These are the laws which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy a

servant that is an Hebrew, six years he shall serve, and the seventh he

shall go out free paying nothing. If he came alone, he shall go out

alone: If he came married, his wife shall go out with him. And if his

master have given him a wife and she have borne him sons or daughters:

then the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go

out alone. But and if the servant say I love my master and my wife and

my children, I will not go out free. Then let his master bring him unto

the Gods and set him to the door or the doorpost, and bore his ear

thorow with an nawl, and let him be his servant forever. If a man sell

his daughter to be a servant: she shall not go out as the menservants

do. If she please not her master, so that he hath given her to no man

to wife, then shall he let her go free: to sell her unto a strange

nation shall he have no power, because he despised her. If he have

promised her unto his son to wife, he shall deal with her as men do

with their daughters. If he take him another wife, yet her food,

raiment and duty of marriage shall he not minish. If he do not these

three unto her, then shall she go out free and pay no money. He that

smiteth a man that he die, shall be slain for it. If a man lay not

await but God deliver him into his hand, then I will point thee a place

whither he shall flee. If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour

and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar that he

die. And he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die for it. He

that stealeth a man and selleth him (if it be proved upon him) shall be

slain for it. And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to

death for it. If men strive together and one smite another with a stone

or with his fist, so that he die not, but lieth in bed: if he rise

again and walk without upon his staff, then shall he that smote him go

quite: save only he shall bear his charges while he lay in bed and pay

for his healing. If a man smite his servant or his maid with a staff

that they die under his hand, it shall be avenged. But and if they

continue a day or two, it shall not be avenged for they are his money.

When men strive and smite a woman with child so that her fruit depart

from her and yet no misfortune followeth: then shall he be merced,

according as the woman's husband will lay to his charge, and he shall

pay as the daysmen appoint him. But and if any misfortune follow, then

shall he pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for

hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound and stripe

for stripe. If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put

it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake. Also if he smite

out his servant's or his maid's tooth, he shall let them go out free

for the tooth's sake. If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die,

then the ox shall be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten: and his

master shall go quite. If the ox were wont to run at men in time past

and it hath been told his master, and he hath not kept him, but that he

hath killed a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned and his

master shall die also. If he be set to a sum of money, then he shall

give for the deliverance of his life, according to all that is put unto

him. And whether he hath gored a son or a daughter, he shall be served

after the same manner. But if it be a servant or a maid that the ox

hath gored, then he shall give unto their master the sum of thirty

sicles, and the ox shall be stoned. If a man open a well or dig a pit

and cover it not, but that an ox or an ass fall therein, the owner of

the pit shall make it good and give money unto their master, and the

dead beast shall be his. If one man's ox hurt another's that he die:

then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money, and the dead ox

also they shall divide. But and if it be known that the ox hath used to

push in time's past, then because his master hath not kept him, he

shall pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own.

Chapter .xxij.

If a man steal an ox or sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall restore

five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief be found

breaking up and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed

for him: except the sonne be up when he is found, then there shall be

blood shed for him. A thief shall make restitution: If he have not

wherewith, he shall be sold for his theft. If the theft be found in his

hand alive (whether it be ox, ass or sheep) he shall restore double. If

a man do hurt field or vineyard, so that he put in his beast to feed in

another man's field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of

his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. If fire break out and

catch in the thorns, so that the stacks {stoukes} of corn or the

stonding corn or field be consumed therewith: he that kindled the fire

shall make restitution. If a man deliver his neighbour money or stuff

to keep, and it be stolen out of his house: If the thief be found, he

shall pay double. If the thief be not found, then the goodman of the

house shall be brought unto the gods and swear, whether he have put his

hand unto his neighbour's good. And in all manner of trespass, whether

it be ox, ass, sheep, raiment or any manner lost thing which another

challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the

gods. And whom the gods condemn: the same shall pay double unto his

neighbour. If a man deliver unto his neighbour to keep, ass, ox, sheep

or whatsoever beast it be and it die or be hurt or driven away and no

man see it: then shall an oath of the LORD go between them, whether he

have put his hand unto his neighbour's good, and the owner of it shall

take the oath, and the other shall not make it good. If it be stolen

from him, then he shall make restitution unto the owner: If it be torn

with wild beasts, then let him bring record of the tearing: and he

shall not make it good. When a man borroweth ought of his neighbour if

it be hurt or else die, and if the owner thereof be not by, he shall

make it good: If the owner thereof be by, he shall not make it good,

namely if it be an hired thing and came for hire. If a man beguile a

maid that is not betrothed and lie with her, he shall endote her and

take her to his wife: If her father refuse to give her unto him, he

shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. Thou shalt not

suffer a witch to live. Whosoever lieth with a beast, shall be slain

for it. He that offereth unto any gods save unto the LORD only, let him

die without redemption. Vex not a stranger neither oppress him for ye

were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall trouble no widow nor

fatherless child: If ye shall trouble them: they shall cry unto me, and

I will surely hear their cry and then will my wrath wax hot and I will

kill you with sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children

fatherless. If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by

thee, thou shalt not be as an usurer unto him, neither shalt oppress

him with usury. If thou take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, see

that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sonne go down. For that

is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he

sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am

merciful. Thou shalt not rail upon the gods, neither curse the ruler of

thy people. Thy fruits (whether they be dry or moist) see thou keep not

back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me: likewise shalt thou do of

thine oxen and of thy sheep. Seven days it shall be with the dam, and

the eighth day thou shalt give it me. Ye shall be holy people unto me,

and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the

field. But shall cast it to dogs.

Chapter .xxiij.

Thou shalt not accept a vain tale, neither shalt put thine hand with

the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a

multitude to do evil: neither answer in a matter of plea that thou

wouldest to follow many turn aside from the truth, neither shalt thou

paint a poor man's cause. When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or ass

going astray, thou shalt bring them to him again. If thou see thine

enemy's ass sink under his burthen, thou shalt not pass by and let him

alone: but shalt help him to lift him up again. Thou shalt not hinder

the right of the poor that are among you in their suit. Keep thee far

from a false matter, and the Innocent and righteous see thou slay not,

for I will not justify the wicked. Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts

blind the seeing and pervert the words of the righteous. Thou shalt not

oppress a stranger, for I know the heart of stranger, because ye were

strangers in Egypt. Six years thou shalt sow thy land and gather in the

fruits thereof: and the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie

still, that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they leave, the

beasts of the field shall eat: In like manner thou shalt do with thy

vineyard and thine olive trees. Six days thou shalt do thy work and the

seventh day thou shalt keep holy day, that thine ox and thine ass may

rest and the son of thy maid and the stranger may be refreshed. And in

all things that I have said unto you be circumspect. And make no

rehearsal of the names of strange gods, neither let any man hear them

out of your mouths. Three feasts thou shalt hold unto me in a year.

Thou shalt keep the feast of sweet bread, that thou eat unleavened

bread seven days long as I commanded thee in the time appointed of the

month of Abib, for in that month thou camest out of Egypt: and see that

no man appear before me empty. And the feast of Harvest, when thou

reapest the first fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the

field. And the feast of ingathering, in the end of the year: when thou

hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. Three times in a year

shall all thy men children appear before the Lord Iehouah. Thou shalt

not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread: neither shall

the fat of my feast remain until the morning. The first of the

firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy

God thou shalt also not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Behold, I

send mine angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee

into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him and hear his voice

and anger him not: for he will not spare your misdeeds, yea and my name

is in him. But and if thou shalt hearken unto his voice and keep all

that I shall tell thee, then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies and

an adversary unto thine adversaries. When mine angel goeth before thee

and hath brought thee in unto the Amorites, Hethites, Pherezites,

Cananites, Hevites and Iebusites, and I shall have destroyed them, see

thou worship not their gods neither serve them, neither do after the

works of them, but overthrow them and break down the places of them.

