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39 ¶ And of the blue and purple and scarlet, they made the clothing of the ministry, to minister in the sanctuary, and in the same manner they made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
2 He also made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3 And they beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wires to work it in the blue and in the purple and in the scarlet and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
4 They made the shoulder pieces for it to couple it together; by the two edges was it coupled together.
5 And the special girdle of his ephod, that was over it, was of the same, according to the work thereof: of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen as the LORD had commanded Moses.
6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in settings of gold, graven, as seals are graven, with the names of the sons of Israel.
7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod that they should be stones for a memorial to the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
8 He also made the pectoral of cunning work, like the work of the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 It was square; they made the pectoral double; a span was the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
10 And they set in it four orders of stones. The order was a ruby, an emerald, and a chrysolite: this was the first order.
11 The second order, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond.
12 The third order, a topaz, a turquoise, and an amethyst.
13 And the fourth order, a tarshish (or beryl), an onyx, and a jasper; they were set and inclosed in their settings of gold.
14 The stones were in agreement with the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, in agreement with their names, like the engravings of a seal, each one in agreement with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
15 They also made the small chains upon the pectoral of wreathen work of pure gold.
16 In the same manner they made two settings of gold and two gold rings and put the two rings in the two ends of the pectoral.
17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in those two rings on the ends of the pectoral.
18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two settings, which they put on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front part of it.
19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the pectoral upon the border of it, which was on the lower side of the ephod.
20 And they made two other golden rings and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath toward the front part of it, in the front of its coupling, above the special girdle of the ephod.
21 And they bound the pectoral by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue lace, that it might be above the special girdle of the ephod and that the pectoral might not be loosed from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue,
23 with its collar in the midst of the robe, as the collar of a habergeon, with a band round about the collar that it should not rend.
24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
25 They also made the bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.
27 And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,
28 likewise the mitre of fine linen and the decorations of the tiaras of fine linen and the linen underwear of fine twined linen,
29 also the girdle of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet of needlework, as the LORD commanded Moses.
30 And they made the open flower, the crown of holiness, of pure gold and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a seal, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD.
31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue to fasten it over the mitre, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
32 ¶ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony finished, and the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so did they.
33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tabernacle and all its furniture, its hooks, its boards, its bars and its pillars and its sockets,
34 and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red and the covering of badgers’ skins and the veil of the curtain,
35 the ark of the testimony and its staves, and the seat of reconciliation,
36 the table and all its vessels, and the showbread,
37 the pure lampstand with its lamps, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels and the oil for light,
38 the golden altar and the anointing oil and the aromatic incense and the hanging for the tabernacle door.
39 The brasen altar with its grate of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, and the laver and its base.
40 The hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, its cords and its stakes, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tabernacle of the testimony,
41 the clothing of service for ministry in the sanctuary, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priesthood.
42 According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel made all the work.
43 And Moses looked upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it; and Moses blessed them.
40 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 In the day of the first month, the first of the month shalt thou set up the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony.
3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the ark with the veil.
4 And thou shalt bring in the table and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it, and thou shalt bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.
5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
6 Then thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle, of the tabernacle of the testimony.
7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar and shalt put water therein.
8 Last, thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and shalt sanctify it with all its vessels, and it shall be holy.
10 And thou shalt also anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels and sanctify the altar, and it shall be an altar most holy.
11 In the same manner thou shalt anoint the laver and its base and sanctify it.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water.
13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him, that he may be my priest.
14 And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
15 And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be my priests; and it shall be that their anointing shall be unto them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.
16 ¶ Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year on the first day of the month that the tabernacle was raised up.
18 And Moses caused the tabernacle to be raised up and fastened its sockets and set up its boards and put in its bars and caused its pillars to be raised up.
19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves on the ark and put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark above,
21 and he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the curtain and covered the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.
22 And he put the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, upon the side of the Aquilon of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
24 And he put the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table, on the side of the Negev of the tabernacle.
25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
26 He also put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the testimony before the veil.
27 And he burnt aromatic incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
28 In the same manner he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle, of the tabernacle of the testimony, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the present, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30 And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar and put water in it, to wash with.
31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet in it.
32 When they would enter into the tabernacle of the testimony and when they would come near unto the altar, they washed themselves, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
33 Last he raised up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging of the court gate. Thus Moses finished the work.
34 ¶ Then a cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of the testimony because the cloud was upon it, and the glory of the LORD had it full.
36 And when the cloud lifted itself up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel went onward in all their journeys;
37 but if the cloud did not lift itself up, then they did not journey until the day that it lifted itself up.
38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and the fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
1 ¶ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus, the Christ, Son of God,
2 as it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.
4 John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea and those of Jerusalem and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey
7 and preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
9 ¶ And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth a city of Galilee and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
10 And as soon as he was come out of the water, John saw the heavens opened and the Spirit like a dove descending and resting upon him;
11 and there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my dear Son, in whom I delight.
12 And immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness.
13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days and forty nights and was tempted of Satan and was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered unto him.
14 ¶ Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God
15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye and believe the gospel.
16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.
17 And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
18 And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him.
19 And when he had gone a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
20 And straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, they went after him.
21 And they entered into Capernaum, and straightway on the sabbath days he entered into the synagogue and taught.
22 And they marvelled at his learning, for he taught them as one that had power with him, and not as the scribes.
23 ¶ And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
24 saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him.
26 And the unclean spirit tore him and cried with a loud voice and came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? for he commands the unclean spirits with power, and they obey him.
28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ Plead my cause, O LORD, with those that strive with me; fight against those that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up in my help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those that persecute me; say unto my soul; I am thy saving health.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in his saving health.
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?
11 ¶ False witnesses rose up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good until my soul was alone.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.
15 But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:
16 With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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