Moses called up.

EXODUS, XXIV, XXV.
from the Red sea, a even unto the B. C. 1491.
sea of the Philistines, and from the
desert unto the river: for I will
deliver the inhabitants of the land b
into your hand; and thou shalt
drive them out from before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant c
with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy
land, lest they make thee sin against
me for if thou serve their gods, it
will d surely be a snare unto thee.
CHAPTER XXIV.

b Jos.21.44.

15.
Ps. 106.35.
2Cor.6.15.

d Ju.2.3.
(CHAP. 24.)

1 Moses is called up into the moun-
tain. 3 The people promise obe-
dience. 9 The glory of God ap-
peareth.

a ver. 15.
ch.34.2.

b ch.28.1.
c Nu. 11. 16.

AND he said unto

Come

16 And the glory p of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the

up unto a the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and b Abihu, and d Deut.5.27. seventh day he called unto Moses seventy c of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

Jos.24.22.

out of the midst of the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of

e Deut.31.9.

13.20. 1Pet. 1.2.

on the top of the mount in the eyes
of the children of Israel.

2 And Moses alone shall come ƒ He.9. 19-21. the LORD was like a devouring fire
near the LORD; but they shall not
come nigh, neither shall the people
go up with him.
3And Moses came and told the
people all the words of the LORD,
and all the judgments: and all the
people answered with one voice,
and said, All the words which the
LORD hath said d will we do.

h Eze. 1.26.

10.1. Rev.4.3 21.19.

Rev.1.16.

4 And Moses wrote e all the words Mat. 17.2.
of the LORD, and rose up early in
the morning, and builded an altar
under the hill, and twelve pillars, Ge. 18.8.
according to the twelve tribes of ver.2,18.
Israel.

ι

a Nu.34.3.
Jos. 1.4.
Ps.72.8.

8 And Moses took the blood, and
sprinkled it fon the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant,
which the LORD hath made with
you concerning all these words.
9 Then went up Moses, and
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and se-
venty of the elders of Israel;
10 And they saw g the God of
Israel: and there was under his feet
as it were a paved work of a h sap-
phire stone, and as it were the body
of heaven in his clearness.

c ch.34. 12,

51.22.19.
Is.6.1,5.

P

5 And he sent young men of the
children of Israel, which offered m Deut.5.22.
burnt offerings, and sacrificed peacen Ne.9. 13.
offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6 And Moses took half of the blood,
and put it in basons; and half of
the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 And he took the book of the
covenant, and read in the audience
of the people: and they said, All
that the LORD hath said will we
do, and be obedient.

a ch.19.9.

Lev.9.23.

Nu. 14.10.

Deut.4.36.

Eze. 1.27.
Na. 1.6.
Hab.3.4,5.
He. 12. 18,
29.

11 And upon the nobles of the
children of Israel he laid not his
hand: also they saw God, and did
eat k and drink.
12 And the LORD said unto Mo-d Heb.9.4.
ses, Come up to me into the mount,

c Heb.8.5.

The glory of God appears. and be there: and I will give thee tables m of stone, and a law, and n commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud o covered the mount.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount r forty days and forty nights. CHAPTER XXV.

1 The offering for the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy-seat. 23 The table. 31 The candlestick.

A

ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an 2 offering: of every man that giveth it willingly a with his heart ye shall take my offering.

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 3 fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood,

6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell b among them.

9 According to all that I shew c thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

The mercy-seat.

thou overlay it; and shalt make up-
on it a crown of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast four rigs
of gold for it, and put them in the
four corners thereof; and two rings
shall be in the one side of it, and
two rings in the other side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staves of
shittim-wood, and overlay them
with gold.

EXODUS, XXVI.
B. C. 1491.

e ch. 16.34.

31.18. Nu. 17.4.

28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them De.10.2-5. with gold, that the table may be

borne with them.

