27Thou shalt not revile *God, nor curse a ruler of thy people. ^Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me. ^Like- wise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with its^dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it Me. ^And ye shall be holy men unto Me; therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 23 Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou beaV witness in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to pervert justice; 'neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.
4If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
6If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.
*Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 'Keep thee Egypt. >u shalt sow far from a false matter; and the in- nocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked. 8And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindsth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of ~~ 10Aiid six years thou thy land, and gather in the increase thereof; ubut the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and He fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat; and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. ^Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed; and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
"Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year. 15The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat un- leavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib — for in it thou earnest out from yypt; and none shall appear before e empty; 16and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy Labours out of the field. 17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear Defore the Lord GOD.
"Thou shalt not pffer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of My feast re- • That is, the Judges EXODUS main all _ night until the morning. 19The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
20Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. aTake heed of him, and hearken unto his voice; be not re- bellious against him; for he will not pardon your transgression; for My name is in him. ^But if thou shalt in- deed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy un- to thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. ^For Mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off. ^Thou shalt not bow down to then* gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars. 25And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. ^None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27I will send My terror be- fore thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28Ahd I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Ca- naanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. 30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee,.until thou be in- creased, and inherit the land. 31And, * That is, the Euphrates.
I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto athe River; for I will deliver the inhab- itants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. ^Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. ^They shall not dwell in thy land — lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods — for they will be a snare unto thee.
OJ. And unto Moses He said: 'Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and sev- enty of the elders of Israel; and wor- ship ye afar off; 2and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.' 3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said: t All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do/ 4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, accord- ing to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he sent the young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt- offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar. 7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.' 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said: ' Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you in agreement with all these words/ EXODUS EXODUS went up Moses, and Aaron, Xndab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; 10and they saw and silver, and brass; 4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair; 6and rams' skins dyed the God of Israel; and there was under red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; His feet the like of a paved work of j ^oil for the light, spices for the an- sapphire stone, and the like of the i ointing oil, and for the sweet invery heaven for clearness. "And upon the nobles of the children, of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
the LORD said unto Moses 'Come up to Me into the mount, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the Taw and the com* mandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.' ^And Moses rose up/ and Joshua his minis- ter; and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14And unto the elders he said: Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoso- ever hath a cause, let him come near unto them/ 15And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. 16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17And the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
mmn mmn O £J And the LORD spoke unto Moses, ^^ saying: 2' Speak unto the chil- dren of Israel, that they take for Me an offering; of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take My offering. 3And this is the offer- lag which ye shall take of them: gold, cense; 7onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breast- plate. 8And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.
10And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. uAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. wAnd thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and over- lay them with gold. 14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark. 16The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken, from it. 16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the ark-cover. 19And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end of one piece with the ark-cover shall 94 EXODUS ye make the cherubim of the two ends thereof. 20And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, screen- ing the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; to- ward the ark-cover shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testi- mony th'at I shall give thee. ^And there I will meet with thee, and I will speak with thee from above the ark- cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testi- mony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the chil- dren of Israel.
^And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ^And thou shalt over- lay it with pure gold, and make there- to a crown of gold round about. ^And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. 28And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, where- with to pour out; of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before 31And thou shalt make a candle- stick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be~ made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. ^And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candle- stick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof; ^three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches going out of the candlestick. MAnd in the candle- stick four cups made like almond- blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof. 35And a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two brancKes of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick, ^heir knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. 37And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven; and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it. 38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 390f a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. 40And see that thou make them after their pattern, which is being shown thee in the mount.
'26 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them, ^he length of each curtain, shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each cur- tain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure. ^Five curtains shall be coupled together one to an- other; and the other five curtains EXODUS shall be coupled one to another. 4And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that ^ is outmost in the first set; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second set. 6Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one to another. 6And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another wit$ the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole. 7And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven cur- tains shalt thou make them. 8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each cur- tarn four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have one measure. 9And thou shalt couple five curtains by them- selves, and six curtains by them- selves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. 10And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the first set, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain -which is outmost in the second set. uAnd thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. ^And as for the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remain- eth over shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. ^And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
15And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up. 16Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. 17Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. 19And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons; 20and for the second side of the taber- nacle, on the north side, twenty >ards. 21And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ^And for the hinder part of the taber- nacle westward thou shalt make six boards. ^And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the taber- nacle in the hinder part. 24And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring; thus shall it be for them b< they shall be for the two corners! 26Thus there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board, thou shalt make bars of acacia- wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward; 28and the middle bar in the midst of the boards, which shall pass through from end to end. 29And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for holders for the bars; 96 EXODUS and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 80And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion Lhereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.
31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made. ^ ^And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks being of gold, upon four sockets of silver. ^And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the arJk of the testimony; and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. ^And thou shalt put the ark-cover upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and thou shalt put the table on the north side. ^And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours. 37And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad;,the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits^ 2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it; and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3And thou shalt make its pots to take away^ its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four bra- zen rings in the four corners thereof. 6And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. 6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with brass. 7And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. 8Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been shown thee HI the mount, so shall they make it.
9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hun- dred cubits long for one side. 10And the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. uAnd likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets ^twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ^And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 14The hangings f6r the one side [of the gate] shall be- fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours: their pillars four, and their sockets, four. 17A11 the pillars of the 97 EXODUS 97 EXODUS court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, anc the breadth fifty every where, anc the height five cubits, of fine twinec linen, and their sockets of brass. 19A1 the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
man 20Andthou shalt command the chil- dren of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 21In the^tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shaft be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel OQ And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itha- oaar, Aaron's sons. 2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy Drother, for splendour and for beauty. fAnd thou shalt speak unto all that ire wise-hearted, whom I have filled ;vith the spirit of wisdom, that they nake Aaron's garments to sanctify aim, that he may minister unto Me in ;he priest's office. 4And these are the garments which they shall make: a >reastplate, and an ephod, and a •obe, and a tunic of chequer work, a nitre, and a girdle; and they shall nake holy garments for Aaron, thy >rother, and his sons, that he may ninister unto Me in the priest's office.
5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman. ^ 7It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together. 8And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, and jmrple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. nWith the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold. MAnd thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall Dear their names before the LORD upon two shoulders for a memorial. And thou shalt make settings of gold; "and two chains of pure gold; of plaited thread shalt thou make them, >f wreathen work; and thou shalt put ihe wreathen chains on the settings.
"And thou shalt make a breast- plate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make i1j: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet and ine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 6Fourn3quare it shall be and double: span shall be the length thereof, and span the breadth thereof. 17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, EXODUS four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, holy place, for a memorial before the topaz, and smaragd shall be the first LORD continually. 30And thou shalt row; 18and the second row a carbuncle, | put in the breastplate of judgment a sapphire, and an emerald; 19and the! the Urim and the Thummim; and third row a jacinth, an agate, and an ' they shall be upon Aaron's heart, amethyst; 20and the fourth row a when he goeth in before the LORD; beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings. ^And the stones shall be and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
according to the names of the children I 31And thou shalt make the robe of of Israel, twelve, according to their | the ephod all of blue. ^And it shall names; like the engravings of a signet, every one accorolng to his name, they shall be for the- twelve tribes. ^And thou shalt make upon the breast- plate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold. MAnd thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. ^And thou ^ ^ shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. ^And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. ^And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward. 27And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. 28And they shall bind tfye breastplate by the rings thereof un- to the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. 29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon