Exodus 39

1 Forsothe of iacynt, and purpur, vermyloun, and bijs, he made clothis, in whiche Aaron was clothid, whanne he mynystride in hooli thingis, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Therfor he made the `cloth on the schuldris of gold, iacynt, and purpur, and of reed selk twies died,

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

3 and of bijs foldid ayen, bi werk of broiderie; also he kittide thinne goldun platis, and made thinne in to threedis, that tho moun be foldid ayen, with the warp of the formere colouris;

And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

4 and he made tweyne hemmes couplid to hem silf to gidere, in euer either side of the endis; and `he made a girdil of the same colouris,

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

5 as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

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

6 And he made redi twei `stonys of onychyn, boundun and closid in gold, and grauun bi the craft of worchere in iemmys, with the names of the sones of Israel; sixe names in o stoon, and sixe in the tother stoon, bi the ordre of her birthe.

And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in casings of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

7 And he settide tho stoonus in the sidis of the `clooth on the schuldris, in to a memorial of the sones of Israel, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

8 He made also the racional, `by werk of broiderie, bi the werk of the `cloth on the schuldris, of gold, iacynt, purpur, and reed selk twies died, and of biis foldid ayen; he made the racional foure cornerid,

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9 double, of the mesure of foure fyngris.

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

10 And settide thereynne foure ordris of iemmes; in the firste ordre was sardius, topazius, smaragdus; in the secounde was carbuncle,

And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a ruby, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

11 safir, iaspis;

And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

12 in the thridde ordre was ligurie, achates, ametiste;

And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

13 in the fourthe ordre was crisolite, onochyn, and berille, cumpassid and enclosid with gold, bi her ordris.

And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in casings of gold in their settings.

14 And tho twelue stonys weren grauyn with twelue names, of the lynage of Israel, alle stonys bi hem silf, bi the names of alle lynagis bi hem silf.

And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

15 Thei maden also in the racional litle chaynes, cleuynge to hem silf togidre,

And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of interwoven work of pure gold.

16 of pureste gold, and tweyne hokys, and so many ryngis of gold. Forsothe thei settiden the ryngis on euer either side of the racional,

And they made two casings of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

17 of whiche ryngis twei goldun chaynes hangiden, whiche thei settiden in the hokis, that stonden forth in the corneris of the `cloth on the schuldris.

And they put the two interwoven chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

18 These acordiden so to hem silf, bothe bifore and bihynde, that the `cloth on the schuldris, and the racional,

And the two ends of the two interwoven chains they fastened in the two casings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, before it.

19 weren knyt togidere, fastned to the girdil, and couplid ful strongli with ryngis, whiche ryngis a lace of iacynt ioynede togidere, lest tho weren loose, and `fletiden doun, and weren moued ech from other, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

20 Thei maden also `a coote on the schuldris, al of iacynt;

And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the front part of it, opposite to the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

21 and the hood in the hiyere part, aboute the myddis, and a wouun hemme, bi the cumpas of the hood;

And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

22 forsothe bynethe at the feet piyn applis of iacynt, and purpur, and vermyloun, and biys foldid ayen;

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

23 and litle bellis of pureste gold, whiche thei settiden bitwixe pum garnadis, in the `lowest part of the coote, bi cumpas;

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an armour of jacket, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

24 a goldun litle belle, and a piyn apple; with whiche the bischop yede ourned, whanne he `was set in seruyce, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

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

25 Thei maden also cootis of bijs, bi wouun werk, to Aaron and to hise sones,

And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

26 and mytres with smale corouns of biys,

A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

27 and lynnun clothis of bijs;

And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

28 forsothe a girdil of bijs foldid ayen, of iacynt, purpur, and vermyloun, departid bi craft of broyderie, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And a turban of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

29 Thei maden also a plate of hooli worschipyng, of pureste gold, and thei writeden therynne bi werk of a worchere in iemmes, The hooli of the Lord.

And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

30 And thei bounden it with the mytre bi a lace of iacynt, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

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

31 Therfor al the werk of the tabernacle, and the hilyng of the witnessyng, was parformed; and the sones of Israel diden alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the turban; as the LORD commanded Moses.

32 And thei offeriden the tabernacle, and the roof, and al the purtenaunce, ryngis, tablis, barris, pileris, and foundementis;

Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

33 the hilyng of `skynnes of rammes, maad reed, and another hilyng of skynnys of iacynt;

And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his clasps, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

34 the veil, the arke, barris, propiciatorie;

And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,

35 the boord with vessels, and with the looues of settyng forth;

The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

36 the candilstike, lanternes, and the purtenauncis of tho, with oile;

The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the showbread,

37 the goldun auter, and oynement, and encense of swete smellynge spiceries;

The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

38 and the tente in the entryng of the tabernacle;

And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

39 the brasun auter, gridile, barris, and alle vessels therof; the `greet waischyng vessel, with his foundement; the tentis of the greet street, and the pilers with her foundementis;

The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the vessel that holds water and his foot,

40 the tente in the entring of the greet street, and the coordis, and stakis therof. No thing of the vessels failide, that weren comaundid to be maad in to the seruyce of the tabernacle, and in to the roof of the boond of pees.

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, 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 Also the sones of Israel offriden the clothis whiche the prestis, that is, Aaron and hise sones, vsen in the seyntuarie,

The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.

42 as the Lord comaundide.

According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

43 And aftir that Moises siy alle tho thingis fillid, he blesside hem.

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