Exodus 38-40

21st Century King James Version

38 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood; five cubits was the length thereof and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare, and three cubits the height thereof.

² And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same, and he overlaid it with brass.

³ And he made all the vessels of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins, and the fleshhooks and the firepans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

⁴ And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network, under the rim thereof beneath, unto the midst of it.

⁵ And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

⁶ And he made the staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with brass.

⁷ And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it; he made the altar hollow with boards.

⁸ And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it from brass, from the looking glasses of the women assembling, who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁹ And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of finetwined linen, a hundred cubits.

¹⁰ Their pillars were twenty and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

¹¹ And for the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits. Their pillars were twenty and their sockets of brass twenty, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver.

¹² And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver.

¹³ And for the east side eastward, fifty cubits.

¹⁴ The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three.

¹⁵ And for the other side of the court gate, on this side and that side, were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three.

¹⁶ All the hangings of the court round about were of finetwined linen.

¹⁷ And the sockets for the pillars were of brass, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

¹⁸ And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework: of blue and purple and scarlet, and finetwined linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

¹⁹ And their pillars were four and their sockets of brass four; their hooks, of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets, of silver.

²⁰ And all the pegs of the tabernacle and of the court round about were of brass.

²¹ This is the account of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted according to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

²² And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

²³ And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet, and fine linen.

²⁴ All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

²⁵ And the silver of those who were numbered in the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:

²⁶ a bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one who went to be numbered from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

²⁷ And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: a hundred sockets from the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

²⁸ And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and filleted them.

²⁹ And the brass from the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

³⁰ And therewith he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

³¹ and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court round about.

39 And of the blue and purple and scarlet they made clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord commanded Moses.

² And he made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and finetwined linen.

³ And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires to work it in the blue and in the purple and in the scarlet and in the fine linen, with skillful work.

⁴ They made shoulder pieces for it to couple it together; by the two edges was it coupled together.

⁵ And the embroidered girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the same, according to the work thereof: of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and finetwined linen, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁶ And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in clasps of gold, graven as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

⁷ And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁸ And he made the breastplate of skillful work, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and finetwined linen.

⁹ It was foursquare. They made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

¹⁰ And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz and a carbuncle; this was the first row;

¹¹ and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹² and the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³ and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in clasps of gold in their enclosings.

¹⁴ And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel — twelve, according to their names like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name according to the twelve tribes.

¹⁵ And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathed work of pure gold.

¹⁶ And they made two clasps of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

¹⁷ And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

¹⁸ and the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two clasps, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

¹⁹ And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it which was on the side of the ephod inward;

²⁰ and they made two other golden rings and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the front of it over against the other coupling thereof, above the embroidered girdle of the ephod.

²¹ And they bound the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the embroidered girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²² And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

²³ And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of a jacket of mail, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

²⁴ And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet, and twined linen.

²⁵ And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates:

²⁶ a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁷ And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,

²⁸ and a miter of fine linen and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of finetwined linen,

²⁹ and a girdle of finetwined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet needlework, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁰ And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: Holiness to the Lord.

³¹ And they tied unto it a lace of blue to fasten it on high upon the miter, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³² Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished, and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so did they.

³³ And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses: the tent and all his furniture, his clasps, his boards, his bars and his pillars and his sockets;

³⁴ and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the veil of the covering;

³⁵ the ark of the Testimony and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat;

³⁶ the table and all the vessels thereof, and the showbread;

³⁷ the pure candlestick with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light;

³⁸ and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door;

³⁹ the brazen altar and his grate of brass, his staves and all his vessels, the laver and his foot;

⁴⁰ the hangings of the court, his pillars and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords and his pegs, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of the congregation;

⁴¹ the clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons’ garments to minister in the priest’s office.

⁴² According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

⁴³ And Moses looked upon all the work, and behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded; even so had they done it. And Moses blessed them.

40 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

² “On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

³ And thou shalt put therein the ark of the Testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

⁴ And thou shalt bring in the table and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light the lamps thereof.

⁵ And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

⁶ And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

⁷ And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

⁸ And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

⁹ And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it and all the vessels thereof; and it shall be holy.

¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar; and it shall be an altar most holy.

¹¹ And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

¹² And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

¹³ And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him and sanctify him, that he may minister unto Me in the priest’s office.

¹⁴ And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats;

¹⁵ and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest’s office. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁶ Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

¹⁷ And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

¹⁸ And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof and reared up his pillars.

¹⁹ And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁰ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark.

²¹ And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering and covered the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²² And he put the table in the tent of the congregation upon the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.

²³ And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁴ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

²⁵ And he lighted the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil;

²⁷ and he burned sweet incense thereon, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

²⁹ And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁰ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there for washing.

³¹ And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat.

³² When they went into the tent of the congregation and when they came near unto the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³³ And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

³⁴ Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

³⁵ And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

³⁶ And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys;

³⁷ but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not until the day that it was taken up.

³⁸ For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.