And see that ye serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread

and thy water, and I will take all sicknesses away from among you.

Moreover there shall be no woman childless or unfruitful in thy land,

and the number of thy days I will fulfill. I will send my fear before

thee and will kill all the people whither thou shalt go. And I will

make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee, and I will send

hornets before thee, and they shall drive out the Hevites, the

Cananites and the Hethites before thee. I will not cast them out in one

year, lest the land grow to a wilderness: and the beasts of the field

multiply upon thee. But a little and a little I will drive them out

before thee, until thou be increased that thou mayst inherit the land.

And I will make thy coasts from the red sea unto the sea of the

Philistines and from the desert unto the river. I will deliver the

inhabiters of the land into thine hand, and thou shalt drive them out

before thee. And thou shalt make none appointment with them nor with

their gods. Neither shall they dwell in thy land, lest they make thee

sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be thy

decay.

Chapter .xxiiij.

And he said unto Moses: come unto the LORD: both thou and Aaron, Nadab

and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel, and worship afar off. And

Moses went himself alone unto the LORD, but they came not nye, neither

came the people up with him. And Moses came and told the people all the

words of the LORD and all the laws. And all the people answered with

one voice and said: all the words which the LORD hath said, will we do.

Then Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early and made

an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the number of

the twelve tribes of Israel, and sent young men of the children of

Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of

oxen unto the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in

basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the

book of the appointment and read it in the audience of the people. And

they said: All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear. And Moses

took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said: behold, this is

the blood of the appointment which the LORD hath made with you upon all

these words. Then went Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and the seventy

elders of Israel up, and saw the God of Israel, and under his feet as

it were a brick work of Saphir and as it were the fashion of heaven

when is clear, and upon the nobles of the children of Israel he set not

his hand. And when they had seen God they ate and drank. And the LORD

said unto Moses: come up to me in to the hill and be there, and I will

give thee tables of stone and a law and commandments, which I have

written to teach them. Then Moses rose up and his minister Iosua, and

Moses went up into the hill of God, and said unto the elders: tarry ye

here until we come again unto you: And behold here is Aaron and Hur

with you. If any man have any matters to do, let him come to them. When

Moses was come up into the mount, a cloud covered the hill, and the

glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six

days. And the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the cloud. And

the fashion of the glory of the LORD was like consuming fire on the top

of the hill in the sight of the children of Israel. And Moses went into

the mountain. And Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Chapter .xxv.

And the LORD talked with Moses saying: speak unto the children of

Israel that they give me an heave offering, and of every man that

giveth it willingly with his heart, ye shall take it. And this is the

heave offering which ye shall take of them: gold, silver and brass: and

Iacinth colour, scarlet, purple, byss and goat's hair: ram's skins that

are red, and the skins of taxus and sethim wood, oil for lights, and

spices for anointing oil and for sweet cense: Onyx stones and set

stones for the Ephod and for the breastlap. And they shall make me a

sanctuary that I may dwell among them. And as I have shewed {And i

shall shew} thee the fashion of the habitation and of all the ornaments

thereof, even so see that ye make it in all things. And they shall make

an ark of sethim wood two cubits and an half long, a cubit and an half

broad and a cubit and an half high. And thou shalt overlay it with pure

gold: both within and without, and shalt make an high {hye} upon it a

crown of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for

it and put them in the four corners thereof, two rings on the one side

of it and two on the other. And thou shalt make staves of sethim wood

and cover them with gold, and put the staves in the rings along by the

sides of the ark, to bear it withal. And the staves shall abide in the

rings of the ark, and shall not be taken away. And thou shalt put in

the ark, the witness which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a

mercy seat of pure gold two cubits and an half long and a cubit and an

half broad. And make two cherubins of thick gold on the two ends of the

mercy seat: and set the one cherub on the one end and the other on the

other end of the mercy seat: so see that thou make them on the two ends

thereof. And the cherubins shall stretch their wings abroad over on

high, {an hye} and cover the mercy seat with their wings, and their

faces shall look one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, shall the

faces of the cherubins be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon

the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the witness which I will give

thee. There I will meet thee and will commune {common} with thee from

upon the mercy seat from between the two cherubins which are upon the

ark of witness, of all things which I will give thee in commandment

unto the children of Israel. Thou shalt also make a table of sethim

wood of two cubits long and one cubit broad and a cubit and an half

high. And cover it with pure gold and make thereto a crown of gold

round about. And make unto that an hoop of four fingers broad, round

about. And make a golden crown also to the hoop round about. And make

for it four rings of gold and put them in the corners that are on the

four feet thereof: even hard under the hoop shall the rings be, to put

in staves to bear the table withal. And thou shalt make staves of

sethim wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne

with them. And thou shalt make his dishes, spoons, pots and flatpieces

to pour out withal, of fine gold. And thou shalt set upon the table,

shewbread before me alway. And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure

thick gold with his shaft, branches, bowls, knops and flowers

proceeding thereout. Six branches shall proceed out of the sides of the

candlestick, three out of the one side and three out of the other. And

there shall be three cups like unto almonds with knops and flowers upon

every one of the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick: and

in the candlestick self four cups like unto almonds with their knops

and flowers: that there be a knop under every two branches of the six

that proceed out of the candlestick. And the knops and the branches

shall be altogether, one piece of pure thick gold. And thou shalt make

seven lamps and put them an high {hye} there on, to give light unto the

other side that is over against it: with snuffers and firepans of pure

gold. An hundred pound weight of fine gold shall make it with all the

apparel. And see that thou make them after the fashion that was shewed

thee in the mount.

Chapter .xxvi.

And thou shalt make an habitation with ten curtains of twined byss,

Iacinth, scarlet and purple, and shalt make them with cherubins of

broidered work. The length of a curtain shall be twenty eight cubits,

and the breadth four and they shall be all of one measure: five

curtains shall be coupled together one to another: and the other five

likewise shall be coupled together one to another. Then shalt thou make

loops of Iacinth colour, along by the edge of the one curtain even in

the selvedge of the coupling curtain. And likewise shalt thou make in

the edge of the utmost curtain that is coupled therewith on the other

side. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty in the

edge of the other that is coupled therewith on the other side: so that

the loops be one over against another. And thou shalt make fifty

buttons of gold, and couple the curtain together with the buttons: that

it may be an habitation. And thou shalt make eleven curtains of goat's

hair, to be a tent to cover the habitation. The length of a curtain

shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth four and they shall be all

eleven of one measure. And thou shalt couple five by them selves, and

the other six by them selves, and shalt double the sixth in the

forefront of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make fifty loops in the

edge of the utmost curtain on the one side: even in the coupling

curtain, and as many in the edge of the coupling curtain on the other

side. And thou shalt make fifty buttons of brass and put them on the

loops, and couple the tent together withal: that there may be one

tabernacle. {covering} And the remnant that resteth in the curtains of

the tent: even the breadth of half a curtain that resteth, shall be

left on the back sides of the habitation: a cubit on the one side and a

cubit on the other side, of that, that remaineth in the length of the

curtains of the tabernacle, which shall remain of either side of the

habitation to cover it withal. And thou shalt make another covering for

the tent of rams' skins dyed red: and yet another above all of taxus'

skins. And thou shalt make boards for the habitation of sethim wood to

stond upright: ten cubits long shall every board be, and a cubit and an

half broad. Two feet shall one board have to couple them together

withal, and so thou shalt make unto all the boards of the habitation.

And thou shalt make twenty boards for the habitation on the south side,

and thou shalt make forty sockets of silver and put them under the

twenty boards: two sockets under every board, for their two feet. In

like manner in the north side of the habitation there shall be twenty

boards and forty sockets of silver: two sockets under every board. And

for the west end of the habitation, shalt thou make six boards, and two

boards more for the two west corners of the habitation: so that these

two boards be coupled together beneath and likewise above with clamps.

