And {you yourself} will observe the Feast of Weeks--the firstfruits of the wheat harvest--and the Feast of Harvest Gathering at the turn of the year.

And he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights. He ate no food and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words.

{And} when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony [were] in the hand of Moses at his coming down from the mountain; and Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with him.

And when Moses came before Yahweh to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he went out, and he would go out and would speak to the {Israelites} what he had been commanded.

[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy [day], a {Sabbath of complete rest}, for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.

and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather, and acacia wood,

the altar of the burnt offering and the bronze grating that [is] for it, its poles and all its equipment; the basin and its stand;

And all the community of the {Israelites} went out from before Moses.

and every man with whom was found blue and purple and crimson [yarns] and fine linen and goat hair and red-dyed ram skins and fine leather brought [it].

All [who were] presenting a contribution of silver and bronze brought Yahweh's contribution, and all with whom was found acacia wood for all the work of service brought [it].

and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every [kind of] design craftsmanship.

And he has put [it] in his heart to teach--he and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan.

And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone [who is] skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary--[they] will do [it], according to all that Yahweh has commanded."

And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone skilled of heart, in whose heart Yahweh had put skill, all whose heart lifted him to come near to the work in order to do it.

And they took from Moses all the contributions that the {Israelites} had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings {every morning}.

And the material was enough for doing all the work, and it was left over.

The length of the one curtain [was] twenty-eight cubits, and the width [was] four cubits [for] the one curtain; one measurement [was] for all the curtains.

And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; so he did on the edge of the end curtain in the second set.

The length of the one curtain [was] thirty cubits, and the width [was] four cubits [for] the one curtain; one measure [was] for [the] eleven curtains.

And he made the frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood [as] uprights.

The length of the frame [was] ten cubits, and the width of the one frame [was] one and a half cubits.

And he made two frames for the tabernacle corners at the rear.

And they were double at the bottom, and they were completely together on its top to the one ring; he did likewise for the two of them, for the two corners.

And there were eight frames and their sixteen silver bases, two bases, two bases under the one frame.

And he made five bars of acacia wood for the frames on the one side of the tabernacle,

and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames at the rear {on the west}.

And he made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson [yarns] and finely twisted linen, [the] work of a craftsman; he made it [with] cherubim.

And he made for it four acacia pillars, and he overlaid them with gold, [with] their gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height.

And he overlaid it [with] pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

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

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

And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.

And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.

One cherub [was] {at one end}, and one cherub [was] {at the other end} of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends.

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

And he overlaid it [with] pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around.

And he cast for it four gold rings, and he put the rings on the four corners where its four {legs} [were].

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

And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work--its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were {all part of it}.

And six branches [were] going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.

Three almond-flower cups [were] on the one branch [with] a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups [were] on the one branch [with] a bud and a blossom--likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand.

And a bud [was] under the two branches [that came] from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, [likewise] for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.

Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one [piece] of pure gold, hammered work.

He made it [from] a talent of pure gold and all its [pieces of] equipment.

And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width--a 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 all around and its horns--and he made for it a gold molding all around.

And he made for it two gold rings under its molding {on two opposite sides} as {holders} for poles to carry it with them.

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

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

And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were {of one piece with it}; and he overlaid it [with] bronze.

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

And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow with boards.

And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze from the mirrors of the serving women who served [at] the entrance of the tent of assembly.

And the screen of the gate of the courtyard [was] the work of an embroiderer, [with] blue and purple and crimson [yarns] and finely twisted linen; [it was] twenty cubits long and five cubits {high}, like the hangings of the courtyard,

These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which [were] recorded at the {command of} Moses, the work of the Levites, in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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

[It was] a bekah for the individual, the half shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, for {everyone who was counted}, from {twenty years old} and above, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

And it was one hundred talents of the silver to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the curtain--one hundred bases for one hundred talents of silver, a talent for [each] base.

And he made with it the bases of the entrance of the tent of assembly and the bronze altar and the bronze grating that belonged to it and all the equipment of the altar

And he hammered out the leaves of gold, and he cut off cords to weave in the midst of the blue and in the midst of the purple and in the midst of the crimson and in the midst of the linen--[the] work of a skilled craftsman.

They made joined shoulder pieces for it; it was joined on its two edges.

And the waistband of his ephod, which {was of one piece with it}, [was of] like work, gold, blue, and purple and crimson [yarns], and finely twisted linen, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

It was squared; they made the breast piece doubled; its length [was] a span, and its width [was] a span [when] doubled.

And they filled it [with] four rows of stone; a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald [was] the first row;

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

And they made two gold rings and put them on the ephod's two shoulder pieces below, at its front near its seam above the waistband of the ephod.

And the opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a sturdy garment, [with] an edge for its opening all around so that it would not be torn.

And they made the rosette of the holy diadem [of] pure gold, and they wrote on it [with the] writing of seal engravings: "A holy object for Yahweh."

And they put a blue cord on it to put it above on the turban, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

the bronze altar, and the bronze grating that [is] for it, its poles, and all its equipment, the basin and its stand,

And Moses saw all the work, and, indeed, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded; so they did, and Moses blessed them.

And you will put the basin between the tent of assembly and the altar, and you will put water {in it}.

"And you will take the anointing oil, and you will anoint the tabernacle and all that [is] in it, and you will consecrate all of its equipment, and it will be holy.

And you will anoint the basin and its stand, and you will consecrate it.

And he spread the tent over the tabernacle; he placed the covering of the tent over it, above [it], as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

And he took and he put the testimony into the ark, and he placed the poles on the ark, and he put the atonement cover on the ark, above [it].

And he arranged on it an arrangement of bread before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

And he turned fragrant incense into smoke on it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

And the altar of burnt offering he placed [at] the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly, and he offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it.

At their going into the tent of assembly and at their approaching the altar, they washed, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

And Moses was unable to go into the tent of assembly because the cloud settled on it and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

And when the cloud was lifted from the tabernacle, the {Israelites} set out on all their journeys.

But if the cloud was not lifted, they did not set out until the day of its being lifted.

For the cloud of Yahweh [was] on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it [by] night before the eyes of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.

If his offering [is] a burnt offering from the cattle, [then] he must present an unblemished male; he must present it at the door of the tent of assembly for his acceptance {before} Yahweh.

" 'He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted for him [in order] to make atonement for him.

He must slaughter {the young bull} {before} Yahweh, then Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the blood and sprinkle the blood all around the altar that [is] [at] the door of the tent of assembly.

Then he must remove [the] skin [of] the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

The sons of Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire.

Then Aaron's sons, the priests, will arrange the pieces [of meat], the head, and the suet on the wood that [is] on the fire that [is] on the altar.

He must slaughter it on the north side of the altar {before} Yahweh; then Aaron's sons, the priests, will sprinkle its blood all around the altar.

Then he must cut it into pieces [along] with its head and its suet; and the priest will arrange them on the wood that [is] on the fire that [is] on the altar.

Then he must wash the inner parts and the lower leg bones with water and the priest shall present the whole [animal] and will turn [it] into smoke on the altar; it [is] a burnt offering [by] fire [as] an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

The priest will present it at the altar and must wring off its head and turn [it] into smoke on the altar, and its blood will be drained out on the wall of the altar.

He must remove its crop with its plumage and throw it to the east beside the altar on the place of the fatty ashes.

Then he must tear it apart by its wings [but] must not sever [it]; then the priest will turn it into smoke on the altar. It [is] a burnt offering [by] fire [as] an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.'"

" 'When a person brings a grain offering to Yahweh, his offering must be finely milled flour, and he must pour out oil on it and place frankincense on it.