4 And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass. 5 Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar.

2 And there shall be horns at the four corners that they may minister to me in the priest's office: of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass. Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 And thou shalt make for the uses thereof 2 And thou shalt make a holy vesture for pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and flesh Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. hooks, and fire-pans: all its vessels thou shalt 3 And thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, make of brass: whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's vestments, in which he being consecrated may minister to me. 4 And these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A rational and an ephod, a tunick and a strait linen garment, a mitre and a girdle. They shall make the holy vestments for thy brother Aaron and his sons, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me. 5 And they shall take gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen. 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, embroidered with divers colours. 7 It shall have the two edges joined in the top on both sides, that they may be closed together. 8 The very workmanship also and all the variety of the work shall be of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed and fine twisted linen.

6 Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar of setim-wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of brass.

7 And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it. 8Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount.

9 Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side.

10 And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which with their engraving shall be of silver.

11 In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver.

12 But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubs, and ten pillars, and as many sockets. 13 In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits: 14 In which there shall be for one side hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars and as many sockets.

15 And in the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and as many sockets.

16 And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars with as many sockets.

17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads and sockets of brass.

18 In length the court shall take up a hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the height shall be of five cubits, and it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and shall have sockets of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies, and the pins both of it, and of the court, thou shalt make of brass.

20 Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle that a lamp may burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance thoughout their successions among the children of Israel. CHAP. XXVIII.

The holy testments for Aaron and his sons.

TA AKE unto thee also Aaron thy brother with

his sons, from among the children of Israel,

9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and shalt grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10 Six names on one stone, and the other six on the other, according to the order of their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver and the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about:

12 And thou shalt put them in both sides of the ephod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon both shoulders, for a remembrance. 13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold. 14 And two little chains of the purest gold linked one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks.

15 And thou shalt make the rational of judg ment with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.

16 It shall be four-square and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth.

17 And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones: in the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald:

18 In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.

19 In the third a ligurius, an agate, and an amethyst:

20 In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows. 21 And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they

judgment. This part of the priest's attire, which he wore Supra, 20. 24.Ch. 28. v. 15. The rational of at his breast, was called the rational of judgment, partly, because it admonished both priest and people of their duty to God, by carrying the names of all their tribes in his presence; and by the Urim and Thummim, and partly because it gave divine answers and oracles that is, doctrine and truth, which were written upon it; as if it were rational and endowed with judgment.

22 And thou shalt make on the rational chains linked one to another of the purest gold: 23 And two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the two ends at the top of the rational. 24 And the golden chains thou shalt join to the rings, that are in the ends thereof: 25 And the ends of the chains themselves thou shalt join together with two hooks on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational. 26 Thou shalt make also two rings of gold 43 And Aaron and his sons shall use them which thou shalt put in the top parts of the ra- when they shall go into the tabernacle of the tional, in the borders that are over-against the testimony, or when they approach to the altar ephod, and look towards the back parts thereof. to minister in the sanctuary, lest being guilty, 27 Moreover also other two rings of gold, which of iniquity they die. It shall be a law for ever are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath, to Aaron, and to his seed after him. that looketh towards the nether joining, that the rational may be fitted with the ephod,

written on the rational, seem to signify the light of docVer. 30. Doctrine and truth. Hebrew, Urim and trine and the integrity of life, with which the priests of Thummim: illuminations and perfections. These words, | God ought to approach to him.

15 Thou shalt take also one ram upon the head in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, whereof Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands. 33 That it may be an atoning sacrifice, and the 16 And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A strantake of the blood thereof, and pour round about ger shall not eat of them, because they are holy. the altar: 34 And if there remain of the consecrated flesh, or of the bread till the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: they shall not be eaten because they are sanctified."

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and having washed his entrails and feet, thou shalt put them upon the flesh that is cut in pieces, and upon his head.

18 And thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt-offering upon the altar: it is an oblation to the Lord, a most sweet savour of the victim of the Lord.

19 Thou shalt take also the other ram, upon whose head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands.

20 And when thou hast sacrificed him, thou shalt take of his blood, and put upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumbs and great toes of their right hand and foot, and thou shalt pour the blood upon the altar round about.