And so shall it be in both the corners. And so there shall be eight

boards in all, and sixteen sockets of silver: two sockets under every

board. And thou shalt make bars of sethim wood five for the boards of

the one side of the tabernacle, and five for the other side, and five

for the boards of the west end. And the middle bar shall go along

thorow the midst {mydddes} of the boards and bar them together from the

one end unto the other. And thou shalt cover the boards with gold and

make golden rings for them to put the bars thorow, and shalt cover the

bars with gold also. And rear up the habitation according to the

fashion thereof that was shewed thee in the mount. And thou shalt make

a vail of Iacinth, of scarlet, purple and twined byss, and shalt make

it of broidered work and full of cherubins. And hang it upon four

pillars of sethim wood covered with gold and that their knops be

covered with gold also, and stond upon four sockets of silver. And thou

shalt hang up the vail with rings, and shall bring in within the vail,

the ark of witness. And the vail shall divide the holy from the most

holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of witness in the

holiest place. And thou shalt put the table without the vail and

candlestick over against the table, upon the south side of the

habitation. And put the table on the north side. And thou shalt make an

hanging for the door of the tabernacle: of Iacinth, of scarlet, of

purple and of twined byss, wrought with needle work. And thou shalt

make for the hanging, five pillars of sethim wood, and cover both them

and their knops with gold, and shalt cast five sockets of brass for

them.

Chapter .xxvij.

And thou shalt make an altar of sethim wood: five cubits long and five

cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high. And make it

horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with

brass. And make his ashpans, shovels, basins, fleshhooks, firepans and

all the apparel thereof, of brass: after the fashion of a net, and put

upon the net four rings: even in the four corners of it, and put it

beneath under the compass of the altar, and let the net reach unto the

one half of the altar; And make staves for the altar of sethim wood,

and cover them with brass, and let them be put in rings along by the

sides of the altar, to bear it withal. And make the altar hollow with

boards: even as it was shewed thee in the mount, so let them make it.

And thou shalt make a court unto the habitation, which shall have in

the south side hangings of twined byss, being an hundred cubits long,

and twenty pillars thereof with their twenty sockets of brass: but the

knops of the pillars and their hoops shall be silver. In like wise on

the north side there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long and

twenty pillars with their sockets of brass, and the knops and the hoops

of silver. And in the breadth of the court westward, there shall be

hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets.

And in the breadth of the court eastward toward the rising of the son,

shall be hangings of fifty cubits. Hangings of fifteen cubits in the

one side of it with three pillars, and three sockets: and likewise on

the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with three pillars

and three sockets. And in the gate of the court shall be a vail of

twenty cubits: of jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined byss wrought with

needle work, and four pillars with their four sockets. All the pillars

round about the court shall be hooped with silver, and their knops of

silver, and their sockets of brass. The length of the court, shall be

an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty, and the height five, and the

hangings shall be of twined byss and the sockets of brass. And all the

vessels of the habitation to all manner service and the pins thereof:

yea and the pins also of the court, shall be brass. And command the

children of Israel that they give the pure oil olive beaten for the

lights to pour alway into the lamps. In the tabernacle of witness

without the vail which is before the witness, shall Aaron and his sons

dress it both even and morning before the LORD: And it shall be a duty

for ever unto your generations after you: to be given of the children

of Israel.

Chapter .xxviij.

And take thou unto thee, Aaron thy brother and his sons with him, from

among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me: both Aaron,

Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make

holy raiment for Aaron thy brother, both honourable and glorious.

Moreover speak unto all that are wise hearted, which I have filled with

the spirit of wisdom: that they make Aaron's raiment to consecrate him

with, that he may minister unto me. These are the garments which they

shall make: a breastlap, Ephod, a tunicle, a strait 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. And they shall take thereto, gold,

jacinth, scarlet, purple and byss. And they shall make the Ephod of

gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and white twined byss with broidered

work. The two sides shall come together, closed up in the edges

thereof. And the girdle of the Ephod shall be of the same workmanship

and of the same stuff: even of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and

twined byss. And thou shalt take two onyx stones and grave in them the

names of the children of Israel: fix in the one stone, and the other

fix in the other stone: according to the order of their birth. After

the work of a stone graver, even as signets are graven, shalt thou

grave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, and

shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two

stones upon the two shoulders of the Ephod, and they shall be stones of

remembrance unto the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their

names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a remembrance. And

thou shalt make hooks of gold and two chains of fine gold: link work

and wreathed, and fasten the wreathed chains to the hooks. And thou

shalt make the breastlap of ensample {judgement} with broidered work:

even after the work of the Ephod shalt thou make it: of gold, jacinth,

scarlet, purple and twined byss shalt thou make it. Foursquare it shall

be and double, an hand breadth long and an hand breadth broad. And thou

shalt fill it with four rows of stones. In the first row shall be a

Sardius, a Topas and Smaragdus. The second row, a Ruby, Sapphire and

Diamond. The third: Ligurius, an Achat and Amethyst. The fourth: a

Turcois Onyx and Iasper. And they shall be set in gold in their

enclosures. And the stones shall be graven as signets be graven: with

the names of the children of Israel, even with twelve names every one

with his name according to the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon

the breastlap two fastening chains of pure gold and wreathen work. And

thou shalt make likewise upon the breastlap two rings of gold and put

them on the edges of the breastlap, and put the two wreathen chains of

gold in the two rings which are in the edges of the breastlap. And the

two ends of the two chains thou shalt fasten in the two rings, and put

them upon the shoulders of the Ephod: on the foreside of it. And thou

shalt yet make two rings of gold, and put them in the two edges of the

breastlap even in the borders thereof toward the inside of the Ephod

that is over against it. And yet two other rings of gold thou shalt

make, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath over against

the breastlap, alow where the sides are joined together upon the

broidered girdle of the Ephod. And they shall bind the breastlap by his

rings unto the rings of the Ephod with a lace of jacinth, that it may

lie close unto the broidered girdle of the Ephod, that the breastlap be

not lowsed from the Ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the

children Israel in the breastlap of ensample upon his heart, when he

goeth into the holy place, for a remembrance before the LORD alway. And

thou shalt put in the breastlap of ensample light and perfectness: that

they be even upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before the LORD and

Aaron shall bear the example of the children of Israel upon his heart

before the LORD alway. And thou shalt make the tunicle unto the Ephod,

altogether of Iacinth. And there shall be an hole for the head in the

midst of it, and let there be a bond of woven work round about the

collar of it: as it were the collar of a partlet, that it rend not. And

beneath upon the hem, thou shalt make pomegranates of Iacincth, of

scarlet, and of purple round about the hem, and bells of gold between

them round about: that there be ever a golden bell and a pomegranate, a

golden bell and a pomegranate round about upon the hem of the tunicle.

And Aaron shall have it upon him when he ministereth, that the sound

may be heard when he goeth into 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 thereon (as signets are graven) The holiness of the

LORD, and put it on a lace of Iacincth and tie it unto the mitre, upon

the forefront of it, that it be upon Aaron's forehead: that Aaron bear

the sin of the holy things which the children of Israel have hallowed

in all their holy gifts. And it shall be always upon Aaron's forehead,

that they may be accepted before the LORD. And thou shalt make an alb

of byss, and thou shalt make a mitre of byss and a girdle of needle

work. And thou shalt make for Aaron's sons also coats, girdles and

bonnets honourable and glorious, and thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy

brother and on his sons with him and shalt anoint them and fill their

hands and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me. And thou

shalt make them linen breeches to cover their privates: {privities}

from the loins unto the thighs shall they reach. And they shall be upon

Aaron and his sons, when they go into the tabernacle of witness, or

when they go unto the altar to minister in holiness, that they bear no

sin and so die. And it shall be a law for ever unto Aaron and his seed

after him.

