you will make fifty bronze clasps, and you will put the clasps in the loops and join the tent, so that it will be one. ¹² "And the surplus in the curtains of the tent will be an overhang; the surplus half curtain will hang over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³ And a cubit _⌊from one side_⌋* and a cubit _⌊from the other side_⌋* in the surplus in the length of the curtains of the tent will be hung over the sides of the tabernacle _⌊equally_⌋* to cover it. ¹⁴ "And you will make a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skins and a covering of fine leather to go above. ¹⁵ "And you will make the frames* for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.* ¹⁶ The length of the frame* will be ten cubits, and the width of the one frame* will be one and a half cubits. ¹⁷ You will make two _⌊pegs_⌋* for the one frame* for joining _⌊each to another_⌋* and likewise for all the frames* of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And you will make the frames* for the tabernacle with twenty frames* for the _⌊south_⌋* side. ¹⁹ And you will make forty silver bases under the twenty frames,* with two bases under the one frame* for its two _⌊pegs_⌋* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame* for its two _⌊pegs_⌋.* ²⁰ And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, there will be twenty frames* ²¹ and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one frame* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame.* ²² "And for the rear of the tabernacle _⌊on the west_⌋* you will make six frames.* ²³ And you will make two frames* for the tabernacle corners at the rear. ²⁴ They will be double at the bottom, and they will be completely together on its top to the one ring; it will be likewise for the two of them; they will be for the two corners. ²⁵ And there will be eight frames* and their silver bases, sixteen bases, with two bases under the one frame* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame.* ²⁶ "You will make five bars of acacia wood for the frames* on the one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷ and five bars for the frames* on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames* on the side of the tabernacle at the rear _⌊on the west_⌋.* ²⁸ And the bar in the middle, in the midst of the frames* will run from end to end. ²⁹ And you will overlay the frames* with gold, and you will make their rings of gold as _⌊holders_⌋* for the bars, and you will overlay the bars with gold. ³⁰ And you will erect the tabernacle according to its plan, which you have been shown on the mountain. ³¹ "And you will make a curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman; he will make it with cherubim. ³² And you will put it on four acacia pillars overlaid with gold with their gold hooks on four silver bases. ³³ And you will put the curtain under the clasps, and you will bring the ark of the testimony there inside the curtain, and the curtain will separate for you between the holy and the _⌊most holy place_⌋.* ³⁴ And you will put the atonement cover on the ark of the testimony in the _⌊most holy place_⌋.* ³⁵ And you will place the table outside the curtain and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, and you will put the table on the north side. ³⁶ "And you will make for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. ³⁷ And you will make for the screen five acacia pillars, and you will overlay them with gold with their gold hooks, and you will cast for them five bronze bases.

⁹ "You will make the courtyard of the tabernacle; for the _⌊south_⌋* side will be hangings for the courtyard of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits long for the one side. ¹⁰ And its twenty pillars and their twenty bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. ¹¹ And likewise for the north side along the length will be hangings one hundred cubits long; and its twenty pillars and their bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. ¹² And the width of the courtyard for the west* side will be hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases. ¹³ And the width of the courtyard for the east side, toward sunrise, will be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ And hangings for the shoulder* will be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁵ And fifteen cubits of hangings will be for the second shoulder* with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the courtyard there will be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; with their four pillars and their four bases. ¹⁷ "All the pillars of the courtyard all around will be banded with silver, and their hooks will be silver, and their bases will be bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the courtyard will be one hundred cubits and the width fifty cubits* and the height five cubits, of finely twisted linen, with their bronze bases. ¹⁹ Bronze will be for all the equipment of the tabernacle in all its service and all its _⌊pegs_⌋* and all the _⌊pegs_⌋* of the courtyard.

⁸ And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman. ⁹ The length of the one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measurement was for all the curtains.

