New King James Version (NKJV)

Responsibility for Property

1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shallrestore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

2 If the thief is foundbreaking in, and he is struck so that he dies,thereshallbeno guilt for his bloodshed.

3 If the sun has risen on him,thereshallbeguilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall besold for his theft.

4 If the theft is certainlyfound alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shallrestore double.

5 “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 “If a mandelivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house,if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to thejudgestoseewhether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.

9 “For any kind of trespass,whetheritconcernsan ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing,orfor any kind of lost thing whichanotherclaims to be his, thecause of both parties shall come before the judges;andwhomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

10 If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeingit,

11 thenanoath of theLordshall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall acceptthat,and he shall not makeitgood.

12 Butif, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

13 If it istorn to piecesbyabeast, thenhe shall bring it as evidence,andhe shall not make good what was torn.

14 “And if a man borrowsanythingfrom his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it notbeingwith it, he shall surely makeitgood.

15 If its ownerwaswith it, he shall not makeitgood; if itwashired, it came for its hire.

Moral and Ceremonial Principles

16 “If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for hertobehis wife.

17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to thebride-price of virgins.

18 “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

19 “Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

20 “He who sacrifices toanygod, except to theLordonly, he shall be utterly destroyed.

21 “You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 “You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

23 If you afflict them in any way,andtheycry at all to Me, I will surelyhear their cry;

24 and Mywrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword;your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 “If you lend money toanyofMy peoplewhoarepoor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge himinterest.

26 If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

27 For thatishis only covering, itishis garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for Iamgracious.

28 “You shall not revile God, nor curse aruler of your people.

29 “You shall not delaytoofferthe first of your ripe produce and your juices.The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

30 Likewise you shall do with your oxenandyour sheep. It shall be with its motherseven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

31 “And you shall beholy men to Me:you shall not eat meat tornbybeastsin the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Justice for All

1 “Youshall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be anunrighteous witness.

2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil;nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervertjustice.

3 You shall not show partiality to apoor man in his dispute.

4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.

6 “You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.

7 Keep yourself far from a false matter;do not kill the innocent and righteous. ForI will not justify the wicked.

8 Andyoushall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 “Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Law of Sabbaths

10 “Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,

11 but the seventhyearyou shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyardandyour olive grove.

12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.

13 “And in all that I have said to you,be circumspect andmake no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.

Three Annual Feasts

14 “Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year:

15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt;none shall appear before Me empty);

16 andthe Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered inthefruitofyour labors from the field.

17 “Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the LordGod.

18 “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice withleavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.

19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of theLordyour God.You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

The Angel and the Promises

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

21 Beware of Him and obey His voice;do not provoke Him, for He willnot pardon your transgressions; forMy nameisin Him.

22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, thenI will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 For My Angel will go before you andbring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

24 You shall notbow down to their gods, nor serve them,nor do according to their works;but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down theirsacredpillars.

25 “So you shallserve theLordyour God, andHe will bless your bread and your water. AndI will take sickness away from the midst of you.

26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I willfulfill the number of your days.

27 “I will sendMy fear before you, I willcause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turntheirbacks to you.

28 AndI will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.

29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.

31 AndI will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I willdeliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. Forifyou serve their gods,it will surely be a snare to you.”

Israel Affirms the Covenant

1 Now He said to Moses, “Come up to theLord, you and Aaron,Nadab and Abihu,and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.

2 And Moses alone shall come near theLord, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him.”

3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of theLordand all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said,“All the words which theLordhas said we will do.”

4 And Moseswrote all the words of theLord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelvepillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offeredburnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to theLord.

6 And Mosestook half the blood and putitin basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 Then hetook the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that theLordhas said we will do, and be obedient.”

8 And Moses took the blood, sprinklediton the people, and said, “This isthe blood of the covenant which theLordhas made with you according to all these words.”

On the Mountain with God

9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

10 and theysaw the God of Israel. Andtherewasunder His feet as it were a paved work ofsapphire stone, and it was like thevery heavens initsclarity.

11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel Hedid not lay His hand. Sothey saw God, and theyate and drank.

12 Then theLordsaid to Moses,“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give youtablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”

13 So Moses arose withhis assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron andHurarewith you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.”

15 Then Moses went up into the mountain, anda cloud covered the mountain.

16 Nowthe glory of theLordrested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 The sight of the glory of theLordwaslikea consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. AndMoses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Offerings for the Sanctuary

1 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering.From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

3 And thisisthe offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

4 blue, purple, and scarletthread,fine linen, and goats’hair;

5 ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;

6 oil for the light, andspices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;

7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in theephod and in the breastplate.

