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16 Thou shalt keep the feast of un-backs unto thee.

leavened bread: (thou shalt eat un- 28 And I will send hornets before

leavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before me empty :)

16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in thy field; and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LouD God.

18 ¶ Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

19 The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

20 T Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have. prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.

thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from be fore thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31. And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabit. ants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gode. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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CHAP. XXIV.

ND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and. Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but they shall not come 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his nigh; neither shall the people go up voice, and do all that I speak; then I with him. will be an enemy unto thine enemies, 3 T And Moses came, and told the and an adversary unto thine adversa-people all the words of the LORD, and ries. all the judgments: and all the people

23 For mine Angel shall go before answered with one voice, and said, thee, and bring thee in unto the Amor- All the words which the LORD hath ites, and the Hittites, and the Periz-said will we do.

zites, and the Canaanites, and the 4 And Moses wrote all the words of Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nordo after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.

the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under
the bill, and twelve pillars, according
to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the chil
dren of Israel, which offered burnt-
offerings, and sacrificed peace-offer-
ings of oxen unto the LORD.

6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood be sprinkled on the altar.

7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people and they said, All that the

Moses on the Mount.

LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

8 And 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 concerning all these words.

9 Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abilu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

CHAP. XXV The Ark and Mercy-seat. 4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and bad gers' skins, and shittim-wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx-stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 10 And they saw the God of Israel: 9 According to all that I show thee, and there was under his feet as it were after the pattern of the tabernacle, a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and and the pattern of all the instruments as it were the body of heaven in his thereof, even so shall ye make it. clearness. 10 T And they shall make an ark of 11 And upon the nobles of the chil-sbittim-wood: two cubits and a half dren of Israel he laid not his hand: shall be the length thereof, and a cubit also they saw God, and did eat and and a half the breadth thereof, and a drink. cubit and a half the height thereof. 12 T And the Loan said unto Moses, 11 And thou shalt overlay it with Come up to me into the mount, and be pure gold, within and without shalt there and I will give thee tables of thou overlay it; and shalt make upon stone, and a law, and commandments it a crown of gold round about. which I have written; that thou mayest 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of teach them. gold for it, and put them in the four 13 And Moses rose up, and his minis-coruers thereof; and two rings shall tre Joshua; and Moses went up to be in the one side of it, and two rings the mount of God. in the other side of it.

gold.

14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry 13 And thou shalt make staves of ye here for us, until we come again shittim-wood, and overlay them with unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto

them.

15 T And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud corered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the Lonn was like devouring fire ou the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount] forty days and forty nights.

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CHAP. XXV.

ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with nis heart ye shall take my offering,

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the ringa of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17 T And thou shalt make a mercyseat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 13 And thou shalt make two cheru bims of gold: of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat.

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; even of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubins ou the two endo thereof.

20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

21. And thou shalt put the mercy-aeat

Of the Table

EXODUS.

and Candlestick. above upon the ark; and in the ark [four bowls made like unto almonds, thou shalt put the testimony that I[with their kuops and their flowers. ahall give thee. 35 And there shall be a knop under 22 And there I will meet with thee, two branches of the same, and a knop and I will commune with thee from under two branches of the same, and above the mercy-seat, from between a knop under two branches of the the two cherubins which are upon the same,according to the six branchesthat ark of the testimony, of all things proceed out of the candlestick. which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. 23 ¶ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof; and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

24 And thou shalt overlay it with 38 And the tongs thereof, and the pure gold, and make thereto a crown snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure of gold round about.

gold.

25 And thou shalt make unto it a 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he border of a hand-breadth round about,|make it, with all these vessels. and thou shalt make a golden crown 40 And look that thou make them to the border thereof round about. after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount.

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the

CHAP. XXVI.

four corners that are on the four feet MOREOVER, thou shalt make the

thereof.

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28 And thou shalt make the etaves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and pur ple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits and every one of the curtains shal have one measure.

29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof,and covers 3 The five curtains shall be coupled thereof, and bowis thereof, to cover together one to another; and other withal: of pure gold shalt thou make five curtains shall be coupled one to thein.

another.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue show-broad before me always. upon the edge of the one curtain, from 31 T And thou shalt make a candle-thie eelvedge in the coupling; and stick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the

same.