⁸ One cherub was _⌊at one end_⌋,* and one cherub was _⌊at the other end_⌋* of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹ And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover _⌊and facing each other_⌋;* the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

²³ "And you will make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ²⁴ And you will overlay it with pure gold, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. ²⁵ And you will make for it a handbreadth rim all around, and you will make a gold molding for its rim all around. ²⁶ And you will make four gold rings for it, and you will put the rings on the four corners where its four _⌊legs_⌋* are. ²⁷ The rings will be near the rim as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry the table. ²⁸ And you will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried with them. ²⁹ And you will make its plates and its ladles* and its pitchers and its bowls with which libations will be poured; of pure gold you will make them. ³⁰ And you will put on the table the bread of presence to be before me continually. ³¹ "And you will make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand will be made of hammered work—its base and its branch,* its cups, its buds, and its blossoms will be from it. ³² And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms. ³⁵ And a bud will be under the two branches that come from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one piece of pure gold hammered work. ³⁷ And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light _⌊in the space in front of it_⌋.* ³⁸ And its snuffers and its fire pans will be pure gold. ³⁹ It will be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these pieces of equipment. ⁴⁰ And see and make all according to their pattern, which you were shown in the mountain.

¹ "And you will make an altar for burning incense; you will make it of acacia wood, ² a cubit its length and a cubit its width—it will be square—and two cubits its height, its horns _⌊of one piece with it_⌋.* ³ And you will overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. ⁴ And you will make two gold rings for it; under its molding _⌊on two opposite sides_⌋* you will make them as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry it with them. ⁵ You will make the poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. ⁶ And you will put it before the curtain that is upon the ark of the testimony, before the atonement cover, which is on the testimony, there where I will meet with you. ⁷ "And on it Aaron will turn fragrant incense into smoke; _⌊each morning_⌋* when he tends the lamps, he will turn it into smoke. ⁸ And when Aaron sets up the lamps _⌊at twilight_⌋,* he will turn it into smoke—incense of continuity—before Yahweh throughout your generations. ⁹ You will not offer on it strange incense or a burnt offering or a grain offering, and you will not pour a libation on it. ¹⁰ And Aaron will make atonement on its horns one time in the year from the blood of the sin offering of the atonement; one time in the year he will make atonement on it throughout your generations; it is a most holy thing for Yahweh."

¹⁰ And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ¹² And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around. ¹³ And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four _⌊legs_⌋* were. ¹⁴ The rings were near the rim as _⌊holders_⌋* for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold to carry the table. ¹⁶ And he made the vessels that were on the table—its plates and its ladles,* and its bowls and its pitchers with which libations were poured—of pure gold. ¹⁷ And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work—its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were _⌊all part of it_⌋.* ¹⁸ And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups were on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its* buds and its blossoms. ²¹ And a bud was under the two branches that came from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ²² Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one piece of pure gold, hammered work. ²³ And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold. ²⁴ He made it from a talent of pure gold and all its pieces of equipment. ²⁵ And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were _⌊of one piece with it_⌋.* ²⁶ And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around. ²⁷ And he made for it two gold rings under its molding _⌊on two opposite sides_⌋* as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry it with them. ²⁸ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.

¹ "And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar will be square, and its height will be three cubits. ² And you will make its horns on its four corners; its horns will be _⌊of one piece with it_⌋,* and you will overlay it with bronze. ³ And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forks* and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment with bronze. ⁴ And you will make for it a grating, a work of bronze network, and you will make on the network four bronze rings on its four ends. ⁵ And you will put it under the ledge of the altar, below, and the network will be up to the middle of the altar. ⁶ And you will make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with bronze. ⁷ And the poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it. ⁸ You will make it hollow with boards. As it was shown you on the mountain, so they will do.

¹⁸ "And you will make a basin of bronze and its bronze stand for washing, and you will put it between the tent of assembly and the altar, and you will put water there. ¹⁹ And Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet with it. ²⁰ When they come to the tent of assembly, they will wash with water so that they do not die, or when they approach the altar to serve by turning to smoke an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ²¹ And they will wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die, and it will be a lasting rule for them—to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.

