Laws About Altars

22[†]And the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have  b talked with you from heaven. 23 c You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. 24An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen.  d In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and  e bless you. 25 f If you make me an altar of stone,  g you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it. 26And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’

Laws About Slaves

EXODUS 21 [†]“Now these are the  h rules that you shall set before them. 2[†] i When you buy a Hebrew slave, [1] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out alone. 5[†]But  j if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6then his master shall bring him to  k God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.

7[†]“When a man  l sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. 8If she does not please her master, who has designated her [2] for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her. 9If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter. 10If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or  m her marital rights. 11And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

12 n “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13[†] o But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then  p I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning,  q you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.

16 r “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found  s in possession of him, shall be put to death.

17[†] t “Whoever curses [3] his father or his mother shall be put to death.

18“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, 19then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

20[†]“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. 21But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the  u slave is his money.

22[†]“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and  v he shall pay as the  w judges determine. 23[†]But if there is harm, [4] then you shall pay  x life for life, 24 y eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26“When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. 27If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth.

28[†]“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the  z ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable. 29But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. 30If  a a ransom is imposed on him, then  v he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him. 31If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. 32If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master  b thirty shekels [5] of silver, and  z the ox shall be stoned.

Laws About Restitution

33[†]“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.

35“When one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share. 36Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

EXODUS 22  [1] “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and  c four sheep for a sheep. 2[†] [2] If a thief is found  d breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, 3but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then  e he shall be sold for his theft. 4If the stolen beast  f is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep,  g he shall pay double.

5“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.

6“If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.

7“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found,  g he shall pay double. 8If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. 9[†]For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

10“If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away, without anyone seeing it, 11 h an oath by the LORD shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution. 12But if  i it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. 13If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.

14“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution. 15If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee. [3]

Laws About Social Justice

16[†] j “If a man seduces a virgin [4] who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price [5] for her and make her his wife. 17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him,  j he shall pay money equal to the  k bride-price for virgins.

18 l “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

19 m “Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.

20 n “Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction. [6]

21 o “You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22[†] p You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23If you do mistreat them, and they  q cry out to me, I will surely  r hear their cry, 24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and  s your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25 t “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. 26 u If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, 27for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he  q cries to me, I will hear, for I am  v compassionate.

28 w “You shall not revile God, nor  w curse a ruler of your people.

29“You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.  x The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. 30 y You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep:  z seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

31 a “You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore  b you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field;  c you shall throw it to the dogs.

EXODUS 23  d “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a  e malicious witness. 2You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, 3 f nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

4[†] g “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. 5If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

6[†] h “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 d Keep far from a false charge, and  i do not kill the innocent and righteous, for  j I will not acquit the wicked. 8 k And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

9 l “You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals

10[†] m “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, 11but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

12 n “Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

13 o “Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

14[†] p “Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. 15 q You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of  r Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt.  s None shall appear before me empty-handed. 16You shall keep  t the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the  u Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. 17 p Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD.

18 v “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.

19[†]“The best of the  w firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God.

 x “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Conquest of Canaan Promised

20[†] y “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice;  z do not rebel against him,  a for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

22“But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then  b I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 y “When my angel goes before you and brings you  c to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, 24[†]you shall  d not bow down to their gods nor serve them,  e nor do as they do, but  f you shall utterly overthrow them and break their  g pillars in pieces. 25You  h shall serve the LORD your God, and  i he [1] will bless your bread and your water, and  j I will take sickness away from among you. 26 k None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the  l number of your days. 27I will send  m my terror before you and will throw into  n confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28And  o I will send hornets [2] before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you. 29 p I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you. 30Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. 31 q And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, [3] for  r I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 32 s You shall make no covenant with them and their gods. 33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods,  t it will surely be a snare to you.”

