Exodus 39
1 All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was of the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel.
They made woven clothing from blue, purple, and crimson thread for serving in the sanctuary. They also made holy clothing garments for Aaron, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
2 And the offering of silver from the men that were numbered of the congregation a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, one drachm apiece, even the half shekel, according to the holy shekel.
They made the ephod of finely-woven linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and crimson thread.
3 Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the [number of] six hundred thousand, and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to weave in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, together with fine linen, all skillfully worked.
4 And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil;
Two shoulder pieces were attached to the front and back pieces.
5 a hundred chapiters to the hundred talents, a talent to a chapiter.
The waistband of the ephod was one piece made in the same way, using gold thread, with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and with finely-woven linen, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
6 And the thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he formed into hooks for the pillars, and he gilt their chapiters and adorned them.
They placed the onyx stones in ornamental gold settings, engraved with the names of the Israelite tribes in the same way a jeweler engraves a personal seal.
7 And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and a thousand and five hundred shekels;
They attached both stones to the shoulder pieces of the ephod as reminders for the Israelite tribes, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
8 and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
They also made a breastpiece for decisions in the same skilful way as the ephod, to be used in determining the Lord's will. They made it using gold thread, with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and with finely-woven linen.
9 and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about;
It was square when folded, measuring around nine inches in length and width.
10 and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness.
They attached an arrangement of precious stones in four rows as follows. In the first row carnelian, peridot, and emerald.
11 And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
In the second row turquoise, lapis lazuli, and sardonyx.
12 And of the gold that remained of the offering they made vessels to minister with before the Lord.
In the third row jacinth, agate, and amethyst.
13 And the blue that was left, and the purple, and the scarlet they made [into] garments of ministry for Aaron, so that he should minister with them in the sanctuary;
In the fourth row topaz, beryl, and jasper. They were all placed in ornamental gold settings.
14 and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts;
Each of the twelve stones were engraved like a personal seal with the name of one of the twelve Israelites tribes and represented them.
15 and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture.
They made cords of braided chains from pure gold to attach the breastpiece.
16 And they made the anointing oil, and the incense of composition, and the pure candlestick,
They made two gold settings and two gold rings and fastened the rings to the two top corners of the breastpiece.
17 and its lamps, lamps for burning, and oil for the light,
They attached the two gold chains to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece,
18 and the table of show bread, and all its furniture, and the show bread upon it,
and then fastened the opposite ends of the two chains to the ornamental gold settings on the shoulder pieces of the front side of the ephod.
19 and the garments of the sanctuary which belong to Aaron, and the garments of his sons, for the priestly ministry;
They made two more gold rings and attached them to the two lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
20 and the curtains of the court, and the posts, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court,
They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the front side of the ephod, near where it joins its woven waistband.
21 and all the vessels of the tabernacle and all its instruments: and the skins, even rams' skins dyed red, and the blue coverings, and the coverings of the other things, and the pins, and all the instruments for the works of the tabernacle of witness.
They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue thread, so that the breastpiece wouldn't come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
22 Whatsoever things the Lord appointed Moses, so did the children of Israel make all the furniture.
They made the robe that goes with the ephod exclusively from woven blue cloth,
23 And Moses saw all the works; and they had done them all as the Lord commanded Moses, so had they made them; and Moses blessed them.
with an opening in the middle at the top. They stitched a woven collar around the opening to strengthen it so it wouldn't tear.
They made pomegranates using blue, purple, and crimson thread and finely-woven linen and attached them all the way around its hem.
They made pure gold bells and attached them between the pomegranates all the way around its hem,
having the bells and the pomegranates alternate. The robe was to be used for priestly service, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
They made tunics with finely-spun linen made by a weaver for Aaron and his sons.
They also made turbans, headdresses, and headbands of fine linen, and finely-woven linen undershorts,
as well as sashes of finely-woven linen embroidered with blue, purple, and crimson thread, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote on it, engraved like a seal, “Holy to the Lord.”
They tied a blue cord to it to attach it to the front of the turban, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
So all the work for the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was finished. The Israelites did everything as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
Then they presented the Tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furniture, its clips, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and stands;
the covering of tanned ram skins, the covering of fine leather, and the veil;
the Ark of the Testimony with its poles and the atonement cover;
the table with all its equipment and the Bread of the Presence;
the pure gold lampstand with its lamps placed in a row, and all its equipment, as well as the olive oil for the lamps;
the gold altar, the anointing oil, the aromatic incense, and the screen for the tent's entrance;
the bronze altar with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin plus its stand;
the curtains of the courtyard and its posts and stands; the curtain for the courtyard entrance, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the services of Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
and the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons to serve as priests.
The Israelites did all the work that the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
Moses inspected all the work and made sure they had done it as the Lord had ordered. Then Moses blessed them.