¹ And he made the burnt-offering altar of acacia wood; its length was five cubits, and its width was five cubits—it was square—and its height was three cubits. ² And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were _⌊of one piece with it_⌋;* and he overlaid it with bronze. ³ And he made all the equipment of the altar—the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls and the forks* and the fire pans—all its equipment he made with bronze. ⁴ And he made for the altar a grating, a work of bronze network under its ledge, below, up to its middle. ⁵ And he cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as _⌊holders_⌋* for the poles. ⁶ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow with boards. ⁸ And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the entrance of the tent of assembly.

¹¹ And you will anoint the basin and its stand, and you will consecrate it.

¹ "And bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* to serve as priests for me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron. ² And you will make holy garments* for Aaron, your brother, for glory and for splendor.* ³ And you will speak to all the skilled of heart, whom I have given _⌊a gift of skill_⌋,* and they will make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him for his serving as my priest. ⁴ And these are the garments that they will make: A breast piece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of specially woven fabric,* a turban and a sash. And they will make holy garments* for Aaron your brother, and for his sons to serve as priests for me. ⁵ "And they will take the gold and the blue and the purple and the crimson yarns and the fine linen, ⁶ and they will make the ephod of gold, blue and purple, and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman. ⁷ It will have two joining shoulder pieces at its two edges, so that it can be fastened. ⁸ And the waistband of his ephod, which is on it, will be of like work to it—gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen. ⁹ "And you will take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* ¹⁰ with six of their names on the one stone and the remaining six on the second, according to their genealogies.* ¹¹ As the work of a skilled stone craftsman, with seal engravings you will engrave on the two stones the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋;* you will make them mounted in gold filigree settings. ¹² And you will set the two stones on the ephod's shoulder pieces as stones of remembrance for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and Aaron will bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulder pieces for remembrance. ¹³ "And you will make gold filigree settings. ¹⁴ And you will make two braided chains of pure gold ornamental cord work, and you will put the chains of the ornamental cords on the filigree settings. ¹⁵ And you will make a breast piece of judgment, a work of a skilled craftsman; you will make it like the work of the ephod; you will make it of gold, blue and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. ¹⁶ It will be squared, doubled, a span its length and a span its width. ¹⁷ And you will fill it with stone mounting, four rows of stone, a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald is the first row; ¹⁸ and the second row is a malachite, a sapphire, and a moonstone; ¹⁹ and the third row is a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰ and the fourth row is a turquoise and an onyx and a jasper. Their settings will be woven with gold. ²¹ The stones will be according to the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name they will be for the twelve tribes. ²² "And you will make on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord. ²³ And you will make on the breast piece two gold rings, and you will put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece. ²⁴ And you will put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece. ²⁵ And you will put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and you will put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. ²⁶ And you will make two gold rings, and you will place them on the two ends of the breast piece, on its edge that is _⌊on the other side_⌋* of the ephod, _⌊to the inside_⌋.* ²⁷ And you will make two rings and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod below at its front near its seam above the waistband of the ephod. ²⁸ And they will tie the breast piece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord to be on the waistband of the ephod, and the breast piece will not come loose from the ephod. ²⁹ And Aaron will bear the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* in the breast piece of judgment on his heart, when he comes to the sanctuary, for a remembrance before Yahweh continually. ³⁰ And you will put the Urim and the Thummim on the breast piece of judgment, and they will be on the heart of Aaron when he comes before Yahweh, and Aaron will bear the judgment of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* on his heart before Yahweh continually. ³¹ "And you will make the robe of the ephod totally of blue yarn. ³² And the opening for his head will be in the middle of it; its opening will have an edge all around, the work of a weaver; it will be like the opening of a sturdy garment for it, so that it will not be torn. ³³ And you will make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and crimson yarns on its hem all around and bells of gold in the midst of them all around, ³⁴ a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around. ³⁵ And it will be on Aaron for serving, and its sound will be heard at his coming into the sanctuary before Yahweh and at his going out, so that he will not die. ³⁶ "And you will make a pure gold rosette,* and you will engrave on it with seal engravings: "A holy object for Yahweh." ³⁷ And you will place it on a blue cord, and it will be on the turban, at the front of the turban it will be. ³⁸ And it will be on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron will bear the guilt of the holy objects that the _⌊Israelites_⌋* will consecrate for all their holy gifts, and it will be on his forehead continually for acceptance for them before Yahweh. ³⁹ "And you will weave the tunic of fine linen, and you will make a turban of fine linen, and you will make a sash, the work of an embroiderer. ⁴⁰ And for the sons of Aaron you will make tunics, and you will make for them sashes and headdresses; you will make them for glory and for splendor.* ⁴¹ And you will clothe them—Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him—and you will anoint them and _⌊ordain them_⌋* and consecrate them, and they will serve as priests for me. ⁴² And make for them undergarments of linen to cover naked flesh; they will be from loins to thigh. ⁴³ And they will be on Aaron and on his sons when they come to the tent of assembly or when they approach the altar to serve in the sanctuary, so that they will not bear guilt and die. It is a lasting statute for him and for his offspring after him.

¹ And from the blue and the purple and the crimson yarns they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ² And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. ³ And he hammered out the leaves of gold, and he cut off cords to weave in the midst of the blue and in the midst of the purple and in the midst of the crimson and in the midst of the linen—the work of a skilled craftsman. ⁴ They made joined shoulder pieces for it; it was joined on its two edges. ⁵ And the waistband of his ephod, which _⌊was of one piece with it_⌋,* was of like work, gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ⁶ And they made onyx stones mounted in gold filigree settings, engraved with seal engravings according to the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ⁷ And he set them on the ephod's shoulder pieces as stones of remembrance for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ⁸ And he made the breast piece, the work of a skilled craftsman, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. ⁹ It was squared; they made the breast piece doubled; its length was a span, and its width was a span when doubled. ¹⁰ And they filled it with four rows of stone; a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald was the first row; ¹¹ and the second row was a malachite, a sapphire, and a moonstone; ¹² and the third row was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³ and the fourth row was a turquoise, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set with gold filigree settings in their mountings. ¹⁴ And the stones were according to the names of the _⌊Israelites_⌋;* they were twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name for the twelve tribes. ¹⁵ And they made on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord. ¹⁶ And they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece. ¹⁷ And they put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece. ¹⁸ And they put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. ¹⁹ And they made two gold rings, and they placed them on the two edges of the breast piece, on its lip that is on _⌊the other side_⌋* of the ephod, _⌊to the inside_⌋.* ²⁰ And they made two gold rings and put them on the ephod's two shoulder pieces below, at its front near its seam above the waistband of the ephod. ²¹ And they tied the breast piece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord so that the breast piece would be on the waistband of the ephod and not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ²² And he made the robe of the ephod, weaver's work, totally of blue yarn. ²³ And the opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a sturdy garment, with an edge for its opening all around so that it would not be torn. ²⁴ And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of finely twisted blue and purple and crimson. ²⁵ And they made pure gold bells and put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around in the midst of the pomegranates, ²⁶ a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate on the hem of the robe all around for serving, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ²⁷ And they made the tunics of fine linen, a weaver's work, for Aaron and for his sons, ²⁸ and the turban of fine linen and the headdresses of the headbands of fine linen and undergarments of the linen cloth, finely twisted, ²⁹ and the sash of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, the work of an embroiderer, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ³⁰ And they made the rosette* of the holy diadem of pure gold, and they wrote on it with the writing of seal engravings: "A holy object for Yahweh." ³¹ And they put a blue cord on it to put it above on the turban, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. ³² And all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly was finished, and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* had done according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did. ³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames,* its bars, and its pillars and its bases; ³⁴ and the covering of the red-dyed ram skins and the covering of fine leather and the curtain of the screen; ³⁵ the ark of the testimony and its poles and the atonement cover; ³⁶ the table, all its equipment, and the bread of the presence; ³⁷ the pure gold lampstand, its lamps—the lamps of the row—and all its equipment and the oil of the light; ³⁸ the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance of the tent; ³⁹ the bronze altar, and the bronze grating that is for it, its poles, and all its equipment, the basin and its stand, ⁴⁰ the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its bases; and the screen for the courtyard gate, its tent cords and its _⌊pegs_⌋;* and all the equipment of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of assembly, ⁴¹ the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests. ⁴² According to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the _⌊Israelites_⌋* did all the work. ⁴³ And Moses saw all the work, and, indeed, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded; so they did, and Moses blessed them.