Chapter .xxix.

This is the thing that thou shalt do unto them when thou hallowest them

to be my priests. Take one ox and two rams that are without blemish,

and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and

wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil (of wheaten flour shalt thou

make them) and put them in a maund and bring them in the maund with the

oil and the two rams. And bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the

tabernacle of witness, and wash them with water, and take the garments,

and put upon Aaron: the strait coat, and the tunicle of the Ephod, and

the Ephod and the breastlap: and girth them to him with the broidered

girdle of the Ephod. And put the mitre upon his head and put the holy

crown upon the mitre. Then take the anointing oil and pour it upon his

head and anoint him. And bring his sons and put albes upon them, and

girth them with girdles: as well Aaron as his sons. And put the bonnets

on them that the priest's office may be theirs for a perpetual law. And

fill the hands of Aaron and of his sons, and bring the ox before the

tabernacle of witness. And let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon

his head and kill him before the LORD in the door of the tabernacle of

witness. And take of the blood of the ox and put it upon the horns of

the altar with thy finger and pour all the blood upon the bottom of the

altar, and take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul

that is on the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is upon

them: and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the ox and his

skin and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire, without the host. For it

is a sin offering. Then take one of the rams, and let Aaron and his

sons put their hands upon the head of the ram, and cause him to be

slain, and take of his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the

altar, and cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him and his

legs, and put them unto the pieces and unto his head, and burn the

whole ram upon the altar. For it is a burnt offering unto the LORD, and

a sweet savour of the LORD's sacrifice. And take the other ram and let

Aaron and his sons, put their hands upon his head and let him then be

killed. And take of his blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear

of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hands, and

upon the great toe of their right feet and sprinkle the blood upon the

altar round about. Then take of the blood that is upon the altar and of

the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his vestments, and

upon his sons and upon their garments also. Then is he and his clothes

holy and his sons and their clothes holy also. Then take the fat of the

ram and his rump and the fat that covereth the inwards and the caul of

the liver and, the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them and the

right shoulder (for that ram is a full offering) and a simnel of bread

and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread

that is before the LORD, and put all upon the hands of Aaron and on the

hands of his sons: and wave them in and out a wave offering unto the

LORD. Then take it from off their hands and burn it upon the altar:

even upon the burnt offering, to be a savour of sweetness before the

LORD. For it is a sacrifice unto the LORD. Then take the breast of the

ram that is Aaron's full offering and wave it a wave offering before

the LORD, and let that be thy part. And sanctify the breast of the wave

offering and the shoulder of the heave offering which is waved and

heaved up of the ram which is the full offering of Aaron and of his

sons. And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' duty for ever, of the

children of Israel, for it is an heave offering. And the heave offering

shall be the LORD's duty of the children of Israel: even of the

sacrifice of their peace offerings which they heave unto the LORD. And

the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to anoint them

therein, and to fill their hands therein. And that son that is priest

in his stead after him, shall put them on seven days: that he go into

the tabernacle of witness, to minister in the holy place. Then take the

ram that is the full offering and seethe his flesh in an holy place.

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of him, and the bread that

is in the basket: even in the door of the tabernacle of witness. And

they shall eat them, because the atonement was made therewith to fill

their hands and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof,

because they are holy. If ought of the flesh of the full offerings, or

of the bread remain unto the morning, thou shalt burn it with fire: for

it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. And see thou do unto Aaron

and his sons, even so in all things as I have commanded thee: that thou

fill their hands seven days and offer every day an ox for a sin

offering for to reconcile with all. And thou shalt hallow the altar

when thou reconcilest it, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. Seven

days thou shalt reconcile the altar and sanctify it, that it may be an

altar most holy: so that no man may twich it but they that be

consecrate. This is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two

lambs of one year old day by day for ever, the one thou shalt offer in

the morning and the other at even. And unto the one lamb take a tenth

deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil, and

the fourth part of an hin of wine, for a drink offering. And the other

lamb thou shalt offer at even and shalt do thereto according to the

meat offering and drink offering in the morning, to be an odour of a

sweet savour of the sacrifice of the LORD. And it shall be a continual

burnt offering among your children after you, in the door of the

tabernacle of witness before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak

unto you there. There I will meet with the children of Israel, and will

be sanctified in mine honour. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of

witness and the altar: and I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons

to be my priests. And moreover I will dwell among the children of

Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD

their God that brought them out of the land of Egypt for to dwell among

them: even I the LORD their God.

Chapter .xxx.

And thou shalt make an altar to burn cense therein, of sethim wood: a

cubit long, and a cubit broad, even foursquare shall it be and two

cubits, high: with horns proceeding out of it, and thou shalt overlay

it with fine gold both the roof and the walls round about, and his

horns also, and shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about, and two

golden rings on either side, even under the crown, to put staves

therein for to bear it withal. And thou shalt make the staves of sethim

wood and cover them with gold. And thou shalt put it before the vail

that hangeth before the ark of witness, and before the mercy seat that

is before the witness, where I will meet thee. And Aaron shall burn

thereon sweet cense every morning when he dresseth the lamps: and

likewise at even when he setteth up the lamps he shall burn cense

perpetually before the LORD thorowout your generations. Ye shall put no

strange cense thereon, neither burnt sacrifice nor meat offering,

neither pour any drink offering thereon. And Aaron shall reconcile his

horns once in a year, with the blood of the sin offering of

reconciling: even once in the year shall he reconcile it thorow your

generations. And so is it most holy unto the LORD. And the LORD spake

unto Moses saying: when thou takest the sum of the children of Israel

and tellest them, they shall give every man a reconciling of his soul

unto the LORD, that there be no plague among them when thou tellest

them. And thus much shall every man give that goeth in the number: half

a sicle, after the holy sicle: a sicle is twenty geras: and an half

sicle shall be the heave offering unto the LORD. And all that are

numbered of them that are twenty years old and above shall give an

heave offering unto the LORD. The rich shall not pass, and the poor

shall not go under half a sicle, when they give an heave offering unto

the LORD for the atonement of their souls. And thou shalt take the

reconciling money of the children of Israel and shalt put it unto the

use of the tabernacle of witness, and it shall be a memorial of the

children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for their souls.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: thou shalt make a laver of brass

and his foot also of brass to wash withal, and shalt put it between the

tabernacle of witness and the altar and put water therein: that Aaron

and his sons may wash both their hands and their feet thereout, when

they go into the tabernacle of witness, or when they go unto the altar

to minister and to burn the LORD's offering, lest they die. And it

shall be an ordinance for ever unto him and his seed among your

children after you. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: take

principal spices: of pure myrrh five hundred sicles, of sweet cinnamon

half so much, two hundred and fifty sicles: of sweet calamite, two

hundred and fifty. Of cassia, two hundred and fifty after the holy

sicle, and of oil olive an hin. And make of them holy anointing oil

even an oil compound after the craft of the apothecary. And anoint the

tabernacle of witness therewith, and the ark of witness, and the table

with all his apparel, and the candlestick with all his ordinance, and

the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt sacrifice and all his

vessels, and the laver and his foot. And sacrify them that they may be

most holy: so that no man twich them but they that be hallowed. And

anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to minister unto me. And

thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel saying: this shall be an

holy anointing oil unto me, thorowout your generations. No man's flesh

shall be anointed therewith: neither shall ye make any other after the

making of it for it is holy, see therefore that ye take it for holy:

Whosoever maketh like that, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a

stranger, shall perish from among his people. And the LORD said unto

Moses: take unto thee sweet spices: stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum and

pure frankincense, of each like much: and make cense of them compounded

after the craft of the apothecary, mingled together, that it may be

made pure and holy. And beat it to powder and put it before the witness

in the tabernacle of witness, where I will meet thee, but let it be

unto you holy. And see that ye make none after the making of that, but

let it be unto you holy for the LORD. And whosoever shall make like

unto that, to smell thereto, shall perish from among his people.

