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28. And of the thousand seven hundred, seventy and five fhekels, be made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

29. And the brafs of the offering was feventy talents, and two thousand, and four hundred fhekels.

30. And therewith he made the fockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brafen altar, and the brafen grate for it, and all the veffels of the al

tar.

31. And the fockets of the court round about, and the fockets of the court-gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

CHAP. XXXIX.

The ARGUMENT.

of the Clothes of Service and Holy Garments. The Tabernacle is brought to Mofes with its feveral Utensils, and approved of by him.

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3. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wiers; to work it in the blue, and in the purple and in the Scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

4. They

4. They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it toge ther: by the two edges was it coupled together.

5. And the curious girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the fame, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Mofes.

6. And they wrought onyxStones enclosed in ouches of gold, graven as fignets are graven, with the names of the children of Ifrael.

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6. And they wrought: Ch. 28. 9.

7. Memorial: Ch

7. And he put them on the Shoulders of the ephod, that they 28. 12. fhould be ftones for a memorial to the children of Ifrael; as the LORD commanded Mofes.

8. And he made the breaft-plate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and Scarlet, and fine twined linen.

8. Breaft-plate?

Ch. 28. 15.

9. It was four-fquare, they made the breaft-plate double a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof being doubled.

10. And they fet in it four rows of ftones: the first row was a fardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

10. Sardius: Or,

Ruby,

11. And the Second row, an emeraud, a sapphire, and a diamond.

12. And the third row, a figure, an agate, and an amethyst.

13. And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jaf per: they were inclofed in ouches of gold in their inclo fings.

14. And

14. And the ftones were according to the names of the children of Ifrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a fignet, every one with his name, a cording to the twelve tribes.

15. And they made upon the breaft-plate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

16. And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings and put the two rings in the two ends of the breaft-plate.

17. And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breaft-plate.

18. And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they faftened in the two ouches, and put them on the fhoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

19. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breaft-plate upon the border of it, which was on the fide of the ephod inward.

20. And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two fides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, a bove the curious girdle of the ephod.

21. And they did bind the breaft-plate by his rings into the rings of the ephod, with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breaft-plate might not be loofed from the ephod, as the LORD commanded Mofes.

22. And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

23. And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the bole, that it should not rent.

24. And they made upon the hems of the robe, pomegranates of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and twined linen.

25. And they made bells of pure 25. Bells: Ch.28. gold, and put the bells between the 33.

pomegranates, upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates.

26. A

26. A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate round about the hem of the robe to minifter in; as the LORD commanded Mofes.

27. And they made coats of fine linen, of woven work, for Aaron and for his fons,

28. And a mitre of fine linen,

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28. Linen breeches:

and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and Ch. 28.42. linen breeches of fine twined li

nen,

29. And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and fearlet, of needle-work; as the LORD commanded Mofes.

30. And they made the plate of the holy crown, of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a fignet, HOLI NESS TO THE LORD.

30. Holiness: Chi 28.36.

31. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to faften it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Mofes.

32. Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Ifrael did according to all that the LORD commanded Mofes, fo did they.

33. And they brought the tabernacle unto Mofes, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his fockets,

34. And the covering of rams skins died red, and the covering of badgers skins, and the veil of the covering, 35. The ark of the teftimony, and the ftaves thereof, and the mercy-feat,

36. The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,

37. The

37. The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, eve with the lamps to be fet in order, and all the vessels there of, and the oyl for light,

38. And the golden Altar, and the anointing oyl, and the sweet incenfe, and the hanging for the tabernacle-door,.

38. The Sweet incenfe: Heb. The in cenfe of fweet fpices.

39. The brafen altar, and his grate of brass, his ftaves, and all his veffels, the laver and his foot.

40. The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his Jockets, and the hanging for the court-gate, his cords and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation.

41. The clothes of service to do fervice in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his fons garments to minister in the priest's office.

42. According to all that the LORD commanded Mofes, fo the children of Ifrael made all the work.

43. And Mofes did look upon all the work, and behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even je had they done it: And Mofes blessed them.

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