Divers laws and ordinances. CHAPTER XXIII. EXODUS, XXIII. 1 Of slander and false witness. 2 Of HOU shalt not 1 raise a false a with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Ep.4.25. c 1Ki. 19. 10. Job 31.34. 2 answer. 2 Thou shalt not follow a mul- d ver.6. titude c to do evil: neither shalte Mat.5.44. thou 2 speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment. 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor d man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's e ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and 3 wouldest forbear to help him; thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor f in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righte ous' stay thou not: for I will not; justify g the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take h no gift; for the gift blindeth 4the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the 5 heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 And six years i thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy 6 olive-vard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed. 3 or, will eave thy 4 the seeing. An Angel is promised 16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in thy field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou 'hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my 7 sacrifice remain until the morning. 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe m a kid in his mother's milk. 20 Behold, I send an n Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not: for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey Lev.25.3,4. then I will be an enemy o unto his voice, and do all that I speak; thine enemies, and 8 an adversary unto thine adversaries. 6 or, olive- k Deut.4.9. I Jos.23.7. Ps. 16.4. 7 or, feast. Is.63.9. 8 or, I will afflict them that afflict thee. p ch.33.2. Jos.5.13. 9 ch.20.5. r Lev. 18.3. De.12.30. 13 And in all things that I have said unto you, be k circumspect:t Jos.22.5. and make no mention of the name u Deut.7.13. of other gods, neither let it be Is.33.16. heard out of thy mouth. Mal.3.10. 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Ps. 103.3. w Deut.28.4. Jos.2.9,11. ISa. 14.15. 2Ch.14.14. 9 neck. 23 For mine Angel p shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down q to their gods, nor serve them, nor do r after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down s their images. 25 And ye shall serve the LORD t your God, and he shall bless u thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness v away from the midst of thec. 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be w barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send my fear a before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come; and I will make all thine enemies turn their 9 backs unto thee. 28 And I will send hornets y before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee." 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until zNu.34.3,&c. thou be increased, and inherit the De.11.24. land. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time ap-y pointed of the nonth Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before me empty :) Deut.7.20. Jos.24.12. 31 And I will set thy z bounds Moses called up. EXODUS, XXIV, XXV. The glory of God appears. a Nu.34.3. Jos. 1.4. Ps.72.5. from the Red sea, a even unto the B. C. 1491. sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land b into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out from before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant c with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will d surely be a snare unto thee. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Moses is called up into the mountain. 3 The people promise obedience. 9 The glory of God ap-. peareth. b Jos.21.44. c ch.34.12, 15. Ps. 106.35. 2Cor.6.15. d Ju.2.3. (CHAP. 24.) a ver. 15. ch.34.2. b ch.28.1. c Nu.11.16. AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto a the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and b Abihu, and d Deut.5.27. seventy c of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. Jos.21.22. e Deut.31.9. and be there: and I will give thee tables m of stone, and a law, and n commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud o covered the mount. 16 And the glory p of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of 2 And Moses alone shall come ƒ He.9. 19-21. the LORD was like a devouring fire near the LORD; but they shall not| come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him. 3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said d will we do. 13.20. 11.22.19. Is.6.1,5. h Eze. 1.26. 10.1. Rev.4.3 21.19. i Mat.17.2. Rev.1.16. k Ge.18.8. 4 And Moses wrote e all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of ver.2, 18. Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered m Deut.5.22. burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace n Ne.9.13. offerings of oxen unto the LORD. o ch.19.9. Nu. 14.10. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of P Lev.9.23. the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it fon the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Deut.4.36. ch.34.28. Deut.9.9. (CHAP. 25) 1 take for me. 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and se-2 or, heave venty of the elders of Israel; offering. 9.7. 10 And they sawg the God of Israel: and there was under his feet a 2Cor.8.12. as it were a paved work of a h sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven i in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat k and drink. 3 or, silk. b ch.29.45. 2Cor.6.16. Rev.21.3. c Heb.8.5. 12 And the LORD said unto Mo-d Heb.9.4. ses, Come up to me into the mount, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an 2 offering: of every man that giveth it wilLingly a with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 3 fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell b among them. 9 According to all that I shew c thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 And they shall make an ark d of shittim-wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold; within and without shalt The mercy-seat. e ch. 16.34. The golden candlestick. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. EXODUS, XXVI. thou overlay it; and shalt make up- B. C. 1491. on it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rigs of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark e the testimony which I shall give thee. De. 10.2-5. 4 or, of the seat. g2Chr 3.10. h ch.26.34. 17 And thou shalt make af mer-i ver. 16. cy-seat of pure gold: two cubits k ch.30.6. and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat. Lev. 16 2. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; even 4 of the mercy-m 1Ki.6.20. seat shall ye make the cherubinis on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings g on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercyseat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercyseat above h upon the ark; and i in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from k between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. n ch.37.16. 5 or, to pour Mat. 12.4. q Zec.4.2. Rev. 1.4, 12. r ch.27.20,21. Le.24.3,4. Nu.8.2. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the n dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, 5 to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread o before me alway. 31 And thou shalt make ap candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower; so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be 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 that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same; all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the q seven lamps thereof; and r they shall 6 light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 7 38 And the tongs thereof, and the 2 Ch.13.11. snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of 6 or, cause to pure gold. ascend. 23 Thou shalt also make a the jace of he make it, with all these vessels. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall table of shittim-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with m pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. it. s ch.26.30. 40 And look that thou make them s Nu.8.4. after their pattern, 8 which was 1Ch.28.11. shewed thee in the mount. Acts 7.44. CHAPTER XXVI. Heb.8.5. Directions for the Tabernacle. OREOVER, thou shalt make 8 which thou broiderer. M the tabernacle with ten a cur tains of fine twined linen, and blue, 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. Boards of the tabernacle. B. C. 1491. | another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. b ch.36.14, &c. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of an- 2 or, coverother curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second, that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches; and it shall be one tabernacle. 7T And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair,b to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the fore front of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain) which coupleth the second. ing. 3 in the re- or, sur- 4 hands. c Nu.3.36. d ch.27.10. 5 twinned. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches! into the loops, and couple the 2 tente Ps. 133.1. together, that it may be one. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half-curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back side of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side 3 of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. 1Cor.3.16. f Ep.4.16. 18 And thou shalt make the c boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt maked forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: 21 And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they shall be 5 coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled e together above the head of it untof one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 T And thou shalt make bars of shittim-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion g g ch.25.9,40. thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 27.8. Acts 7.44. Heb.8.5. 9.23. 15 T And thou shalt make boards h ch.36.35. for the tabernacle of shittim-wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 17 Two 4 tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against Lev. 16.2. 2Chr.3.14. 31 And thou shalt make a h vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of Mat.27.51. silver. Heb.9.3,8. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the i holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercyseat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. B. C. 1491. Altar of burnt offering. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of IKI.8.8-10. an hundred cubits long, and his 2Chr.5.7twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 10. k ch.40.22. 35 And thou shalt k set the table 2 ch.36.37. without the vail, and the candle-(CHAP. 27.) stick over against the table on the a ch.38.1. side of the tabernacle toward the south and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an / hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim-wood, c and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and 2Chr.4.1. Eze. 43. 13. Heb.13.10. b ch.29.12. 12 T And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be Lev.4.7,18. fifty cubits. 16.18. 1Ki. 1.50. 2.28. Ps. 118.27. Heb.6.18. 1Ki.7.45. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pilJer. 2.20.lars three, and their sockets three d ch.30.4. 16 And for the gate of the court Nu.4.14. shall be ang hanging of twenty cu thou shalt cast five sockets of brass 1 he shewed. bits, of blue, and purple, and scar for them. CHAPTER XXVII. e ch.26.30,&c. Heb.8.5. The altar of burnt offering, with the fch.38.9. vessels thereof, etc. A ND thou shalt make a an altar of shittim-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare; and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the b horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his flesh-hooks, and his fire-pans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make c of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make d staves for the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and overlay thein with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou 1K1.6.36. 8.64. Ps.92. 13. Eze.40.20, &c. g ch.36.37. h ch.2-.39. 39.29. Ps.45.14. 2 fifty by fifty. i ver.3. k Lev.24.2. 3 to ascend up. ch.30.8. 1 Sam.3.3. 2Ch.13.11. Lu. 12.35. m ch.25.43. 29.9.28. Lev.3.17. 16.34. 24.9. Nu.18.23. 19.21. 1Sa.30.25. aLev.8.2. (CHAP. 28.) Nu. 18.7. let, and fine twined linen, wrought with h needle-work and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 T The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth 2 fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be ofi brass. 20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel. that they bring theek pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp 3 to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute m for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXVIII. 2Ch.26.18-1 Aaron and his sons are separated for the priest's office. 6 The ephod. 30 The Urim and Thummim. 21. Heb.5.1.4. ND take thou unto thee a Aaron make it; as 1 it was shewed thee in b ch.29.5,290. A thy brother, and his sons with |