Chapter .xxxj.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: behold, I have called by name,

Bezaleel the son of Uri son to Hur of the tribe of Iuda. And I have

filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding and

knowledge: even in all manner work, to find out subtle feats, to work

in gold, silver and brass and with the craft to grave stones, to set

and to carve in timber, and to work in all manner workmanship. And

behold, I have given him to be his companion Ahaliab the son of

Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts of all that are wise

hearted I have put wisdom to make all that I have commanded thee: the

tabernacle of witness, and the ark of witness, and the mercyseat that

is there upon, all the ornaments of the tabernacle, and the table with

his ordinance, and the pure candlestick with all his apparel, and the

altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offerings with all his

vessels, and the laver with his foot, and the vestments to minister in,

and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his

sons to minister in, and the anointing oil and the sweet cense for the

sanctuary: according to all as I have commanded thee shall they do. And

the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the children of Israel and

say: in any wise see that ye keep my Sabbath, for it shall be a sign

between me and you in your generations for to know, that I the LORD do

sanctify you. Keep my Sabbath therefore, that it be an holy thing unto

you. He that defileth it, shall be slain therefore. For whosoever

worketh therein, the same soul shall be rooted out from among his

people. Six days shall men work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of

the holy rest of the LORD: so that whosoever doeth any work in the

Sabbath day, shall die for it. Wherefore let the children of Israel

keep the Sabbath, that they observe it thorowout their generations,

that it be an appointment for ever. For it shall be a sign between me,

and the children of Israel for ever. For in six days the LORD made

heaven and earth, and the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. And

when he {|the LORDe|} had made an end of communing with Moses upon the

mount Sinai, he gave him two tables of witness: which were of stone and

written with the finger of God.

Chapter .xxxij.

And when the people saw that it was long or Moses came down out of the

mountain, they gathered them selves together and came unto Aaron and

said unto him: Up and make us a god to go before us: for of this Moses

the fellow that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wote not what

is become. And Aaron said unto them: pluck off the golden earings which

are in the ears of your wives, your sons and of your daughters: and

bring them unto me. And all the people plucked off the golden earings

that were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received

them of their hands and fashioned it with a graver and made it a calf

of molten metal. And they said: This is thy God, O Israel, which

brought thee out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw that, he made

an altar before it, and made a proclamation saying tomorrow shall be

holy day unto the LORD. And they rose up in the morning and offered

burnt offerings, and brought offerings of atonement also. And then they

sat them down to eat and drink, and rose up again to play. Then the

LORD said unto Moses: go get thee down, for thy people which thou

broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have marred all they are turned at

once out of the way which I commanded them, and have made them a calf

of molten metal, and have worshipped it and have offered thereto and

have said: This is thy God thou Israel, which hath brought thee out of

the land of Egypt. And the LORD said unto Moses: behold, I see this

people, that it is a stiffnecked people, and now therefore suffer me

that my wrath may wax hot upon them, and that I may consume them: and

then will I make of thee a mighty people. Then Moses besought the LORD

his God and said: O LORD, why should thy wrath wax hot upon thy people

which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and

with a mighty hand? wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say: For a

mischief did he bring them out: even for to slay them in the mountains,

and to consume them from the face of the earth. Turn from thy fierce

wrath, and have compassion over the wickedness of thy people. Remember

Abraham, Isaac and Israel thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thine

own self and saidest unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars

of heaven, and all this land which I have said, I will give unto your

seed: and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD refrained

himself from that evil, which he said he would do unto his people. And

Moses turned his back and went down from the hill, and the two tables

of witness in his hand: which were written on both the leaves and were

the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the

tables. And when Iosua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,

he said unto Moses: there is a noise of war in the host. And he said:

it is not the cry of them that have the mastery, nor of them that have

the worse: but I do hear the noise of singing. And as soon as he came

nye unto the host and saw the calf and the dancing, his wrath waxed

hot, and he cast the tables out of his hand, and brake them even at the

hill foot. And the took the calf which they had made and burned it with

fire, and stamped it unto powder and strowed it in the water, and made

the children of Israel drink. And then Moses said unto Aaron: what did

this people unto thee that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

And Aaron said: let not the wrath of my lord wax fierce, thou knowest

the people that they are even set on mischief: they said unto me: make

us a god to go before us, for we wote not what is become of Moses the

fellow that brought us out of the land of Egypt. And I said unto them:

let them that have gold, take and bring it me: and I cast it into the

fire, and thereof came out this calf. When Moses saw that the people

were naked (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame when they

made insurrection) he went and stood in the gate of the host and said:

If any man pertain unto the LORD, let him come to me. And all the sons

of Levi gathered them selves together and came unto him. And he said

unto them, thus sayeth the LORD of Israel: put every man his sword by

his side, and go in and out from gate to gate thorowout the host: and

slay every man his brother, every man his friend and every man his

neighbour. And the children of Levi did as Moses had said. And there

were slain of the people the same day, about three thousand men. Then

Moses said: fill your hands unto the LORD this day, every man upon his

son and upon his brother: to bring upon you a blessing this day. And on

the morrow, Moses said unto the people: Ye have sinned a great sin. But

now I will go up unto the LORD, to wit whether I can make an atonement

for your sin. And Moses went again unto the LORD and said: Oh, this

people have sinned a great sin and have made them a god of gold: Yet

forgive them their sin I pray thee: If not wipe me out of thy book

which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses: I will put him

out of my book that hath sinned against me. But go and bring the people

unto the land which I said unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go

before thee. Neverthelater in the day when I visit, I will visit their

sin upon them. And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the

calf which Aaron made.

Chapter .xxxiij.

And the LORD said unto Moses: depart and go hence: both thou and the

people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, unto the land

which I swore unto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, saying: unto thy seed I

will give it. And I will send an angel before thee, and will cast out

the Cananites, the Amorites, the Hethites, the Pherezites, the Hevites,

and the Iebusites: that thou mayst go in to a land that floweth with

milk and honey. But I will not go among you myself, for ye are a

stiffnecked people: lest I consume you by the way. And when the people

heard this evil tidings, they sorrowed: and no man did put on his best

raiment. And the LORD spake unto Moses, say unto the children of

Israel: ye are a stiffnecked people: I must come once suddenly upon

you, and make an end of you. But now put your goodly raiment from you,

that I may wete what to do unto you. And the children of Israel laid

their goodly raiment from them even under the mount Horeb. And Moses

took the tabernacle and pitched it without the host, afar off from the

host, and called it the tabernacle of witness. And all that would ask

any question of the LORD, went out unto the tabernacle of witness which

was without the host. And when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, all

the people rose up and stood every man in his tent door and looked

after Moses, until he was gone in to the tabernacle. And as soon as

Moses was entered into the tabernacle, the clouden pillar descended and

stood in the door of the tabernacle, and he talked with Moses. And when

all the people saw the clouden pillar stond in the tabernacle door,

they rose up and worshipped: every man in his tent door. And the LORD

spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And

when Moses turned again in to the host, the lad Iosua his servant the

son of Nun departed not out of the tabernacle. And Moses said unto the

LORD: see, thou saidest unto me: lead this people forth, but thou

shewest me not whom thou wilt send with me. And hast said moreover: I

know thee by name and thou hast also found grace in my sight: Now

therefore, if I have found favour in thy sight, then shew me thy way

and let me know thee: that I may find grace in thy sight. And look on

this also, how that this nation is thy people. And he said: my presence

shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said: If thy

presence go not with me, carry us not hence, for how shall it be known

now that both I and thy people have found favour in thy sight, but in

that thou goest with us: that both I and thy people have a preeminence

before all the people that are upon the face of the earth. And the LORD

said unto Moses: I will do this also that thou hast said, for thou hast

found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said: I

beseech thee, shew me thy glory: And he said: I will make all my good

go before thee, and I will be called in this name Iehouah before thee,

and will shew mercy to whom I shew mercy, and will have compassion on

whom I have compassion. And he said furthermore: thou mayst not see my

face, for there shall no man see me and live. And the LORD said:

behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stond upon a rock, and

while my glory goeth forth I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and

will put mine hand upon thee while I pass by. And then I will take away

mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be

seen.

