by Septuagint
[21] Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: there shall be rest in seed-time and harvest. [22] And thou shalt keep to me the feast of weeks, the beginning of wheat-harvest; and the feast of ingathering in the middle of the year. [23] Three times in the year shall every male of thine appear before the Lord the God of Israel. [24] For when I shall have cast out the nations before thy face, and shall have enlarged thy coasts, no one shall desire thy land, whenever thou mayest go up to appear before the Lord thy God, three times in the year. [25] Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifices with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the feast of the passover remain till the morning. [26] The first-fruits of thy land shalt thou put into the house of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother’s milk. [27] And the Lord said to Moses, Write these words for thyself, for on these words I have established a covenant with thee and with Israel. [28] And Moses was there before the Lord forty days, and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water; and he wrote upon the tables these words of the covenant, the ten sayings.
[29] And when Moses went down from the mountain, there were the two tables in the hands of Moses, — as then he went down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified, when God spoke to him. [30] And Aaron and all the elders of Israel saw Moses, and the appearance of the skin of his face was made glorious, and they feared to approach him. [31] And Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the synagogue turned towards him, and Moses spoke to them.
[32] And afterwards all the children of Israel came to him, and he commanded them all things, whatsoever the Lord had commanded him in the mount of Sina. [33] And when he ceased speaking to them, he put a veil on his face. [34] And whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak to him, he took off the veil till he went out, and he went forth and spoke to all the children of Israel whatsoever the Lord commanded him. [35] And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that it was glorified; and Moses put the veil over his face, till he went in to speak with him.
Chapter 35
[1] And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said, These are the words which the Lord has spoken for you to do them. [2] Six days shalt thou perform works, but on the seventh day shall be rest — a holy sabbath — a rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die. [3] Ye shall not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day; I am the Lord. [4] And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord has appointed you, saying, [5] Take of yourselves an offering for the Lord: every one that engages in his heart shall bring the first-fruits to the Lord; gold, silver, brass, [6] blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats’ hair, [7] and rams’ skins dyed red, and skins dyed blue, and incorruptible wood, [8] and sardine stones, and stones for engraving for the shoulder-piece and full-length robe. [9] And every man that is wise in heart among you, let him come and work all things whatsoever the Lord has commanded. [10] The tabernacle, and the cords, and the coverings, and the rings, and the bars, and the posts, [11] and the ark of the testimony, and its staves, and its propitiatory, and the veil, [12] and the curtains of the court, and its posts, [13] and the emerald stones, [14] and the incense, and the anointing oil, [15] and the table and all its furniture, [16] and the candle-stick for the light and all its furniture, [17] and the altar and all its furniture; [18] and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service; [19] and the garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the compound incense.
[20] And all the congregation of the children of Israel went out from Moses. And they brought, they whose heart prompted them, and they to whomsoever it seemed good in their mind, each and offering: [21] and they brought an offering to the Lord for all the works of the tabernacle of witness, and all its services, and for all the robes of the sanctuary. [22] And the men, even every one to whom it seemed good in his heart, brought from the women, even brought seals and ear-rings, and finger-rings, and necklaces, and bracelets, every article of gold. [23] And all as many as brought ornaments of gold to the Lord, and with whomsoever fine linen was found; and they brought skins dyed blue, and rams’ skins dyed red. [24] And every one that offered an offering brought silver and brass, the offerings to the Lord; and they with whom was found incorruptible wood; and they brought offerings for all the works of the preparation. [25] And every woman skilled in her heart to spin with her hands, brought spun articles, the blue, and purple, and scarlet and fine linen. [26] And all the women to whom it seemed good in their heart in their wisdom, spun the goats’ hair. [27] And the rulers brought the emerald stones, and the stones for setting in the ephod, and the oracle, [28] and the compounds both for the anointing oil, and the composition of the incense. [29] And every man and woman whose mind inclined them to come in and do all the works as many as the Lord appointed them to do by Moses — they the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord. [30] And Moses said to the children of Israel, Behold, God has called by name Beseleel the son of Urias the son of Or, of the tribe of Juda, [31] and has filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom and understanding, and knowledge of all things, [32] to labour skillfully in all works of cunning workmanship, to form the gold and the silver and the brass, [33] and to work in stone, and to fashion the wood, and to work in every work of wisdom. [34] And God gave improvement in understanding both to him, and to Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan. [35] And God filled them with wisdom, understanding and perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship and embroidery.
