Daily Text and Bible Reading: Sunday, January 26 [Press play below]

26.1 “You are to make the tabernacle with ten tent cloths of fine twisted linen, blue thread, purple wool, and scarlet material. You are to make them with embroidered cherub designs.
26.2 Each tent cloth will be 28 cubits long and 4 cubits wide. All the tent cloths are to be the same size.
26.3 Five tent cloths are to be joined one to another to form a series, and the other five tent cloths will be joined in a series.
26.4 You will make loops of blue thread on the edge of the one tent cloth at the end of the series, and you are to do the same on the outermost edge of the other set where it will join.
26.5 You will make 50 loops on the one tent cloth and 50 loops on the edge of the other tent cloth so that they will be opposite each other where they join.
26.6 You are to make 50 gold clasps and join the tent cloths together with the clasps, and the tabernacle will form one unit.
26.7 “You will also make cloths of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle. You will make 11 tent cloths.
26.8 Each tent cloth will be 30 cubits long and 4 cubits wide. All 11 tent cloths are to be the same size.
26.9 You are to join five of the tent cloths together and join the other six tent cloths together, and you are to fold over the sixth tent cloth at the front of the tent.
26.10 And you are to make 50 loops on the edge of the one tent cloth, the outermost one in the series, and 50 loops on the edge of the tent cloth at the other place where they join.
26.11 You are to make 50 copper clasps and put the clasps in the loops and join the tent together, and it will become one unit.
26.12 The remaining part of the tent cloths will serve as an overhanging. Half of the tent cloth that remains will hang over the back of the tabernacle.
26.13 The remaining length of the cloths of the tent will serve as an overhanging for the tabernacle by one cubit on each side, in order to cover it.
26.14 “You will also make a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of sealskins.
26.15 “You will make the panel frames for the tabernacle out of acacia wood standing upright.
26.16 Each panel frame is to be ten cubits high and a cubit and a half wide.
26.17 Each panel frame has two tenons joined to each other. That is how you should make all the panel frames of the tabernacle.
26.18 You are to make 20 panel frames for the south side of the tabernacle, facing south.
26.19 “You will make 40 silver socket pedestals under the 20 panel frames: two socket pedestals under the one panel frame for its two tenons and two socket pedestals under each following panel frame for its two tenons.
26.20 For the other side of the tabernacle, the northern side, make 20 panel frames
26.21 and their 40 silver socket pedestals, two socket pedestals under one panel frame and two socket pedestals under each following panel frame.
26.22 For the rear section of the tabernacle to the west, you will make six panel frames.
26.23 You will make two panel frames to serve as the two rear corner posts of the tabernacle.
26.24 They should be doubled from the bottom to the top, up to the first ring. This should be done for both of them, and they will form the two corner posts.
26.25 And there will be eight panel frames and their 16 silver socket pedestals, two socket pedestals under the one panel frame and two socket pedestals under each following panel frame.
26.26 “You will make bars of acacia wood, five for the panel frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
26.27 and five bars for the panel frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the panel frames of the side of the tabernacle to the west, for the rear section.
26.28 The middle bar that runs along the center of the panel frames should extend from end to end.
26.29 “You will overlay the panel frames with gold, and you will make their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and you will overlay the bars with gold.
26.30 You must set up the tabernacle according to its plan that you were shown in the mountain.
26.31 “You are to make a curtain of blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen. It will be made with cherubs embroidered on it.
26.32 You will hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks are to be of gold. The pillars are set on four socket pedestals of silver.
26.33 You will hang the curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the Testimony there within the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy and the Most Holy.
26.34 You must put the cover on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy.
26.35 “You will place the table outside the curtain, with the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and the table you will put on the north side.
26.36 You will make a screen for the entrance of the tent out of blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen woven together.
26.37 You will make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold. Their hooks are to be of gold, and you will cast five socket pedestals of copper for them.
27.1 “You will make the altar of acacia wood; it will be five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar should be square and three cubits high.
27.2 You will make horns on its four corners; the horns will be part of the altar, and you will overlay the altar with copper.
27.3 You will make buckets for clearing away its ashes, along with shovels, bowls, forks, and fire holders, and you will make all its utensils of copper.
27.4 You will make a grating for the altar, a network of copper, and on the network four rings of copper at its four corners.
27.5 You will set it down below the rim of the altar, and the network will extend partway down into the altar.
27.6 You will make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with copper.
27.7 The poles will be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.
27.8 You will make the altar in the form of a hollow chest of planks. It should be made just as He showed you on the mountain.
27.9 “You will make the courtyard of the tabernacle. For the south side, facing south, the courtyard will have hanging curtains of fine twisted linen, 100 cubits long for the one side.
27.10 It will have 20 pillars with 20 copper socket pedestals. The hooks of the pillars and their connectors are of silver.
27.11 The hanging curtains for the north side will also be 100 cubits long, along with its 20 pillars and their 20 copper socket pedestals, with silver hooks and connectors for the pillars.
27.12 There are to be hanging curtains on the west side for 50 cubits across the width of the courtyard, with ten pillars and ten socket pedestals.
27.13 The width of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise is 50 cubits.
27.14 There will be 15 cubits of hanging curtains on the one side, with three pillars and three socket pedestals.
27.15 And for the other side, there will be 15 cubits of hanging curtains, with three pillars and three socket pedestals.