Chapter .xxxiiij.

And the LORD said unto Moses: hew the two tables of stone like unto the

first that I may write in them the words which were in the first two

tables, which thou brakest. And be ready against the morning that thou

mayst come up early unto the mount of Sinai and stond {stode} me there

upon the top of the mount. But let no man come up with thee, neither

let any man be seen thorowout all the mount, neither let sheep nor oxen

feed before the hill. And Moses hewed two tables of stone like unto the

first and rose up early in the morning and went up unto the mount of

Sinai as the LORD commanded him: and took in his hand the two tables of

stone. And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there:

and he called upon the name of the LORD. And when the LORD walked

before him, he cried: LORD LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which

art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth, and keepest

mercy in store for thousands, and forgivest wickedness, trespass and

sin (for there is no man innocent before thee) and visitest the

wickedness of the fathers upon the children and upon children's

children, even unto the third and fourth generation. And Moses bowed

himself to the earth quickly, and worshipped and said: If I have found

grace in thy sight o Lord, then let my Lord go with us (for it is a

stubborn people) and have mercy upon our wickedness and our sin, and

let us be thine enheritance. And he said: behold, I make an appointment

before all this people, that I will do marvels: such as have not been

done in all the world, neither among any nation. And all the people

among which thou art, shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a

terrible thing that I will do with thee: keep all that I command thee

this day, and behold: I will cast out before thee: the Amorites,

Cananites, Hethites, Pherezites, Hevites and Iebusites. Take heed to

thyself, that thou make no compact with the inhabiters of the land

whither thou goest lest it be cause of ruin among you. But overthrow

their altars and break their pillars, and cut down their groves, for

thou shalt worship no strange god. For the LORD is called jealous,

because he is a jealous God: lest if thou make any agreement with the

inhabiters of the land, when they go a whoring after their gods and do

sacrifice unto their gods, they call thee and thou eat of their

sacrifice: And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and when

their daughters go a whoring after their gods, they make thy sons go a

whoring after their gods also. Thou shalt make thee no gods of metal.

The feast of sweet bread shalt thou keep, and seven days thou shalt eat

unleavened bread (as I commanded thee) in the time appointed in the

month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou camest out of Egypt. All

that breaketh up the matrice shall be mine, and all that breaketh the

matrice among thy cattle, if it be male: whether it be ox or sheep. But

the first of the ass thou shalt buy out with a sheep, or if thou redeem

him not: see thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou

must needs redeem. And see that no man appear before me empty. Six days

thou shalt work, and the seventh thou shalt rest: both from earing and

reaping. Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of

wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Thrice

in a year shall all your men children appear before the Lord Iehouah

God of Israel: for I will cast out the nations before thee and will

enlarge thy coasts, so that no man shall desire thy land, while thou

goest up to appear before the face of the LORD thy God, thrice in the

year. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened

bread: neither shall ought of the sacrifice of the feast of Passover,

be left unto the morning. The first of the first fruits of thy land,

thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. And see, that thou

seethe not a kid in his mother's milk. And the LORD said unto Moses:

write these words, for upon these words I have made a covenant with

thee and with the children of Israel. And he was there with the LORD

forty days and forty nights, and neither ate bread nor drank water. And

he wrote in the tables the words of the covenant: even ten verses. And

Moses came down from mount Sinai and the two tables of witness in his

hand, and yet he wist not that the skin of his face shone with beams of

his communing with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel

looked upon Moses and saw that the skin of his face shone with beams,

they were afraid to come nye him. But he called them to him, and then

Aaron and all the chief of the company came unto him, and Moses talked

with them. And at the last all the children of Israel came unto him,

and he commanded them all that the LORD had said unto him in mount

Sinai. And as soon as he had made an end of communing with them, he put

a covering upon his face. But when he went before the LORD to speak

with him, he took the covering off until he came out. And he came out

and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And

the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of his face

shone with beams: but Moses put a covering upon his face, until he went

in, to commune with him.

Chapter .xxxv.

And Moses gathered all the company of the children of Israel together,

and said unto them: these are the things which the LORD hath commanded

to do: Six days ye shall work, but the seventh day shall be unto you

the holy Sabbath of the LORD's rest: so that whosoever doth any work

therein, shall die. Moreover ye shall kindle no fire thorowout all your

habitations upon the Sabbath day. And Moses spake unto all the

multitude of the children of Israel saying: this is the thing which the

LORD commanded saying: Give from among you an heave offering, unto the

LORD. All that are willing in their hearts, shall bring heave offerings

unto the LORD: gold, silver, brass: Iacinth, scarlet, purple, byss and

goats' hair: rams' skins red and taxus' skins and Sethim wood: and oil

for lights and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet cense:

and Onyx stones and stones to be set for the Ephod and for the

breastlap. And let all them that are wise hearted among you, come and

make all that the LORD hath commanded: the habitation and the tent

thereof with his covering and his rings, boards, bars, pillars and

sockets: the ark and the staves thereof with the mercy seat and the

vail that covereth it: the table and his staves with all that

pertaineth thereto and the shewbread: the candlestick of light with his

apparel and his lamps and the oil for the lights: the cense altar and

his staves, the anointing oil and the sweet cense and the hanging

before the tabernacle door: the altar of burnt sacrifices and his

brazen gridiron that longeth thereto with his staves and all his

ordinance and the laver and his foot: the hangings of the court with

his pillars and their sockets, and the hanging to the door of the

court: the pins of the habitation and the pins of the court with their

boards: the ministering garments to minister with in holiness, and the

holy vestments of Aaron the priest and the vestments of his sons to

minister in. And all the company of the children of Israel departed

from the presence of Moses. And they went (as many as their hearts

couraged them and as many as their spirits made them willing) and

brought heave offerings unto the LORD, to the making of the tabernacle

of witness and for all his uses and for the holy vestments. And the men

came with the women (even as many as were willing hearted) and brought

bracelets, earings, rings and girdles and all manner Iewels of gold.

And all the men that waved wave offerings of gold unto the LORD and

every man with whom was found Iacinth, scarlet, purple, byss or goats'

hair or red skins of rams' or taxus' skins, brought it. And all that

hove up gold or brass, brought an heave offering unto the LORD. And all

men with whom was found sethim wood meet for any manner work or

service, brought it. And all the women that were wise hearted to work

with their hands, span, and brought the spun work, both of Iacinth,

scarlet, purple and byss. And all the women that excelled in wisdom of

heart, span the goats' hair. And the lords brought Onyx stones and

setstones for the Ephod, and for the breastlap, and spice and oil: both

for the lights and for the anointing oil and for the sweet cense. And

the children of Israel brought willing offerings unto the LORD, both

men and women: as many as their hearts made them willing to bring, for

all manner works which the LORD had commanded to make by the hand of

Moses. And Moses said unto the children of Israel: behold, the LORD

hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe

of Iuda, and hath filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom,

understanding and knowledge, even in all manner work, and to find out

curious works, to work in gold, silver and brass: and with graving of

stones to set, and with carving in wood, and to work in all manner of

subtle works. And he hath put in his heart the grace to teach: both him

and Ahaliab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan hath he filled

with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of graven work: they are also

broiderers and workers with needle, in Iacinth, scarlet, purple and

byss, and are weavers that can make all manner work, and can devise

subtle works.

Chapter .xxxvi.