32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

likewise shalt thou make in the utter most edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make taches of gold, and couple the curtains together 33 Three bowls made like unto al-[with the taches; and it shall be one monds, with a knop and a flower in tabernacle.

one branch; and three bowls made] 7 And thou shalt make curtains of like almonds in the other branch, with goats' hair, to be a covering upon the a knop and a flower: so in the six tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou branches that come out of the candle-make. stick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one

8 The length of one curtain shall be

Directions for

CHAP. XXVII.

the Tabernacle. curtain four cubits: and the eleven beneath, and they shall be coupled tocurtains shall be all of one measure.gether above the head of it unto one 9 And thou shalt couple five curring: thus shall it be for thein bour; tains by themselves, and six curtains they shall be for the two corners. by themselves, and shall double the 25 And they shall be eight boards. sixth curtain in the fore-front of the and their sockets of silver, sixteen tabernacle. sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

27 And five bars for the boards of the 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches other side of the tabernacle, and five of brass, and put the taches into the bars for the boards of the side of the loops, and couple the tent together, tabernacle, for the two sides westthat it may be one.

ward.

12 And the remnant that remaineth| 28 And the middle bar in the midst of of the curtains of the tent, the half the boards shall reach from end to end. curtain that remaineth, shall hang 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards over the back-side of the tabernacle. with gold, and make their rings of 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a gold for places for the bars; and thou cubit on the other side, of that which shalt overlay the bars with gold. remaineth in the length of the curtains 30 And thou shalt rear up the taberof the tent, it shall hang over the sides nacle according to the fashion thereof of the tabernacle on this side, and ou] which was showed thee in the mount. that side, to cover it. 31 T And thou shalt make a veil of 14¶ And thou shalt make a covering blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine for the tent of rams'skins dyed red,and twined linen, of cunning work: with a covering above of badgers' skins. 15 ¶ And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim-wood, stand-pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with ing up.

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be| the breadth of one board.

17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, there shall be twenty boards.

cherubims shall it be made.

32 And thou shalt hang it upon four

gold: their hocks shall be of gold,
upon the four sockets of silver.
33 And thou shalt hang up the veil
under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in hither within the veil the ark
of the testimony and the veil shall
divide unto you between the boly place
and the most holy.

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34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony, in the most holy place.

35 And 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. 36 And thou shalt make a banging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 21 And their forty sockets of silver:linen, wrought with needle-work. two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, and their books shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brags for them. CHAP. XXVII.

ND thou shalt make an altar of

24 And they shall be coupled together Ashittin wood, five cubits long

The altar of

EXODUS.

Burnt-offering.

and fire cubits broad: the altar shall blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine be four-square; and the height there- twined linen, wrought with needle. of shall be three cubits. work and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; his horne shall be of the same: and thou Bhalt overlay it with brass.

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his flesh-hooks, and his fre-pans all the vessels thereof tbou shalt make of brass.

4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four bruzeu rings in the four corners thereof.

6 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, stavesof shittim-wood,and overlay them with brass.

7 And the stares shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it.

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

9 And thou shalt make the court of

the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen, of a bundred cubits long, for one side:

10 And the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty sockets, shall be of brass: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11 And likewise for the north side in length, there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and bis twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hanginga of filly cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13 And the breadth of the court on the eust eide eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14 The bangings of one side of the gale shall be fifteen cubits: their pil lars three, and their sockets Ubree. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings, filleen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three,

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver: their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 T The length of the court shall be a bundred cubits, and the breadth Any every where, and the height five cubite of fine twined linen, and then sockets of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle, in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

20 T And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil-olive benten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21. In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning be fore the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

CHAP. XXVIII.

AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy

brother, and his sons with luni, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abilu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons,

2 And thou shalt make boly garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.

3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to conse crate bim, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make boly garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sona, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine lines. 6 ¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, gf erarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

16 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, 7 It shall bave the two shoulder.

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