The Covenant Confirmed

EXODUS 24 [†]Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron,  u Nadab, and Abihu, and  v seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2Moses  w alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”

3Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and  x all the rules. [1] And all the people answered with one voice and said,  y “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.” 4[†]And  z Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve  a pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5[†]And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. 6[†]And  b Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. 7[†]Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said,  x “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” 8 c And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

9[†]Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and  d seventy of the elders of Israel  e went up, 10and they  f saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of  g sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and  h ate and drank.

12The LORD said to Moses,  i “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the  j tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” 13[†]So Moses rose with his assistant  k Joshua, and Moses went up  l into the mountain of God. 14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and  m Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”

15Then Moses went up on the mountain, and  n the cloud covered the mountain. 16 o The glory of the LORD dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17[†]Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a  p devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. 18Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses  q was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Contributions for the Sanctuary

EXODUS 25 [†]The LORD said to Moses, 2 r “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From  s every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 t blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair, 5tanned  u rams’ skins, goatskins, [1] acacia wood, 6 v oil for the lamps,  w spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the  x ephod and for the breastpiece. 8[†]And let them make me a  y sanctuary, that  z I may dwell in their midst. 9[†] a Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the  b tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

The Ark of the Covenant

10[†] c “They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits [2] and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11You shall overlay it with  d pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. 12You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its  e four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 13You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them. 15The  f poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 g And you shall put into the ark the  h testimony that I shall give you.

17[†] i “You shall make a mercy seat [3] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of  j hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. 19Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end.  k Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. 20 l The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. 22 m There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from  n between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

The Table for Bread

23[†] o “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 24You shall overlay it with  p pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. 25And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth [4] wide, and a molding of gold around the rim. 26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 27Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as  q holders for the poles to carry the table. 28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. 29And you shall make its plates and  r dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30And you shall set the  s bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.

The Golden Lampstand

31[†] t “You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. 32And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 33three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 34And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, 35and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand. 36Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps  u shall be set up so as  v to give light on the space in front of it. 38Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold. 39It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent [5] of pure gold. 40And  w see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

The Tabernacle

EXODUS 26 [†]“Moreover,  x you shall make the  y tabernacle with ten curtains of  z fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim  z skillfully worked into them. 2The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, [1] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size. 3Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another. 4And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 5Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another. 6And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

7“You shall also make  a curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make. 8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size. 9You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent. 10You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

11“You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole. 12And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it. 14 b And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned  c rams’ skins and a covering of goatskins on top.

15“You shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. 16Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. 17There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle. 18You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side; 19and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons; 20and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames, 21and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame. 22And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames. 23And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear; 24they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners. 25And there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame.

26“You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, 27and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward. 28The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall run from end to end. 29You shall overlay the frames with gold and shall make their rings of gold for  d holders for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold. 30[†]Then you shall erect the tabernacle  e according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.

31 f “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and  g fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim  g skillfully worked into it. 32And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver. 33[†]And you shall hang  f the veil from the clasps, and bring  h the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy. 34 i You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. 35And  j you shall set the table outside the veil, and the  k lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

36“You shall make a  l screen for the entrance of the tent, of  m blue and purple and scarlet yarns and  g fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. 37And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.

The Bronze Altar

EXODUS 27 [†]“You shall make the  n altar of acacia wood, five cubits [1] long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2[†]And you shall make  o horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and  p you shall overlay it with bronze. 3You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and  q forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. 4You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. 5And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. 6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8You shall make it hollow, with boards.  r As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

The Court of the Tabernacle

9[†] s “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10[†]Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. 13[†]The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. 14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 16For the gate of the court there shall be  t a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. 17All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. 18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

Oil for the Lamp

20 u “You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21 v In the tent of meeting,  w outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.

The Priests’ Garments

EXODUS 28 “Then bring near to you  x Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons,  y Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2[†] z And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3You shall speak to all the  a skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. 4These are the garments that they shall make: a  b breastpiece, an  c ephod,  d a robe,  e a coat of checker work,  e a turban, and  e a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. 5They shall receive  f gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

6 g “And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked. 7It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together. 8And the  h skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 9[†]You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, 10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. 11As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. 12And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And  i Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders  j for remembrance. 13You shall make settings of gold filigree, 14and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.

