And Bezalel made the  ¹Ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits was its length; and one and a half cubits, its width; and one and a half cubits, its height.

And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a rim of gold around it.

And he cast four rings of gold for it, on its four feet; and two rings were on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark to carry the Ark.

And he made an expiation cover of pure gold: two and a half cubits was its length, and one and a half cubits, its width.

And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work he made them, at the two ends of the expiation cover,

One cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the expiation cover he made the cherubim at its two ends.

And the cherubim spread out their wings above the cover, covering the expiation cover with their wings, with their faces toward one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the expiation cover.

And he made the  ¹table of acacia wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.

And he overlaid it with pure gold and made a rim of gold around it.

And he made a frame of a handbreadth around it, and he made a rim of gold for its frame around it.

And he cast for it four rings of gold and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet.

The rings were close to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

And he made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the utensils which were to be upon the table: its plates and its cups and its bowls and its pitchers with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

And he made the  ¹lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand with its base and its shaft of beaten work; its cups, its calyxes, and its blossom buds were of one piece with it.

And there were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of one of its sides, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;

Three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a calyx and a blossom bud; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a calyx and a blossom bud — so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

And on the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its calyxes and its blossom buds;

And a calyx under two branches of one piece with it, and a calyx under two branches of one piece with it, and a calyx under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.

Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it; all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its firepans, of pure gold.

He made it of a talent of pure gold, and all its utensils.

And he made the  ¹altar of incense of acacia wood; a cubit was its length, and a cubit, its width, square; and two cubits, its height; its horns were of one piece with it.

And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides around it and its horns; and he made a rim of gold around it.

And he made for it two golden rings under its rim, on its two sides, on its opposite sides, as holders for poles with which to carry it.

And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the holy  ¹anointing oil and the pure  ¹fragrant incense, the work of a compounder.

And he made the  ¹altar of burnt offering, of acacia wood; five cubits was its length, and five cubits, its width, square; and three cubits, its height.

And he made its horns upon its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

And he made all the utensils of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins, the forks and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze.

And he made a grating of network of bronze for the altar, under its ledge beneath, reaching halfway up.

And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of bronze, as holders for the poles.

And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it; he made it hollow, with boards.

And he made the  ¹laver of bronze and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

And he made the  ¹court. On the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;

Their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting rods were of silver.

And on the north side, one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting rods were of silver.

And on the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting rods were of silver.

And the width of the east side eastward was fifty cubits.

The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets;

And so for the other side; on both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.

And the sockets for the pillars were of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting rods were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals was of silver; and all the pillars of the court were connected with silver.

And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer, of blue and purple and scarlet strands and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

And their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting rods were of silver.

And all the pegs of the tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze.

This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were  ¹counted according to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah commanded Moses.

And with him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful workman and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet strands and in fine linen.

All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

And the silver of those who were numbered of the assembly was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

A beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for each one who was enrolled among their numbering, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand, five hundred fifty men.

And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

And of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made connecting rods for them.

And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.

And with it he made the sockets for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar

And the sockets around the court and the sockets of the gate of the court and all the pegs of the tabernacle and all the pegs around the court.

And from the blue and the purple and the scarlet strands, they made finely worked  ¹garments for ministering in the sanctuary, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And  ¹Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet strands and fine twined linen.

And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut them into threads, to work into the blue and into the purple and into the scarlet strands and into the fine linen, the work of a skillful workman.

They made shoulder pieces for it, joined to it; at the two edges it was joined.

And the skillfully woven band, which was on it  ¹for its fastening, was of one piece with it and like it in workmanship, of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet strands and fine twined linen, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And they made the onyx stones enclosed in  ¹settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet according to the names of the sons of Israel.

And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And he made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod, of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet strands and of fine twined linen.

It was square; they made the breastplate doubled; a span in its length and a span in its width when doubled.

And they filled it with four rows of stones. The first row was a row of a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald;

And the second row, a  ¹carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;

And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

And the fourth row, a  ¹chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their enclosures.

And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

And they made on the breastplate twisted chains, a corded work of pure gold.

And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

And the two other ends of the two cords they put on the two settings and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate on its edge, which was toward the ephod on the inside.

And they made two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod on the front of it, close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

And they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue strands, that it might be upon the skillfully woven band of the ephod and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue strands,

And the opening of the robe in its center like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding edge around its opening so that it would not be torn.

And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet strands, twined.

And they made bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around, between the pomegranates;

A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around, to minister in; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And they made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,

And the turban of fine linen, and the headdresses of high hats of fine linen, and the linen trousers of fine twined linen,

And the girding sash of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet strands, the work of an embroiderer, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote an inscription upon it, like the engravings of a signet: HOLINESS TO JEHOVAH.

And they tied to it a cord of blue strands to fasten it on the turban above, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished, and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses; so they did.

And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its sockets;

And the covering of rams' skins dyed red and the covering of porpoise skins, and the veil of the screen;

The Ark of the Testimony and its poles and the expiation cover;

The table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;

The pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

And the golden altar and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense and the screen for the entrance of the tent;

The bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver and its base;

The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets; and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting;

The finely worked garments for ministering in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons for them to serve as priests.

According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.

And Moses saw all the work; and there it was — they had done it; just as Jehovah had commanded, so they had done. And Moses blessed them.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

On the  ¹first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

And you shall put the  ¹Ark of the Testimony there, and you shall screen the Ark with the veil.

And you shall bring in the table and arrange its setting, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the Ark of the Testimony and set up the screen of the entrance to the tabernacle.

And you shall put the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

And you shall put the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water there.

And you shall set up the court all around and put up the screen of the gate of the court.

And you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its utensils; and it shall be holy.

And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be most holy.

And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.

And you shall put the holy garments upon Aaron, and you shall anoint him and sanctify him that he may serve Me as a priest.

You shall also bring his sons and put tunics upon them,

And you shall anoint them as you have anointed their father that they may serve Me as priests; and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

Thus Moses did; according to all that Jehovah had commanded him, so he did.

And in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.

And Moses raised up the tabernacle and put down its sockets and set up its boards and put in its bars and raised up its pillars.

And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it from above, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Then he took the Testimony and put it into the Ark, and he set the poles onto the Ark and put the expiation cover upon the Ark above it.

And he brought the Ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil for the screen and screened the Ark of the Testimony, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Then he put the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the veil.

And he arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Then he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

And he set up the lamps before Jehovah, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Then he put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil,

And he burnt fragrant incense on it, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Then he set up the screen of the entrance to the tabernacle.

He also set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And he set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing.

And Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it;

Whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting and whenever they came near the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and put up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

Then the cloud covered the  ¹Tent of Meeting, and the  ²glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

And Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud settled on it and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

And whenever the  ¹cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel set out on all their journeys;

But if the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day that it was taken up.

For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in  ¹it by night, in the sight of all the  ²house of Israel on all their journeys.