Sundry laws and ordinances. EXODUS. - CHAP. XXIII. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed or him: for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution. В. С. 1491. e Je. 16.18. Re. 18.6. f c.21.34. g De.25.1. 2 Ch. 19. 10. h He.6.16. 29. i De 2228, i weigh. k Le 20.27. De. 18. 10. 1 Sa. 28. 3,9. Re.22.15. Sundry laws and ordinances. ple that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a q usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou shalt not delay to 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so or the field be consumed therewith; he that 25. m De. 13.1, 11. n Le. 19.33. Zec.7.10. 7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let De 24.17. him pay double. Pa. 94.6,7. 18.1.17. Eze. 22.7. Ja. 1.27. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, p Je. 15.8. to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: 18.21. La.5.3. Ps. 15.5. Eze. 18.8, not make it good. 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for his hire. 16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoeverlieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto m any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. x Mi.7.1. T b report: put HOU shalt not * raise a false not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a d multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for } will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift; for the gift 1 blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: ole may 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal him, thou with thy vineyard, and with thy olive-yard. shalt surely Leave it to join with him. ver.3. )0.34.7. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have said unto you, be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto n Le 253,4. me in the year. 26.34. o or, olive trees. p De.4.9. Ep.5.15. q Jos. 23.7. Ps. 16.4. Ho.2.1. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened 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:) God's promises to the people. EXODUS.-CHAP. XXIV., XXV. Offering for the tabernacle. 16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the 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 LORD 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. В. С. 1491. ror, feast. s c.34.26. t Is.63.9. u Ge. 12.3. vor, I will afflict afflict wc.33.2. but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said d will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the them that LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD. x c.20.5. 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 Le. 18.3 milk. 20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. De. 12.30. z c.32.20. No. 33.52. 2 Ch.34.7. a. Jos. 22.5. Is. 33.16. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, pro- b De.7.13. voke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an "enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do 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 fulfil. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And I will send & hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before 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. Mal. 3.10, 11. c Ps. 103.3. d De. 28.4. e Jox 2.9.11. 1 Sa. 14.15 2Ch.14.14 f neck. Ps. 18.40. g De.7.20. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he 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 Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it f 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, NaJok-24.12 dab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and did Jeat and drink. 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and m commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any g1K1.2219 man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 Is. 6.1,5. h Fze.1.26. i Mat. 17.2. j Ge. 18.8. 1 De.5.22. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red k ver. 2,18. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, 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. 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 covered 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 LORD was like devouring fire on 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 amount forty days and forty No.14.10. nights. p De.4.36. q c.34.28. a take for me. bor, heave- c 2 Co.8.12. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: or, silk. CHAPTER XXV. 1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark: 17 the inercy-seat, with the cherubins: 23 the table: 31 the candlestick. A 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 his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and d fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx-stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast-plate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 And they shall make anark of shittim-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. Α. Μ. 2513. B. e 2 Co.6.16. Re.21.3. f He.8.5. g He.9.4. h.16.34. 31.18. Nu. 17.4. De 10:25. 1 Ki.8.9. 2K11.12. The curtains of the tabernacle. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. 31 And thou shalt make a candlestick 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 2Ch.34.14 of the same. Ro.3.2. He.9.4. i c.37.6. 40.20. 1.c. 16.13. Ro.3.25. He.9.5. 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: 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and of the with a knop and a flower in one branch; and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. matter of the mercy-seal. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, 1.26.31. and two rings in the other side of it. k 2 Ch.3.10. m ver.16. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. n c.30.6. 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 rings 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 And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims 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: Jeven of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends 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-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. Le. 16.2. Nu. 7.89. 17.4. three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like uto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two 2Ki. 19.15. branches of the same, according to the six 1 Sa.4.4. 2 Sa.6.2. Ps.80.1. 99.1. 18.37.16. o c.37.10. 1 Κ1.7.48. He.9.2 p 1 Ki.6.20. q 0.37.16. Nu.4.7. r or, to pour out withal. s Le.24.5,6. 1 Sa. 21.6. Mal.1.7, 12. branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 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. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle: 31 the vail for the ark: 36 the hanging for the door. MOREOVER, thou shalt make the taber ten a curtains of fine twined Mat 124. linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with bcherubims of cunning work shalt thou make tc.37.17. 