8 And let them make Me asanctuary, thatI may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I show you,thatis,the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall makeit.

The Ark of the Testimony

10 “And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubitsshallbeits length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding ofgold all around.

12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and putthemin its four corners; two ringsshallbeon one side, and two rings on the other side.

13 And you shall make polesofacacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.

15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

16 And you shall put into the arkthe Testimony which I will give you.

17 “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubitsshallbeits length and a cubit and a half its width.

18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of itofonepiecewith the mercy seat.

20 Andthe cherubim shall stretch outtheirwings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubimshallbetoward the mercy seat.

21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, andin the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.

22 Andthere I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, frombetween the two cherubim whichareon the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

The Table for the Showbread

23 “You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubitsshallbeits length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.

25 You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.

26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners thatareat its four legs.

27 The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.

28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

29 You shall makeits dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.

30 And you shall set theshowbread on the table before Me always.

The Gold Lampstand

31 “You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, itsornamentalknobs, and flowers shall beofonepiece.

32 And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

33 Three bowlsshallbemade like almondblossomson one branch,withanornamentalknob and a flower, and three bowls made like almondblossomson the other branch,withanornamentalknob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

34 On the lampstand itself four bowlsshallbemade like almondblossoms, each withitsornamentalknob and flower.

35 Andthereshallbea knob under thefirsttwo branches of the same, a knob under thesecondtwo branches of the same, and a knob under thethirdtwo branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

36 Their knobs and their branchesshallbeofonepiece;all of itshallbeone hammered piece of pure gold.

37 You shall make seven lamps for it, andthey shall arrange its lamps so that theygive light in front of it.

38 And its wick-trimmers and their traysshallbeof pure gold.

39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

40 Andsee to it that you makethemaccording to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.

The Tabernacle

1 “Moreoveryou shall make the tabernaclewithten curtainsoffine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarletthread;with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.

2 The length of each curtainshallbetwenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. And every one of the curtains shall have the same measurements.

3 Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, andtheotherfive curtainsshallbecoupled to one another.

4 And you shall make loops of blueyarnon the edge of the curtain on the selvedge ofoneset, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge oftheothercurtain of the second set.

5 Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain thatison the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.

6 And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.

7 “You shall also make curtains of goats’hair,to be a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.

8 The length of each curtainshallbethirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measurements.

9 And you shall couple five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the forefront of the tent.

10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost inoneset, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

11 And you shall make fifty bronze clasps, put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

12 The remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

13 And a cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side, of what remains of 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.

14 “You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.

15 “And for the tabernacle you shallmake the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

16 Ten cubitsshallbethe length of a board, and a cubit and a halfshallbethe width of each board.

17 Two tenonsshallbein each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.

19 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side,thereshallbetwenty boards

21 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.

22 For the far side of the tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.

23 And you shall also make two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

24 They shall be coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.

25 So there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver—sixteen sockets—two sockets under each of the boards.

26 “And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,

27 five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far side westward.

28 Themiddle bar shall pass through the midst of the boards from end to end.

29 You shall overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of goldasholders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.

30 And you shall raise up the tabernacleaccording to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.

31 “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarletthread,and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim.

32 You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acaciawoodoverlaid with gold. Their hooksshallbegold, upon four sockets of silver.

33 And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bringthe ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you betweenthe holyplaceand the Most Holy.

34 You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy.

35 You shall set the table outside the veil, andthe lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

36 “You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle,wovenofblue, purple, and scarletthread,and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.

37 And you shall make for the screenfive pillars of acaciawood,and overlay them with gold; their hooksshallbegold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.

The Altar of Burnt Offering

1 “You shall makean altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its heightshallbethree cubits.

2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

3 Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

4 You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

5 You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.

6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7 The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.

8 You shall make it hollow with boards;as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they makeit.

The Court of the Tabernacle

9 “You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south sidethereshallbehangings for the courtmadeoffine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.

10 And its twenty pillars and their twenty socketsshallbebronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bandsshallbesilver.

11 Likewise along the length of the north sidethereshallbehangings one hundredcubitslong, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

12 “And along the width of the court on the west sideshallbehangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

13 The width of the court on the east sideshallbefifty cubits.

14 The hangings ononesideofthegateshallbefifteen cubits,withtheir three pillars and their three sockets.

15 And on the other sideshallbehangings of fifteencubits, withtheir three pillars and their three sockets.

16 “For the gate of the courtthereshallbea screen twenty cubits long,wovenofblue, purple, and scarletthread,and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. Itshallhavefour pillars and four sockets.