⁷ Then* he put the tunic on him and tied* the sash around him; then* he clothed him with the robe and put* the ephod on him; then* he tied the ephod's waistband around him and fastened* the ephod* to him with it. ⁸ Then* he placed the breastpiece on him and put* the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece;

¹³ Then* Moses brought Aaron's sons near and clothed* them with tunics and tied* a sash around _⌊each one_⌋,* and he bound headbands on* them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

⁵ When setting out the camp, Aaron and his sons will go and lower the curtain of the covering and cover with it the ark of the testimony.* ⁶ They will put on it a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles. ⁷ And over the table of the presence they will spread out a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes, and libation bowls, and the pitchers of the libation; and the bread of continuity will be on it. ⁸ They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* and they will place its poles. ⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light source, its lamps, a pair of its tongs, its small pans, and all the vessels of its oil with which they attend to it. ¹⁰ They will put it and all its vessels inside a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋* and put it on the carrying frame. ¹¹ Over the altar of gold they will spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋* and place its poles. ¹² They will take all the vessels of the cultic service with which they serve in the sanctuary and put them on a blue cloth, and they will cover them with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋;* and they will put them on the carrying frame. ¹³ They will remove the fat-soaked ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it; ¹⁴ they will put on it all the vessels with which they serve, the fire pans, forks, shovels, and bowls—all the vessels of the altar. They will spread on it a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋;* and they will place its poles.

²³ "And take for yourself top quality balsam oils, five hundred shekels of flowing myrrh, half as much—two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant reed, ²⁴ and five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil. ²⁵ And you will make it into holy anointing oil, a spice blend of a fragrant ointment the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil. ²⁶ And you will anoint with it the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷ and the table and all its equipment and the lampstand and its equipment and the incense altar, ²⁸ and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment and the basin and its stand. ²⁹ And you will consecrate them, and they will be most holy things; _⌊anyone who_⌋* touches them will be holy. ³⁰ And you will anoint Aaron and his sons, and you will consecrate them to serve as priests for me. ³¹ "And you will speak to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* saying, 'This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. ³² It will not be poured on human flesh, and with its measurements* you will not make any like it; it is holy; it will be holy to you. ³³ Anyone who compounds perfume like it and who puts it on a stranger will be cut off from his people.'" ³⁴ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Take for yourself fragrant perfumes—stacte resin and onycha and galbanum—fragrant perfumes and pure frankincense, _⌊an equal part of each_⌋,* ³⁵ and make it into a compound of incense, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, holy. ³⁶ And you will grind part of it to powder, and you will put part of it before the testimony in the tent of assembly where I will meet with you; it will be a most holy thing to you. ³⁷ And the incense that you will make with its measurements* you will not make for yourselves; it will be holy to you for Yahweh. ³⁸ Anyone who makes any like it to smell it will be cut off from his people."

²⁹ And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense—work of a perfumer.

⁸ "Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it. ⁹ Six days you will work, and you will do all your work. ¹⁰ But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work—you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who is in your gates— ¹¹ because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it.

¹⁷ It is a sign between me and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* forever, because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased* and recovered."*

³ Each of you must revere your mother* and your father,* and you* must keep my Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your* God.

³⁰ You* shall keep my Sabbaths, and you* shall revere my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

⁸ And you shall keep my statutes, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh who consecrates you.

⁸ And you shall consecrate him, because he is bringing near your God's food; he shall be holy to you, since I, Yahweh, who consecrates you, am holy.

³ " 'For six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day shall be _⌊a Sabbath of complete rest_⌋,* a holy assembly; you shall not do any work; it shall be a Sabbath for Yahweh in all your dwellings.

² "Speak to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and say to them, 'When you* come into the land that I am about to give to you,* then* the land shall observe a Sabbath for Yahweh.

² " 'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and you shall revere my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

¹⁴ You made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments, regulations, and law* by the hand of your servant Moses.

¹² And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them _⌊so they would know_⌋* that I, Yahweh, am the one sanctifying them.

²⁰ And treat my Sabbaths as holy, and they will be a sign between me and between you _⌊that you may know_⌋* that I, Yahweh, am your God.'

²⁸ And the nations will know that I, Yahweh, am consecrating Israel when my sanctuary is in the midst of them _⌊forever_⌋." '"*

²⁴ And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing* my judgments they shall judge it, and with respect to my laws and my statutes. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate.

¹⁷ Sanctify them in the truth—your word is truth.

¹⁹ And for them I sanctify myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.

²³ Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ Jude,* a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father and kept for* Jesus Christ.

⁸ "Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it.

² On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day,* a _⌊Sabbath of complete rest_⌋,* for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death. ³ You will not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath."

³² When the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath. ³³ The ones who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and to all the community. ³⁴ And they put him under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him. ³⁵ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Surely the man must be put to death by stoning him; all the community must stone him with stones from outside the camp." ³⁶ So the entire community brought him out to a place outside the camp, and _⌊they stoned him to death_⌋* just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹² 'Observe the _⌊Sabbath day_⌋* to make it holy,* just as Yahweh your God has commanded you. ¹³ Six days you shall work, and you shall do all of your work, ¹⁴ but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto Yahweh your God; you shall not do any work, or your son, or your daughter, or your slave, or your slave woman, or your ox, or your donkey, or any of your domestic animals, or your resident alien who is in your _⌊towns_⌋,* so that your slave and your slave woman may rest as you rest. ¹⁵ And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore, Yahweh your God commanded you to keep _⌊the Sabbath_⌋.*

² Happy is the man who does this, and the son of humankind who keeps hold of it, who keeps the Sabbath _⌊so as not to profane_⌋* it, and who keeps his hand from doing any* evil." ³ And do not let the _⌊foreigner_⌋* who joins himself to Yahweh say, "Surely Yahweh will separate me from his people." And do not let the eunuch say, "Look! I am a dry tree!" ⁴ For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose that in which I delight, and who keep hold of my covenant. ⁵ And I will give them a monument and a name in my house and within my walls, better than sons and daughters; I will give him an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. ⁶ And the _⌊foreigners_⌋* who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him and to love the name of Yahweh, to become his servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath, _⌊so as not to profane_⌋* it, and those who keep hold of my covenant,

¹³ If you hold your foot back from the Sabbath, from doing your affairs on _⌊my holy day_⌋,* if* you call the Sabbath a pleasure, the holy day of Yahweh honorable, if* you honor him _⌊more than_⌋* doing your ways, than finding your affairs* and speaking a word, ¹⁴ then you shall take your pleasure in* Yahweh, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth, and I will feed you the heritage of Jacob your ancestor,*
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."

¹² And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them _⌊so they would know_⌋* that I, Yahweh, am the one sanctifying them. ¹³ "But* in the desert the house of Israel rebelled against me; _⌊they did not walk in my statutes_⌋,* and they rejected my regulations, which, if a person does them, he will live by them, and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths, and I decided to pour out my rage on them in the desert to destroy them,

¹⁶ because they despised my judgments, and _⌊they did not walk in my statutes_⌋,* and my Sabbaths they profaned, for their heart was going after their idols.

²¹ But the children rebelled against me; _⌊they did not walk in my statutes_⌋,* and _⌊they did not observe my regulations_⌋,* which if a person does them, then he will live by them. My Sabbaths they desecrated, and I decided to pour out my rage on them, to finish my anger against them in the desert.

²⁴ because they did not do my regulations, and my statutes they despised, and my Sabbaths they profaned, and their eyes were after the idols of their ancestors.*

² And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

²³ And he said to them, "This is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow is a rest period, a holy Sabbath for Yahweh. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Put aside all the surplus for yourselves for safekeeping until the morning."

²⁶ Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be present on it."

¹⁴ And you must keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; defilers* of it will surely be put to death, because anyone who does work on it—that person will be cut off from among his people.

²¹ Six days you will work, and on the seventh day you will rest; in the time of plowing and in the time of harvest you will rest.

² On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day,* a _⌊Sabbath of complete rest_⌋,* for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.

³² It is _⌊a Sabbath of complete rest_⌋* for you, and you shall deny yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening—from evening to evening you must observe your extraordinary* Sabbath."

²⁴ "And it will happen, if you carefully listen to me," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh, "to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, but to declare holy the day of Sabbath, not to do on it any work, ²⁵ then kings and officials who sit on the throne of David will enter through the gates of this city riding in chariots* and on horses, they, and their officials, the people of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited _⌊forever_⌋.* ²⁶ And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from all around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the Shephelah, and from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings,* and sacrifices,* and grain offerings,* and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings* to the house of Yahweh. ²⁷ But if you do not listen to me, to declare holy the day of the Sabbath, and to not carry a burden and enter through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it will not be quenched." '"

¹ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The gate of the inner courtyard facing east must be shut on* the six of the days for work, but on the day of the Sabbath it must be opened and on the day of the new moon it must be opened.

¹⁴ But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and* said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come and* be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"

⁵⁶ And they returned and* prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

⁹ Consequently a sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

¹³ My bow I have set in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and between the earth.

¹¹ And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

⁵ They will ask the way to Zion, turning their faces there. They will come and join themselves to Yahweh by _⌊an everlasting covenant_⌋* that will not be forgotten.

³¹ And God saw everything that he had made and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

² And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. ³ And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified* it, because on it he rested from all his work _⌊of creating that there was to do_⌋.*

¹³ "And you, speak to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* saying, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, because it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, in order to know that I am Yahweh, who consecrates you.

⁷ when the morning stars were singing together and all the sons of God* shouted for joy?

³¹ May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works,

⁴¹ And I will rejoice over them to do good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness with all my heart, and with all my inner self."*

³ For we who have believed enter into rest,* just as he has said,
"As I swore in my anger, '_⌊They will never enter_⌋* into my rest.'"*
And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,"*

¹⁰ For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

¹⁹ And the magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God." But the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

¹² And Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and be there, and I will give you the tablets of stone and the law and the commandments that I have written to instruct them."

¹⁸ And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

¹⁵ And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the testimony were in his hand, tablets written on their two sides; _⌊on the front and on the back_⌋* they were written. ¹⁶ And the tablets, they were the work of God; and the writing, it was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.

¹ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Cut for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. ² And be ready for the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai and present yourself to me there on the top of the mountain. ³ And no one will go up with you, and neither let anyone be seen on all the mountain, nor let the sheep and goats and the cattle graze _⌊opposite_⌋* that mountain." ⁴ And Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and he started early in the morning, and he went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two stone tablets.

²⁸ And he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights. He ate no food and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words. ²⁹ _⌊And_⌋* when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony were in the hand of Moses at his coming down from the mountain; and Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with him.

¹³ And he declared to you his covenant, _⌊the Ten Commandments_⌋,* which he charged you _⌊to observe_⌋,* and he wrote them on the two tablets of stone.

²² "These words Yahweh spoke to your whole assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire and the very thick cloud with a loud voice, and _⌊he did not add anything_⌋,* and then he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

⁹ _⌊When I went up the mountain_⌋* to receive _⌊the stone tablets_⌋,* the tablets of the covenant that Yahweh _⌊made_⌋* with you, and remained on the mountain forty days* and forty nights,* I did not eat food and I did not drink water. ¹⁰ And Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them was writing according to all the words that Yahweh spoke with you at the mountain, from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. ¹¹ _⌊And then_⌋* at the end of forty days* and forty nights,* Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

³³ "But this is the covenant that I will _⌊make_⌋* with the house of Israel after those days," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh: "I will put my law in their inward parts and on their hearts* I will write it, and I will be to them God, and they themselves will be to me people.

²⁸ But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

²⁰ But if I expel demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

³ revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

⁷ But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory, ⁸ how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more with glory?