And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.
And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;
they 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.
“You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
and 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.
The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall run from end to end.
You shall overlay the frames with gold and shall make their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.
And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.
“You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.
And 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.
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
You 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.
And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.
And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.
You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.
“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.
Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
And 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.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.
The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.
The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
For the gate of the court there shall be 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.
All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
The 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.
All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
“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.
In the tent of meeting, 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.
“Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
“And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.
And the 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.
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
As 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.
And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.
and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.
“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.
You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree.
There 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.
You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.
And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.
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