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Today's Bible Reading :: Exodus 36 - 38 (KJV)

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Exodus 36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

Construction Proceeds

(Exo 26:1–37 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:12 - Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:13 - And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:17 - And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:24 - And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:26 - And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:33 - And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

Exodus 37

Construction Continues

(Exo 25:10–22 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:3 - And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:4 - And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
(Exo 25:23–30 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:11 - And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:12 - Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:13 - And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:14 - Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:15 - And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:16 - And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
(Exo 25:31–40 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:24 - Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
(Exo 30:1–5 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:26 - And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:27 - And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:28 - And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
(Exo 30:22–38 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

Exodus 38

The Tabernacle Completed

(Exo 27:1–8 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:7 - And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
(Exo 27:9–19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

The Cost of the Tabernacle

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:22 - And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
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