30 the embroiderer; as the LORD commanded Moses. 1 'And they made the plate of the holy crown See ch. xxviii. 36, 37. of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO THE 31 LORD. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, 32 33 to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD Or, turban commanded Moses. Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets; 34 and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, 3 skins and the covering of 'sealskins, and the veil of Ot, porpoise35 the screen; the ark of the testimony, and the 36 staves thereof, and the mercy-seat; the table, 37 all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread; the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels 38 thereof, and the oil for the light; and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the 39 Tent; the brasen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and 40 its base; the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the 41 tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister 42 in the priest's office. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of 43 Israel did all the work. And Moses saw all 1 Or, set up the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the I And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1 40 On the first day of the first month shalt thou 2 rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testi- 3 mony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. And thou shalt bring in the table, and 4 set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and 'light the lamps thereof. And thou shalt set the 5 golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set the altar 6 of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt 7 set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein. And 8 thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and 9 anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint 10 the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy. And thou shalt anoint the laver 11 and its base, and sanctify it. it. And thou shalt 12 bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy gar- 13 ments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put 14 coats upon them: and thou shalt anoint them, 15 as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that 18 the tabernacle was reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the 19 bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD 20 commanded Moses. And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the 21 ark: and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD com22 manded Moses. And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle 23 northward, without the veil. And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the 24 LORD commanded Moses. And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle south25 ward. And he 'lighted the lamps before the 1Or, set up 26 LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting 27 before the veil: and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the LORD commanded Moses. 28 And he put the screen of the door to the taber29 nacle. And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering; as the LORD commanded 30 Moses. And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, 31 to wash withal. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; when they went into the tent of 32 meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed: as the LORD commanded Moses. And he reared up the court round 33 about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, 34 and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent 35 of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over 36 the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys: but if the 37 cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the 38 cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. 2 3 THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED LEVITICUS. AND the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man of you offereth an oblation unto the LORD, ye shall offer your oblation of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock. If his oblation be a burnt offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the 4 LORD. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of 6 meeting. And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into its pieces. And the sons of 7 Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, 8 and lay wood in order upon the fire: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood 9 that is on the fire which is upon the altar: but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water: and the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, |