15 k “You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it. 16It shall be square and doubled, a span [1] its length and a span its breadth. 17 l You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, [2] topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; 18and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree. 21There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. 22You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. 23And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. 24And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. 25The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. 26You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. 27And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the  m skillfully woven band of the ephod. 28And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod. 29 n So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular  o remembrance before the LORD. 30[†]And in the breastpiece of judgment  p you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the LORD regularly.

31 q “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, [3] so that it may not tear. 33On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, 34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. 35[†]And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the LORD, and when he comes out, so that he does not die.

36[†]“You shall make  r a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet,  s ‘Holy to the LORD.’ 37And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. 38It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall  t bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

39“You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.

40 u “For Aaron’s sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them  v for glory and beauty. 41And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall  w anoint them and ordain them and  x consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 42[†]You shall make for them  y linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs; 43and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they  z bear guilt and die.  a This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him.

Consecration of the Priests

EXODUS 29 [†]“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.  b Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2 c and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. 4You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and  d wash them with water. 5Then  e you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the  f skillfully woven band of the ephod. 6 g And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7[†]You shall take  h the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8Then you  i shall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with  j sashes and bind caps on them. And  k the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall  l ordain Aaron and his sons.

10[†]“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting.  m Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. 11Then you shall kill the bull before the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, 12and  n shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the  o horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of [1] the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. 13And you shall take all  p the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. 14But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire  q outside the camp;  r it is a sin offering.

15[†]“Then  s you shall take one of the rams, and  t Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 16and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. 17Then you shall  u cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, 18and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD. It is a  v pleasing aroma, a food offering [2] to the LORD.

19[†] w “You shall take the other ram,  t and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 20[†]and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar. 21Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the  x anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

22“You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the  y fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of  z ordination), 23and  a one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD. 24You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and  b wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. 25Then  c you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a  d pleasing aroma before the LORD. It is a food offering to the LORD.

26“You shall take the  e breast of the ram of Aaron’s  f ordination and  g wave it for a wave offering before the LORD, and it shall be your portion. 27[†]And you shall consecrate the  h breast of the wave offering that is waved and the  i thigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of  f ordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. 28It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a  j perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a  g contribution. It shall be a  g contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the LORD.

29“The holy garments of Aaron  k shall be for his sons after him; they shall  l be anointed in them and ordained in them. 30The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them  m seven days.

31[†]“You shall take the ram of ordination and  n boil its flesh in a holy place. 32And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the  o bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33 p They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an  q outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. 34And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall  r burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35[†]“Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through  s seven days shall you ordain them, 36and every day you shall offer a  t bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall  u anoint it to consecrate it. 37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the  v altar shall be most holy.  w Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

38“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar:  x two lambs a year old  y day by day regularly. 39One lamb you shall offer  z in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer  a at twilight. 40And with the first lamb a tenth measure [3] of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin [4] of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 41The other lamb you shall offer  a at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as  b in the morning, for a  c pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. 42It shall be a  d regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD,  e where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be  f sanctified by my glory. 44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar.  g Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. 45 h I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46And they shall know that  i I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

The Altar of Incense

EXODUS 30 [†] j “You shall make  k an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2A cubit [1] shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height.  l Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3You shall  m overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be  n holders for poles with which to carry it. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6[†]And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the  o mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7And Aaron shall  p burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he  q dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations. 9[†]You shall not offer  r unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. 10 s Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the  t sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD.”

The Census Tax

11[†]The LORD said to Moses, 12[†] u “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give  v a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel [2] according to the  w shekel of the sanctuary (the  x shekel is twenty gerahs), [3]  y half a shekel as an offering to the LORD. 14Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the LORD’s offering. 15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than  y the half shekel, when you give the LORD’s offering to make atonement for your lives. 16You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall  z give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to  a remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives.”

The Bronze Basin

17[†]The LORD said to Moses, 18“You shall also make a  b basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing.  b You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, 19with which Aaron and his sons  c shall wash their hands and their feet. 20[†]When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering [4] to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. 21They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall  d be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.”

The Anointing Oil and Incense

22[†]The LORD said to Moses, 23“Take the  e finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of  f aromatic cane, 24and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a  g hin [5] of olive oil. 25And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the  h perfumer; it shall be a  i holy anointing oil. 26 j With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the  k basin and its stand. 29You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy.  l Whatever touches them will become holy. 30 m You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 31And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition.  n It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33[†] o Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

34The LORD said to Moses,  p “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), 35and make an  q incense blended as by the  r perfumer,  s seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting  t where I shall meet with you.  u It shall be most holy for you. 37And the incense that you shall make  v according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the LORD. 38 w Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”

Oholiab and Bezalel

EXODUS 31 The LORD said to Moses, 2“See, I have called by name  x Bezalel the son of Uri, son of  y Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3[†]and I have  z filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 5in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. 6And behold, I have appointed with him  a Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men  b ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7 c the tent of meeting, and  d the ark of the testimony, and  e the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, 8 f the table and its utensils, and  g the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and  h the altar of incense, 9and  i the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and  j the basin and its stand, 10and  k the finely worked garments, [1] the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, 11and  l the anointing oil and the fragrant  m incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”

The Sabbath

12[†]And the LORD said to Moses, 13“You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you. 14[†]You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death.  n Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 o Six days shall work be done, but  p the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD.  n Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. 16Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. 17 q It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that  r in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and  s on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

18[†]And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the  t two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with  u the finger of God.

The Golden Calf

EXODUS 32 [†]When the people saw that Moses  v delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him,  w “Up, make us gods who shall  x go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2So Aaron said to them, “Take off the  y rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4[†] z And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden [1] calf. And they said,  a “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron  b made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” 6[†]And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And  c the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up  d to play.

7And the LORD said to Moses,  e “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have  f corrupted themselves. 8They have turned aside quickly out of the way that  g I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” 9And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold,  h it is a stiff-necked people. 10Now therefore  i let me alone, that  j my wrath may burn hot against them and  k I may consume them, in order that  l I may make a great nation of you.”

11[†]But  m Moses implored the LORD his God and said, “O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 n Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and  o relent from this disaster against your people. 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you  p swore by your own self, and said to them,  q ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” 14And the LORD  r relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

15Then  s Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the  t two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. 16[†] u The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. 17When  v Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.” 18But he said, “It is not the sound of  w shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.” 19[†]And as soon as he came near the camp and  x saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20[†]He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.

21And Moses said to Aaron,  y “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?” 22And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot.  z You know the people, that they are set on evil. 23For  a they said to me, ‘Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24[†]So  b I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”

25And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose,  c to the derision of their enemies), 26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the LORD’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. 27[†]And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you  d kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” 28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 29And Moses said, “Today you have been  e ordained for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”

30The next day Moses said to the people,  f “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD;  g perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” 31So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Alas,  f this people has sinned a great sin. They have  h made for themselves gods of gold. 32But now, if  i you will forgive their sin—but if not, please  j blot me out of  k your book that you have written.” 33[†]But the LORD said to Moses,  l “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. 34 m But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you;  n behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.”

35Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

The Command to Leave Sinai

EXODUS 33 [†]The LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you  o and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To  p your offspring I will give it.’ 2I will send an  q angel before you,  r and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3 s Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey;  t but I will not go up among you,  u lest I consume you on the way, for you are a  v stiff-necked people.”

4When the people heard this disastrous word, they  w mourned, and  x no one put on his ornaments. 5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a  v stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would  y consume you. So now  x take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” 6Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.

