Exodus 39:22-43

22The workers used only blue cloth to make the robe for the ephod.

23They made a hole in the top of the robe, in the middle. They made an edge around the hole so that it would not tear. The priest's head would go through this hole.

24They used blue, purple and red materials and good linen to make pictures of pomegranates. These were around the bottom edge of the robe.

25They used pure gold to make little bells. They fixed the bells between the pomegranates on the bottom edge of the robe.

26So there was a bell, then a pomegranate, another bell then a pomegranate, all around the edge of the robe. The priest would wear this robe when he served the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

27The workers made long shirts for Aaron and his sons, the priests. They used good linen to make cloth for the shirts.

28They also used good linen to make Aaron's special hat, as well as hats for the other priests. They used special soft linen to make the trousers that they wore next to their skin.

29A worker used special skills to make the long belt, so that it looked beautiful. He used blue, purple and red materials to make it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

30The workers used pure gold to make a thin plate as a holy sign. They wrote these words on it carefully with a sharp tool: ‘Holy to the Lord’.

31They fixed a blue string to the plate, to tie it to the front of the special hat. The Lord had commanded Moses to do this.

32So the workers finished making everything for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. The Israelites made everything exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.

33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses. They brought the tent and all the things that would be in it. They brought the hooks, boards, sticks, poles and bases.

34They brought the red leather from sheep's skins, and the other kinds of good leather that covered the tent. They also brought the curtain that hid the Most Holy Place.

35They brought the Covenant Box with its poles and its special lid.

36They brought the special table with all its dishes, and the special bread to put on the table for the Lord.

37They brought the gold lampstand with its lamps, and the oil and the tools to make the lamps give light.

38They brought the gold altar, the special oil, the sweet incense and the curtain for the entrance of the tabernacle.

39They brought the bronze altar and its bronze net, with its poles and all its tools. They brought the large bowl for water and its base.

40They brought the curtains for the yard and the curtain for the entrance to the yard, with their poles and their bases. They brought all the ropes and the pegs to fix those things to the ground. They brought everything that the priests needed to serve the Lord in the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

41They also brought the special clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they served the Lord as priests in the Holy Place.

42The Israelites did all the work in the way that the Lord had commanded Moses.

43Moses carefully checked all the work. He saw that the workers had done it exactly as the Lord had commanded them. When Moses saw this, he blessed the people.