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ephod toward its front, right at the seam the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of
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above the intricately woven band of the ephod. meeting; and the garments of ministry, to
21 And they bound the breastplate by means of minister in the holy place: the holy garments
its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments,
cord, so that it would be above the intricately to minister as priests.
woven band of the ephod, and that the breast- 42 According to all that the LORD had com-
plate would not come loose from the ephod, as manded Moses, so the children of Israel did
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the LORD had commanded Moses. all the work. Then Moses looked over all the
22 He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, and indeed they had done it; as the
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work, all of blue. And there was an opening in LORD had commanded, just so they had done
the middle of the robe, like the opening in a it. And Moses blessed them.
coat of mail, with a woven binding all around Then the LORD spoke to Moses, say-
the opening, so that it would not tear. They 40 ing: “On the first day of the first
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made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of month you shall set up the tabernacle of the
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blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven tent of meeting. You shall put in it the ark of
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linen. And they made bells of pure gold, and the Testimony, and partition off the ark with
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put the bells between the pomegranates on the veil. You shall bring in the table and ar-
the hem of the robe all around between the range the things that are to be set in order on
pomegranates: a bell and a pomegranate, a it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and
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bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of light its lamps. You shall also set the altar of
the robe to minister in, as the LORD had com- gold for the incense before the ark of the
manded Moses. Testimony, and put up the screen for the door
27 They made tunics, artistically woven of of the tabernacle. Then you shall set the altar
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fine linen, for Aaron and his sons, a turban of of the burnt offering before the door of the
fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And you
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trousers of fine woven linen, and a sash of shall set the laver between the tabernacle of
fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet meeting and the altar, and put water in it. You
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thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had shall set up the court all around, and hang up
commanded Moses. the screen at the court gate.
30 Then they made the plate of the holy 9 “And you shall take the anointing oil, and
crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscrip- anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and
tion like the engraving of a signet: you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it
shall be holy. You shall anoint the altar of the
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HOLINESS TO THE LORD. burnt offering and all its utensils, and conse-
crate the altar. The altar shall be most holy.
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31 And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it And you shall anoint the laver and its base,
above on the turban, as the LORD had com- and consecrate it.
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manded Moses. “Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons
32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and
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tent of meeting was finished. And the children wash them with water. You shall put the holy
of Israel did according to all that the LORD had garments on Aaron, and anoint him and con-
commanded Moses; so they did. And they secrate him, that he may minister to Me as
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brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and priest. And you shall bring his sons and
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all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its clothe them with tunics. You shall anoint
bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the covering them, as you anointed their father, that they
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of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger may minister to Me as priests; for their anoint-
skins, and the veil of the covering; the ark of ing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood
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the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy throughout their generations.”
seat; the table, all its utensils, and the show- 16 Thus Moses did; according to all that the
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bread; the pure gold lampstand with its lamps LORD had commanded him, so he did.
(the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and 17 And it came to pass in the first month of
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the oil for light; the gold altar, the anointing the second year, on the first day of the month,
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oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the that the tabernacle was raised up. So Moses
tabernacle door; the bronze altar, its grate of raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets,
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bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up
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with its base; the hangings of the court, its its pillars. And he spread out the tent over
pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent
gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for on top of it, as the LORD had commanded
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