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Aaron set apart

CHAP. XXVIII.

for the Priesthood. pieces thereof joined at the two edges his name sbali they be, according ta thereof; and so it shall be joined to-the twelve tribes. gether.

22 T And thou shalt make upon the 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, breastplate chains at the ends of which is upon it, shall be of the same, wreathen work of pure gold. according to the work thereof; even of 23 And thou shalt make upon the gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt and fine twined linen. put the two rings on the two ends of 9 And thou shalt take two onyx-the breastplate. stones, and grave on them the names 24 And thou shalt put the two of the children of Israel: wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

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10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in

11 With the work of an engraver in the two ouches, and put them on the stone, like the engravings of a signet, shoulder-pieces of the ephod before shalt thou engrave the two stones with it.

the names of the children of Israel: 26 T And thou shalt make two rings thou shalt make them to be set in of gold, and thou shalt put them upon ouches of gold. the two ends of the breastplate, in the 12 And thou shalt put the two stones border thereof, which is in the side of upon the shoulders of the ephod, for the ephod inward. stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD, upon his two shoulders, for a memorial.

13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the fore part thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 14 And two chains of pure gold at 28 And they shall bind the breastplate the ends; of wreathen work shalt by the rings thereof unto the rings of thou make thein, and fasten the the ephod with a lace of blue, that it wreatheu chains to the ouches. may be above the curious girdle of the 15 ¶ And thou shalt make the breast-fephod, and that the breastplate be not plate of judgment with cunning work; loosed from the ephod.

after the work of the ephod thou shali 29 And Aaron shall bear the names make it; of gold, of blue, and of pur-of the children of Israel in the breastple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined plate of judgment upon his heart linen, thou shalt make it." when he goeth in unto the holy place, 16 Four-square it shall be, being for a memorial before the LORD con doubled; a span shall be the length tinually. thereof, and a span shall be the breadth

thereof.

30T And thou shalt put in the breast plate of judgment the Urim and the 17 And thou shalt set it in settings of Thummin; and they shall be upor stones, even four rows of stones: the Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before first row shall bea sardius,a topaz,and the LORD; and Aaron shall bear the a carbuncle: this shall be the first judgment of the children of Israe upon his heart before the Lord con

row.

18 And the second row shall be an[tinually. emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

31 T And thou shalt make the robe of

19 And the third row a ligure, an]the ephod all of blue. agate, and an amethyst.

32 And there shall be a hole in the 20 And the fourth row a bery}, and top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be have a binding of woven work round set in gold in their enclosings. about the hole of it, as it were the hole

21 And the stones shall be with the of an babergeon, that it be not rent. names of the children of Israel,twelve,] 33 ¶ And bencath upon the hem of it according to their names, like the en-thou shalt make pomegranatesof blue, cravings of a signet; every one witliland of purple, and of scarlet, round

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of the priests. about the hem thereof; and bells of unleavened tempered with oil, and gold between them round about: wafers unleavened anointed with oil : 3-4 A golden bell and a pomegranate,jof wheaten flour shalt thou nake a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 34 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

36 T And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it

shall be.

38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lond.

39 ¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work.

3. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

5 And thou shalt take the garmente, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anomt him.

8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

9 And thon shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: aud the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

40 And Tor Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou be brought before the tabernacle of the make for them, for glory and for congregation; and Aaron and his sons beauty. shall put their hands upon the head of

41 And thou shalt put them upon the bullock. Aaron thy brother, and his sons with 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock behim; and shalt anoint them, and con-fore the Lond, by the door of the tabsecrate them, and sanctify them, that ernacle of the congregation. they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach :

43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die it shall be a statute for ever unto him, and his sced after him.

CHAP. XXIX.

AND this is the thing that thou shalt

do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and :his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sinoffering.

15 T Thou shalt also take one ram:

and Aaron and his sons shall put their

bands upon the head of the ram.
16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and
thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle
it round about upon the altar.
17 And thou shalt cut the rain in

CHAP. XXIX.

The consecration of the priests. pieces, and wash the inwards of him, sons' by a statute for ever from the and his legs, and put them unto his children of Israel: for it is a heavepieces, and unto his head. offering: and it shall be a heave-offer18 And thou shalt burn the whole ing from the children of Israel of the ram upon the altar; it is a burnt-offer-sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even ing unto the LORD; it is a sweet their heave-offering unto the LORD. savour, an offering made by fire unto 29 T And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein,and to be consecrated in them.

the LORD.

