Leviticus Chapters 1-5

Leviticus


Chapters 1-5



1[1-6] Yahweh called to Moses out of the Meeting Place, and told him, “Tell the children of Israel, 'When any of you makes an offering to Yahweh, you’ll make your offering from the herds and flocks of the animals. “'If your offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you’ll offer a male without anything wrong with it. You’ll offer it at the door of the Meeting Place, that you may be accepted by Yahweh. You’ll put your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted to cover your sins for you. You’ll kill the bull to Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Meeting Place. You’ll skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.

[7- 9] The sons of Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar, and put the wood in order on the fire; and Aaron's sons, the priests, will put the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the firewood which is on the altar; but its insides and its legs you’ll wash with water. The priest will burn it all on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh.

[10-13] If your offering is from the flock, from the sheep, or from the goats, for a burnt offering, you’ll offer a male without anything wrong with it. You’ll kill it on the north side of the altar to Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, will sprinkle its blood around on the altar. You’ll cut it into pieces, along with its head and its fat. The priest will put them in order on the fire wood that is on the altar, but the insides and the legs you’ll wash with water. The priest will offer it all, and burn it on the altar. It’s a burnt offering, an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh.

[14-17] If your offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then you’ll bring your offering of doves, or of young pigeons. The priest will bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood will be drained out on the side of the altar; and you’ll take away its insides and feathers, and throw it beside the altar on the east side, where the ashes go. You’ll break it open at its wings, but not cut it in half. The priest will burn it on the altar, putting it on the fire wood. It’s a burnt offering, an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh.

2[1-3] When anyone brings a meal offering to Yahweh, your offering will be of fine flour; and you’ll pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it. They’ll bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and you’ll take a handful of its fine flour and oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest will burn it on the altar for a reminder, an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh. That which is left of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons. It’s most holy of all the burnt offerings to Yahweh.

[4-10] When you bring an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it will be made without yeast, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or wafers made without yeast rubbed with oil. If your offering is a meal offering of the baking pan, it will be made without yeast of fine flour mixed with oil. You’ll break it in pieces, and pour oil on it, because it’s a meal offering. If your offering is a meal offering of the frying pan, it will be made of fine flour with oil. They’ll bring the meal offering that is made of these things to Yahweh and it will be given to the priest to bring to the altar. The priest will take a part of the meal offering for a reminder, and will burn it on the altar, an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh. That which is left of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons. It’s most holy of all the burnt offerings to Yahweh.

[11-16] No meal offering, which you offer to Yahweh, will be made with yeast; for you’ll burn no yeast, nor honey, as a burnt offering to Yahweh. You may offer them to Yahweh as an offering of the first of your food: but they won’t be burnt on the altar to smell good. Add salt to every offering of your meal offering; Don’t let the meal offering of the promise of your God be lacking salt. With all your offerings you’ll offer salt. If you offer a meal offering of the first of your foods to Yahweh, you’ll offer for the meal offering of your first foods new grain roasted with fire, beaten from the head of grain. You’ll put oil on it, and put frankincense on it because it’s a meal offering. The priest will burn it as a reminder, part of its beaten grain, and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense because it’s an offering of fire to Yahweh.

3[1-5] If your offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if you offer it from the herd, whether male or female, you’ll offer one without anything wrong with it to Yahweh. You’ll put your hand on the head of your offering, and kill it at the door of the Meeting Place: and Aaron's sons the priests will sprinkle the blood around on the altar. You’ll offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering of fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the hips, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, you’ll take away. Aaron's sons will burn it on the altar for a burnt offering, which is on the firewood: It’s an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh.

[6-11] If your offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; whether male or female, you’ll offer one without anything wrong with it. If you bring a lamb for your offering, when you offer it to Yahweh you’ll put your hand on the head of your offering, and kill it in front of the Meeting Place: and Aaron's sons will sprinkle its blood around on the altar. You’ll offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering of fire to Yahweh; its fat, all the tail fat, you’ll take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the hips, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, you’ll take away. The priest will burn it on the altar: It’s the food of the offering of fire to Yahweh.

[12-] If your offering is a goat, when you offer it to Yahweh you’ll put your hand on its head, and kill it before the Meeting Place; and the sons of Aaron will sprinkle its blood around on the altar. You’ll offer part of it as your offering, an offering of fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the hips, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, you’ll take away. The priest will burn them on the altar: It’s the food of the offering of fire that smells good; all the fat is Yahweh's. It will be a law forever throughout your generations in all your homes, that you’ll eat neither fat nor blood.'”

4[1-12] Then Yahweh told Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, 'If anyone sins by mistake, in anything which Yahweh has told them not to do, and does any one of them: if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without anything wrong with it to Yahweh for a sin offering. He’ll bring the bull to the door of the Meeting Place to Yahweh; and put his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh. The anointed priest will take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Meeting Place. The priest will dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the place of worship. The priest will put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense to Yahweh, which is in the Meeting Place, and pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Meeting Place. Take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the hips, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, you’ll take away, as it’s taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest will burn them on the altar of burnt offering. The bull's skin, all its meat, with its head, and legs, its insides, and its wastes, carry the whole bull outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. Burn it where the ashes are poured out.

[13-21] If all the people of Israel sin without anyone knowing they have sinned, and they have done anything which Yahweh has told them not to do, and are guilty; when the sin they have done is known, then offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Meeting Place. The elders of the people will put their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull will be killed before Yahweh. The anointed priest will bring of the blood of the bull to the Meeting Place and will dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil. Put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh that is in the Meeting Place; and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Meeting Place. All its fat you’ll take from it, and burn it on the altar. Do this with the bull as you did with the bull of the sin offering; and the priest will cover their sins for them, and they’ll be forgiven. Carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as you burned the first bull. It’s the sin offering for the people.

[22-26] When a ruler sins without knowing it, and does anything which Yahweh your God has told them not to do, and is guilty; if the sin that has been done is made known to the ruler, they’ll bring an offering of a goat, a male without anything wrong with it. They’ll put their hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering to Yahweh. It’s a sin offering. The priest will dip a finger in some of the blood of the sin offering, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. All its fat will be burned on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest will cover their sins for them, and they’ll be forgiven.

[27-31] “'If any of the common people sins without knowing it, and does anything which Yahweh has told them not to do, and is guilty; if the sin, which has been done, is made known to them, then they’ll bring an offering of a goat, a female without anything wrong with it, for the sin they have done. They’ll put their hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. The priest will dip a finger in some of its blood, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. All its fat will be taken away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest will burn it on the altar for an offering that smells good to Yahweh; and the priest will cover their sins for them for what they have done, and they’ll be forgiven.

[32-35] If they bring a lamb for a sin offering, they’ll bring a female without anything wrong it. They’ll put their hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. The priest will dip a finger in some of the blood of the sin offering, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. All its fat will be taken away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest will burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest will cover their sins for them for what they have done, and they’ll be forgiven.

5[1-3] If anyone sins, who makes a promise, and is a witness, whether they have seen it or knew of it, but didn’t tell what they knew, then they’ll be guilty of sin. Or if anyone touches anything unhealthy, whether it’s the dead body of a wild animal, or the dead body of tame animals, or the dead body of small animals that run around, without knowing it, and they’re unhealthy, then they’ll be guilty. Or if anyone touches anything unhealthy of human beings, whatever it is, without knowing it; when they know it, then they’ll be guilty.

[4-6] Or if anyone promises to do something, whether evil or good, without thinking about it, whatever it is that someone might promise without thinking; when they know of it, then they’ll be guilty of it. When they’re guilty of one of these, they’ll admit what they have done that made them sin and bring a guilt offering to Yahweh for the sin which they did, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest will cover their sin for them.

[7-13] If they can't afford a lamb, then they’ll bring to Yahweh two doves, or two young pigeons for their guilt offering for what they did; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. They’ll bring them to the priest, who will first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring its head from off its neck, but won’t completely break it off. The priest will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. It’s a sin offering. The priest will offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the rule; and the priest will cover their sins for them for whatever they have done, and they’ll be forgiven. But if they can't afford two doves, or two young pigeons, then they’ll bring an offering for whatever they have done, ten percent of a 3-quart jar of fine flour for a sin offering. You’ll put no oil on it, neither will you put any frankincense on it, because it’s a sin offering. They’ll bring it to the priest, and the priest will take a handful of it as a reminder, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It’s a sin offering. The priest will cover their sins for them for whatever they have done of any of these things, and they’ll be forgiven; and the rest will be the priest's, as the meal offering.'”

[14-16] The Yahweh told Moses, “If anyone is guilty of sin, and sins without knowing it, in the holy things of Yahweh; then they’ll bring their guilt offering to Yahweh, a ram without anything wrong with it from the flock, by the value of silver dollars, after the dollar of the place of worship, for a guilt offering. They’ll pay for what they have done wrong in the holy thing, and will add five percent to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest will cover their sins for them with the ram of the guilt offering, and they’ll be forgiven.

[17-19] If anyone sins, and does anything which Yahweh has told them not to do without knowing it, they’re guilty of sin. They’ll bring a ram without anything wrong with it from of the flock, by your value, for a guilt offering, to the priest; and the priest will cover their sins for them for what they have done and didn't know it, and they’ll be forgiven. It’s a guilt offering and they’re without a doubt guilty to Yahweh.”

