Offerings for the Tabernacle

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

²“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

³This is the offering you are to accept from them:gold, silver, and bronze;

⁴blue, purple, and scarlet yarn;fine linen and goat hair;

⁵ram skins dyed red and fine leather;acacia wood;

⁶olive oil for the light;spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

⁷and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

⁸And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

⁹You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

The Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

¹¹Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.

¹²Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

¹³And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

¹⁴Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.

¹⁵The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.

¹⁶And place inside the ark the Testimony,which I will give you.

The Mercy Seat

¹⁷And you are to construct a mercy seatof pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

¹⁸Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

¹⁹one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

²⁰And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

²¹Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

²²And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony;I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

The Table of Showbread

²³You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

²⁴Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.

²⁵And make a rim around it a handbreadth wideand put a gold molding on the rim.

²⁶Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

²⁷The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

²⁸Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

²⁹You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

³⁰And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

The Lampstand

³¹Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

³²Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

³³There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

³⁴And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

³⁵For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

³⁶The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

³⁷Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

³⁸The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

³⁹The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.

⁴⁰See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Laws for Sin Offerings

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

²“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:

³If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offeringfor the sin he has committed.

⁴He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

⁵Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.

⁶The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.

⁷The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁸Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

⁹both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—

¹⁰just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

¹¹But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—

¹²all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.

¹³Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,

¹⁴when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁵The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

¹⁶Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting,

¹⁷and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.

¹⁸He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁹And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.

²⁰He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.

²¹Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

²²When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.

²³When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.

²⁴He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

²⁵Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

²⁶He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

²⁷And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.

²⁸When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.

²⁹He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

³⁰Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

³¹Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

³²If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.

³³And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

³⁴Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

³⁵And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

Commandments for Holiness

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

²“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

³Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

⁴Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

⁵When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

⁶It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.

⁷If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.

⁸Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.

Love Your Neighbor

⁹When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

¹⁰You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

¹¹You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

¹²You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

¹³You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him.You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

¹⁴You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

¹⁵You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

¹⁶You must not go about spreading slander among your people.You must not endanger the lifeof your neighbor. I am the LORD.

¹⁷You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

¹⁸Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.I am the LORD.

Keep My Statutes

¹⁹You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.

²⁰If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

²¹The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.

²²The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.

²³When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden.For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.

²⁴In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.

²⁵But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.

²⁶You must not eat anything with blood still in it.You must not practice divination or sorcery.

²⁷You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

²⁸You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

²⁹You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

³⁰You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

³¹You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

³²You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

³³When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

³⁴You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

³⁵You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

³⁶You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah,and an honest hin.I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

³⁷You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

Endow the King with Your Justice

¹Endow the king with Your justice, O God,and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

²May he judge Your people with righteousnessand Your afflicted with justice.

³May the mountains bring peace to the people,and the hills bring righteousness.

⁴May he vindicate the afflicted among the people;may he save the children of the needyand crush the oppressor.

⁵May they fear himas long as the sun shines,as long as the moon remains,through all generations.

⁶May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass,like spring showers that water the earth.

⁷May the righteous flourish in his daysand prosperity abounduntil the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea,and from the Euphratesto the ends of the earth.

⁹May the nomads bow before him,and his enemies lick the dust.

¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute;may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

¹¹May all kings bow down to himand all nations serve him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry outand the afflicted who have no helper.

¹³He will take pity on the poor and needyand save the lives of the oppressed.

¹⁴He will redeem them from oppression and violence,for their blood is precious in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live!May gold from Sheba be given him.May people ever pray for him;may they bless him all day long.

¹⁶May there be an abundance of grain in the land;may it sway atop the hills.May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon,the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

¹⁷May his name endure forever;may his name continueas long as the sun shines.In him may all nations be blessed;may they call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,who alone does marvelous deeds.

¹⁹And blessed be His glorious name forever;may all the earth be filled with His glory.Amen and amen.

²⁰Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.