19 T And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron,and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the boly place.

31 T And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat 21 And thou shalt take of the blood the flesh of the ram,and the bread that that is upon the altar, and of the is in the basket, by the door of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon tabernacle of the congregation. Aaron, and upon his garments, and 33 And they shall eat those things upon his sons, and upon the garments] wherewith the atonement was made, of his sons with him and he shall be to consecrate and to sanctify them: hallowed, and his garments, and his but a stranger shall not eat thereof,besons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lonn.

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron,and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

cause they are holy.

34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I bave commanded thee; sever days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement; and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

25 And thou shalt receive them of 37 Seven days thou shalt make an their hands, and burn them upon the atonement for the altar, and sanctify altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet it; and it shall be an altar mest holy: savour before the LonD: it is an offer- whatsoever toucheth the altar shall ing made by fire unto the LORD.

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the Lond: and it shall be thy part.

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for

be holy.

38 T Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even :

40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.

his sons: 28 And it shall be Aaron's and bis 41 And the other lamb thou shalt

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offer at even, and shalt do thereto ac- lamps at even, be shall burn incense cording to the meat-offering of the upon it, a perpetual incense before the morning, and according to the drink- LORD, throughout your generations. offering thereof,for a sweet savour,an 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense offering made by fire unto the LORD. thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat42. This shall be a continual burnt-offering; neither shall ye pour drinkoffering throughout your generations, offering thereon. at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lond: where I will meet you, to speak there unto

thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

10 And Aaron shall make an atonementupon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

11 T And the LORD spake unto Mo

44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: 1ses, saying, will sanctify also both Aaron and his 12 When thou takest the sum of the sons, to minister to me in the priest's children of Israel after their number, office. then shall they give every mau a ran

45 T And I will dwell among the chil-som for his soul unto the LORD, when dren of Israel, and will be their God. thou numberest them; that there be 46 And they shall know that I am no plague among them, when thou the LORD their God, that brought numberest them. them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LonD their God.

CHAP. XXX.

AND thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittimwood shalt thou make it.

2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; four square shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof; the horns thereof shall be of the same.

13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are num· bered, balf a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty half shekel shall be the

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offering of the Lond.

14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lond.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns for your souls. thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a 16 And thou shalt take the atonecrown of gold round about.

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold.

ment-money of the children of Israel,
and shalt appoint it for the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation;
that it may be a memorial unto the
children of Israel before the Lond,to
make an atonement for your souls.
17 And the LORD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,

18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to 6 And thou shalt put it before the wash withal: and thou shalt put it veil that is by the ark of the testimo-between the tabernacle of the congreny, before the mercy-seat that is over gation and the altar, and thou shalt the testimony, where I will meet with put water therein : thee.

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon their hands and their feet thereat. sweet incense every morning: when 20 When they go into the tabernahe dresscth the lamps, he shall burn cle of the congregation, they shall incense upon it. wash with water, that they die not; 8 And when Aaron lighteth the or when they come near to the altar to

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CHAP. XXXL

minister, to burn offering made by fire to the Loud;

21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

22 T Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh, five hundred shekels,and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two Bundred and fifty shekels,

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels,

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alter the shekel of the sanctuary, and 2 See, I bave called by name Beza

of oil olive a hin:

leel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of
holy ointment, an ointment compound 3 And I have filled him with the
aller the art of the apothecary: it spirit of God, in wisdom, and in un-
shall be a holy anointing oil.
derstanding, and in knowledge, and

26 And thou shalt anoint the taber-in all manner of workmanship,
nacle of the congregation therewith,
and the ark of the testimony,

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

23 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in priest's office.

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmauship.

6 And 1, behold, I have given with him Aboliab, the son of Abisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and m the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

7 The tabernacle of the congregathe tion, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his fur[niture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is bly, and it shall be holy unto you.

33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it,or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall e n be cut off from his people.

10 And the clothes of service, and the holy garments forAaron the pries', and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,

11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according 34 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, to all that I have comunanded thee Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, shall they do.

and onycha, and galbanum; these 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mosweet spices with pure frankincense: ses, saying,

of each there shall be a like weight: 13 Speak thou also unto the children 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume,a of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths confection after the art of the apotheca- ye shall keep; for it is a sign between ry, tempered together, pure and holy: me and you throughout your genera

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