Exodus 36-40

Exodus (Going Out)


Chapters 36-40



36[1-7] Bezalel and Oholiab will work with everyone who is wise, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the place of worship, just as Yahweh has said." So Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and everyone who was wise, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, everyone whose heart led them to come do the work, and Moses gave them all the offering which the people of Israel had brought to make the things for the work of the service of the place of worship. And they brought more freewill-offerings to him every morning. So all those who were wise, who did the work of the place of worship, each came from his work which they did and said to Moses, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh told us to make." So Moses told them, and they told everyone throughout the camp, "Let no one bring anything else for the offering for the place of worship." So the people stopped bringing things, because the stuff they had was more than enough to make everything.

[8-13] All those who were wise among them who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with angelic beings sewn skillfully by the workers. Each curtain was 42’ long, and 6’ wide, with all them, all the same size. Five curtains were joined together in one set, and the other five curtains were joined together in a second set. They made loops of blue cord on the edge of the first set where they come together, and on the outside edge of the second set of curtains. They made fifty loops in the first set, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. So the loops were opposite one another. Then they made fifty hooks of gold, and joined the curtains together with the hooks, so it was all one tent.

[14-19] Then they made curtains of goats` hair for a covering over the tent. They made eleven of these curtains. Each curtain was about 45’long and 6’ wide, all the same size. They joined five curtains in one set, and six in another set. They made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was on the outside edge of the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain on the outside edge of the second set. Then they made fifty hooks of brass to join the tent together to make it all one tent. Then they made a covering for the tent of red sheepskins, and a covering of leather above that.

[20-30] They made the boards of acacia wood, to stand the tent up. The boards were about 15’ long, and 2’, 3” wide. Each board had two supports, joined together. They made all the boards of the tent this way. They made twenty boards for the south side of the tent facing south. They made forty silver holders under the twenty boards; two holders under each board for its two supports. For the second side of the tent, on the north side, they made twenty boards, and their forty silver holders; two holders under each board. For the far part of the tent on the west they made six boards. They made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part. They were joined together on the bottom, and in the same way at the top into one ring to make the two corners. They did thus to both of them in the two corners. There were eight boards, and their silver holders, sixteen holders; under each board two holders.

[31-38] They made the bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent, five for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five for the boards of the tent for the west side in the back. Then they made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other. They covered the boards with gold, and made their gold rings to hold the bars, and covered the bars with gold. They made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, skillfully sewn with angelic beings. They made four pillars of acacia for it, and covered them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, too. They made four silver holders for them. Then they made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, the work of those who do fine needlework; and its five pillars with their hooks. They covered their tops and their bands with gold, and their five holders were of brass.

37[1-9] Bezalel made the Box of acacia wood. It was about 3’, 9” long, 2’, 3” wide, and 2’, 3” high. They covered it with solid gold inside and out, and made a trim of gold all around it. They made four gold rings for it, in its four feet; with two rings on each side. They made poles of acacia wood, and covered them with gold. Then they put the poles into the rings on the sides of the box, to carry it. They made a Seat of Forgiveness of solid gold. It was 3’, 9” long, and 2’, 3” wide. Then they made two angelic beings of molded work of gold. at the two ends of the Seat of Forgiveness, with one at the one end, and the other at the other end. They made the angelic beings on the two ends of the Seat of Forgiveness, molded out of one piece of gold. The angelic beings spread their wings out high, covering the Seat of Forgiveness with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the angelic beings looked toward the Seat of Forgiveness.

[10-16] They made the table of acacia wood. It was 3’ long, 18” wide, and 2’, 3” high. They covered it with solid gold, and made a gold trim around it. They made a rim of about 4” around it, and made a golden trim on the rim. They made four gold rings for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet. The rings were underneath the rim, where the poles went carry the table. They made the poles of acacia wood, and covered them with gold, to carry the table. Then they made the tools for the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to serve, of solid gold.

[17-24] Then they made the lamp stand of solid gold, from molded work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, it buds, and its flowers were all of one piece. There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of one side, and three branches out of its other side, with three cups made like almond-blossoms with a bud and a flower in each branch, for all six branches of the lamp stand. In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond-blossoms, with its buds and its flowers; and a bud under every two branches of the six branches going out of it. Their buds and their branches were all of one piece with it, the whole thing being one molded work of solid gold. They made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of solid gold. They made it of $3,000 dollars worth of solid gold, with all its tools.

[25-29] Then they made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square, about 18” long, and 18” wide, and 3’ high. Its horns were of one piece with it. They covered it with solid gold, its top, its sides all around it, and its horns. They made a gold trim around it, and two golden rings for it under its trim, on each of its two sides, for the poles to go which would carry it. They made the poles of acacia wood, and covered them with gold. Then they made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, mixed in the art of the perfumer.

38[1-8] They made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia wood. It was square. It was 7’, 6” long, 7’, 6” wide, and 4’, 6” high. They made its horns on its four corners, all of one piece, and covered it with brass. They made all the tools of the altar of brass, all the pots, the shovels, the pans, the meat-hooks, and the fire pans. They made a grill of brass for the altar, underneath the ledge, about halfway up. They made four rings for the four ends of the brass grill, to hold the poles. Then they made the poles of acacia wood, and covered them with brass. They put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it. They made it hollow with planks. They made the washing pan of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the women who ministered at the door of the Meeting Place.

[9-17] They made the south side of the court with its hangings of fine linen, 150’ long, with twenty brass pillars and holders, and silver hooks and bands. The north side was also 150’ long, with twenty brass pillars and holders; and silver hooks and bands. The west side had hangings were 75’ long, with ten pillars, and holders; and silver hooks and bands. The east side was 75’ long. The hangings for that side were 22’, 6” long, with three pillars, and holders; and the same for the other side; on both sides by the gate of the court were hangings of 22’, 6” long; with three pillars and holders. All the hangings around the court were of fine linen. The holders for the pillars were brass. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver; and the covering of their tops, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.

[18-20] The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the those who do fine needlework, of blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. It was 30’ long, and 7’, 6” high, like the hangings of the court. They had four brass pillars and holders; and silver hooks and bands, and the covering of their tops was silver. All the nails of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.

[21-31] This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the law of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. So Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the family of Judah, made all that Yahweh told Moses to make. Oholiab was with him, who was the son of Ahisamach, of the family of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful worker, and one of those who do fine needlework in blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. The offering of all the gold that was used for the work in all the service of the place of worship was $87,730 dollars, after the dollar of the place of worship. The silver of those who were counted of the people was $301,775 dollars, after the dollar of the place of worship, a half-dollar a head, after the dollar of the place of worship, for everyone who were counted, from twenty years old and up, for 603,550 people. The $300,000 dollars of silver were for making the holders of the place of worship, and the holders of the veil; one hundred holders for the $300,000 dollars, about $3,000 dollars for a holder. Of the $1, 775 the hooks and bands for the pillars were made, and their tops were covered. The brass of the offering was $212,400 dollars. With this the holders to the door of the Meeting Place, the brass altar, the brass grill for it, all the tools of the altar, the holders around the court, the holders of the gate of the court, all the nails of the tent, and all the nails around the court were made.

39[1-5] Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked clothes, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy clothes for Aaron; as Yahweh had told Moses. They made the back piece of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into tiny wires, to work it in the blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, skillfully sewn in them. They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together at the two ends. The skillfully woven band that was on it, which is used to put it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen; as Yahweh had told Moses.

[6-14] They set the onyx stones in settings of gold, carved like an engraved seal, with the names of the families of Israel. They put them on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece, to be reminder stones for the people of Israel, as Yahweh had told Moses. They made the square chest piece, skillfully made, like the work of the back piece; of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. It was 9” long, and 9” wide, being doubled in thickness. They set in it four rows of stones. The first row was ruby, topaz, and beryl; the second row was turquoise, sapphire, and emerald; the third row, was jacinth, agate, and amethyst; and the fourth row was chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, which were set in gold settings. The stones had the twelve family names of people of Israel; like an engraved seal, one of the twelve family names carved on each.

[15-21] They made on the chest piece chains like cords, of braided work of solid gold. They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the chest piece. They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the chest piece. The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece, in the front of it. They made two gold rings, and put them on the inside edge of the two ends of the chest piece, which faces the side of the back piece. They made two gold rings, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the back piece underneath the front of it, near where it joins, above the skillfully woven band of the back piece. They tied the chest piece by its rings to the rings of the back piece with a blue cord, to join it to the woven band of the back piece, so that the chest piece might not come loose from the back piece, as Yahweh had told Moses.

[22-29] Then they made the robe of the back piece of woven work, all of blue. The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a soldier’s coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, so that it wouldn’t tear. On the hem of the robe, they made fruits of blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen. They made bells of solid gold, and put the bells between the fruits all around the hem of the robe; a pattern of bells and fruits all around the hem of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh had told Moses. Then they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and his sons, along with the linen hats, the linen headbands, the linen underwear, and the linen belt, of blue, purple, and scarlet, with fine needlework, as Yahweh had told Moses.

[30-43] Then they made the plate of the holy crown of solid gold, and wrote on it, like an engraved seal: "FOR WORSHIP OF YAHWEH." Then they tied to it a blue cord, to tie it on the hat above, as Yahweh had told Moses. So all the work of the tent of the Meeting Place was finished. The people of Israel did everything that Yahweh had told Moses to do. They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its hooks, its boards, it bars, its pillars, and its holders, the covering of red sheepskins, the covering of leather, the veil of the screen, the Box of the Law with its poles, the Seat of Forgiveness, the table, all its tools, the holy bread, the solid gold lamp stand, and its lamps that are to be set in order, all its tools, the oil for the light, the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the tent, the brass altar, its brass grill, its poles, all of its tools, the pan and its base, the hangings of the court, its pillars, its holders, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its nails, all the tools of the service of the tent, for the Meeting Place, and the finely worked clothes for ministering in the holy place, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and his sons, to minister as My priests. So the people of Israel did all the work that Yahweh had told Moses for them to do. When Moses saw all the work, and that they had done it as Yahweh had told them to, Moses blessed them.

40[1-11] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "On the first day of the first month you’ll raise up the tent of the Meeting Place. Put the Box of the Law in it, and you’ll screen the Box with the veil. Bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. Bring in the lamp stand, and light the lamps on it. Set the golden altar for incense in front of the Box of the Law, and put the screen of the door on the tent. Set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tent of the Meeting Place. Set the pan between the Meeting Place and the altar, and put water in it. Set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. Take the anointing oil, and rub some on the tent, and all that is in it, and make it holy, and all its furniture, so it will be holy. Rub oil on the altar of burnt offering, with all its tools, and dedicate the altar: and the altar will be most holy. Rub oil on the pan and its base, and dedicate it.

[12-16] Bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Meeting Place, and have them wash with water. Have Aaron put on the holy clothes; and you’ll rub oil on him, and dedicate him, that he may minister to Me as My priest. Have his sons put their clothes on, too. Put oil on them, as you anointed their father that they may minister to Me as My priests. They will be anointed for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. So Moses did everything that Yahweh had told him to do.

[17-30] So in the second year, on the first day of the first month, the tent was put up. Moses put up the tent, and laid down its holders, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and put up its pillars. Then the covering was spread over the tent, and the roof of the tent was put above it, as Yahweh had told Moses. Then he put the law into the Box, and set the poles on it, and put the Seat of Forgiveness on top of the Box. Then he brought the Box into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the Box of the Law, as Yahweh had told Moses. He put the table in the Meeting Place, on the north side of the tent, outside of the veil. He set the bread in order on it facing Yahweh, as Yahweh had told Moses. He put the lamp stand in the Meeting Place, opposite the table, on the south side of the tent. He lit the lamps facing Yahweh, as Yahweh had told Moses. He put the golden altar in the Meeting Place in front of the veil; and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh had told Moses. Then he put up the screen of the door to the tent. He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the Meeting Place, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh had told Moses. He set the pan between the Meeting Place and the altar, and put water in it to wash.

[31-38] So Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. When they went in the Meeting Place, and when they came to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh had told Moses. He lifted up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen at the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the Meeting Place, and the light of Yahweh filled the tent. Moses wasn’t able to go into the Meeting Place, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s light filled the tent. When the cloud lifted up from over it, the people of Israel moved on, through all their travels; but if the cloud stayed there, then they didn’t go until the day it went up. So the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the people of Israel, through all their travels.

Exodus 31-35

Exodus (Going Out)


Chapters 31-35

31[1-5] Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, I’ve called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the family of Judah: and I’ve filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and all kinds of skills to create craftworks of gold, silver, and brass, in stone cutting for setting, and in carving wood, to work in all kinds of skills.

[6-11] I’ve chosen to work with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the family of Dan; and I’ve put wisdom in the heart of all who are wise, so that they can make all that I’ve told you: the Meeting Place, the Box of the Law, the Seat of Forgiveness that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent, the table and its tools, the pure lamp stand with all its tools, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its tools, the pan and its base, the finely worked clothes, both the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and the clothes of his sons to minister as My priests, the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place, like all that I’ve told you for them to do."

[12-18] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Also tell the people of Israel, ‘Keep My Seventh Days because they’re a sign between Me and you forever; that you may know that I Am Yahweh who sets you apart. So keep the Seventh Day because it’s holy to you. Everyone who disrespects it will without a doubt be put to death; and whoever does any work on it, they’ll be cut off from among the people. Your work will be done for six days, but on the seventh day is a Day of Rest, set aside to worship Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Seventh Day will without a doubt be put to death. So the people of Israel will keep the Seventh Day, throughout their generations, forever. It’s a sign between Me and the people of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh, your God made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day I rested, and was refreshed.’" After speaking with him on Mount Sinai, God gave to Moses the two stone slabs of the law, written with God’s own finger.

32[1-5] When the people saw that Moses hadn’t come down from the mountain yet, they gathered together around Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which will go before us! As for Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t even know what happened to him." So Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden earrings, which are on your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to Me." So all the people took off their golden earrings, and brought them to Aaron. So he took what they handed him, and melted it into a golden calf, carving it with an engraving tool; and said, "This is your god, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt." Then Aaron built an altar before it; and made an announcement, and said, "Tomorrow will be a feast to Yahweh."

[6-10] So they rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and then got up to play. So Yahweh said to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have dishonored themselves! They’ve turned away quickly from what I told them. They’ve made themselves a golden calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, `This is your god, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.`" Then Yahweh said to Moses, "I’ve seen these people, and you see, they’re a stubborn people. Now leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them in My anger and make a great nation of you."

[11-14] But Moses begged Yahweh, his God, and said, "Yahweh, why are You so angry with Your people, that You’ve brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand? Why should the Egyptians say, 'God brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to destroy them from the face of the earth?' Turn from your great anger, and turn away from this evil against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom You promised by Your own self, and said to them, `I’ll grow your descendants as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I’ve spoken of I’ll give to your descendants, and they’ll inherit it forever.`" So Yahweh turned away from doing evil to the people.

[15-19] Then Moses went down from the mountain holding the two slabs of the law, which were written on both sides. The slabs were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, carved on the slabs. When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "The sound of war is in the camp." But Moses said, "It isn’t the sound of those who win or lose a battle; but I hear the sound of singing." Then, as soon as they came to the camp, Moses saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses` was very angry, and threw the slabs out of his hands, and broke them at the base of the mountain.

[20-24] Then Moses took the calf they had made, and burnt it with fire, grounding it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the people of Israel drink it. Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did the people do to you, that you’ve let them do this great sin?" Then Aaron said, "Don’t be very angry. You know that these people are set on evil. They said to Me, `Make us gods, which will go before us; as for Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t even know what has happened to him.’ So I said to them, `Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:’ so they gave it me and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."

[25-28] When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them do what they wanted to, so that they would be shamed in front of their enemies,) then he stood at the edge of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to Me!" So all the family of Levi went to him. Then he said to them, "Yahweh, the God of Israel says, `Everyone get ready to fight, and go from one end of the camp to the other, and everyone kill your family members, your friends, and your neighbors." So the family of Levi did what Moses had said: and about 3 thousand people died that day.

[29-35] Moses said, "Dedicate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every one of you, who has sacrificed your family; so that God may give you a blessing today." Then on the next day, Moses said to the people, "You’ve done a great sin. Now I’ll go up to Yahweh. Maybe I’ll be able to cover your sins for you, and ask forgiveness for you." So Moses went back to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, these people have done a great sin, making a god of gold for themselves. Yet now, please forgive their sin, but if not, then take Me out of your book of names." But Yahweh said to Moses, "I’ll take out of My book whoever has sinned against Me. Now go, lead the people to the place of which I’ve told you about. See, My angel will go before you. But whenever I judge them, I’ll punish them for their sin." So Yahweh punished the people, because they worshiped the calf, which Aaron made.

33[1-6] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Leave, go from here, you and the people that you’ve brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, `I’ll give it to your descendants.` I’ll send an angel to lead you to a land full of milk and honey and I’ll drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I won’t go with you, for you’re a stubborn people, and I would destroy you in the way." So when the people heard this bad news, they cried. And no one put on any jewelry either. So Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the people of Israel, `You are a stubborn people. If I were to go with you for even one moment, I would destroy you. So now take off your jewelry, that I may know what to do to you." So the people of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

[7-10] Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The Meeting Place." So everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the Meeting Place, which was outside the camp. So when Moses went out to the Tent, all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent. So, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses. All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, so they all rose up and worshipped at their tent door.

[11-16] Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as someone speaks to a friend. Then Moses turned back toward the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t go out of the Tent. Then Moses said to Yahweh, "See, you tell me, `Bring up the people: ` and you haven’t let me know whom You’ll send with me. Yet you’ve said, ‘I know you by name, and you’ve also pleased Me.’ So now, if I’ve pleased You, please show Me now Your ways, that I may know You, so that I may please You and think of this nation as Your people." Then God said, "I will go with you, and give you rest." So Moses answered, "If You don’t go with Me, then don’t carry us out of here. How would the people know that I’ve pleased You, both I and your people? Isn’t it because You go with us, that sets us apart from all the people who are on the face of the earth?"

[17-23] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "I’ll do what you ask because you’ve pleased Me, and I know you by name." Then Moses said, "Please let me see You." So God said, "I’ll show you all My goodness, and will make what the name of Yahweh means, known to you. I’ll have grace on whomever I choose to have grace, and I’ll forgive whomever I choose to forgive." Then God said, "You can’t see My face, for a human may not see Me and live." Then Yahweh also said, "See, You may stand on the rock that is near Me and when My brightness passes by, I’ll put you in a crack of the rock, and will cover you with My hand until I’ve passed by; then I’ll take My hand away and you’ll see My back; but you won’t see My face."