21 And when thou hast taken of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the oil of unction, thou shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture, his sons and their vestments. And after they and their vestments are consecrated,

22 Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because it is the ram of consecration.

23 And one roll of bread, a cake tempered with oil, a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread, which is set in the sight of the Lord: 24 And thou shalt put all upon the hands of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt sanctify them elevating before the Lord.

25 And thou shalt take all from their hands: and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation.

26 Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated, and elevating it thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord, and it shall fall to thy share.

27 And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram,

28 Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons, and they shall fall to Aaron's share and his son by a perpetual right from the children of Israel: because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace-victims which they offer to the Lord.

29 And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use, his sons shall have after him, that they may be anointed, and their hands consecrated in it. 30 He of his sons that shall be appointed highpriest in his stead, and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary, shall wear it seven days.

31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place:

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat it. "The loaves also, that are in the basket, they shall eat

Lev. 8. 31. & 24. 9. Mat. 12. 4.

35 All that I have commanded thee, thou shalt do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven days shalt thou consecrate their hands:

36 And thou shalt offer a calf for sin every day for expiation. And thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast offered the victim of expiation, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. 37 Seven days shalt thou expiate the altar and sanctify it, and it shall be most holy. Every one that shall touch it shall be holy. 38 This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar: Two lambs of a year old every day continually,

39 One lamb in the morning, and another in the evening.

40 With one lamb a tenth part of flour tempered with beaten oil, of the fourth part of a hin, and wine for libation of the same measure. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening, according to the rite of the morning oblation, and according to what we have said, for a savour of sweetness:

42 It is a sacrifice to the Lord, by perpetual oblation unto your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord, where I will appoint to speak unto thee. 43 And there will I command the children of Israel, and the altar shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 I will sanctify also the tabernacle of the testimony with the altar, and Aaron with his sons, to do the office of priesthood unto me. 45 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will be their God: 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who have brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might abide among them, the Lord their God.

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CHAP. XXX.

The altar of incense: money to be gathered for the use of the tabernacle: the brazen laver: the holy oil of unction, and the composition of the perfume.

THO

HOU shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim-wood,

2 It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four-square, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well as the grate thereof, as the walls round about, and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about, 4 And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.

5 And thou shalt make the bars also of setimwood, and shalt overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt set the altar over against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee.

of incense was an emblem of prayer, ascending to God Ch. 30. v. 1. An allar to burn incense. This burning from an inflamed heart. See Ps. 140. 2. Apoc. 5. 8. & 8. 4.

29 And thou shalt sanctify all, and they be most holy: he that shall touch theni be sanctified.

7 And Aaron shall burn sweet-smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it :

8 And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

9 You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations.

10 And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was of fered for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to theLord. 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord, and there shall be no scourge among them, when they shall be reckoned.

30 Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his son shalt sanctify them, that they may do the of priesthood unto me.

31 And thou shalt say to the children of el: This oil of unction shall be holy un throughout your generations.

32 The flesh of man shall not be and therewith, and you shall make none ot the same composition, because it is sanc and shall be holy unto you. 33 What man soever shall compound and shall give thereof to a stranger, he sh cut off from his people.

34 And the Lord said to Moses: Take thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanu sweet savour, and the clearest frankincens shall be of equal weight.

13 And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the 35 And thou shalt make incense compo standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty by the work of the perfumer, well temper obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.gether, and pure, and most worthy of sar 14 He that is counted in the number from cation. twenty years and upwards, shall give the price. 36 And when thou hast beaten all into 15 The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, small powder, thou shalt set of it before tl and the poor man shall diminish nothing. bernacle of the testimony, in the place w 16 And the money received, which was contri- I will appear to thee. Most holy shall thi buted by the children of Israel, thou shalt de-cense be unto you. liver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and he may be merciful to their souls. 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 18 Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot, to wash in: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And water being put into it,

19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:

37 You shall not make such a compositio your own uses, because it is holy to the I 38 What man soever shall make the lik enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish o his people.

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CHAP. XXXI.

Beseleel and Ooliab are appointed by the Lo make the tabernacle, and the things belonging t The observation of the sabbath day is a commanded. And the Lord delivereth to Mose tables written with the finger of God.

