Exodus 36

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Exodus 36

1And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.Καὶ ἐποίησε Βεσελεὴλ καὶ Ἐλιὰβ, καὶ πᾶς σοφὸς τῇ διανοὶᾳ, ᾧ ἐδόθη σοφία καὶ ἐπιστήμη ἐν αὑτοῖς, συνιέναι ποιεῖν πάντα τὰ ἔργα, κατὰ τὰ ἅγια καθήκοντα, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα συνέταξε Κύριος.

2And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in their heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.Καὶ ἐκάλεσε Μωυσῆς Βεσελεὴλ καὶ Ἐλιὰβ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἔχοντας τὴν σοφίαν, ᾧ ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπιστήμην ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἑκουσίως βουλομένους προσπορεύεσθαι πρὸς τὰ ἔργα, ὥστε συντελεῖν αὐτά.

3And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.Καὶ ἔλαβον παρὰ Μωσῆ πάντα τὰ ἀφαιρέματα, ἃ ἤνεγκαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ἁγίου ποιεῖν αὐτά· καὶ αὐτοὶ προσεδέχοντο ἔτι τὰ προσφερόμενα παρὰ τῶν φερόντων τὸ πρωΐ.

4And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.Καὶ παρεγίνοντο πάντες οἱ σοφοὶ οἱ ποιοῦντες τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ἁγίου, ἕκαστος κατὰ τὸ αὐτοῦ ἔργον, ὃ εἰργάζοντο αὐτοί.

5And * one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance too great in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed them to do.Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ὅτι πλῆθος φέρει ὁ λαὸς κατὰ τὰ ἔργα ὅσα συνέταξε Κύριος ποιῆσαι.

6And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.Καὶ προσέταξε Μωυσῆς, καὶ ἐκήρυξεν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ, λέγων, ἀνὴρ καὶ γυνὴ μηκέτι ἐργαζέσθωσαν εἰς τάς ἀπαρχὰς τοῦ ἁγίου· καὶ ἐκωλύθη ὁ λαὸς ἔτι προσφέρειν.

7And they had † materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.Καὶ τὰ ἔργα ἦν αὐτοῖς ἱκανὰ εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν ποιῆσαι, καὶ προσκατέλιπον.

8And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.Καὶ ἐποίησε πᾶς σοφὸς ἐν τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις τὰς στολὰς τῶν ἁγίων, αἵ εἰσιν Ἀαρὼν τῷ ἱερεῖ, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

9And ‡ he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.Καὶ ἐποίησε τὴν ἐπωμίδα ἐκ χρυσίου, καὶ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου νενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης·

10And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;καὶ ἐτμήθη τὰ πέταλα τοῦ χρυσίου τρίχες, ὥστε συνυφάναι σὺν τῇ ὑακίνθῳ, καὶ τῇ πορφύρᾳ, καὶ σὺν τῷ κοκκίνῳ τῷ διανενησμένῳ, καὶ τῇ βύσσῳ τῇ κεκλωσμένῃ· ἔργον ὑφαντὸν ἐποίησαν αὐτό·

11shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into § one another.ἐπωμίδας συνεχούσας ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν, ἔργον ὑφαντὸν εἰς ἄλληλα συμπεπλεγμένα καθʼ ἑαυτό.

12They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;Ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησαν αὐτὸ κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ ποίησιν, ἐκ χρυσίου, καὶ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου διανενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ·

13and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;καὶ ἐποίησαν ἀμφοτέρους τοὺς λίθους τῆς σμαράγδου συνπεπορπημένους καὶ περισεσιαλωμένους χρυσίῳ, γεγλυμμένους καὶ ἐκκεκολαμμένους ἐγκόλαμμα σφραγίδος ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·

14and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῆς ἐπωμίδος, λίθους μνημοσύνου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

15And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.Καὶ ἐποίησαν λογεῖον, ἔργον ὑφαντὸν ποικιλίᾳ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον τῆς ἐπωμίδος, ἐκ χρυσίου, καὶ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου διανενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης·

16They made the oracle square and double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double.τετράγωνον διπλοῦν ἐπόησαν τὸ λογεῖον· σπιθαμῆς τὸ μῆκος, καὶ σπιθαμῆς τὸ εὖρος διπλοῦν.

17And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald;Καὶ συνυφάνθη ἐν αὐτῷ ὕφασμα κατάλιθον τετράστιχον· στίχος λίθων, σάρδιον καὶ τοπάζιον καὶ σμάραγδος, ὁ στίχος ὁ εἷς·

18and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;καὶ ὁ στίχος ὁ δεύτερος, ἄνθραξ καὶ σάπφειρος καὶ ἴασπις·

19and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;καὶ ὁ στίχος ὁ τρίτος, λιγύριον καὶ ἀχάτης καὶ ἀμέθυστος·

20and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.καὶ ὁ στίχος ὁ τέταρτος, χρυσόλιθος καὶ βηρύλλιον καὶ ὀνύχιον περικεκυκλωμένα χρυσίῳ, καὶ συνδεδεμένα χρυσίῳ.