IKI.8.9.
2K.11.12.
2Ch.34.14.
Rom.3.2.
Heb.9.4.
fch.37.6.
Lev. 16.13.
Rom.3.25.
Heb.9.5.
4 or, of the
matter of
the mercy

seat.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark e the testimony which I shall give thee.

g

2Chr 3.10. h ch.26.34.

k ch.30.6.

17 And thou shalt make af mer-i ver. 16. cy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat.

Nu.7.89.
1Sam.4.4.
2Sam.6.2.
2Ki.19.15.
Ps.80.1.
Is.37.16.
I ch.37.10.
1Ki.7.48.
Heb.9.2.

19 And make one cherub on the
one end, and the other cherub on
the other end; even 4 of the mercy-m 1Ki.6.20.
seat shall ye make the cherubimis
on the two ends thereof.

n ch.37.16.

20 And the cherubims shall stretch Nu.4.7. forth their wings g on high, cover-5 ing the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercyseat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

or, to pour out withal. o Le.24.5,6. 1Sam.21.6. Mal. 1.7,12. Mat. 12.4. ch.37.17.

IKI.7.49.
2Ch.13.11.
Zec.4.2.

Heb.9.2.
Rev.1.12.

q Zec.4.2.
Rev. 1.4, 12.
rch.27.20.21.
Le.24.3,4.
Nu.8.2.

21 And thou shalt put the mercyseat above h upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

i

Lev. 16 2.

p

The golden candlestick.

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from k between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

23

a

Thou shalt also make table of shittim-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and as cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

24 And thou shalt overlay it with m pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

29 And thou shalt make the n dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowis thereof, 5 to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread o before me alway. 31 And thou shalt make ap candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower; so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same; all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the q seven lamps thereof; andr they shall 6 light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.7 38 And the tongs thereof, and the 2 Ch.13.11. snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of 6 or, cause to ascend.

it.

the jace of
ch.26.30.
Nu.8.4.
1Ch.28.11.
Acts 7.44.
Heb.8.5.

8 which thou
wast caused

pure gold.

he make it, with all these vessels. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall

40 And look that thou make them s after their pattern, 8 which was shewed thee in the mount. CHAPTER XXVI.

25 And thou shalt make unto it a
border of an hand breadth round
about, and thou shalt make a
golden crown to the border thereof the work

to see.
(CHAP. 26.)

a 1Chr. 17.1.

of

round about.

a cunning
workman,

or, em

2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the broiderer. breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall

Directions for the Tabernacle.
OREOVER, thou shalt make

M the tabernacle with ten a cur

tains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with che rubims of cunning work shalt

thou make them.

EXODUS, XXVI. B. C. 1491.

Vail of the ark.

and the vail shall divide between the holy place most holy.

34 And thou shalt put the mercyseat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

35 And thou shalt k set the table 2 ch.36.37. without the vail, and the candle-(CHAP. 27.) stick over against the table on the a ch.38.1. side of the tabernacle toward the south and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

2Chr.4.1. Eze. 43. 13. Heb.13.10. b ch.29.12.

36 And thou shalt make an / hanging for the door of the tent, of blue. and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

Lev.4.7.18.
16.18.
1Ki.1.50.
2.28.

Ps. 118.27.
Heb.6.18.

1Ki.7.45.

Altar of burnt offering.

B. C. 1491.

EXODUS, XXVII, XXVIII.
11 And likewise for the north side
in length there shall be hangings of
i IKI.S.8-10. an hundred cubits long, and his
2Chr.5.7-
twenty pillars and their twenty
10.
sockets of brass; the hooks of the
k ch.40.22.
pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 And for the breadth of the
court on the west side shall be
hangings of fifty cubits; their pil-
lars ten, and their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the court
on the east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits.

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

unto you
and the

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim-wood. c and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold and

15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pilJer. 2.20.lars three, and their sockets three d ch.30.4. 16 T And for the gate of the court thou shalt cast five sockets of brass he shewed. bits, of blue, and purple, and scarNu.4.14. shall be ang hanging of twenty cu

for them.

e ch.26.30,&c.
Heb.8.5.