The Tent of Meeting

7[†]Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and  z he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who  a sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. 8Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and  b each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9When Moses entered the tent, the  c pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD [1] would speak with Moses. 10And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. 11Thus  d the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his  e assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Moses’ Intercession

12[†]Moses said to the LORD, “See,  f you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said,  g ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please  h show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is  i your people.” 14And he said,  j “My presence will go with you, and  k I will give you rest.” 15And he said to him,  l “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people?  m Is it not in your going with us,  n so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

17And the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do,  o for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18Moses said, “Please  p show me your glory.” 19[†]And he said,  q “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And  r I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for  s man shall not see me and live.” 21And the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22and while my glory passes by I will put you in a  t cleft of the rock, and I will  u cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall  v not be seen.”

Moses Makes New Tablets

EXODUS 34 The LORD said to Moses,  w “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first,  x and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets,  y which you broke. 2Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me  z on the top of the mountain. 3[†]No  a one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” 4So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. 5The LORD  b descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and  c proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6[†]The LORD passed before him and proclaimed,  d “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and  e gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast  f love and faithfulness, 7 g keeping steadfast love for thousands, [1]  h forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but  i who will by no means clear the guilty,  j visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” 8And Moses quickly  k bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please  l let the Lord go in the midst of us, for  m it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for  n your inheritance.”

The Covenant Renewed

10And he said, “Behold,  o I am making a covenant. Before all your people  p I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an  q awesome thing that I will do with you.

11[†]“Observe what I command you this day. Behold,  r I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 12 s Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a  t snare in your midst. 13You shall  u tear down their altars and  v break their pillars and cut down their  w Asherim 14(for  x you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15 s lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they  y whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and  z you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16and you take of  a their daughters for your sons, and their daughters  y whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

17[†] b “You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.

18 c “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in  d the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 19 e All that open the womb are mine, all your male [2] livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20The  f firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And  g none shall appear before me empty-handed.

21 h “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 22 i You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end. 23 j Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. 24For I will  k cast out nations before you and  l enlarge your borders;  m no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

25 n “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened,  o or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. 26 p The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God.  q You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

27And the LORD said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words  r I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 s So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he  t wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. [3]

The Shining Face of Moses

29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with  u the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face  v shone because he had been talking with God. [4] 30Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face  w shone, and they were afraid to come near him. 31But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. 32Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he  x commanded them all that the LORD had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. 33And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a  y veil over his face.

34Whenever Moses  z went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, 35the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was  a shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Sabbath Regulations

EXODUS 35 [†]Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them,  b “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. 2 c Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 d You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.”

Contributions for the Tabernacle

4Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the LORD has commanded. 5[†] e Take from among you a contribution to the LORD.  f Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; 6blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair, 7tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; [1] acacia wood, 8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 9and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

10[†]“Let  g every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded: 11 h the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 i the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the  j veil of the screen; 13 k the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the  l bread of the Presence; 14 m the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the  n oil for the light; 15 o and the altar of incense, with its poles,  p and the anointing oil and the  q fragrant incense, and  r the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 s the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the  t basin and its stand; 17 u the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 v the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their  w cords; 19the  x finely worked garments for ministering [2] in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”

20[†]Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21And they came,  y everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him,  z and brought the LORD’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. 23And  a every one who possessed  b blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them. 24 c Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. 25And every  d skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 26All the women  y whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair. 27And the  e leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 f All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD.

Construction of the Tabernacle

30[†] g Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31[†]and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with  h skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, 32to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, 33in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft. 34And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. 35He has  h filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman or skilled designer.

EXODUS 36 “Bezalel and Oholiab and  i every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded.”

2[†]And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone  j whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. 3And they received from Moses all the  k contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him  l freewill offerings every morning, 4so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, 5and said to Moses,  m “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.” 6So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the  n contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing, 7for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

8 o And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked. 9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, [1] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

10[†]He [2] coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. 11He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set. 12He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another. 13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.