21And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names ** like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.Καὶ οἱ λίθοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα, ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν ἐγγεγλυμμένα εἰς σφραγίδας, ἕκαστος ἐκ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ὀνόματος εἰς τὰς δώδεκα φυλάς.

22And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,Καὶ ἐποίησαν ἐπὶ τὸ λογεῖον κρωσσοὺς συμπεπλεγμένους, ἔργον ἐμπλοκίου, ἐκ χρυσίου καθαροῦ.

23and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.Καὶ ἐποίησαν δύο ἀσπιδίσκας χρυσᾶς, καὶ δύο δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς· καὶ ἐπέθηκαν τοὺς δύο δακτυλίους τοὺς χρυσοῦς ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς ἀρχὰς τοῦ λογείου.

24And they put the two golden rings on both the upper corners of the oracle;Καὶ ἐπέθηκαν τὰ ἐμπλόκια ἐκ χρυσίου ἐπὶ τοὺς δακτυλίους ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν τοῦ λογείου·

25and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.καὶ εἰς τὰς δύο συμβολὰς τὰ δύο ἐμπλόκια. Καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὰς δύο ἀσπιδίσκας· καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῆς ἐπωμίδος ἐξεναντίας κατὰ πρόσωπον.

26And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite each other in front.Καὶ ἐποίησαν δύο δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὰ δύο πτερύγια ἐπʼ ἄκρου τοῦ λογείου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ὀπισθίου τῆς ἐπωμίδος ἔσωθεν·

27And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.Καὶ ἐποίησαν δύο δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέρους τοὺς ὤμους τῆς ἐπωμίδος κάτωθεν αὐτοῦ, κατὰ πρόσωπον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν ἄνωθεν τῆς συνυφῆς τῆς ἐπωμίδος·

28And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.καὶ συνέσφιγξε τὸ λογεῖον ἀπὸ τῶν δακτυλίων τῶν ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς δακτυλίους τῆς ἐπωμίδος, συνεχομένους ἐκ τῆς ὑακίνθου, συμπεπλεγμένους εἰς τὸ ὕφασμα τῆς ἐπωμίδος, ἵνα μὴ χαλᾶται τὸ λογεῖον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπωμίδος, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

29And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with a string of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.Καὶ ἐποίησαν τὸν ὑποδύτην ὑπὸ τὴν ἐπωμίδα, ἔργον ὑφαντὸν, ὅλον ὑακίνθινον·

30And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue.τὸ δὲ περιστόμιον τοῦ ὑποδύτου ἐν τῷ μέσῳ διυφασμένον συμπλεκτὸν, ὤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τὸ περιστόμιονν ἀδιάλυτον·

31And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be torn.Καὶ ἐποίησαν ἐπὶ τοῦ λώματος τοῦ ὑποδύτου κάτωθεν ὡς ἐξανθούσης ῥόας ῥοΐσκους, ἐξ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου νενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης.

32And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.Καὶ ἐποίησαν κώδωνας χρυσοῦς, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν τοὺς κώδωνας ἐπὶ τὸ λῶμα τοῦ ὑποδύτου κύκλῳ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ῥοΐσκων·

33And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:κώδων χρυσοῦς καὶ ῥοΐσκος ἐπὶ τοῦ λώματος τοῦ ὑποδύτου κύκλῳ, εἰς τὸ λειτουργεῖν, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

34a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.Καὶ ἐποίησαν χιτῶνας βυσσίνους, ἔργον ὑφαντὸν, Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ,

35And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons,καὶ τὰς κιδάρεις ἐκ βύσσου, καὶ τὴν μίτραν ἐκ βύσσου, καὶ τὰ περισκελῆ ἐκ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης,

36and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;καὶ τὰς ζώνας αὐτῶν ἐκ βύσσου, καὶ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου νενησμένου, ἔργον ποικιλτοῦ, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

37and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.Καὶ ἐποίησαν τὸ πέταλον τὸ χρυσοῦν, ἀφόρισμα τοῦ ἁγίου, χρυσίου καθαροῦ· καὶ ἔγραψεν ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ γράμματα ἐκτετυπωμένα, σφραγίδος, Ἁγίασμα Κυρίῳ·

38And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold;Καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὸ λῶμα ὑακίνθινον, ὥστε ἐπικεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν μίτραν ἄνωθεν, ὅν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

39and he wrote upon it graven letters as of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.

40And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 5*Another reading is εἱπαν, but there is occasionally confusion of number in LXX.; the singular being several times used for the plural.
• v. 7†Gr. works.
• v. 9‡Or, they.
• v. 11§Gr. itself.
• v. 21**Gr. for seals.