B. C. 1491. pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits27 long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make 2 the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. And thou 3 shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his flesh-hooks, and his fire-pans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for it a 4 grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. And thou shalt put 5 it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be And thou shalt make staves for 6 even to the midst of the altar. the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall 7 the two sides of the altar, to bear it. Hollow with 8 be upon boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south 9 side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: and the 10 twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And 11 likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall 12 he hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward 13 shall be fifty cubits. The hangings of one side of the gate shall 14 be fifteen cubits: their pillars three and their sockets three. And 15 on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the gate of the court 16 shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. All the pillars 17 round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. The length of the 18 court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the 19 service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring 20 thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. In the tabernacle of the congregation without the 21 vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be 107 1 a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with 28 him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy 2 garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And 3 thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And these are the garments which they shall 4 make a breast-plate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And they shall take gold, and blue, 5 and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple 6 of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. It shall 7 have the two shoulder-pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. And the curious 8 girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And thou shalt take two 9 onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: six of their names on one stone, and the other six names 10 of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. With the 11 work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the 12 ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 13 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work 14 shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. And thou shalt make the breast-plate of judgment with 15 cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Four-square it shall be being 16 doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, 17 even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row 18 shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third 19 row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a 20 beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. And the stones shall be with the names of the 21 children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the 22 breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate two rings of gold, 23 and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-plate. And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two 24 rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate. And the other 25 two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put 26 them upon the two ends of the breast-plate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. And two other rings 27 of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the fore-part thereof, over-against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. And they shall bind the breast-plate by the rings thereof unto 28 the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the 29 children of Israel in the breast-plate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a menorial before the LORD continually. And thou shalt put in the breast-plate of 30 judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. And 31 there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. And 33 beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof: and bells of gold between them round about; 'a golden 34 bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. And it shall be upon Aaron 35 to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, 36 like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the 37 mitre; upon the fore-front of the mitre it shall be. And it shall 38 be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt 39 make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt 40 make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy 41 brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and con secrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their na- 42 kedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come 43 in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity and die; it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. 5 8 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them,29 to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,' and unleavened bread, and 2 cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. And 3 thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. And Aaron and his sons 4 thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast-plate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: and thou shalt put the mitre 6 upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. Then 7 shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. And thou shalt bring his sons and put coats upon them. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his 9 sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought 10 before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. And 11 thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And thou shalt take of the blood 12 of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and 13 the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh 11 of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering. Thou shalt also take 15 one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt 16 take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. And 17 thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a 18 burnt-offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And thou shalt take the other 19 ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of 20 his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the B. C. 1491. And 21 thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and Also thou shalt take of the ram 22 his sons' garments with him. the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one 23 wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: and thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in 24 the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD. And thou shalt receive them of their hands, 25 and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's 26 consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of 27 the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his gons: and it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever 28 from the children of Israel; for it is an heave-offering: and it shall be an heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto the LORD. And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his son's after 29 him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. And 30 that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minAnd thou shalt take the ram of the con- 31 ister in the holy place. secration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. And Aaron 32 and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was 33 made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. And if aught of the flesh 34 of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be caten, because it is holy. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, 35 and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for 36 atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven 37 days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two 38 lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb 39 111 |