34[1-5] Yahweh said to Moses, "Make two stone slabs like the first ones: and I’ll write on them the words that were on the first slabs, which you broke. Be ready by morning, and come up Mount Sinai, and come to Me there on the top of the mountain. No one will come up with you; and don’t let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; nor let the flocks and herds feed at the base of the mountain." So Moses made two stone slabs like the first ones and rose up early in the morning, and went up on Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had told him, carrying the two stone slabs. Then Yahweh came down in a cloud, and stood with Moses, and said, “I Am Yahweh.”

[6-9] Yahweh passed by before him, and said, "Yahweh! Yahweh, a God full of forgiveness and grace, slow to become angry, great in goodness and truth, having compassion on thousands, forgiving disobedience, sin, and evil; and that will in no way clear the guilty, passing the parents’ sin down to the children, and the grandchildren, up to the third and on the fourth generation." So Moses bowed his head quickly toward the earth, and worshipped. And Moses said, "If now I’ve pleased You, God, please let the God go with us; even though this is a stubborn people; forgive our sin and our evil, and take us for your inheritance."

[10-17] Then God said, "See, I make a promise: I’ll do great things before all your people, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people who you are with will see the work of Yahweh; for it’s an awesome thing that I do with you. Do what I tell you today. See, I drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Be careful not to make a promise with the people of the land where you’re going, or it will cause the Israelites to sin. Knock down their altars, break in pieces their pillars, and cut down the trees they use to worship their false gods. Worship no other god because Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Don’t make a promise with the people of the land, because they’ll falsely worship their gods, and make sacrifices to their gods, and if one calls you, you’ll eat of his sacrifice; and if you take their daughters for your sons, their daughters will falsely worship their gods, and make your sons falsely worship their gods. So don’t make any false gods for yourselves.

[18-26] Keep the Passover Feast. Eat bread without yeast for seven days, as I told you, at the time chosen in the month Abib; for in the month Abib, in the spring, you came out from Egypt. Every firstborn is mine; all your male cattle, the firstborn of both cows and sheep. The firstborn of a donkey you’ll buy back with a lamb: and if you don’t buy it back, then break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you’ll buy back, too. No one will come to Me without an offering. You’ll work six days, but on the seventh day you’ll rest. In both planting time and in harvest you’ll rest. Keep the Feast of Weeks with the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the Harvest Feast at the end of the year. Three times a year all your males will come to Yahweh God, the God of Israel. I’ll drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man want your land when you go up to Yahweh, your God, 3 times a year. Don’t offer the blood of My sacrifice with bread made with yeast; nor let the sacrifice of the Passover Feast be left till the morning. Bring the first of the first-fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. Don’t boil a young goat in its mother’s milk."

[27-35] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Write these words because the promise that I have made with you and Israel is based on the words I have told you." So Moses was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water. Then Moses wrote on the slabs the words of the promise, the Ten Laws. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai holding the two slabs of the Law, he didn’t know that the skin of his face was shining brightly because of his speaking with God. So when Aaron and all the people of Israel saw that the skin of his face was shining, they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the people went back to him; and Moses talked with them. Afterward all the people of Israel came to him, and he gave them all of the laws that Yahweh had told him on Mount Sinai. Until Moses was done speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil. But when Moses went in to speak with Yahweh, he took the veil off, until he came out again. When he came out, Moses told the people of Israel what he was told. But when they saw the skin of his face, which was still shining, Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Yahweh.

35[1-20] Moses gathered all the people of Israel together, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has told me, that you should do. `You’ll work six days, but on the Seventh day there will be a holy day for you, a Day of Rest to Yahweh. Whoever does any work in it will be put to death. Make no fire in any of your homes on the Seventh Day.’" Then Moses said to all the people of Israel, "This is what Yahweh told me, `Take an offering from you for Yahweh. Let whoever is willing bring Yahweh an offering of gold, silver, brass, blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats` hair, sheepskins dyed red, leather, acacia wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, onyx stones, and stones to be set for the back piece and for the chest piece. And let everyone who is wise among you come, and make all that Yahweh has told me: the tent, its outer covering, its roof, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its holders; the Box, and its poles, the Seat of Forgiveness, the veil of the screen; the table with its poles and all its tools, and the holy bread; the lamp stand also for the light, with its tools, its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tent; the altar of burnt offering, with its grill of brass, it poles, and all its tools, the pan and its base; the hangings of the court, its pillars, their holders, and the screen for the gate of the court; the nails of the tent, the nails of the court, and their cords; the finely worked clothes, for ministering in the holy place, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest, and the clothes of his sons, to minister as your priests.`" Then all the people of Israel left from Moses.

[21-29] Then everyone who was led to, and everyone who was willing, brought Yahweh’s offering for the work of the Meeting Place, and for all of its jobs, and for the holy clothes. They came, both men and women, as many as were willing, and brought pins, ear-rings, rings, and arm bracelets, all jewels of gold, everyone who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh. Everyone, who had blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats` hair, sheepskins dyed red, and leather, brought it. And everyone who gave an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh’s offering; and everyone who had acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. And all the women who knew how to make cloth brought what they had made, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. And all the women who were led to made cloth out of the goats` hair. The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the back piece and for the chest piece; and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. The people of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart was led to, brought what was needed for all the work, which Yahweh had Moses should be made.

[30-35] Then Moses said to the people of Israel, "See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the family of Judah. God has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of skills to make craftworks of gold, silver, and brass, in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to do all kinds of craftworks. God has put it in his heart that he may teach you, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the family of Dan. God has filled them with wisdom, to understand all kinds of skills, of the engraver, of those who make craftworks, and of those who do fine needlework, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, and those who do any other kinds of skills, and of those who make craftworks.

Exodus 26-30

Exodus (Going Out)


Chapters 26-30

26[1-6] Make the tent with ten curtains of fine linen, of blue, of purple, and of scarlet, with angelic beings skillfully sewn on them. Each curtain will be about forty-two feet long, and six feet wide, all the same size. Five curtains will be hooked together; and the other five curtains will be hooked together. Make loops of blue cord on the edge of one set of curtains where they come together; and in the same way make them on the second set on the edge of the curtain that is on the outside. Make fifty loops in one curtain, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is on the second set. The loops will be opposite one to another. Then make fifty hooks of gold, and join the curtains to each other with the hooks: and it will all be one tent.

[7-13] Make eleven curtains of goats` hair for a covering over the tent. Each curtain will be about forty-five feet long, and six feet wide, all of the same size. Join five curtains in one set, and six curtains in the other, and double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tent. Make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is on the outside edge of the first set, and fifty loops on the outside edge of the curtain in the second set. Make fifty hooks of brass, and put the hooks into the loops, and join it all together to make one tent. The overhanging part that is left of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left, will hang over the back of the tent. The 18” on each side of that which is left in the length of the curtains will hang over the sides of the tent on each side, to cover it.

[14-21] Make another covering for the tent of red sheepskin, and then another covering of leather to go above that. Make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, to stand it up. The boards will be about fifteen feet long, and twenty seven inches wide. There will be two supports in each board to join them together: do this on all the boards of the tent. Make twenty boards for the south side of the tent. Make forty silver holders under the twenty boards; two holders under the two supports of each board. Make twenty boards for the second side of the tent, on the north side and their forty silver holders; two holders under each board.

[22-25] Make six boards for the back side of the tent on the west, two boards for each corner of the tent. They’ll be joined together on the bottom, and in the same way at the top into one ring to make the two corners. There will be eight boards, and their silver holders, sixteen holders in all; two holders under each board.

[26-30] Make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of each side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the back side of the tent, on the west. The middle bar in the middle of the boards will pass through the rings from end to end. Cover the boards and the bars with gold, and make the gold rings to hold the bars. Then set up the tent how you saw it on the mountain.

[31-37] Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, of fine linen, skillfully sewn with angelic beings. Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks will be of gold, on four silver holders. Hang up the veil under the hooks, and put the Box of the Law in there behind the veil: and the veil will separate the holy place from the most holy place for you. Then put the Seat of Forgiveness on the Box of the Law in the most holy place. Set the table outside the veil on the north side of the tent, and the lamp stand across from the table on the south side of the tent. Make a screen for the door of the tent, skillfully woven of blue, purple, and scarlet, of fine linen. Make five pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold for the screen, with hooks of gold: and cast five holders of brass for them.

27[1-8] Make a square altar of acacia wood, seven and a half feet long, and seven and a half feet wide, and four and a half feet high. Make horns on its four corners joined to it; and cover it all with brass. Make pots of brass to take away the ashes, and shovels, pans, meat hooks, and fire pans, all made of brass. Make a grill for it out of a grid of brass with four brazen rings in the corners. Put it under the ledge around the altar underneath, so that the grill is halfway up the altar. Make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and cover them with brass. The poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on two sides of the altar to carry it. Make it hollow, boarded up with planks, as you saw it on the mountain.

[9-13] Make the court of the tent with hangings on the south side of fine linen, one hundred and fifty feet long, for each side, with twenty pillars, and twenty brass holders; Make silver hooks and bands for the pillars. Do the same for the north side, making the hangings one hundred and fifty feet long, with twenty pillars and twenty brass holders, and silver hooks and bands. On the west side the hangings will be seventy-five feet wide with ten pillars, and ten holders. The court on the east side will also be seventy-five feet wide.

[14-16] The hangings for each side of the gate will be twenty-two and a half feet with 3 pillars and 3 holders. For the gate of the court will be a screen of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet fine linen, skillfully sewn; with four pillars, and four holders.

[17-] All the pillars around the court will be banded with silver with silver hooks, and brass holders. So the court will be one hundred and fifty feet long, and seventy-five feet wide, and seven and a half feet high, of fine linen, with holders of brass. All the work tools of the tent, and all the nails, and all the nails of the court, will be of brass.