17 All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; theirhooksshallbeof silver and their sockets of bronze.

18 The length of the courtshallbeone hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits,madeoffine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.

19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court,shallbeof bronze.

The Care of the Lampstand

20 “Andyou shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

21 In the tabernacle of meeting,outside the veil whichisbefore the Testimony,Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before theLord.Itshallbea statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

Garments for the Priesthood

1 “Now takeAaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me aspriest, AaronandAaron’s sons:Nadab, Abihu,Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 Andyou shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

3 Soyou shall speak to allwhoaregifted artisans,whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.

4 And thesearethe garments which they shall make:a breastplate,an ephod,a robe,a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, anda sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

5 “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarletthread,and the fine linen,

6 and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple,andscarletthread,and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

7 It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, andsoit shall be joined together.

8 And the intricately woven band of the ephod, whichison it, shall be of the same workmanship,madeofgold, blue, purple, and scarletthread,and fine woven linen.

9 “Then you shall take two onyxstones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

10 six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of theirbirth.

11 With the work of anengraver in stone,likethe engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.

12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephodasmemorial stones for the sons of Israel. SoAaron shall bear their names before theLordon his two shouldersas a memorial.

13 You shall also make settings of gold,

14 and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

The Breastplate

15 “You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarletthread,and fine woven linen, you shall make it.

16 It shall be doubled into a square: a spanshallbeits length, and a spanshallbeits width.

17 And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones:Thefirstrowshallbea sardius, a topaz, and an emerald;thisshallbethe first row;

18 the second rowshallbea turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

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

20 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

21 And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names,likethe engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

22 “You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold.

23 And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 Then you shall put the two braidedchainsof gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate;

25 and theothertwo ends of the two braidedchainsyou shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

26 “You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod.

27 And twootherrings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.

28 They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.

29 “So Aaron shallbear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holyplace,as a memorial before theLordcontinually.

30 Andyou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before theLord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before theLordcontinually.

Other Priestly Garments

31 “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

32 There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear.

33 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around.

35 And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holyplacebefore theLordand when he comes out, that he may not die.

36 “You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it,likethe engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

37 And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.

38 So it shall be on Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron maybear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may beaccepted before theLord.

39 “You shallskillfully weave the tunic of fine linenthread,you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.

40 “For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make hats for them, for glory andbeauty.

41 So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shallanoint them,consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

42 And you shall makefor them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs.

43 They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come nearthe altar to minister in the holyplace,that theydo not incur iniquity and die.Itshallbea statute forever to him and his descendants after him.

Aaron and His Sons Consecrated

1 “And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests:Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

2 andunleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).

3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.

4 “And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting,and you shall wash them with water.

5 Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with theintricately woven band of the ephod.

6 You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.

7 And you shall take the anointingoil, pouriton his head, and anoint him.

8 Thenyou shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.

9 And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them.The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shallconsecrate Aaron and his sons.

10 “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, andAaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.

11 Then you shall kill the bull before theLord,bythe door of the tabernacle of meeting.

12 You shall takesomeof the blood of the bull and putitonthe horns of the altar with your finger, andpour all the blood beside the base of the altar.

13 Andyou shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobeattachedto the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat thatison them, and burnthemon the altar.

14 Butthe flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. Itisa sin offering.

15 “You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shallput their hands on the head of the ram;

16 and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood andsprinkleitall around on the altar.

17 Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and putthemwith its pieces and with its head.

18 And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. Itisaburnt offering to theLord; itisa sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to theLord.

19 “You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.

20 Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and putiton the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.

21 And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some ofthe anointing oil, and sprinkleiton Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; andhe and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

22 “Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobeattachedtothe liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for itisa ram of consecration),

23 one loaf of bread, one cakemadewithoil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread thatisbefore theLord;

24 and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shallwave themasa wave offering before theLord.

25 You shall receive them back from their hands and burnthemon the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before theLord. Itisan offering made by fire to theLord.

26 “Then you shall takethe breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and wave itasa wave offering before theLord; and it shall be your portion.

27 And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecratethe breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, ofthatwhichisfor Aaron and ofthatwhich is for his sons.

