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Prophecy 9, 90, 107;
Exodus 35:1-38:20;
2 Kings 12:1-17;
1 Cor. 3:11-18; 2 Cor. 9:6-11;



Exodus 35:1-38:20


1 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them, These are the Words which YAHUVEH has commanded, to do them:
2 Work may be done six days and on the seventh day it shall be holy to you, a Sabbath of rest to YAHUVEH; everyone doing work in it surely shall die.
3 You shall not kindle a fire in all your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath.
4 And Moses said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, This is the thing which YAHUVEH commanded, saying,
5 Take from among you an offering to YAHUVEH. Everyone willing of heart shall bring it, the offering of YAHUVEH: gold and silver and bronze,
6 and blue, and purple, and crimson, and bleached linen, and goats’ hair,
7 and rams’ skins dyed red, and dugong skins, and acacia wood,
8 and oil for the light, and spices for the oil of anointing, and for the incense of perfumes;
9 and onyx stones, and stones of settings, for the ephod and for the breast pocket.
10 And every wise-hearted one among you, let them come and make all which YAHUVEH has commanded;
11 the tabernacle, its tent, and its cover, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
12 the ark, and its poles, the mercyseat and the veil of the covering,
13 the table and its poles, and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;
14 and the Menorah of the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of the light;
15 and the incense altar and its poles, and the oil of anointing, and the incense of perfumes, and the screen of the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
16 the altar of burnt offering, and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
17 the screens of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
18 the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;
19 the woven garments to minister in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests.
20 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from Moses.
21 And they came, every one whose heart was lifted up, and everyone whose spirit made him willing. They brought the offering of YAHUVEH for the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.
22 And the men came in together with the women, everyone willing of heart. They brought in bracelets, and nose rings, and rings, and ornaments, every gold article, and every one who waved a wave offering of gold to YAHUVEH.
23 And everyone with whom blue was found, and purple, and crimson, and bleached linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red, and dugong skins, they brought.
24 Everyone rising up with an offering of silver and bronze, they brought the offering of YAHUVEH; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, they brought.
25 And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands; and they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, and crimson and bleached linen.
26 And all the women whose hearts were lifted up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
27 And the leaders brought the onyx stones, and stones for the setting, for the ephod and for the breast pocket,
28 and the spice, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the perfumes.
29 And every man and woman whose hearts made them willing to bring for all the work which YAHUVEH commanded to be done by the hand of Moses; the sons of Israel brought a willing offering to YAHUVEH.
30 And Moses said to the sons of Israel, Behold! YAHUVEH has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
31 And He has filled him with the spirit of ELOHIM, in wisdom, in intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all workmanship,
32 and to devise designs, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
33 and in cuttings of stones for finishings, and in carving of wood, to work in all workmanship of design.
34 And He has put in his heart to teach, he and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,
35 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to do every work of a smith, and an artisan, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in crimson, and in bleached linen, and a weaver; doers of every work and devisers of designs.

*~Exodus Chapter 36 ~*


1 And Bezaleel and Aholiab shall work with everyone wise of heart to whom YAHUVEH has given wisdom and intelligence, to know how to do every work of the service of the sanctuary, concerning all which YAHUVEH had commanded.
2 And Moses called to Bezaleel, and to Aholiab, and to everyone wise of heart, to whom YAHUVEH had given a heart of wisdom, everyone whose heart had lifted him up to come near the work, to do it.
3 And they took every offering before Moses which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service in the holy place, to do it. And they brought to him still more willing offerings morning by morning.
4 And all the wise men came, those doing every kind of work for the sanctuary, each one from his work they were doing.
5 And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people are bringing more than enough for the service of the work that YAHUVEH commanded, to do it.
6 And Moses commanded, and they caused it to be voiced in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more offering for the sanctuary; and the people were held back from bringing.
7 And their property was sufficient for all the work, to do it, and it was too much.
8 And every wise-hearted one among the doers of the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains, twined, bleached linen, and blue, and purple, and crimson; he made them with cherubs, the work of an artisan.
9 The length of one curtain was twenty eight by the cubit; and the width was four by the cubit; the one curtain was the same measure for all the curtains.
10 And he joined five curtains one to another; and he joined five curtains one to another.
11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, from the end to the juncture; so he did at the edge of the last curtain at the second juncture.
12 He made fifty loops on one curtain; and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain which was at the second juncture; the loops cor-responded, one with another.
13 And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he joined the curtains by the hooks, one to another. And the tabernacle became one.
14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made them eleven curtains.
15 The length of the one curtain was thirty by the cubit, and four cubits the width of the one curtain; one measure to the eleven curtains.
16 And he joined the five curtains separately, and the six curtains separately.
17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the last curtain at the juncture; and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joined the second.
18 And he made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent, to unite it in one (echad).
19 And he made a cover for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red; and a cover of dugong skins from above.
20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle, standing planks of acacia wood.
21 The length of the board was ten cubits, and a cubit and a half was the width of the one board.
22 The one board was connected by two pins, one to another; so he did to all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward.
24 And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two pins.
25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, to the north side, he made twenty boards,
26 and their forty silver sockets; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.
27 And he made six boards for the sides of the tabernacle westward.
28 And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle, in the sides.
29 And they were double from below, and in like manner they were complete to its top, to the first ring. So he did to both of them, for the two corners.
30 And there were eight boards, and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets; two sockets and two sockets under the one board.
31 And he made bars of acacia wood; five to the boards of the second side of the tabernacle;
32 and five bars to the boards of the sides of the tabernacle westward.
33 And he made the middle bar to go through the middle of the boards, from end to end.
34 And he overlaid the boards with gold. And he made the rings gold, housing for the poles; and he overlaid the bars with gold.
35 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined, bleached linen. He made it the work of an artisan, with cherubs.
36 And he made four pillars of acacia for it. And he overlaid them with gold, their hooks gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.
37 And he made a screen for the door of the tabernacle, blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined, bleached linen, the work of an embroiderer;
38 and its five pillars, and their hooks; and they overlaid their tops and their bands with gold; and their five sockets bronze.

