Old Testament

Exodus 24-25

^24:1He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance. ^24:2Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

^24:3Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."

^24:4Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. ^24:5He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to Yahweh. ^24:6Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ^24:7He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

^24:8Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."

^24:9Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up. ^24:10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness. ^24:11He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

^24:12Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."

^24:13Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain. ^24:14He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."

^24:15Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. ^24:16The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. ^24:17The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. ^24:18Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

^25:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^25:2"Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering. ^25:3This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass, ^25:4blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, ^25:5rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood, ^25:6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, ^25:7onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate. ^25:8Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. ^25:9According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tent, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

^25:10"They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height. ^25:11You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it. ^25:12You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ^25:13You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ^25:14You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. ^25:15The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it. ^25:16You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark. ^25:17You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ^25:18You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. ^25:19Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat. ^25:20The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. ^25:21You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you. ^25:22There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

^25:23"You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height. ^25:24You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. ^25:25You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it. ^25:26You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. ^25:27the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table. ^25:28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. ^25:29You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. Of pure gold shall you make them. ^25:30You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

^25:31"You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. ^25:32There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side; ^25:33three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand; ^25:34and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; ^25:35and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand. ^25:36Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. ^25:37You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it. ^25:38Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold. ^25:39It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories. ^25:40See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

New Testament

Mark 16

^16:1When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. ^16:2Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ^16:3They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" ^16:4for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

^16:5Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. ^16:6He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him! ^16:7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"

^16:8They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. ^16:9Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ^16:10She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ^16:11When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. ^16:12After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. ^16:13They went away and told it to the rest. They didn't believe them, either.

^16:14Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen. ^16:15He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. ^16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. ^16:17These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; ^16:18they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

^16:19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. ^16:20They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.