Chapter 36
[1] And 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. [2] And 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. [3] And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning. [4] And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought. [5] And 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. [6] And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labour for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more. [7] And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides. [8] And 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. [9] And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined. [10] And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work; [11] shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another. [12] They made it of 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; [13] and 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; [14] and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.
[15] And 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. [16] They made the oracle square and double, the length of a s
pan, and the breadth of a span, — double. [17] And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald; [18] and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper; [19] and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst; [20] and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold. [21] And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes. [22] And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold, [23] and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings. [24] And they put the two golden rings on both the upper corners of the oracle; [25] and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings. [26] And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite each other in front. [27] And 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. [28] And 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. [29] And 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. [30] And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue. [31] And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be rent. [32] And 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. [33] And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates: [34] a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses. [35] And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons, [36] and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined; [37] and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses. [38] And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold; [39] and he wrote upon it graven letters as of a seal, Holiness to the Lord. [40] And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Chapter 37
[1] And they made ten curtains for the tabernacle; [2] of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits. [3] And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs. [4] And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver. [5] And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs, [6] and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.
[7] And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way, [8] and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty; [9] and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty. [10] And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten. [11] And on the east side curtains of fifty cubits of fifteen cubits behind, [12] and their pillars three, and their sockets three. [13] And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three; [14] all the curtains of the tabernacle of fine linen twined. [15] And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver: [16] and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court; [17] and their pillars four, and their sockets four of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver. [18] And all the pins of the court round about of brass, and they were overlaid with silver. [19] And this was the construction of the tabernacle of witness, accordingly as it was appointed to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[20] And Beseleel the son of Urias of the tribe of Juda, did as the Lord commanded Moses. And Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan was there, who was chief artificer in the woven works and needle-works and embroideries, in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen.
Chapter 38
[1] And Beseleel made the ark, [2] and overlaid it with pure gold within and without; [3] and he cast for it four golden rings, two on the one side, and two on the other, [4] wide enough for the staves, so that men should bear the ark with them. [5] And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold, [6] and the two cherubs of gold; [7] one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory, [8] overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings. [9] And he made the set table of pure gold, [10] and cast for it four rings: two on the one side and two on the other side, broad, so that men should lift it with the staves in them. [11] And he made the staves of the ark and of the table, and gilded them with gold. [12] And he made the furniture of the table, both the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the bowls with which he should offer drink-offerings, of gold. [13] And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold; [14] the stem solid, and the branches from both its sides; [15] and blossoms proceeding from its branches, three on this side, and three on the other, made equal to each other. [16] And as to their lamps, which are on the ends, knops proceeded from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold. [17] And on the candlestick seven golden lamps, and its snuffers gold, and its funnels gold. [18] He overlaid the posts with silver, and cast for each post golden rings, and gilded the bars with gold; and he gilded the posts of the veil with gold, and made the hooks of gold. [19] He made also the rings of the tabernacle of gold; and the rings of the court, and the rings for drawing out the veil above of brass. [20] He cast the silver chapiters of the tabernacle, and the brazen chapiters of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts. [21] He made the pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court of brass. [22] He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core. [23] He made all the vessels of the altar and its grate, and its base, and its bowls, and the brazen flesh-hooks. [24] He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four brazen rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide enough for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them. [25] He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer. [26] He made the brazen laver, and the brazen base of it of the mirrors of the women that fasted, who fasted by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, in the day in which he set it up.
[27] And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Chapter 39
[1] All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was of the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine tal
ents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel. [2] And the offering of silver from the men that were numbered of the congregation a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, one drachm apiece, even the half shekel, according to the holy shekel. [3] Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the number of six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty. [4] And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil; [5] a hundred chapiters to the hundred talents, a talent to a chapiter. [6] And the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he formed into hooks for the pillars, and he gilt their chapiters and adorned them.
[7] And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and a thousand five hundred shekels; [8] and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness, [9] and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about; [10] and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness. [11] And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. [12] And of the gold that remained of the offering they made vessels to minister with before the Lord. [13] And the blue that was left, and the purple, and the scarlet they made into garments of ministry for Aaron, so that he should minister with them in the sanctuary; [14] and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts; [15] and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture.