1 Ki.7.49. them. 2 Ch. 13. 11. Zec.4.2 He. 9.2. Re. 1.12 u Zec.4.2. Re.1.4,12. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from "between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of 27.20, all things 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. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a hand-breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings De for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittimwood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 21. 30.7,8. Le.24.3,4. No.8 2. 2 Ch. 13. 11. 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 shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvage in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make to ascend. in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the wor, cause x the face of it. у с.26.30. No.8.4. coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the Ich edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. Ac.7.44. He.8.5. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. The vail for the ark. EXODUS.- CHAP. XXVII. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront 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. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. Α. Μ. 2513. dor, cover- e in the ro or sur plusage. f bands. g Nu.3.36. c.27.10, 12..18. 36.24..26. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the h ver. 25,37. curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back-side of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. 38.27,30, 31; 40.18. Nu.3.36. 4.31,32. Ca.5.15. i twined. JP.133.1. k Ep.4.16. Col. 2.19. 15 And thou shalt make boards for the 125.9,40. tabernacle of shittim-wood standing 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 Twoftenons 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. The altar of burnt-offering. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 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 vail, 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 hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 27.8. A CHAPTER XXVII. a 1 The altar of burnt-offering, with the vessels thereof: 9 the court of the tabernacle: 20 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his flesh-hooks, and his fire-pans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards, 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets P. 36.37. 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. 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars of shittimwood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And 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 two sides westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places For the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. 31 And thou shalt make avail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: 5 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 d staves for the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves 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, f 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 hundred cubits long for one side: 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass: the hooks of Ki7.45. the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 46.20..24. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. Α. Μ. 2513. h c.36.37. i c. 28.39. 39.29. Ps. 45.14. 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver: their hooks shall be of ty. silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their 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 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause them lamp to burn always. Aifty by k ver.3. 1 Le. 24.2. m to ascend up. n c.30.8. 1 Sa.3.3. The Urim and Thummim. of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 And thou shalt make the breast-plate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it. 16 Four-square it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and shall be the breadth thereof. a span 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, 2Ch.13.11 even four rows of stones; the first row shall be Lu. 12.35. o с.28.43. 20.9,28. Le.3.17. 16.34. 24.9. Nu. 18.23. 19.21. 1 Sa. 30. 25. a Le.8.2 Nu. 18.7. 2 Ch. 26. 18,21. He. 5.1..4. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: It shall be a b c 29.5,29, • statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are d wisehearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breast-plate, and an ephod, and & a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, anda girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, 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 linen. 6 And they hey shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 30; 31.10. 39.1,2 40.13. Le. 8.7,30. Nu.20.26, 28. asardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their ⚫ enclosings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be accord Ps. 132.16. ing to the twelve tribes. Is. 61.3,10. 64.6. Ze.3.3,4. Ro.3.22 13.14. Ga. 3.27. He. 7.25. Re. 19.8. c ver.40. c. 19.5,6. Nu.27.20, 21. Job 40.10. 149.4. Je.9.23.24. Re. 19.8. d c.31.3. 35.30..35. Pr.2.6. 1 Co. 12. 11. e ver.15. c.39.8,21. Is. 59.17. Ep.6.14. f ver.6. g ver.31. c.39.22. h Le.8.7. i c.39.28. Zec.3.5. Is.11.5. broider ed. 7 It shall have the two shoulder-pieces there-kor, eof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx-stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD Upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; 1 ver.36. m ver. 29. c.39.6,7. n Jos.4.7. Zec.6.14. o c.39.8. Le.8.8. p fill in it fillings of stone. qor, ruby. R3,21. 19.20. Allings. t Re.21.12. u ver. 12. v Le.8.8. Nu. 27.21. w He.9.24. Job 41.26. or, skirts. 22 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-plate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it. 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breast-plate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the fore-part thereof over against the other coupling thereof, abov girdle of the ephod. above the curious 28 And they shall bind the breast-plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breast-plate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. 30 And thou shalt put in the breast-plate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. 31 And thou shalt make the robe of th ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be a hole in the top of it in the midst thereof: it shall have a bindir of woven work round about the hole of it, a it were the hole of a habergeon, that it not rent. 33 And beneath, upon the hem of it th shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of pur ple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereo and bells of gold between them round abou |