[20-21] Tell the people of Israel to bring pure beaten olive oil for the light, so the lamp will burn always. Aaron and his sons will keep it in order from evening to morning facing Yahweh in the Meeting Place, outside the veil which is in front of the Box of the Law, and this will be a rule forever throughout the generations for the people of Israel.

28[1-8] Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons, to you from among the people of Israel, that they may be My priests. Bring Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons. Make religious clothes for Aaron your brother, for beauty and honor. Speak to those who are wise, whom I have given the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s clothes to set him apart to minister to Me as My priest. Make a chest piece, and a back piece, a robe, a colorful coat of fine needlework, a hat, and a linen belt. Make these holy clothes for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that they may minister to Me as My priests. Take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, of the fine linen. Make the back piece of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, of fine linen, skillfully woven. It will have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends, to join it together. The skillfully woven band, which is on it, will be made like it of the same kind of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen.

[9-12] Then take two onyx stones, and engrave the names of the families of Israel on them with six of their names on one stone, and the other six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. Let the engraver carve them in the two stones, like the work on an engraved seal, with the names of the families of Israel. Then set them in settings of gold. Put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece, as reminders of the people of Israel: and Aaron will carry their names facing Yahweh on his two shoulders as a reminder.

[13-14] Make settings of gold, and two chains of pure gold like cords of braided work and put the braided chains on the settings.

[15-21] Make a chest piece pocket to keep the judgment stones in, skillfully woven; like the work of the back piece. Make it of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. It will be square and folded double; It will be about nine inches long, and nine inches wide. Set in it stone settings of gold for four rows of stones with the first row having a ruby, topaz, and beryl; and the second row having a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; and the third row having a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row having a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. The stones will be according to the names of the families of Israel, by their twelve names; like the carvings of a engraved seal, one for each name of the twelve families.

[22-28] Make on the chest piece chains of pure gold braided like cords. Make on the chest piece two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the chest piece. Put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the chest piece. The other two ends of the two braided chains you’ll put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece in the front part of it. Make two gold rings, and put them on the inside of the lower edge of the two ends of the chest piece, which faces the side of the back piece. Make two more gold rings, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the back piece underneath, in the front part of it, close where it joins, above the band of the back piece. They’ll tie the chest piece by its rings to the rings of the back piece with a lace of blue, to join it to the band of the back piece, and so that the chest piece may not swing out from the back piece.

[29-] So Aaron will keep the names of the families of Israel in the chest piece, which holds the judgment stones, on his heart when he goes in to the holy place, for a reminder to Yahweh always. Put in the chest piece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, which are the judgment stones; and they’ll be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in facing Yahweh: and Aaron will have the power to judge the families of Israel on his heart facing Yahweh always.

[31-35] Make the robe of the back piece blue. It will have a hole for the head in the middle of it, having a binding of woven work around the hole, like on a soldier’s coat of mail, so that it won’t be torn. On its hem make fruits of blue, purple, and scarlet, around its hem with gold bells between them: a pattern of gold bells and fruits all around the robe’s hem. It will be on Aaron to minister: and I’ll hear it’s sound when he comes in to the holy place facing Yahweh, and when he goes out, so that he won’t die.

[36-38] Make a plate of pure gold, and carve on it, like the carvings of an engraved seal, `HOLY TO YAHWEH.` Put it on a lace of blue, and it will stay on the front of the hat on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will carry the guilt of sin of all the holy offerings of the people of Israel, so that they may be accepted by Yahweh.

[39-43] Weave the coat and the hat in fine linen, and make a finely woven belt with the best needlework. Make coats, belts, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, too, for beauty and honor. Put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons, and anoint them with oil, setting them apart, and dedicating them to minister to Me as My priests. Make them linen underwear to cover them from the hips to the thighs. Aaron and his sons will wear them when they go in to the Meeting Place or when they come to the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they don’t sin, and die. This will be a rule to him and his descendants forever.

29[1-9] This is what you’ll do to them to set them apart to minister to Me as My priests: take one young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them, some bread made without yeast, some cakes made without yeast mixed with oil, and some wafers made without yeast anointed with oil, all made with fine wheat flour. Put them into a basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams. Then bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Meeting Place, and have them wash themselves with water. Take the clothes, and put on Aaron the coat, the robe of the back piece, the back piece, and the chest piece, and dress him with the skillfully woven band of the back piece and set the hat on his head, and put the holy crown on the hat. Then take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him. Bring his sons, and put coats on them and dress them with their belts, and put their hats on them. They’ll serve as priests forever by My law, so set apart Aaron and his sons.

[10-14] Then bring the bull before the Meeting Place: and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the bull. Kill the bull facing Yahweh, at the door of the Meeting Place. Take some of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Take all the fat that covers the insides, the fat that covers the liver and the two kidneys, and all the fat that is around them, and burn it all on the altar. But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its wastes, you’ll burn with fire outside of the camp because it’s a sin-offering.

[15-21] Also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of this ram. Then kill the ram, and take its blood, and sprinkle it around the altar. Cut the ram into pieces, and wash its insides, and its legs, and put them with the other pieces, and with its head. Burn the whole ram on the altar because it’s a burnt offering to Yahweh; an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh. Then take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of this ram. Then kill it, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar all around it. Take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his clothes, and on his sons, and on the clothes of his sons with him: and they’ll be set apart for service, along with the clothes, and his sons, and his sons` clothes.

[22-28] Also take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the insides, the fat that covers the liver, the two kidneys, and all the fat around them, and the right thigh because it’s a ram of dedication, Also take one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of bread without yeast that is facing Yahweh. Put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons` hands, and wave them for a wave-offering facing Yahweh. Then take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh. Take the breast of Aaron’s ram of dedication, and wave it for a wave-offering facing Yahweh: and it will be your part. Dedicate the breast that is waved, and the thigh that is raised up, of the ram of dedication, which is part of that which is for Aaron, and his sons: and Aaron and his sons will have this part forever by right from the people of Israel; for it’s an offering which is raised up from the people of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their offering which is raised up to Yahweh.

[29-37] The holy clothes of Aaron will be for his descendants after him, to be anointed in them, and to be set apart in them. Those who are priests in Aaron’s place will put them on for seven days when they come into the Meeting Place to minister in the holy place. Then take the ram of dedication, and boil its meat in a holy place. Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Meeting Place. They’ll eat those things which were to cover your sin, to set apart and dedicate them, but no one else will eat it, because they’re holy. If any of the meat of the dedication, or of the bread, is left over the next morning, then burn what’s left with fire. It won’t be eaten, because it’s holy. So do this to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have told you. Set them apart for seven days. Every day you’ll offer the bull of sin-offering to cover your sin: and you’ll cleanse the altar, when you make your offering, and anoint it again, to dedicate it. For seven days make your offering on the altar to cover your sin, and dedicate it. Then the altar will be most holy and whatever touches it will also be holy.

[38-] Now you’ll offer two one year old lambs on the altar each day. The first lamb you’ll offer in the morning and the other you’ll offer at evening, along with 3 quarts of fine flour mixed with 4 quarts of beaten oil, and 4 quarts of wine for a drink-offering. The other lamb that you’ll offer at evening will be offered like that of the morning offering, an offering of fire, an offering that smells good to Yahweh. It will be a constant burnt offering forever at the door of the Meeting Place facing Yahweh, where I’ll meet you and speak to you. There I’ll meet with the people of Israel; and the place will be set apart because I Am there. I’ll dedicate the Meeting Place and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I’ll also dedicate to minister to Me as My priests. I’ll be with the people of Israel, and will be their God. They’ll know that I Am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might be with them. I Am Yahweh their God.

30[1-10] Make an altar to burn incense on. Make it of acacia wood. It will be 18” wide and long. It will be square, and it will be 3 feet high. Its horns will be joined to it. Cover it with pure gold, the top, the sides all around it, and its horns; and make a gold molding around it. Make two golden rings for it under the molding on two sides, which will be for places to put the poles to carry it. Make the poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold. Put it in front of the veil that is by the Box of the Law, in front of the Seat of Forgiveness that is over the law, where I’ll meet with you. Aaron will burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he’ll burn it. When the priest lights the lamps at evening, the incense will be burnt for Yahweh forever. Offer no other incense on it, nor any other offering on it. Aaron will make an offering to cover your sins with the blood of the sin offering on its horns once a year and it will be done forever. It’s most holy to Yahweh."

[11-16] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "When you count the people of Israel, let those who are counted among them, pay a price for their life to Yahweh, so that there will be no problem among them when you count them. Everyone who is counted will give a half dollar from the dollar of the place of worship, which is valued at twenty nickels, half a dollar for an offering to Yahweh. Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, will give the offering to Yahweh. The rich won’t give more, and the poor won’t give less, than the half dollar, when they give the offering of Yahweh to cover your sin for your lives. Take the money to cover your sin from the people of Israel, and use it for the work of the worship service; that it may be a reminder to Yahweh for the people of Israel, to cover your sin for your lives."

[17-21] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Also make a pan of brass to wash in, and the base for it of brass. Put it between the Meeting Place and the altar, and put water in it. Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet in it. When they go into the Meeting Place, they’ll wash with water, so that they won’t die; or when they come to the altar to minister, to burn an offering of fire to Yahweh. So they’ll wash their hands and their feet so that they won’t die: and this will be a rule for the priests forever."