14He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains. 15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size. 16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain. 18And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. 19And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.

20 p Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of  q acacia wood. 21Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. 22Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle. 23The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side. 24And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons. 25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames 26and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame. 27For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames. 28He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear. 29And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners. 30There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.

31He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle, 32and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward. 33And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames. 34And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 r He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it. 36And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver. 37He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework, 38and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.

Making the Ark

EXODUS 37 [†] s Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits [1] and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold for its  t four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side. 4And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold 5and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. 6And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 7And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, 8one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. 9The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

Making the Table

10[†] u He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it. 12And he made a rim around it a handbreadth [2] wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim. 13He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 14Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 15He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold. 16And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.

Making the Lampstand

17[†] v He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 18And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 19three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 20And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, 21and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it. 22Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 23And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold. 24He made it and all its utensils out of a talent [3] of pure gold.

Making the Altar of Incense

25[†] w He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, 27and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it. 28And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29 x He made the holy anointing oil also, and the  y pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.

Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

EXODUS 38 [†] z He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits [1] was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height. 2He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze. 4And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down. 5He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. 6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.

Making the Bronze Basin

8[†] a He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the  b ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Making the Court

9 c And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits, their twenty pillars, their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 13And for the front to the east, fifty cubits. 14The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. 16All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. 17And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.

Materials for the Tabernacle

21These are the records of the tabernacle,  d the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites  e under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 f Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses; 23and with him was  f Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

24All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, [2] by  g the shekel of the sanctuary. 25The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: 26a  g beka [3] a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for  h 603,550 men. 27The hundred talents of silver were for casting the  i bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base. 28And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them. 29The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; 30with it he made the  j bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting,  k the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, 31the  l bases around the court, and the  m bases of the gate of the court, all the  n pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.

Making the Priestly Garments

EXODUS 39 [†]From the  o blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made  p finely woven garments, [1] for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron,  q as the LORD had commanded Moses.

2 r He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 3And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design. 4They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges. 5And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

6They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. 7And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

8 s He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 9It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span [2] its length and a span its breadth when doubled. 10And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; 11and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree. 14There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. 15And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. 16And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. 17And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. 18They attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. 19Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. 20And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 21And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

22 t He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue, 23and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear. 24On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 25They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe, between the pomegranates— 26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

27 u They also made the coats, woven of fine  v linen, for Aaron and his sons, 28and the  v turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twined linen, 29and the sash of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with needlework, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

30 w They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the LORD.” 31And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

32[†]Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did  x according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. 33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 34the covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins, and the  y veil of the screen; 35the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; 36the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 37 z the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38 a the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and  b the screen for the entrance of the tent; 39the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand; 40 c the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the  d screen for the gate of the court, its  e cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests. 42 f According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. 43And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses  g blessed them.

The Tabernacle Erected

EXODUS 40 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“On the  h first day of the first month you shall  i erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall  j screen the ark with the veil. 4And  k you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and  l you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5 m And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6 n You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, 7 o and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.

9“Then you shall take the  p anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. 10You shall also anoint  q the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar,  r so that the altar may become most holy. 11You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12[†] s Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water 13and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. 14You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them, 15 t and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a  u perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

16[†]This Moses did; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did. 17In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month,  v the tabernacle was erected. 18Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars. 19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 20He  w took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark. 21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and  x set up the veil of the screen, and screened  y the ark of the testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 22 z He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil, 23and arranged the bread on it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 24 a He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, 25 b and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 26 c He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, 27and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 28 d He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 29 e And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the  f grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 30 g He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing, 31with which Moses and  h Aaron and his sons  i washed their hands and their feet. 32When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses. 33 j And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So  k Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the LORD

34[†]Then  l the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and  m the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36Throughout all their journeys,  n whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. 37But  o if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up. 38For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.