he said to Moses. thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel: and you shall adore afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh: neither shall the people come up with him. 3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts,† and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. 6 Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar. 7 And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken, we will do: we will be obedient. 8 And he took the blood, and sprinkled it upon the people: and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. 9 Taen Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu,' and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven when clear. I Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off: and they saw God, and they did eat and drink. 12 And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written; that thou mayst teach them: 13 Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: And Moses going up into the mount of God, 14 Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them. 15 And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses entering into the midst of the eloud, went up into the mountain: And he was there forty days, and forty nights. bring first-fruitst to me: of every man that offer eth of his own accord, you shall take them. 3 And these are the things you must take: Gold, and silver, and brass, and fine linen, and goat's hair, and setim-wood;§ 6 Oil to make lights; spices for ointment, and 7 Unet-moning incense 7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational;|| 8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them: 9 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will show thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it: 10 Frame an ark of setim-wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half; the breadth, a cubit and a half; the height, likewise a cubit and a half. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about: 12 And four golden rings, which thou shalt put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other. 13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim-wood, and shalt overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them: 15 And they shall be always in the rings; neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them. 16 And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee. 17 Thou shalt make also a propitiatory¶ of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half. 18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle. 19 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other. 20 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle; and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered: 21 In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee. 22 Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee. 23 Thou shalt make a table** also of setimwood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest First-fruits: offerings, of some of the best and choicest of their goods. § Setim-wood. The wood of a tree that grows in the wilderness, which is said to be incorruptible. The ephod and the rational. The ephod was the high priest's upper vestment; and the rational his breastplate in which were twelve gems, &c. A propitiatory: a covering for the ark, called a propitiatory, or mercy seat, because the Lord, who was supposed to sit there upon the wings of the cherubims, with the ark for his footstool, from thence showed mercy. It is also called the oracle, ver. 18 and 20, because from thence, God gave his orders and his answers. **A table: on which were to be placed the twelve loaves of proposition; or, as they are called in the Hebrew the face-bread, because they were always to stand before the face of the Lord in his temple; as a figure of the eucharistic sacrifice and sacrament, in the church of Christ. gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge, 7 Thou shalt make also eleven curtains of goats' round about, hair, to cover the top of the tabernacle. 25 And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high; and over the same another little golden crown. 26 Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, an 1 shalt put them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot. 27 Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried. 28 The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim-wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table. 29 Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations* are to be offered of the purest gold. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always. 31 Thou shalt make also a candlestickt of beaten work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it. 32 Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of one side, and three out of the other. 33 Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily: and three cups likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft: 34 And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one bowls and lilies. 35 Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six coming forth out of one shaft. 36 And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold. 8 The length of one hair-curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth, four: the measure of all the curtains shall be equal. 9 Five of which thou shalt couple by themselves: and the six others thou shalt couple one to another, so as to double the sixth curtain in the front of the roof. 10 Thou shalt make also fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, that it may be joined with the other; and fifty loops in the edge of the other curtain, that it may be coupled with its fellow. 11 Thou shalt make also fifty buckles of brass, wherewith the loops may be joined, that of all there may be made one covering. 12 And that which shall remain of the curtains, that are prepared for the roof, to wit, one curtain that is over and above, with the half thereof thou shalt cover the back parts of the tabernacle. 13 And there shall hang down a cubit on the one side, and another on the other side, which is over and above in the length of the curtains, fencing both sides of the tabernacle. 14 Thou shalt make also another cover to the roof, of rams' skins dyed red; and over that again another cover of violet-coloured skins. 15 Thou shalt make also the boards of the tabernacle standing upright of setim-wood. 16 Let every one of them be ten cubits in length, and in breadth one cubit and a half. 17 In the sides of the boards, shall be made two mortises, whereby one board may be joined to another board: and after this manner shall all the boards be prepared. 18 Of which twenty shall be in the south side southward. 