CHAPTER XXVII.
The altar of burnt offering, with the fch.38.9.
vessels thereof, etc.

let, and fine twined linen, wrought with h needle-work: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

IKI.6.36.
8.64.
Ps.92. 13.

Eze.40.20,
&c.

thou shalt an

of shittim-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare; and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

2 And thou shalt make the b horns g ch.36.37. of it upon the four corners thereof: h ch.2-.39. his horns shall be of the same: and 39.29. thou shalt overlay it with brass. Ps.45.14.

i ver.3.

3 to ascend

3 And thou shalt make his pans to
2 fifty by
receive his ashes, and his shovels, fifty.
and his basons, and his flesh-hooks,k Lev.24.2.
and his fire-pans: all the vessels
thereof thou shalt make c of brass.
4 And thou shalt make for it a
grate of net-work of brass; and
upon the net shalt thou make four
brazen rings in the four corners
thereof.

up.
1 ch.30.8.

5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

1 Sam.3.3.
2Ch.13.11.
Lu. 12.35.
m ch.25.43.

29.9.28.
Lev.3.17.
16.34.
24.9.
Nu.18.23.
19.21.
1Sa.30.25.
aLev.8.2.
(CHAP. 28.)

Nu. 18.7.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

2Ch.26.181 Aaron and his sons are separated for the priest's office. 6 The ephod. 30 The Urim and Thummim.

21.

19.8. d ch.31.3.

18 T The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth 2 fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be ofi brass. 20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring theek pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp 3 to burn always.

35.30-35. 1Cor. 12.11.

Pr.2.6.

6 And thou shalt make d staves for the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with brass.

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou

Heb.5.1,4.

make it; as 1 it was showed thee in beh.29.5.200. Atuke thou unto thee a Aaron

the mount, so e shall they make it.

9 And thou shalt make the f court of the tabernacle for the south side southward there shall

Lev.8.7.30.
Nu.20.26,
28.
Ps. 132. 16.

thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

Is.61.3,10.

Rev.5.10.

be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side.

10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

2 And thou shalt make b holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory c and for beauty.

3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, d whom 1

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute m for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

The ephod.

EXODUS, XXVIII. have filled with the spirit of wis- B. C. 1491. dom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

4 And these are the garments which they shall make; e a breastplate, and fan ephod, and g a robe, and h a broidered coat, i a mitre, and a k girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

6 And they shall make ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

8 And the 1 curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

e ver. 15.
ch.39.8,21.
Is.59.17.

Ep.6.14.

f ver.6.

g ver.31.
ch.39.22.

16 Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

17 And thou shalt 2 set in it set

h Lev.8.7.

i ch.39.28.
Zec.3.5.

k Is.11.5.

1 or, embroi
dered.

Z ver.36.

m ver.29.
ch.39.6,7.

9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, accord- o ch.39.8. ing to their birth. Lev.8.8.

11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two 2 fill in it stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

fillings of

stone.

n Jos.4.7.
Zec.6.14.

12 And thou shalt put the two
stones upon the shoulders of the
ephod for stones of memorial unto
the children of Israel: and Aaron 3 or, ruby.
shall m bear their names before
the LORD upon his two shoulders |
for a n memorial.

p Rev.4.3.
21.19,20.

13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

14 And two chains of pure gold at 4 fillings. the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the Wreathen chains to the ouches.

q Rev.21.12.

15 And thou shalt make o the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scars let, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

, ver.12.

Lev.8.8.

Nu.27.21.

Deut.33.8.

1Sa.28.6.
Ezra 2.63.
Ne.7.65.

The breastptate.

[tings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a 3 sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall be the first row.

18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and p a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their 4 inclosings.

21 And the stones shall be with q the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

22 T And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it.

26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.

27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for ar memorial before the LORD continually.

30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the s Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his