27.16 “The entrance of the courtyard should have a screen 20 cubits long made of blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen woven together, with four pillars and their four socket pedestals.
27.17 All the pillars surrounding the courtyard will have silver fasteners and silver hooks, but their socket pedestals will be of copper.
27.18 The courtyard is to be 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 5 cubits high, made from fine twisted linen, and it should have copper socket pedestals.
27.19 All the utensils and the items used in the service of the tabernacle, as well as its tent pins and all the pins of the courtyard, are to be of copper.
27.20 “You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure, beaten olive oil for the lighting, in order to keep the lamps burning constantly.
27.21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is near the Testimony, Aaron and his sons will arrange to keep the lamps lit from evening until morning before Jehovah. It is a lasting statute for all their generations to be carried out by the Israelites.
28.1 “You are to summon from the Israelites your brother Aaron, along with his sons, so that he may serve as priest to me—Aaron, along with Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.
28.2 You are to make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and beauty.
28.3 You are to speak to all those who are skillful, those whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they will make Aaron’s garments for his sanctification, so that he may serve as priest to me.
28.4 “These are the garments that they will make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a sleeveless coat, a checkered robe, a turban, and a sash; they will make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that he may serve as priest to me.
28.5 The skilled workers will use the gold, the blue thread, the purple wool, the scarlet material, and the fine linen.
28.6 “They are to make the ephod of gold, blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, and it should be embroidered.
28.7 It is to have two shoulder pieces that are joined at the two top edges.
28.8 The woven belt, which is attached to the ephod for tying it securely in position, should be of the same materials: gold, blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.
28.9 “You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
28.10 six names on the one stone and the six remaining names on the other stone, in the order of their births.
28.11 A stone engraver will engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones as he would engrave a seal. Then you are to have them mounted in gold settings.
28.12 You are to put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, and Aaron must carry their names before Jehovah on his two shoulder pieces as a memorial.
28.13 You are to make settings of gold
28.14 and two chains of pure gold twisted like a cord, and you must attach the corded chains to the settings.
28.15 “You are to have an embroiderer make the breastpiece of judgment. It should be made like the ephod, out of gold, blue thread, purple wool, scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.
28.16 It should be square when doubled, a span long and a span wide.
28.17 You should set in it mounted stones, four rows of stones. The first row is ruby, topaz, and emerald.
28.18 The second row is turquoise, sapphire, and jasper.
28.19 The third row is leshem stone, agate, and amethyst.
28.20 The fourth row is chrysolite, onyx, and jade. They should be mounted in settings of gold.
28.21 The stones will correspond to the names of the 12 sons of Israel. Each one should be engraved like a seal, each name representing one of the 12 tribes.
28.22 “You are to make wreathed chains on the breastpiece, like cords of pure gold.
28.23 You are to make two rings of gold for the breastpiece and attach the two rings to the two ends of the breastpiece.
28.24 You are to put the two cords of gold through the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.
28.25 You will put the two ends of the two cords through the two settings, and you must attach them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod, at the front.
28.26 You are to make two rings of gold and set them at the two ends on the inside edge of the breastpiece, facing the ephod.
28.27 You should make two more rings of gold on the front of the ephod, below the two shoulder pieces, close to where it is joined, above the woven belt of the ephod.
28.28 The breastpiece should be held in place by a blue cord, tying its rings to the rings of the ephod. This will keep the breastpiece in place on the ephod, above the woven belt.
28.29 “Aaron must carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he comes into the Holy as a constant memorial before Jehovah.
28.30 You will put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of judgment, and they must be over Aaron’s heart when he comes in before Jehovah, and Aaron must carry the means for making judgments of the Israelites over his heart before Jehovah constantly.
28.31 “You are to make the sleeveless coat of the ephod entirely of blue thread.
28.32 There will be an opening at the top in the middle of it. Its opening should have a border woven all around it by a loom worker. It should be like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.
28.33 You should make pomegranates of blue thread, purple wool, and scarlet material all around its hem, along with bells of gold in between them.
28.34 You should alternate a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the sleeveless coat.
28.35 It must be worn by Aaron so that he may minister, and the sound from it must be heard when he goes into the sanctuary before Jehovah and when he comes out, so that he will not die.
28.36 “You are to make a shining plate of pure gold and engrave on it as one would engrave a seal: ‘Holiness belongs to Jehovah.’
28.37 You must fasten it to the turban with a blue cord; it is to remain on the front of the turban.
28.38 It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear responsibility when someone commits an error against the holy things, which the Israelites sanctify when they offer them as holy gifts. It must always remain on his forehead, so that they may gain approval before Jehovah.
28.39 “You are to weave the checkered robe of fine linen, make a turban of fine linen, and make a woven sash.
28.40 “You will also make robes, sashes, and headgear for Aaron’s sons, for glory and beauty.
28.41 You will clothe your brother Aaron and his sons with him, and you are to anoint them and install them and sanctify them, and they will serve as priests to me.
28.42 Also make linen shorts for them to cover their naked flesh. These are to extend from the hips to the thighs.
28.43 These must be worn by Aaron and his sons when they come into the tent of meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they may not incur guilt and die. It is a permanent statute for him and his offspring after him.