28 It shall be from the children of IsraelforAaron and his sonsby a statute forever. For it is a heave offering;it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings,thatis,their heave offering to theLord.

29 “And theholy garments of Aaronshall be his sons’ after him,to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them.

30 That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on forseven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holyplace.

31 “And you shall take the ram of the consecration andboil its flesh in the holy place.

32 Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and thebread thatisin the basket,bythe door of the tabernacle of meeting.

33 They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrateandto sanctify them;but an outsider shall not eatthem,because theyareholy.

34 And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, thenyou shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because itisholy.

35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you.Seven days you shall consecrate them.

36 And youshall offer a bull every dayasa sin offering for atonement.You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.

37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy.Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

The Daily Offerings

38 “Now thisiswhat you shall offer on the altar:two lambs of the first year,day by day continually.

39 One lamb you shall offerin the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.

40 With the one lamb shall be one-tenthofanephahof flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wineasa drink offering.

41 And the other lamb you shalloffer at twilight; and you shall offer with it the grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to theLord.

42 Thisshallbea continual burnt offering throughout your generationsatthe door of the tabernacle of meeting before theLord,where I will meet you to speak with you.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, andthetabernacleshall be sanctified by My glory.

44 So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will alsoconsecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.

45 I will dwell among the children of Israel and willbe their God.

46 And they shall know thatIamtheLordtheir God, whobrought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. IamtheLordtheir God.

The Altar of Incense

1 “You shall makean altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood.

2 A cubitshallbeits length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubitsshallbeits height. Its hornsshallbeof one piece with it.

3 And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.

4 Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall placethemon its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it.

5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 And you shall put it before theveil thatisbefore the ark of the Testimony, before themercy seat thatisover the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

7 “Aaron shall burn on itsweet incense every morning; whenhe tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.

8 And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before theLordthroughout your generations.

9 You shall not offerstrange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.

10 AndAaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. Itismost holy to theLord.”

The Ransom Money

11 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

12 “When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall givea ransom for himself to theLord, when you number them, that there may be noplague among them whenyounumber them.

13 This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary(a shekelistwenty gerahs).The half-shekelshallbean offering to theLord.

14 Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to theLord.

15 Therich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, whenyougive an offering to theLord, to make atonement for yourselves.

16 And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, andshall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may bea memorial for the children of Israel before theLord, to make atonement for yourselves.”

The Bronze Laver

17 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

18 “You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shallput it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,

19 for Aaron and his sonsshall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.

20 When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to theLord, they shall wash with water, lest they die.

21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. Andit shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”

The Holy Anointing Oil

22 Moreover theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

23 “Also take for yourselfquality spices—five hundredshekelsof liquidmyrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fiftyshekels), two hundred and fiftyshekelsof sweet-smellingcane,

24 five hundredshekelsofcassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and ahin of olive oil.

25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall bea holy anointing oil.

26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;

27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense;

28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy;whatever touches them must be holy.

30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, thattheymay minister to Me as priests.

31 “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

32 It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you makeanyotherlike it, according to its composition.Itisholy,andit shall be holy to you.

33 Whoever compoundsanylike it, or whoever putsanyof it on an outsider,shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

The Incense

34 And theLordsaid to Moses:“Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense withthesesweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.

35 You shall make of these an incense, a compoundaccording to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure,andholy.

36 And you shall beatsomeof it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meetingwhere I will meet with you.It shall be most holy to you.

37 Butasforthe incense which you shall make,you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for theLord.

38 Whoever makesanylike it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

Artisans for Building the Tabernacle

1 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel theson of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

3 And I havefilled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in allmannerofworkmanship,

4 to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,

5 in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in allmannerofworkmanship.

6 “And I, indeed I, have appointed with himAholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all thegifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

7 the tabernacle of meeting,the ark of the Testimony andthe mercy seat thatison it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle—

8 the table and its utensils,the puregoldlampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

9 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, andthe laver and its base—

10 the garments of ministry, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,

11 and the anointing oil andsweet incense for the holyplace.According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”

The Sabbath Law

12 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying,

13 “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying:‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for itisa sign between Me and you throughout your generations, thatyoumay know that IamtheLordwhosanctifies you.

14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, foritisholy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; forwhoever doesanywork on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

15 Work shall be done forsix days, but theseventhisthe Sabbath of rest, holy to theLord. Whoever doesanywork on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generationsasa perpetual covenant.

17 Itisa sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; forinsix days theLordmade the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”

18 And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Mosestwo tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.