19 For which thou shalt cast forty sockets of silver, that under every board may be put two sockets at the two corners. 20 In the second side also of the tabernacle that 37 Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over-looketh to the north, there shall be twenty boards, against. 38 The snuffers also, and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold. 39 The whole weight of the candlestick with all the furniture thereof shall be a talent of the purest gold. 40 Look, and make it according to the pattern, that was shown thee in the mount. CHAP. XXVI. The form of the tabernacle with its appurte nances. 21 Having forty sockets of silver, two sockets shall be put under each board. 22 But on the west side of the tabernacle thou shalt make six boards. 23 And again other two which shall be erected in the corners at the back of the tabernacle. 24 And they shall be joined together from beneath unto the top, and one joint shall hold them all. The like joining shall be observed for the two boards also that are to be put in the cor ners. 25 And they shall be in all eight boards, and their silver sockets sixteen, reckoning two sockets AND thou shalt make the tabernacle in this for each board. Thou shalt make ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, diversified with embroidery. 2 The length of one curtain shall be twentyeight cubits: the breadth shall be four cubits. All the curtains shall be of one measure. 3 Five curtains shall be joined one to another: and the other five shall be coupled together in like manner. 4 Thou shalt make loops of violet in the sides and tops of the curtains, that they may be joined one to another. 26 Thou shalt make also five bars of setim-wood, to hold together the boards on one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five others on the other side, and as many at the west side: 28 And they shall be put along by the midst of the boards from one end to the other. 29 The boards also themselves thou shalt overlay with gold, and shalt cast rings of gold to be set upon them, for places for the bars to hold together the board-work: which bars thou shalt cover with plates of gold. 5 Every curtain shall have fifty loops on both 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle acsides, so set on, that one loop may be against an-cording to the pattern that was shown thee in the other loop, and one may be fitted to the other. mount. 6 Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold wherewith the veils of the curtains are to be joined, that it may be made one tabernacle. Libations. That is, drink-offerings. + A candlestick. This candlestick, with its seven lamps, which was always to give light in the house of God, was a figure of the light of the Holy Ghost, and his sevenfold grace, in the sanctuary of the church of Christ. 31 Thou shalt make also a veil of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidered work and goodly variety: 32 And thou shalt hang it up before four pillars of setim-wood, which themselves also shall be overlaid with gold, and shall have heads of gold, but sockets of silver. 33 And the veil shall be hanged on with rings; and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimo By: and the sanctuary and the holy of the holies' be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads, shall be divided with it. and sockets of brass. 34 And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the 18 In length the court shall take up a hundred ark of the testimony in the holy of holies, cubits; in breadth fifty; the height shall be of 35 And the table without the veil and over-five cubits; and it shall be made of fine twisted against the table the candlestick in the south side linen, and shall have sockets of brass. of the tabernacle: for the table shall stand in the north side. 36 Thou shalt make also a hanging in the entrance of the tabernacle of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen with embroidered work. 37 And thou shalt overlay with gold five pillars of setim-wood, before which the hanging shall be drawn: their heads shall be of gold, and the sockets of brass. CHAP. XXVII. The altar; and the court of the tabernacle with its hangings and pillars. Provision of oil for lamps. HOU make also an 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies, and the pins both of it, and of the court, thou shalt make of brass. 20 Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle; that a lamp may burn always 21 In the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of Israel. CHAP. XXVIII. The holy vestments for Aaron and his sons. T which shall be five cubital tor of setim-wood,AKE unto thee also Aaron thy brother with broad, that is four-square, and three cubits high. 2 And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs, and flesh-hooks, and fire-pans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass: 4 And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass, 5 Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar. 6 Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar of setim-wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of brass: 7 And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it. 8 Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shown thee in the mount. 9 Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernaele, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side, 10 And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which with their engraving shall be of silver. 11 In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver. 12 But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets. 13 In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits: 14 In which there shall be for one side hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets. 15 And in the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and as many sockets. 16 And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted finen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars, with as many sockets. 17 All the pillars of the court round about shall *The sanctuary, &c. That part of the tabernacle, which was without the veil, into which the priests daily entered, is here called the sanctuary, or holy place; that part which was within the veil, into which no one but the high-priest ever went, and he but once a year, is called the holy of holies (literally, the sanctuaries of the sanctuary,) as being the most holy of all holy places. his sons, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister to me in the priest's office: Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 And thou shalt make a holy vesture for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's vestments, in which he being consecrated may minister to me. 4 And these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A rational and an ephod, a tunic and a straight linen garment, a mitre and a girdle. They shall make the holy vestments for thy brother Aaron and his sons, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me. 5 And they shall take gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen. 