The Command to Leave Sinai
1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’
2“And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
3“Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
4And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.
5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’ ”
6So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
Moses Meets with the LORD
7Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.
8So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.
9And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
10All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door.
11So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle. Focus: The Friend of God
The Promise of God’s Presence
12Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, 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, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’
13“Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
14And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.
16“For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
17So the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
18And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
19Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
20But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” Focus: Encounters with God
21And the LORD said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.
22“So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.
23“Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”
Moses Makes New Tablets
1And the LORD said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke.
2“So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain.
3“And no man shall come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.”
4So he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
5Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, Focus: Merciful and Just
7“keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
8So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
9Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.” Insight: The Lord’s Inheritance
The Covenant Renewed
10And He said: “Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
11“Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. Focus: God’s Chosen People
12“Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.
13“But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images
14“(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
15“lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice,
16“and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.
17“You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
18“The Feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the appointed time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.
19“All that open the womb are Mine, and every male firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep.
20“But the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you will not redeem him, then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed.
21“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
22“And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.
23“Three times in the year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the LORD God of Israel.
24“For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.
25“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, nor shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until morning.
26“The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
28So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.a
The Shining Face of Moses
29Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
30So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
31Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them.
32Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them as commandments all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
33And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take the veil off until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the children of Israel whatever he had been commanded.
35And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.
Sabbath Regulations
1Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the LORD has commanded you to do: Focus: Taking a Break
2“Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
3“You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Offerings for the Tabernacle
4And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying:
5‘Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
6‘blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;
7‘ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;
8‘oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
9‘onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
Articles of the Tabernacle
10‘All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded:
11‘the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
12‘the ark and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering;
13‘the table and its poles, all its utensils, and the showbread;
14‘also the lampstand for the light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
15‘the incense altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;
16‘the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base;
17‘the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
18‘the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords;
19‘the garments of ministry,a for ministering in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”
The Tabernacle Offerings Presented
20And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
21Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
22They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the LORD.
23And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them.
24Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the LORD’s offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
25All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
26And all the women whose hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair.
27The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,
28and spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
29The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the LORD, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the LORD, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.
The Artisans Called by God
30And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
31“and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, Focus: The Spirit of God in the Workplace
32“to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze,
33“in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.
34“And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
35“He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.
1“And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded.”
The People Give More than Enough
2Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work.
3And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.
4Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing, Focus: From Conflict to Cohesion
5and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded us to do.”
6So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing,
7for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much.
Building the Tabernacle
8Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.
9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all the same size.
10And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
11He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.
12Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another.
13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.
14He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width 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 curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.
18He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
19Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above that.
20For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright.
21The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half.
22Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.
24Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
25And for the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards
26and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.
27For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards.
28He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
29And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus he made both of them for the two corners.
30So there were eight boards and their sockets—sixteen sockets of silver—two sockets under each of the boards.
31And he made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,
32five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward.
33And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other.
34He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim.
36He made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.
37He also made a screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,
38and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.
Making the Ark of the Testimony
1Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits was its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. Focus: A World of Talent
2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it.
3And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four corners: two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side of it.
4He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
5And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.
7He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat:
8one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
9The cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
Making the Table for the Showbread
10He made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold all around it.
12Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it.
13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs.
14The rings were close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.
15And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table, and overlaid them with gold.
16He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table: its dishes, its cups, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring.
Making the Gold Lampstand
17He also made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and its flowers were of the same piece.
18And six branches came out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.
19There were three bowls made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
20And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.
21There was a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches extending from it.
22Their knobs and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.
23And he made its seven lamps, its wick-trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.
24Of a talent of pure gold he made it, with all its utensils.
Making the Altar of Incense
25He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit—it was square—and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
26And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it.
27He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it.
28And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense
29He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.
Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
1He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width—it was square—and its height was three cubits.
2He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze.
3He made all the utensils for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze.
4And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom.
5He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles.
6And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.
7Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.
Making the Bronze Laver
8He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Making the Court of the Tabernacle
9Then he made the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long.
10There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
11On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
12And on the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
13For the east side the hangings were fifty cubits.
14The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets,
15and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen.
17The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver.
18The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
19And there were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver.
20All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.
Materials of the Tabernacle
21This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. Focus: Teamwork
22Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
23And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.
24All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is, the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
26a bekah for each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
27And from the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket.
28Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made bands for them.
29The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
30And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar,
31the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around.
Making the Garments of the Priesthood
1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry,a for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Making the Ephod
2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.
3And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs.
4They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges.
5And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
6And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel.
7He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Making the Breastplate
8And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.
9They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled.
10And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;
11the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.
14There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. Focus: The Responsibility of Authority
15And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold.
16They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
17And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
18The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.
19And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod.
20They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.
21And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Making the Other Priestly Garments
22He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
23And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.
24They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen.
25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates:
26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
27They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons,
28a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen,
29and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet:
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
31And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
The Work Completed
32Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.
33And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
34the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering;
35the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat;
36the table, all its utensils, and the showbread;
37the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;
38the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door;
39the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base;
40the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
41and the garments of ministry,b to minister in the holy place: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests.
42According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. Focus: Celebrating Good Work
43Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them.
The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged
1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
2“On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
3“You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil.
4“You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.
5“You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
6“Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
7“And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8“You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
9“And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy.
10“You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy.
11“And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
12“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.
13“You shall put the holy garments on Aaron, and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.
14“And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.
15“You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
16Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did. Focus: Excellence Starts at the Top
17And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was raised up.
18So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.
19And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
20He took the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.
21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil;
23and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
24He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle;
25and he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
26He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil;
27and he burned sweet incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
28He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle.
29And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing;
31and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
32Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
33And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
The Cloud and the Glory
34Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
36Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.
37But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.
38For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.