[22-29] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Also take fine spices: five hundred dollars worth of liquid myrrh, and half as much, two hundred and fifty of fragrant cinnamon, two hundred and fifty of sweet cane, and five hundred of cassia, after the dollar of the place of worship; and a five quart measure of olive oil. Make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixed in the art of the perfumer: it will be a holy anointing oil. Use it to anoint the Meeting Place, the Box of the Law, the table and all its tools, the lamp stand and its tools, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its tools, and the pan with its base. Dedicate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will be holy.

[30-33] Anoint Aaron and his sons, and dedicate them, that they may minister to Me as My priests. Then speak to the people of Israel, saying, `This will be a holy anointing oil to Me forever. It won’t be put on anyone but the priests, nor will you make any like it, using this mixture because it’s holy. So it will be holy to you. Whoever mixes any like it, or puts some on anyone other than a priest, will be cut off from the people.`"

[34-38] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Then take sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense, with an equal weight of each; and make incense of it, a perfume mixed in the art of the perfumer, and salted, making it pure and holy: Crush some of it very small, and put it before the law in the Meeting Place where I’ll meet with you. It will be to you most holy. Make this incense, by this mixture. Don’t make it for yourselves because it’s holy to you for Yahweh. Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from the people."

Exodus Chapters 26-30

Exodus (Going Out)


Chapters 26-30

26[1-6] Make the tent with ten curtains of fine linen, of blue, of purple, and of scarlet, with angelic beings skillfully sewn on them. Each curtain will be about forty-two feet long, and six feet wide, all the same size. Five curtains will be hooked together; and the other five curtains will be hooked together. Make loops of blue cord on the edge of one set of curtains where they come together; and in the same way make them on the second set on the edge of the curtain that is on the outside. Make fifty loops in one curtain, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is on the second set. The loops will be opposite one to another. Then make fifty hooks of gold, and join the curtains to each other with the hooks: and it will all be one tent.

[7-13] Make eleven curtains of goats` hair for a covering over the tent. Each curtain will be about forty-five feet long, and six feet wide, all of the same size. Join five curtains in one set, and six curtains in the other, and double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tent. Make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is on the outside edge of the first set, and fifty loops on the outside edge of the curtain in the second set. Make fifty hooks of brass, and put the hooks into the loops, and join it all together to make one tent. The overhanging part that is left of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left, will hang over the back of the tent. The 18” on each side of that which is left in the length of the curtains will hang over the sides of the tent on each side, to cover it.

[14-21] Make another covering for the tent of red sheepskin, and then another covering of leather to go above that. Make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, to stand it up. The boards will be about fifteen feet long, and twenty seven inches wide. There will be two supports in each board to join them together: do this on all the boards of the tent. Make twenty boards for the south side of the tent. Make forty silver holders under the twenty boards; two holders under the two supports of each board. Make twenty boards for the second side of the tent, on the north side and their forty silver holders; two holders under each board.

[22-25] Make six boards for the back side of the tent on the west, two boards for each corner of the tent. They’ll be joined together on the bottom, and in the same way at the top into one ring to make the two corners. There will be eight boards, and their silver holders, sixteen holders in all; two holders under each board.

[26-30] Make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of each side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the back side of the tent, on the west. The middle bar in the middle of the boards will pass through the rings from end to end. Cover the boards and the bars with gold, and make the gold rings to hold the bars. Then set up the tent how you saw it on the mountain.

[31-37] Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet, of fine linen, skillfully sewn with angelic beings. Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks will be of gold, on four silver holders. Hang up the veil under the hooks, and put the Box of the Law in there behind the veil: and the veil will separate the holy place from the most holy place for you. Then put the Seat of Forgiveness on the Box of the Law in the most holy place. Set the table outside the veil on the north side of the tent, and the lamp stand across from the table on the south side of the tent. Make a screen for the door of the tent, skillfully woven of blue, purple, and scarlet, of fine linen. Make five pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold for the screen, with hooks of gold: and cast five holders of brass for them.

27[1-8] Make a square altar of acacia wood, seven and a half feet long, and seven and a half feet wide, and four and a half feet high. Make horns on its four corners joined to it; and cover it all with brass. Make pots of brass to take away the ashes, and shovels, pans, meat hooks, and fire pans, all made of brass. Make a grill for it out of a grid of brass with four brazen rings in the corners. Put it under the ledge around the altar underneath, so that the grill is halfway up the altar. Make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and cover them with brass. The poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on two sides of the altar to carry it. Make it hollow, boarded up with planks, as you saw it on the mountain.

[9-13] Make the court of the tent with hangings on the south side of fine linen, one hundred and fifty feet long, for each side, with twenty pillars, and twenty brass holders; Make silver hooks and bands for the pillars. Do the same for the north side, making the hangings one hundred and fifty feet long, with twenty pillars and twenty brass holders, and silver hooks and bands. On the west side the hangings will be seventy-five feet wide with ten pillars, and ten holders. The court on the east side will also be seventy-five feet wide.

[14-16] The hangings for each side of the gate will be twenty-two and a half feet with 3 pillars and 3 holders. For the gate of the court will be a screen of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet fine linen, skillfully sewn; with four pillars, and four holders.

[17-] All the pillars around the court will be banded with silver with silver hooks, and brass holders. So the court will be one hundred and fifty feet long, and seventy-five feet wide, and seven and a half feet high, of fine linen, with holders of brass. All the work tools of the tent, and all the nails, and all the nails of the court, will be of brass.

[20-21] Tell the people of Israel to bring pure beaten olive oil for the light, so the lamp will burn always. Aaron and his sons will keep it in order from evening to morning facing Yahweh in the Meeting Place, outside the veil which is in front of the Box of the Law, and this will be a rule forever throughout the generations for the people of Israel.

28[1-8] Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons, to you from among the people of Israel, that they may be My priests. Bring Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons. Make religious clothes for Aaron your brother, for beauty and honor. Speak to those who are wise, whom I have given the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s clothes to set him apart to minister to Me as My priest. Make a chest piece, and a back piece, a robe, a colorful coat of fine needlework, a hat, and a linen belt. Make these holy clothes for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that they may minister to Me as My priests. Take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, of the fine linen. Make the back piece of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, of fine linen, skillfully woven. It will have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends, to join it together. The skillfully woven band, which is on it, will be made like it of the same kind of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen.

[9-12] Then take two onyx stones, and engrave the names of the families of Israel on them with six of their names on one stone, and the other six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. Let the engraver carve them in the two stones, like the work on an engraved seal, with the names of the families of Israel. Then set them in settings of gold. Put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece, as reminders of the people of Israel: and Aaron will carry their names facing Yahweh on his two shoulders as a reminder.

[13-14] Make settings of gold, and two chains of pure gold like cords of braided work and put the braided chains on the settings.

[15-21] Make a chest piece pocket to keep the judgment stones in, skillfully woven; like the work of the back piece. Make it of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen. It will be square and folded double; It will be about nine inches long, and nine inches wide. Set in it stone settings of gold for four rows of stones with the first row having a ruby, topaz, and beryl; and the second row having a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; and the third row having a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row having a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. The stones will be according to the names of the families of Israel, by their twelve names; like the carvings of a engraved seal, one for each name of the twelve families.

[22-28] Make on the chest piece chains of pure gold braided like cords. Make on the chest piece two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the chest piece. Put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the chest piece. The other two ends of the two braided chains you’ll put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the back piece in the front part of it. Make two gold rings, and put them on the inside of the lower edge of the two ends of the chest piece, which faces the side of the back piece. Make two more gold rings, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the back piece underneath, in the front part of it, close where it joins, above the band of the back piece. They’ll tie the chest piece by its rings to the rings of the back piece with a lace of blue, to join it to the band of the back piece, and so that the chest piece may not swing out from the back piece.

[29-30] So Aaron will keep the names of the families of Israel in the chest piece, which holds the judgment stones, on his heart when he goes in to the holy place, for a reminder to Yahweh always. Put in the chest piece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, which are the judgment stones; and they’ll be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in facing Yahweh: and Aaron will have the power to judge the families of Israel on his heart facing Yahweh always.

[31-35] Make the robe of the back piece blue. It will have a hole for the head in the middle of it, having a binding of woven work around the hole, like on a soldier’s coat of mail, so that it won’t be torn. On its hem make fruits of blue, purple, and scarlet, around its hem with gold bells between them: a pattern of gold bells and fruits all around the robe’s hem. It will be on Aaron to minister: and I’ll hear it’s sound when he comes in to the holy place facing Yahweh, and when he goes out, so that he won’t die.

[36-38] Make a plate of pure gold, and carve on it, like the carvings of an engraved seal, `HOLY TO YAHWEH.` Put it on a lace of blue, and it will stay on the front of the hat on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will carry the guilt of sin of all the holy offerings of the people of Israel, so that they may be accepted by Yahweh.

[39-43] Weave the coat and the hat in fine linen, and make a finely woven belt with the best needlework. Make coats, belts, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, too, for beauty and honor. Put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons, and anoint them with oil, setting them apart, and dedicating them to minister to Me as My priests. Make them linen underwear to cover them from the hips to the thighs. Aaron and his sons will wear them when they go in to the Meeting Place or when they come to the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they don’t sin, and die. This will be a rule to him and his descendants forever.