20 When they are going into the tabernacle AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: of the testimony, and when they are to come to the altar, to offer on it incense to the Lord, 21 Lest perhaps they die. Itshall be an everlasting law to him, and to his seed by successions. 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses,

23 Saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sicles, and of cinnamon half so much, that is, two hundred and fifty sicles, of calamus in like manner two hundred and fifty. 24 And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin:

25 And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,

26 And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament. 27 And the table with the vessels thereof, the candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of incense,

28 And of holocaust, and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them.

Num. 1. 2.-b Lev. 27. 27. Num. 3. 47. Ezec. 45. 12.- Supra, 20. 28. Ezec. 20. 12.

Ver. 13. Half a sicle. A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater,) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and

exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money. The obol, or gerah, was obe three halfpence.

2 Behold, I have called by name Bes the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of J 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of with wisdom and understanding, and kn ledge in all manner of work.

4 To devise whatsoever may be artifici made of gold, and silver, and brass, 5 Of marble, and precious stones, and ety of wood.

6 And I have given him for his compar Ooliab the son of Achisamech of the trib Dan. And I have put wisdom in the hear every skilful man, that they may make things which I have commanded thee,

7 The tabernacle of the covenant, and the of the testimony, and the propitiatory tha over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle 8 And the table and the vessels thereof, most pure candlestick with the vessels ther and the altars of incense,

9 And of holocaust, and all their vessels, laver with its foot,

10 The holy vestments in the ministry for ron the priest, and for his sons, that they n execute their office about the sacred things: 11 The oil of unction, and the incense of spi in the sanctuary, all things which I have co manded thee, shall they make.

"And the Lowke to Moses, saying,

13 Speak to the children of Israel, and tnou shalt say to them: See that thou keep my sabbath because it is a sign between me and you in your generations: that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctify you.

14 Keep you my sabbath: for it is holy unto you he that shall profane it, shall be put to death: he that shall do any work in it, his soul shall perish out of the midst of his people. 15 Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die.

16 Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant

17 Between me and the children of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.

The people fall into idolatry. Moses prayeth for them. He breaketh the tables: destroyeth the idol blameth Aaron, and causeth many of the idolaters to be slain. ND the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: "Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: For as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him.

9 And again the Lord said to Moses: See that this people is stiff-necked: 10 Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?

12 Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to your seed, and you shall possess it for ever.

14 And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people. 15 And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,

16 And made by the work of God: the writing also of God was graven in the tables. 17 And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.

18 But he answered: It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men compelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers. 2 And Aaron said to them: Take the golden|19 And when he came nigh to the camp, he ear-rings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me. 3 And the people did what he had commanded, bringing the ear-rings to Aaron.

4 And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation by a crier's voice, saying: To-morrow is the solemnity of the Lord.

6 And rising in the morning, they offered holocausts and peace-victims, and the people sat down to eat, and drink, and they rose up to play. 7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned. 8 They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Supra, 20. 28. Ezec. 20. 12.- Gen. 1. 31. & 2. 2.- Deut. 9. 10. A. M. 2513. Arts, 7. 40.- Ps. 105. 19.- 1 Cor. 10. 7. Num. 14. 13. Ps. 105, 28-1 Gen. 12. 7. & 15. 7. & 48. 16.

Deut. 9. 22-3 Kings, 12.28.-i Infra, 33. 3. Deut. 9. 13.

Deut. 9.21.-1 John, 5. 19.- Deut. 33. 9.

Ch. 32. v. 25. Naked. Having lost not only their gold, and their honour, but what was worst of all, being stripped also of the grace of God, and having lost him.-The shame of the filth. That is, of the idol, which they had taken for their god. It is the usual phrase of the scripture to call idols filth and abominations.

saw the calf, and the dances: and being very
angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and
broke them at the foot of the mount:
20 And laying hold of the calf which they
had made, he burnt it, mand beat it to powder,
which he strowed into water, and gave thereof
to the children of Israel to drink.

21 And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?

22 And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended: for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.

23 They said to me: Make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him.

24 And I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me?' and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out. 25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies,)

26 Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him:

27 And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord' God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gatethrough the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour. 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the