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, embroidered with divers colours. 7 It shall have the two edges joined in the top on both sides, that they may be closed together. 8 The very workmanship also and all the variety of the work, shall be of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and shalt grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 Six names on one stone, and the other six on the other, according to the order of their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver and the grav. ing of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about: 12 And thou shalt put them in both sides of the ephod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon both shoulders, for a remembrance. 13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold. 14 And two little chains of the purest gold linked one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks. 15 And thou shalt make the rational of judgment† with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of † The rational of judgment. This part of the high-priest's attire, which he wore at his breast, was called the rational of judgment; partly because it admonished both priest and people of their duty to God; by carrying the names of all their tribes in his presence: and by the Urim and Thummim, that is, doctrine and truth, which were written upon it: and partly because it gave divine answers and oracles, as if it were rational and endowed with judgment. gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, priest. And Aaron shall bear the iniquities of and fine twisted linen. those things, which the children of Israel have of16 It shall be four-square and doubled: it shall fered and sanctified, in all their gifts and offerDe the measure of a span both in length and in ings. And the plate shall be always on his forebreadth. head, that the Lord may be well pleased with 17 And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones: them. In the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald. 39 And thou shalt gird the tunic with fine linen, and thou shalt make a fine linen mitre, and 18 In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a ja girdle of embroidered work. jasper: 40 Moreover for the sons of Aaron thou shalt 19 In the third a ligurius, an agate, and an ame-prepare linen tunics, and girdles and mitres for thyst: glory and beauty: 20 In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows. 21 And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they be engraved, each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes. 22 And thou shalt make on the rational chains linked one to another of the purest gold: 23 And two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the two ends at the top of the rational. 24 And the golden chains thou shalt join to the rings, that are in the ends thereof: 25 And the ends of the chains themselves thou shalt join together with two hooks on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational. 26 Thou shalt make also two rings of gold which thou shalt put in the top parts of the rational, in the borders that are over-against the ephod, and look towards the back parts thereof. 27 Moreover also other two rings of gold, which are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath, that looketh towards the nether joining, that the rational may be fitted with the ephod, 41 And with all these things thou shalt vest Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me. 42 Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness from the reins to the thighs: 43 And Aaron and his sons shall use them when they shall go in to the tabernacle of the testimony, or when they approach to the altar to minister in the sanctuary, lest being guilty of iniquity they die. It shall be a law for ever to Aaron, and to his seed after him. CHAP. XXIX. The manner of consecrating Aaron and other priests; the institution of the daily sacrifice of two lambs, one in the morning, the other at evening. ND thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish, 28 And may be fastened by the rings thereof 2 And unleavened bread, and a cake without unto the rings of the ephod with a violet filiet, leaven, tempered with oil, wafers also unleaventhat the joining artificially wrought may conti-ed, anointed with oil: thou shalt make them all nue, and the rational and the ephod may not be of wheaten flour. loosed one from the other. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the rational of judgment upon his breast, when he shall enter into the sanctuary, a memorial before the Lord for ever. 30 And thou shalt put in the rational of judgment Doctrine and Truth,* which shall be on Aaron's breast, when he shall go in before the Lord: and he shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his breast, in the sight of the Lord always. 31 And thou shalt make the tunic of the ephod all of violet; 32 In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments, that it may not easily be broken. 3 And thou shalt put them in a basket, and offer them; and the calf and the two rams. 4 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. And when thou hast washed the father and his sons with water, 5 Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vestments, that is, with the linen garment and the tunic, and the ephod and the rational, which thou shalt gird with the girdle. 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre: 7 And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated. 8 Thou shalt bring his sons also, and shalt put on them the linen tunics, and gird them with a girdle: 33 And beneath at the feet of the same tunic, 9 To wit, Aaron and his children; and thou round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegra-shalt put mitres upon them: and they shall be nates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dy- priests to me by a perpetual ordinance. After ed, with little bells set between: thou shalt have consecrated their hands, 34 So that there shall be a golden bell and a pomegranate, and again another golden bell and a pomegranate 35 And Aaron shall be vested with it in the office of his ministry, that the sound may be heard, when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and that he may not die. 36 Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold; wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord. 37 And thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet, and it shall be upon the mitre, 38 Hanging over the forehead of the high 10 Thou shalt present also the calf before the tabernacle of the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon his head: 11 And thou shalt kill him in the sight of the Lord, beside the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And taking some of the blood of the calf, thou shalt put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger: and the rest of the blood thou shalt pour at the bottom thereof. 