29[1-9] This is what you’ll do to them to set them apart to minister to Me as My priests: take one young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them, some bread made without yeast, some cakes made without yeast mixed with oil, and some wafers made without yeast anointed with oil, all made with fine wheat flour. Put them into a basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams. Then bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Meeting Place, and have them wash themselves with water. Take the clothes, and put on Aaron the coat, the robe of the back piece, the back piece, and the chest piece, and dress him with the skillfully woven band of the back piece and set the hat on his head, and put the holy crown on the hat. Then take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him. Bring his sons, and put coats on them and dress them with their belts, and put their hats on them. They’ll serve as priests forever by My law, so set apart Aaron and his sons.

[10-14] Then bring the bull before the Meeting Place: and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the bull. Kill the bull facing Yahweh, at the door of the Meeting Place. Take some of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Take all the fat that covers the insides, the fat that covers the liver and the two kidneys, and all the fat that is around them, and burn it all on the altar. But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its wastes, you’ll burn with fire outside of the camp because it’s a sin-offering.

[15-21] Also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of this ram. Then kill the ram, and take its blood, and sprinkle it around the altar. Cut the ram into pieces, and wash its insides, and its legs, and put them with the other pieces, and with its head. Burn the whole ram on the altar because it’s a burnt offering to Yahweh; an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh. Then take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of this ram. Then kill it, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar all around it. Take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his clothes, and on his sons, and on the clothes of his sons with him: and they’ll be set apart for service, along with the clothes, and his sons, and his sons` clothes.

[22-28] Also take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the insides, the fat that covers the liver, the two kidneys, and all the fat around them, and the right thigh because it’s a ram of dedication, Also take one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of bread without yeast that is facing Yahweh. Put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons` hands, and wave them for a wave-offering facing Yahweh. Then take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for an offering of fire that smells good to Yahweh. Take the breast of Aaron’s ram of dedication, and wave it for a wave-offering facing Yahweh: and it will be your part. Dedicate the breast that is waved, and the thigh that is raised up, of the ram of dedication, which is part of that which is for Aaron, and his sons: and Aaron and his sons will have this part forever by right from the people of Israel; for it’s an offering which is raised up from the people of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their offering which is raised up to Yahweh.

[29-37] The holy clothes of Aaron will be for his descendants after him, to be anointed in them, and to be set apart in them. Those who are priests in Aaron’s place will put them on for seven days when they come into the Meeting Place to minister in the holy place. Then take the ram of dedication, and boil its meat in a holy place. Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Meeting Place. They’ll eat those things which were to cover your sin, to set apart and dedicate them, but no one else will eat it, because they’re holy. If any of the meat of the dedication, or of the bread, is left over the next morning, then burn what’s left with fire. It won’t be eaten, because it’s holy. So do this to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have told you. Set them apart for seven days. Every day you’ll offer the bull of sin-offering to cover your sin: and you’ll cleanse the altar, when you make your offering, and anoint it again, to dedicate it. For seven days make your offering on the altar to cover your sin, and dedicate it. Then the altar will be most holy and whatever touches it will also be holy.

[38-46] Now you’ll offer two one year old lambs on the altar each day. The first lamb you’ll offer in the morning and the other you’ll offer at evening, along with 3 quarts of fine flour mixed with 4 quarts of beaten oil, and 4 quarts of wine for a drink-offering. The other lamb that you’ll offer at evening will be offered like that of the morning offering, an offering of fire, an offering that smells good to Yahweh. It will be a constant burnt offering forever at the door of the Meeting Place facing Yahweh, where I’ll meet you and speak to you. There I’ll meet with the people of Israel; and the place will be set apart because I Am there. I’ll dedicate the Meeting Place and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I’ll also dedicate to minister to Me as My priests. I’ll be with the people of Israel, and will be their God. They’ll know that I Am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might be with them. I Am Yahweh their God.

30[1-10] Make an altar to burn incense on. Make it of acacia wood. It will be 18” wide and long. It will be square, and it will be 3 feet high. Its horns will be joined to it. Cover it with pure gold, the top, the sides all around it, and its horns; and make a gold molding around it. Make two golden rings for it under the molding on two sides, which will be for places to put the poles to carry it. Make the poles of acacia wood, and cover them with gold. Put it in front of the veil that is by the Box of the Law, in front of the Seat of Forgiveness that is over the law, where I’ll meet with you. Aaron will burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he’ll burn it. When the priest lights the lamps at evening, the incense will be burnt for Yahweh forever. Offer no other incense on it, nor any other offering on it. Aaron will make an offering to cover your sins with the blood of the sin offering on its horns once a year and it will be done forever. It’s most holy to Yahweh."

[11-16] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "When you count the people of Israel, let those who are counted among them, pay a price for their life to Yahweh, so that there will be no problem among them when you count them. Everyone who is counted will give a half dollar from the dollar of the place of worship, which is valued at twenty nickels, half a dollar for an offering to Yahweh. Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, will give the offering to Yahweh. The rich won’t give more, and the poor won’t give less, than the half dollar, when they give the offering of Yahweh to cover your sin for your lives. Take the money to cover your sin from the people of Israel, and use it for the work of the worship service; that it may be a reminder to Yahweh for the people of Israel, to cover your sin for your lives."

[17-21] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Also make a pan of brass to wash in, and the base for it of brass. Put it between the Meeting Place and the altar, and put water in it. Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet in it. When they go into the Meeting Place, they’ll wash with water, so that they won’t die; or when they come to the altar to minister, to burn an offering of fire to Yahweh. So they’ll wash their hands and their feet so that they won’t die: and this will be a rule for the priests forever."

[22-29] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Also take fine spices: five hundred dollars worth of liquid myrrh, and half as much, two hundred and fifty of fragrant cinnamon, two hundred and fifty of sweet cane, and five hundred of cassia, after the dollar of the place of worship; and a five quart measure of olive oil. Make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixed in the art of the perfumer: it will be a holy anointing oil. Use it to anoint the Meeting Place, the Box of the Law, the table and all its tools, the lamp stand and its tools, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its tools, and the pan with its base. Dedicate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will be holy.

[30-33] Anoint Aaron and his sons, and dedicate them, that they may minister to Me as My priests. Then speak to the people of Israel, saying, `This will be a holy anointing oil to Me forever. It won’t be put on anyone but the priests, nor will you make any like it, using this mixture because it’s holy. So it will be holy to you. Whoever mixes any like it, or puts some on anyone other than a priest, will be cut off from the people.`"

[34-38] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Then take sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense, with an equal weight of each; and make incense of it, a perfume mixed in the art of the perfumer, and salted, making it pure and holy: Crush some of it very small, and put it before the law in the Meeting Place where I’ll meet with you. It will be to you most holy. Make this incense, by this mixture. Don’t make it for yourselves because it’s holy to you for Yahweh. Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from the people."

Exodus 21-25

Exodus (Going Out)


Chapters 21-25

Fair Treatment of Workers 21[1-6] "Now these are the rules which you’ll give them. If you buy a Hebrew servant, they’ll serve six years and in the seventh they’ll go free without paying anything. If that person comes in alone, they’ll go out alone. If the person is married, then the spouse will be free too. If you give the person a spouse and they have sons or daughters, the spouse and the children will stay with you, but the servant will be freed. But if the servant plainly says, `I love my master, my spouse, and my children. I won’t go free; then you’ll bring the servant to God, and will bring them to the door or to the door-post, and you’ll pierce their ear, and they’ll serve you for ever.

[7-11] "If someone sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she’ll not go free as the men-servants do. If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her, then he’ll let her be bought back. God’ll have no right to sell her to a foreign people, seeing he has dealt dishonestly with her. If he marries her to his son, he’ll deal with her like a daughter. If he takes another wife, he’ll not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights. If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

[12-14] "Anyone who hits another so that the person dies will without a doubt be put to death, but not if it’s an accident. If God lets it to happen, then I’ll choose you a place where the person can go to be safe. But if someone plans and comes forcefully on another to kill them, you’ll take them to be judged, and put them to death.

[15] "Anyone who attacks their father or mother will without a doubt be put to death.

[16] "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells them, or if they’re found in their control, the one who kidnapped them will without a doubt be put to death.

[17] "Anyone who curses their father or mother will without a doubt be put to death.

[18-19] "If two people fight and one hits the other with something, or with a fist, and the person who is hit doesn’t die, but has to stay in bed; if they get up again and walk around with a cane, then the one who hit them will be cleared but must pay for the loss of their time, and will pay for their care until they’re completely healed.

[20-21] "If someone beats a male or female servant, and the servant dies under their hand, the one who beat them will without a doubt be punished. But if the servant gets up after a day or two, the one who beat them won’t be punished, because the servant is their property.

[22-25] "If people fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she miscarries her baby, and yet no damage follows, they’ll be without a doubt fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges will let. But if any more damage follows, then you must punish the one who hurt her equally for the damage they caused.

[26-27] "If someone hits a servant’s eye, and destroys it, they’ll let them go free for their eye’s sake. If he hits out a servant’s tooth, they’ll let them go free for their tooth’s sake.

[28-32] "If a bull gores someone to death, the bull will without a doubt be killed, and its meat won’t be eaten; but the owner of the bull won’t be held responsible. But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been told to the owner, who has not kept it in, and it has killed someone, then the bull will be killed, and its owner will also be put to death. If a ransom is put on that person, then they’ll pay to save their life whatever amount is laid on them. Whether it has gored a son or a daughter, it’ll be done as this judgment says. If the bull gores someone-servant, thirty shekels of silver will be given to their master, and the ox will be killed.

[33-34] "If someone opens a pit, or if someone digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit will make it good and pay its owner for it, and the dead animal will be theirs.