*~Exodus Chapter 37 ~*

1 And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
3 And he cast four rings of gold for it, on its four feet; two rings on its one side and two rings on its second side.
4 And he made poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold.
5 And he put the poles into the rings, on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
6 And he made a mercyseat of pure gold; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide.
7 And he made two cherubs of gold; he made them of beaten work, from the two ends of the mercyseat;
8 one cherub here at one end, and one cherub here at the other end. He made the cherubs from the mercyseat, from its two ends.
9 And the cherubs were spreading out wings above, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, their faces each toward the other; the faces of the cherubs were toward the mercyseat.
10 And he made the table of planks of acacia; two cubits long, and a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 And he overlaid it with pure gold; and he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
12 And he made for it a border of a hand’s breadth all around. And he made a wreath of gold for its border all around.
13 And he cast for it four rings of gold; and he put the rings on the four corners, which were to its four feet.
14 The rings were near the border, the housings for the poles, to carry the table.
15 And he made the poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold, to lift up the table.
16 And he made the vessels which were on the table, its platters and its bowls, and its sacrificial cups, and its pitchers by which a drink offering is made, with pure gold.
17 And he made the Menorah of pure gold; he made the Menorah of beaten work, its side, and its branch, its calyxes, its knobs and its blossoms were from it.
18 And six branches went out from its sides; three branches of the Menorah from one side, and three branches of the Menorah from its second side.
19 Three almond-like bowls were on the one branch, with knob and blossom; and three almond-like bowls on the one branch, with knob and blossom; so for the six branches, those going out from the Menorah .
20 And on the Menorah were four almond-like bowls, its knobs and its blossoms.
21 And a knob was under two branches of it, to the six branches, those going out from it.
22 The knobs and the branches of it were one beaten work of pure gold.
23 And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its pans of pure gold.
24 He made it and all its vessels from a talent of pure gold.
25 And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood; its length a cubit, and its width a cubit, square. And its height was two cubits; its horns were of it.
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides and its horns all around. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
27 And he made for it two rings of gold, from beneath its wreath, on its two corners, on its two sides, for housings for poles, to lift it.
28 And he made its poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold.
29 And he made the holy oil of anointing, and the pure incense of fragrant spices, the work of a perfumer.

*~Exodus Chapter 38 ~*


1 And he made the altar of the burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits its length and five cubits its width, square; and its height was three cubits.
2 And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of it. And he overlaid it with bronze.
3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the sacrificial bowls, the fleshhooks and the firepans. He made all its vessels of bronze.
4 And he made a network of bronze grating for the altar, from below under its ledge, as far as its middle.
5 And he cast four rings in its four ends to the bronze grating, housings for the poles.
6 And he made the poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with bronze.
7 And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to lift it with them. He made it hollow with planks.
8 And he made the laver bronze, and its base bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women, those assembling, who served at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9 And he made the court. To the side of the Negev, to the south, the curtains of the court were twined bleached linen, a hundred by the cubit.
10 Their pillars were twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
11 And for the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars were twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
12 And for the west side, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and her bands were silver.
13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits,
14 curtains of fifteen cubits to the side, their pillars three and their sockets three.
15 And for the second side on this side and on that side to the opening of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three.
16 All the curtains of the court all around were twined bleached linen.
17 And the sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. And the overlaying of their capitals were silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.
18 And the screen of the opening of the court was an embroiderer’s work, blue and purple and crimson, and bleached twined linen, and twenty cubits long, and the height was five cubits in width; the curtains of the court joining.
19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands were silver.
20 And all the pins for the tabernacle and for the court all around were bronze.