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 finely wrought garments, for ministering 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, the work of the cunning workman.

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 shoulderpieces for it, joined together: at the two ends was it joined together.

5 as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And the cunningly woven band, that was upon it, to gird it on withal, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of 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 the onyx stones, enclosed in ouches of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to 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 shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for 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, the work of the cunning workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of 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 double.

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: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle 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 ouches 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 according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

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

And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen 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 ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings on 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 wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at 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 [other] two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.

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 upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.

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

And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the cunningly woven band 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 the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the cunningly woven band 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 the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.

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 skirts 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 skirts 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, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

27 and lynnun clothis of bijs;

And they made the 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 the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly headtires of fine linen, and the 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 the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; 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 the engravings of a signet, HOLY 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 upon the mitre above; 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 finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: 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 its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;

34 the veil, the arke, barris, propiciatorie;

and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;

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, all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread;

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

the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the 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 screen for the door of the Tent;

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 brasen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

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, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

41 Also the sones of Israel offriden the clothis whiche the prestis, that is, Aaron and hise sones, vsen in the seyntuarie,

the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, 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 did all the work.

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

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