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Exodus 36
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1And Beseleel wrought , and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.
1Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
2And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in [their] heart , and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.
2And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
3And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuaryto do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.
3And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
4And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.
4And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
5And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance [too great] in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed [them] to do.
5And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.
6And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.
6And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
7And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.
7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
8And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
9And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined .
9And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
10And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blueand purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;
10And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
11shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.
11They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
12They made itof the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;
12And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.
13and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;
13And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
14and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.
14And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
15And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined .
15And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
16They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span , and the breadth of a span , —double.
16It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
17And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topazand emerald;
17And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
18and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphireand jasper;
18And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19and the third row, a ligure and agateand amethyst;
19And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20and the fourth rowa chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold .
20And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
21And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their nameslike seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.
21And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
22And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,
22And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
23and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.
23And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
24And they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle;
24And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
25and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.
25And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
26And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front.
26And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
27And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.
27And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.
28And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.
29And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with [a string] of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.
29And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
30And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.
30And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
31And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about , that it might not be torn.
31And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
32And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined .
32And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
33And they made golden bells , and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:
33And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
34a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.
34A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses.
35And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaronand his sons,
35And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
36and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;
36And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
37and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
37And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Moses.
38And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;
38And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
39and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord .
39And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.
40And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
40Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.