English Bible Presentation Sharing - Exodus Book, chapter 39, verse 1 in Ncv Version

Exodus 39 : 1 (NCV)

They used blue, purple, and red thread to make woven clothes for the priests to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the holy clothes for Aaron as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 2 (NCV)

They made the holy vest of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen.

Exodus 39 : 3 (NCV)

They hammered the gold into sheets and then cut it into long, thin strips. They worked the gold into the blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen. This was done by skilled craftsmen.

Exodus 39 : 4 (NCV)

They made the shoulder straps for the holy vest, which were attached to the top corners of the vest and tied together over each shoulder.

Exodus 39 : 5 (NCV)

The skillfully woven belt was made in the same way; it was joined to the holy vest as one piece. It was made of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen, the way the Lord commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 6 (NCV)

They put gold around the onyx stones and then wrote the names of the sons of Israel on these gems, as a person carves words and designs on a seal.

Exodus 39 : 7 (NCV)

Then they attached the gems on the shoulder straps of the holy vest, as reminders of the twelve sons of Israel. This was done just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 8 (NCV)

The skilled craftsmen made the chest covering like the holy vest; it was made of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen.

Exodus 39 : 9 (NCV)

The chest covering was square -- nine inches long and nine inches wide -- and it was folded double to make a pocket.

Exodus 39 : 10 (NCV)

Then they put four rows of beautiful jewels on it: In the first row there was a ruby, a topaz, and a yellow quartz;

Exodus 39 : 11 (NCV)

in the second there was a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

Exodus 39 : 12 (NCV)

in the third there was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

Exodus 39 : 13 (NCV)

in the fourth there was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Gold was put around these jewels to attach them to the chest covering,

Exodus 39 : 14 (NCV)

and the names of the sons of Israel were carved on these twelve jewels as a person carves a seal. Each jewel had the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 39 : 15 (NCV)

They made chains of pure gold, twisted together like a rope, for the chest covering.

Exodus 39 : 16 (NCV)

The workers made two gold pieces and two gold rings. They put the two gold rings on the two upper corners of the chest covering.

Exodus 39 : 17 (NCV)

Then they put two gold chains in the two rings at the ends of the chest covering,

Exodus 39 : 18 (NCV)

and they fastened the other two ends of the chains to the two gold pieces. They attached these gold pieces to the two shoulder straps in the front of the holy vest.

Exodus 39 : 19 (NCV)

They made two gold rings and put them at the lower corners of the chest covering on the inside edge next to the holy vest.

Exodus 39 : 20 (NCV)

They made two more gold rings on the bottom of the shoulder straps in front of the holy vest, near the seam, just above the woven belt of the holy vest.

Exodus 39 : 21 (NCV)

They used a blue ribbon and tied the rings of the chest covering to the rings of the holy vest, connecting it to the woven belt. In this way the chest covering would not swing out from the holy vest. They did all these things the way the Lord commanded.

Exodus 39 : 22 (NCV)

Then they made the outer robe to be worn under the holy vest. It was woven only of blue cloth.

Exodus 39 : 23 (NCV)

They made a hole in the center of the outer robe, with a woven collar sewn around it so it would not tear.

Exodus 39 : 24 (NCV)

Then they made balls like pomegranates of blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen and hung them around the bottom of the outer robe.

Exodus 39 : 25 (NCV)

They also made bells of pure gold and hung these around the bottom of the outer robe between the balls.

Exodus 39 : 26 (NCV)

So around the bottom of the outer robe there was a bell and a pomegranate ball, a bell and a pomegranate ball. The priest wore this outer robe when he served as priest, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 27 (NCV)

They wove inner robes of fine linen for Aaron and his sons,

Exodus 39 : 28 (NCV)

and they made turbans, headbands, and underclothes of fine linen.

Exodus 39 : 29 (NCV)

Then they made the cloth belt of fine linen, and blue, purple, and red thread, and designs were sewn onto it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 30 (NCV)

They made a strip of pure gold, which is the holy crown, and carved these words in the gold, as one might carve on a seal: "Holy to the Lord."

Exodus 39 : 31 (NCV)

Then they tied this flat piece to the turban with a blue ribbon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 32 (NCV)

So all the work on the Meeting Tent was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 33 (NCV)

Then they brought the Holy Tent to Moses: the Tent and all its furniture, hooks, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;

Exodus 39 : 34 (NCV)

the covering made of male sheepskins colored red, the covering made of fine leather, and the curtain that covered the entrance to the Most Holy Place;

Exodus 39 : 35 (NCV)

the Ark of the Agreement, its poles and lid;

Exodus 39 : 36 (NCV)

the table, all its containers, and the bread that showed they were in God's presence;

Exodus 39 : 37 (NCV)

the pure gold lampstand with its lamps in a row, all its tools, and the olive oil for the light;

Exodus 39 : 38 (NCV)

the gold altar, the special olive oil used for appointing priests, the sweet-smelling incense, and the curtain that covered the entrance to the Tent;

Exodus 39 : 39 (NCV)

the bronze altar and its screen, its poles and all its tools, the bowl and its stand;

Exodus 39 : 40 (NCV)

the curtains for the courtyard with their posts and bases, the curtain that covered the entry to the courtyard, the cords, pegs, and all the things in the Meeting Tent.

Exodus 39 : 41 (NCV)

They brought the clothes for the priests to wear when they served in the Holy Tent -- the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and the clothes for his sons, which they wore when they served as priests.

Exodus 39 : 42 (NCV)

The Israelites had done all this work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 : 43 (NCV)

Moses looked closely at all the work and saw they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.