And Bezaleel wrought and Ahaliab and all wise hearted men to whom the

LORD had given wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner

work for the holy service, in all that the LORD commanded. And Moses

called for Bezaleel, Ahaliab and all the wise hearted men in whose

hearts the LORD had put wisdom, even as many as their hearts couraged

to come unto the work to work it. And they received of Moses all the

heave offerings which the children of Israel had brought for the work

of the holy service to make it withal. And they brought beside that,

willing offerings every morning. And all the wise men that wrought all

the holy work, came every man from his work which they made, and spake

unto Moses saying: the people bring too much and above that is enough

to serve for the work which the LORD hath commanded to make. And then

Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed thorowout

the host saying: see that neither man nor woman prepare any more work

for the holy heave offering, and so the people were forbidden to bring:

for the stuff they had, was sufficient for them unto all the work, to

make it and too much. And all the wise hearted men among them that

wrought in the work of the habitation made: even ten curtains of twined

byss, Iacinth, scarlet and purple, and made them full of Cherubins with

broidered work. The length of one curtain was twenty eight cubits and

the breadth four and were all of one size. And they coupled five

curtains by them selves, and other five by them selves. And they made

fifty loops of Iacinth along by the edge of the utmost curtain, even in

the selvedge of the coupling curtain: and likewise they made on the

side of the utmost coupling curtain on, the other side, fifty loops

they made in the one curtain, and fifty in the edge of the coupling

curtain on the other side: so that the loops were one over against

another. And they made fifty rings of gold, and coupled the curtains

one to another with the rings: and so was it made a dwelling place. And

they made eleven curtains of goats' hair to be a tent over the

tabernacle thirty cubits long apiece and four cubits broad, and they

all eleven of one sise, and they coupled five by them selves, and six

by them selves, and they made fifty loops along by the border of the

utmost coupling courtain on the one side, and fifty in the edge of the

coupling curtain on the other side. And they made fifty rings of brass

to couple the tent together that it might be one. And they made a

covering unto the tent of rams' skins red, and yet another of taxus'

skins above all. And they made boards for the dwelling place of sethim

wood that stood upright, every board ten cubits long and a cubit and an

half broad. And they made two feet to every board of the dwelling place

joining one to another. And they made twenty boards for the south side

of the habitation, and forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards,

two sockets under every board, even for the two feet of them. And for

the other side of the dwelling toward the north, they made other twenty

boards with forty sockets of silver two sockets under every board. And

behind in the end of the tabernacle toward the west, they made six

boards and two other boards for the corners of the habitation behind,

and they were joined close both beneath and also above with clamps, and

thus they did to both the corners: so they were in all eight boards and

sixteen sockets, under every board two sockets. And they made bars of

Sethim wood five for the boards of the one side of the habitation and

five for the other, and five for the boards of the west end of the

habitation. And they made the middle bar to shoot thorow the boards:

even from the one end to the other, and overlaid the boards with gold,

and made them rings of gold to thrust the bars thorow, and covered the

bars with gold. And they made an hanging of Iacinth, of scarlet, purple

and twined byss with Cherubins of broidered work. And made thereunto

four pillars of Sethim wood and overlaid them with gold. Their knops

were also of gold, and they cast for them four sockets of silver. And

they made an hanging for the tabernacle door: of Iacinth, scarlet,

purple and twined byss of needle work, and the pillars of it were five

with their knops, and overlaid the heads of them and the hoops with

gold, with their five sockets of brass.

Chapter .xxxvij.

And Bezaleel made the ark of sethim wood two cubits and an half long

and a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high: and overlaid

it with fine gold both within and without, and made a crown of gold to

it round about, and cast for it four rings of gold for the four corners

of it: two rings for the one side and two for the other, and made

staves of Sethim wood, and covered them with gold, and put the staves

in the rings along by the side of the ark to bear it withal. And he

made the mercyseat of pure gold two cubits and a half long and one

cubit and a half broad, and made two Cherubins of thick gold upon the

two ends of the mercy seat: One Cherub on the one end, and another

Cherub on the other end of the mercyseat. And the Cherubins spread out

their wings above on high, {an hye} and covered the mercyseat

therewith. And their faces were one to another: even to the mercyseat

ward, were the faces of the Cherubins. And he made the table of sethim

wood two cubits long and a cubit broad, and a cubit and an half high,

and overlaid it with fine gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round

about, and made thereto an hoop of an hand breadth round about, and

made unto the hoop a crown of gold round about, and cast for it four

rings of gold and put the rings in the four corners by the feet: even

under the hoop to put staves in to bear the table withal. And he made

staves of Sethim wood and covered them with gold to bear the table

withal, and made the vessels that were on the table of pure gold, the

dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour withal. And he made the

candlestick of pure thick gold: both the candlestick and his shaft:

with branches, bowls, knops and flowers proceeding out of it. Six

branches proceeding out of the sides thereof, three out of the one side

and three out of the other. And on every branch were three cups like

unto almonds, with knops and flowers thorowout the six branches that

proceeded out of the candlestick. And upon the candlestick self, were

four cups after the fashion of almonds with knops and flowers: under

every two branches a knop. And the knops and the branches proceeded out

of it, and were all one piece of pure thick gold. And he made seven

lamps thereto, and the snuffers thereof, and firepans of pure gold. An

hundred weight of pure gold, made both it and all that belonged

thereto. And he made the cense altar of Sethim wood of a cubit long and

a cubit broad: even four square, and two cubits high with horns

proceeding out of it. And he covered it with pure gold both the top and

the sides round about and the horns of it, and made unto it a crown of

gold round about. And he made two rings of gold unto it, even under the

crown upon either side of it, to put staves in for to bear it withal:

and made staves of Sethim wood, and overlaid them with gold. And he

made the holy anointing oil and the sweet pure incense after the

apothecary's craft.

Chapter .xxxviij.

And he made the burnt offering altar of Sethim wood, five cubits long

and five cubits broad: even four square, and three cubits high. And he

made horns in the four corners of it proceeding out of it, and overlaid

it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar: the cauldrons,

shovels, basins, fleshhooks and coalpans all of brass. And he made a

brazen gridiron of network unto the altar round about alow beneath,

under the compass of the altar: so that it reached unto half the altar,

and cast four rings of brass for the four ends of the gridiron to put

staves in. And he made staves of sethim wood and covered them with

brass, and put the staves in the rings along by the altar side to bear

it withal, and made the altar hollow with boards. And he made the laver

of brass and the foot of it also of brass, in the sight of them that

did watch before the door of the tabernacle of witness. And he made the

court with hangings of twined byss of an hundred cubits long upon the

south side, and twenty pillars with twenty sockets of brass: but the

knops of the pillars, and the hoops were silver. And on the north side

the hangings were an hundred cubits long with twenty pillars and twenty

sockets of brass, but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were of

silver. And on the west side, were hangings of fifty cubits long, and

ten pillars with their ten sockets, and the knops and the hoops of the

pillars were silver. And on the east side toward the son rising, were

hangings of fifty cubits: the hangings of the one side of the gate were

fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with their three sockets.

And of the other side of the court gate, were hangings also of fifteen

cubits long, and their pillars three with three sockets. Now all the

hangings of the court round about, were of twined byss, and the sockets

of the pillars were brass: but the knops and the hoops of the pillars

were silver, and the heads were overlaid with silver, and all the

pillars of the court were hooped about with silver. And the hanging of

the gate of the court was needlework: of jacinth, scarlet, purple, and

twined byss twenty cubits long and five in the breadth, according to

the hangings of the court. And the pillars were four with four sockets

of brass, and the knops of silver, and the heads overlaid with silver

and hooped about with silver, and all the pins of the tabernacle and of

the court round about were brass. This is the sum of the habitation of

witness, which was counted at the commandment of Moses: and was the

office of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar son to Aaron the priest.

