¹ και ελαλησεν κυριος προς μωυσην λεγων

² ιδου ανακεκλημαι εξ ονοματος τον βεσελεηλ τον του ουριου τον ωρ της φυλης ιουδα

³ και ενεπλησα αυτον πνευμα θειον σοφιας και συνεσεως και επιστημης εν παντι εργω

⁴ διανοεισθαι και αρχιτεκτονησαι εργαζεσθαι το χρυσιον και το αργυριον και τον χαλκον και την υακινθον και την πορφυραν και το κοκκινον το νηστον και την βυσσον την κεκλωσμενην

⁵ και τα λιθουργικα και εις τα εργα τα τεκτονικα των ξυλων εργαζεσθαι κατα παντα τα εργα

⁶ και εγω εδωκα αυτον και τον ελιαβ τον του αχισαμαχ εκ φυλης δαν και παντι συνετω καρδια δεδωκα συνεσιν και ποιησουσιν παντα οσα σοι συνεταξα

⁷ την σκηνην του μαρτυριου και την κιβωτον της διαθηκης και το ιλαστηριον το επ' αυτης και την διασκευην της σκηνης

⁸ και τα θυσιαστηρια και την τραπεζαν και παντα τα σκευη αυτης και την λυχνιαν την καθαραν και παντα τα σκευη αυτης

⁹ και τον λουτηρα και την βασιν αυτου

¹⁰ και τας στολας τας λειτουργικας ααρων και τας στολας των υιων αυτου ιερατευειν μοι

¹¹ και το ελαιον της χρισεως και το θυμιαμα της συνθεσεως του αγιου κατα παντα οσα εγω ενετειλαμην σοι ποιησουσιν

¹² και ελαλησεν κυριος προς μωυσην λεγων

¹³ και συ συνταξον τοις υιοις ισραηλ λεγων ορατε και τα σαββατα μου φυλαξεσθε σημειον εστιν παρ' εμοι και εν υμιν εις τας γενεας υμων ινα γνωτε οτι εγω κυριος ο αγιαζων υμας

¹⁴ και φυλαξεσθε τα σαββατα οτι αγιον τουτο εστιν κυριου υμιν ο βεβηλων αυτο θανατω θανατωθησεται πας ος ποιησει εν αυτω εργον εξολεθρευθησεται η ψυχη εκεινη εκ μεσου του λαου αυτου

¹⁵ εξ ημερας ποιησεις εργα τη δε ημερα τη εβδομη σαββατα αναπαυσις αγια τω κυριω πας ος ποιησει εργον τη ημερα τη εβδομη θανατω θανατωθησεται

¹⁶ και φυλαξουσιν οι υιοι ισραηλ τα σαββατα ποιειν αυτα εις τας γενεας αυτων διαθηκη αιωνιος

¹⁷ εν εμοι και τοις υιοις ισραηλ σημειον εστιν αιωνιον οτι εν εξ ημεραις εποιησεν κυριος τον ουρανον και την γην και τη ημερα τη εβδομη επαυσατο και κατεπαυσεν

¹⁸ και εδωκεν μωυσει ηνικα κατεπαυσεν λαλων αυτω εν τω ορει τω σινα τας δυο πλακας του μαρτυριου πλακας λιθινας γεγραμμενας τω δακτυλω του θεου

²³ He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

²⁴ Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

²⁵ It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

²⁶ It was a handbreadth thick: and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

²⁷ He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height.

²⁸ The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

²⁹ and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

³⁰ Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the basin were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.

³¹ The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

³² The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

³³ The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

³⁴ There were four supports at the four corners of each base: its supports were of the base itself.

³⁵ In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.

³⁶ On the plates of its stays, and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around.

³⁷ In this way, he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

³⁸ He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.

³⁹ He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.