[35-36] "If one man’s bull hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they’ll sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they’ll also divide the dead animal. But if it’s known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, the owner will without a doubt pay bull for bull, and the dead animal will be theirs.

22[1-4] "If someone steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; they’ll pay five for one cattle, and four for one sheep. If the thief is found breaking in, and is hit and dies, the owner won’t be guilty of bloodshed for the thief. If the sun has come up, the thief will be guilty for any bloodshed and they’ll pay the owner back for any losses. If they have nothing, then they’ll be sold for their theft. If the stolen animal is found in their hand alive, they’ll pay double.

[5] "If someone causes a field or vineyard to be eaten by letting their animal loose, and it grazes in someone else’s field, they’ll pay the owner back from the best of their own field, and vineyard.

[6] "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are burnt up; whoever started the fire will without a doubt pay the owner back.

[7-8] "If someone asks a friend to keep their money or stuff for them, and it’s stolen out of their house; if the thief is found, the thief will pay double. If the thief isn’t found, then the owner of the house will come to be judged, to see if they haven’t taken it themselves.

[9] For any kind of argument, whether it be over an animal, or clothing, or anything that’s lost, where one says, `This is mine,` both parties will come to be judged. The one who is found guilty will pay double to the other.

[10-13] "If someone asks a friend to keep an animal, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, but no one sees it; then they must make a promise before God between them both, that they haven’t taken what belonged to the other; and the owner of it will accept it, and the other won’t have to pay them back for it. But if it’s been stolen, they’ll make restitution to the owner. If it’s torn in pieces, let them bring it for evidence. They’ll not make good what was torn.

[14-15] "If someone borrows something from a friend, and it’s injured, or dies, the owner of it not being with it, the one who borrowed it will without a doubt pay the owner back. If the owner is with it, the other won’t have to make it good. If it has been leased, it came for its lease.

[16-17] "If someone tempts a young girl who isn’t promised in marriage, and has sex with her, he’ll without a doubt make her his wife. If her father won’t give her to him, he’ll pay the price of a bride.

[18] "Don’t let a witch live.

[19] "Whoever has sex with an animal will without a doubt be put to death.

[20] "Anyone who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, will be put to death.

[21] "Don’t wrong a foreigner, nor keep them down, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

[22] "Don’t take advantage of any death survivor or a child without a parent. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to Me, I’ll without a doubt hear their cry; and My anger will grow, and I’ll kill you; and then your spouse will be a death survivor, and your children will be without a parent, too.

[25-27] "If you lend money to any of My people with you who is poor, don’t be a creditor to them; don’t charge interest to them. If you take their coat as collateral, you’ll restore it before the sun goes down, that being their only covering, it’s a coat for their skin. What would they sleep in? And when he cries to Me, I’ll hear, for I Am understanding.

[28] "Don’t disrespect God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

[29-30] Don’t put off giving Me the first of your harvest and your juices. And dedicate the firstborn of your sons to Me. Do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It will stay with its mother for seven days, then on the eighth day you’ll give it Me.

[31] Dedicate yourselves to Me, and don’t eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. Throw it to the dogs.

23[1] "Don’t spread lies. Don’t join with evil people to be a liar against someone.

[2-3] Don’t follow a crowd to do evil; nor speak in an argument to side with a crowd to be unfair; nor take the side of a poor person unfairly.

[4-5] "If you see your enemy’s animal is lost, you’ll without a doubt bring it back to them again. If you see the animal of your enemy has fallen down, don’t leave it; you’ll without a doubt help it up.

[6] "Don’t be unfair to poor people when they have a problem.

[7] "Stay away from anything false, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous because I won’t excuse evil.

[8] Take no bribes, because someone who takes a bribe won’t see the truth and changes the words of the righteous.

[9] "Don’t keep a foreigner down, for you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing that you were one in the land of Egypt.

[10-11] "For six years you’ll plant your land, and will gather what it grows, but the seventh year you’ll let it rest and not till it, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field will eat. Do the same with your vineyards and your tree groves.

[12] "Six days you’ll do your work, and on the seventh day you’ll rest, so that your animals and the servants may rest, and the foreigner may be refreshed.

[13] "Be careful to do everything that I have told you; and don’t call on the name of other gods, nor let them even be heard coming out of your mouth.

[14-16] "You’ll keep a feast to Me three times a year. You’ll keep the Feast of Bread without yeast. Seven days you’ll eat bread without yeast, as I told you, at the time chosen in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one will come before Me without an offering. And the Feast of Harvest, the first-fruits of your work, which you plant in the field: and the Feast of Harvest’s End, at the end of the year, when you gather in your works out of the field.

[17] Three times in the year all your males will come before Yahweh God.

[18] Don’t offer the blood of My sacrifice with bread made from yeast, nor let the fat of My feast stay all night until morning.

[19] The first of the harvests of your land you’ll bring into the house of Yahweh your God. Don’t boil a young animal in its mother’s milk.

[20-23] See, I’m sending an angel before you, to keep you safe on the way, and to bring you into the place which I have set aside for you. Pay attention, and listen. Don’t make My angel angry, who won’t excuse your disobedience. This angel has My name. But if you listen to My angel, and do all that I speak, then I’ll be an enemy to your enemies, and come against those who come against you. My angel will go before you, and bring you in to the land of the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I’ll kill them off.

[24] Don’t bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do what they do, but you’ll completely overthrow them and destroy their alters.

[25] You’ll serve Yahweh your God, who will bless your bread and water, and I’ll heal you from sickness. No one will miscarry a baby or not be able to have children in your land. I’ll give you a long, full life.

[27-28] I’ll send My fear before you, and will confuse all the people you come to, and I’ll make all your enemies run from you. I’ll send hornets before you, which will drive them out from before you.

[29-30] I won’t drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the animals of the field multiply against you. Little by little I’ll drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

[31-] I’ll set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the countryside to the River; for I’ll put the inhabitants of the land in your power, and you’ll drive them out before you.

[32] Make no agreement with them, or with their gods.

[33] Don’t let them stay in your land, or they’ll make you sin against Me. If you serve their gods, it will without a doubt be a trap to you."

24[1-3] Then God said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance. But only Moses will come up to Yahweh, and the rest won’t come close." So Moses came and told the people everything Yahweh had said, and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, " We’ll do everything Yahweh has said."

[4-8] Then Moses wrote down everything Yahweh had said, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to Yahweh. Then Moses took half of the blood and put it in pans and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the promise and read it to the people, and they said, "We’ll do everything Yahweh has said, and obey it." So Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the promise, which Yahweh has made with you with all these words."

[9-12] Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up and saw the God of Israel. Under God’s feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, clear as the sky. But God didn’t touch the elders of the people of Israel. When they saw God, they ate and drank. Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain, and stay here and I’ll give you the slabs of stone with the law and the rules that I have written, that you may teach them."

[13-18] So Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain. Then God said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. See, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a problem can go to them." So Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. Then the light of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day God called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud. The light of Yahweh looked like a great fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the people of Israel. So Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

25[1-7] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the people of Israel, to take an offering for Me. Take My offering from everyone whose heart is willing. Take from them gold, silver, and brass metals, blue, purple, and scarlet linens, goats` hair, red sheepskin, leather, acacia wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for good smelling incense, onyx stones and other valuable stones to be set in the back piece and the chest piece.

[8-16] Let them make Me a place of worship that I may be with them. Make everything how I show you, both the tent and its furniture. They’ll make a box of acacia wood. It will be about three feet, nine inches long, and about two feet, three inches wide and high. Overlay it with pure gold, inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. Cast four golden rings for it, and put them in its four feet, with two rings on each side of it. Then make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. Put the poles into the rings on the sides of the box to carry the it. Keep the poles in the rings of the box and don’t take them from it. Put the law which I’ll give you into the box.

[17-22] Make a Seat of Forgiveness of pure gold, about three feet nine inches long, and two feet, three inches wide. Make two angelic beings of hammered gold. You’ll make them at the two ends of the Seat of Forgiveness. Make one angelic being at one end, and the other one at the other end. You’ll make the angelic beings on each end of the lid with the Seat of Forgiveness. The angelic beings will spread out their wings upward, covering the Seat of Forgiveness with their wings, with their faces facing each other. The faces of the angelic beings will face the Seat of Forgiveness. Put the Seat of Forgiveness on top of the box, and in the box you’ll put the law that I’ll give You. I’ll meet with you there, above the Seat of Forgiveness, from between the two angelic beings which are on the box of the law, I’ll tell you all the laws and rules for the people of Israel.

[23-28] Then make a table of acacia wood. about three feet long, and eighteen inches wide, and two feet three inches high. Overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. Make a rim of about four inches around it. Make a golden molding on its rim all around it. Make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. The rings will be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table. Make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

[29-30] Make dishes, spoons, ladles, and bowls of pure gold to pour out offerings with. Then set bread of the presence on the table before Me always.

[31-40] Make a lamp stand of pure gold. Make it of beaten work, with its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, all of one piece. There will be six branches going out of its sides with three branches out of one side, and three branches out of the other side; with cups made like almond blossoms, with buds and flowers, in each branch, for all six branches of the lamp stand; and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, with buds and flowers; and a bud under every two branches of the six branches of the lamp stand. The buds and branches will be all one piece, all of it one beaten work of pure gold. Make it have seven lamps, and they’ll light its lamps to give light to the area in front of it. Its tools and its trays will be of pure gold. It will be made of about 190 pounds of pure gold, with all the tools. See that you make them after the pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.