And Bezaleel son of Uri son to Hur of the tribe of Iuda, made all that

the LORD commanded Moses, and with him Ahaliab son of Ahisamach of the

tribe of Dan, a cunning graver and a worker of needle work in jacinth,

scarlet, purple and byss. All the gold that was occupied upon all the

work of the holy place (which was the gold of the wave offering) was,

twenty nine hundred weight and seven hundred and thirty sicles,

according to the holy sicle. And the sum of silver that came of the

multitude, was five score hundred weight and a thousand seven hundred

and seventy five sicles of the holy sicle. Every man offering half a

sicle after the weight of the holy sicle among them that went to be

numbered from twenty years old and above, among six hundred thousand

and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. And the five score

hundred weight of silver went to the casting of the sockets of the

sanctuary and the sockets of the vail: an hundred sockets of the five

score hundred weight, an hundred weight to every socket. And the

thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles, made knops to the

pillars and overlaid the heads and hooped them. And the brass of the

wave offering was seventy hundred weight and two thousand, and four

hundred sicles. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the

tabernacle of witness, and the brazen altar, and the brazen gridiron

that longeth thereto, and all the vessels of the altar, and the sockets

of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all

the pins of the habitation, and all the pins of the court round about.

Chapter .xxxix.

And of the jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined byss, they made the

vestments of ministration to do service {[in]} in that holy place, and

made the holy garments that pertained to Aaron, as the LORD commanded

Moses. And they made the Ephod of gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple, and

twined byss. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it

into wires: to work it in the jacinth, scarlet, purple, and the byss,

with broidered work. And they made the sides come together, and closed

them up by the two edges. And the broidering of the girdle that was

upon it, was of the same stuff and after the same work of gold,

jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined byss, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they wrought Onyx stones closed in ouches of gold and graved as

signets are graven with the names of the children of Israel, and put

them on the shoulders of the Ephod that they should be a remembrance of

the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. And they made the

brestlap of cunning work, after the work of the Ephod: even of gold,

Iacinct, scarlet, purple and twined byss And they made it four square

and double, an hand breadth long and an hand breadth broad. And they

filled it with four rows of stones (the first row: Sardios, a Topas and

Smaragdus: the second row: a Ruby, a Sapphire and a Diamond. The third

row: Ligurius, an Achat and an Amethyst. The fourth row: a Turquoise,

an onyx and a Iasper) closed in ouches of gold in their inclosures. And

the twelve stones were graven as signets with the names of the children

of Israel: every stone with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

And they made upon the breastlap, two fastening chains of wreathen work

and pure gold. And they made two hooks of gold and two gold rings, and

put the two rings upon the two corners of the breastlap. And they put

the two chains of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the

breastlap. And the two ends of the two chains they fastened in the two

hooks, and put them on the shoulders of the Ephod upon the forefront of

it. And they made two other rings of gold and put them on the two other

corners of the breastlap along upon the edge of it, toward the inside

of the Ephod that is over against it. And they made yet two other gold

rings, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath on the fore

side of it: even where the sides go together, above upon the broidering

of the Ephod, and they strained the breastlap by his rings unto the

rings of the Ephod, with laces of jacinth, that it might lie fast upon

the broidering of the Ephod, and should not be lowsed from of the

Ephod: as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the tunicle unto the

Ephod of woven work and all together of jacinth, and the head of the

tunicle was in the middest of it as the collar of a partlet, with a

band round about the collar, that it should not rent. And they made

beneath upon the hem of the tunicle: pomegranates of jacinth, scarlet,

purple, and twined byss. And they made little bells of pure gold, and

put them among the pomegranates round about upon the edge of the

tunicle, a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate round about

the hems of the tunicle to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made coats of byss of woven work for Aaron and his sons, and a

mitre of byss, and goodly bonnets of byss, and linen breeches of twined

byss, and a girdle of twined byss, jacinth, scarlet and purple: even of

needle work, as the LORD commanded Moses. And they made the plate of

the holy crown of fine gold, and wrote upon it with graven work: the

holiness of the LORD, and tied it to a lace of jacinth to fasten it on

high {an hye} upon the mitre, as the LORD commanded Moses. Thus was all

the work of the habitation of the tabernacle of witness, finished. And

the children of Israel did, according to all that the LORD had

commanded Moses. And they brought the habitation unto Moses: the tent

and all his apparel thereof: the buttons, boards, bars, pillars and

sockets: and the covering of rams' skins red, and the covering of

taxus' skins, and the hanging vail, and the ark of witness with the

staves thereof, and the mercyseat: the table and all the ordinance

thereof, and the shewbread, and the pure candlestick, and the lamps

prepared thereunto with all the vessels thereof, and the oil for

lights, and the golden altar, and the anointing oil and the sweet

cense, and the hanging of the tabernacle door, and the brasen altar,

and the gridiron of brass longing thereunto with his bars and all his

vessels, and the laver with his foot, and the hangings of the court

with his pillars and sockets, and the hanging to the court gate, his

boards and pins, and all the ordinance that serveth to the habitation

of the tabernacle of witness, and the ministering vestments to serve in

the holy place, and the holy vestments of Aaron the priest and his

sons' raiments to minister in: according to all that the LORD commanded

Moses: even so the children of Israel made all the work. And Moses

beheld all the work: and see, they had done it even as the LORD

commanded: and then Moses blessed them.

Chapter .xl.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: In the first day of the first

month shalt thou set up the habitation of the tabernacle of witness,

and put therein the ark of witness, and cover the ark with the vail,

and bring in the table and apparel it, and bring in the candlestick and

put on his lamps, and set the cense altar of gold before the ark of

witness, and put the hanging of the door unto the habitation. And set

the burnt offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness,

and set the laver between the tabernacle of witness, and the altar, and

put water therein, and make the court round about, and set up the

hanging of the court gate. And take the anointing oil and anoint the

habitation and all that is therein, and hallow it and all that belong

thereto: that it may be holy. And anoint the altar of the burnt

offerings and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar that it may be

most holy. And anoint also the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

Then bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of

witness, and wash them with water. And put upon Aaron the holy

vestments. And anoint him and sanctify him that he may minister unto

me, that their anointing may be an everlasting priesthood unto them

thorowout their generations. And Moses did according to all that the

LORD commanded him. Thus was the tabernacle reared up the first month

in the second year. And Moses reared up the tabernacle and fastened his

sockets, and set up the boards and put in their bars, and reared up the

pillars, and spread abroad the tent over the habitation and put the

covering of the tent on high {an hye} above it: as the LORD commanded

Moses. And he took and put the testimony in the ark, and set the staves

to the ark and put the mercy seat on high {an hye} upon the ark, and

brought the ark into the habitation and hanged up the vail and covered

the ark of witness, as the LORD commanded Moses. And he put the table

in the tabernacle of witness in the north side of the habitation

without the vail, and set the bread in order before the LORD, even as

the LORD had commanded Moses. And he put the candlestick in the

tabernacle of witness over against the table in the south side of the

habitation, and set up the lamps before the LORD: as the LORD commanded

Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before

the vail, and brent sweet cense there on as the LORD commanded Moses.

And set up the hanging in the door of the habitation, and set the burnt

offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness, and

offered burnt offerings and meat offerings there on as the LORD

commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the tabernacle of witness

and the altar, and poured water therein to wash with all. And both

Moses Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

both when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or when they went

to the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses. And he reared up the court

round about the habitation and the altar, and set up the hanging of the

court gate: and so Moses finished the work. And the cloud covered the

tabernacle of witness, and the glory of the LORD filled the habitation:

so that Moses could not enter into the tabernacle of witness, because

the cloud abode therein, and the glory of the LORD filled the

habitation. When the cloud was taken up from off the habitation, the

children of Israel took their journeys as oft as they journeyed. And if

the cloud departed not, they journeyed not till it departed: for the

cloud of the LORD was upon the habitation by day, and fire by night: in

the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.

The end of the second book of Moses.