13 Thou shalt take also all the fat that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt offer a burnt-offering upon the altar: 14 But the flesh of the calf, and the hide, and the dung, thou shalt burn abroad, without the camp, because it is for sin. * Doctrine and Truth. Hebrew, Urim and Thummim: illuminations and perfections. These words written on the rational, seem to signify 15 Thou shalt take also one ram, upon the head the light of doctrine and the integrity of life, with whereof Aaron and his sons shall lay their which the priests of God ought to approach to hands. him. 16 And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar. 37 Seven days shalt thou explate the altar and sanctify it: and it shall be most holy. Every one 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces: and that shall touch it, shall be holy. having washed his entrails and feet, thou shalt 38 This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the put them upon the flesh that is cut in pieces, and altar: Two lambs of a year old every day conupon his head. 18 And thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt-offering upon the altar: it is an oblation to the Lord, a most sweet savour of the victim of the Lord. 19 Thou shalt take also the other ram, upon whose head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands. 20 And when thou hast sacrificed him, thou shalt take of his blood, and put upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumbs and great toes of their right hand and foot: and thou shalt pour the blood upon the altar round about. tinually, 39 One lamb in the morning, and another in the evening. 40 With one lamb a tenth part of flour tempered with beaten oil, of the fourth part of a hin, and wine for libation of the same measure. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening, according to the rite of the morning oblation, and according to what we have said, for a savour of sweetness: 42 It is a sacrifice to the Lord, by perpetual oblation unto your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord, where I will appoint to speak unto thee. 21 And when thou hast taken of the blood that 43 And there will I command the children of is upon the altar, and of the oil of unction, thou Israel, and the altar shall be sanctified by my shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture, his sons and glory. their vestments. And after they and their vestments are consecrated, 22 Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because it is the ram of consecration; 23 And one roll of bread, a cake tempered with oil, a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread, which is set in the sight of the Lord: 24 And thou shalt put all upon the hands of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt sanctify them, elevating before the Lord. 25 And thou shalt take all from their hands; and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation. 26 Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated: and elevating it, thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord; and it shall fall to thy share. 27 And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram, 28 Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons; and they shall fall to Aaron's share and his sons by a perpetual right from the children of Israel: because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace-victims which they offer to the Lord. 29 And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use, his sons shall have after him, that they may be anointed, and their hands consecrated in it. 30 He of his sons that shall be appointed highpriest in his stead, and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary, shall wear it seven days. 31 And thou shalt take the ram of the conseeration, and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place: 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat it. The loaves also, that are in the basket, they shall eat! in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, 33 That it may be an atoning sacrifice, and the hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A stranger shall not eat of them, because they are holy. 34 And if there remain of the consecrated flesh, or of the bread till the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire; they shall not be eaten, because they are sanctified. 35 All that I have commanded thee, thou shalt do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven days shalt thou consecrate their hands: 36 And thou shalt offer a calf for sin every day for expiation. And thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast offered the victim of expiation, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. 44 I will sanctify also the tabernacle of the testimony with the altar, and Aaron with his sons, to do the office of priesthood unto me. 45 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will be their God: 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who have brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might abide among them, I the Lord their God. CHAP. XXX. The altar of incense: money to be gathered for the use of the tabernacle: the brazen laver: the holy oil of unction, and the composition of the perfume. HOU shalt make also an altar to burn in To shalt make also a 2 It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about, and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about, 4 And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried. 5 And thou shalt make the bars also of setimwood, and shalt overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt set the altar over-against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn sweet-smelling incense upon it, in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it: 8 And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor oblation, and victim: neither shall you offer libations. 10 And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord. 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord: and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned. 13 And this shall every one give that passeth at An altar to burn incense. This burning of incense was an emblem of prayer, ascending to God from an inflamed heart. See Psalm exỉ. 2. Apocalypse v. 8. and viii. 4. 50 |