Old Testament

Exodus 39-40

^39:1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. ^39:3They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman. ^39:4They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together. ^39:5The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:6They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. ^39:7He put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:8He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. ^39:9It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double. ^39:10They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row; ^39:11and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; ^39:12and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ^39:13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings. ^39:14The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes. ^39:15They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. ^39:16They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. ^39:17They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. ^39:18The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the front of it. ^39:19They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. ^39:20They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. ^39:21They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:22He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. ^39:23The opening of the robe in the midst of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn. ^39:24They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen. ^39:25They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates; ^39:26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:27They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, ^39:28and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, ^39:29and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:30They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: "HOLY TO YAHWEH." ^39:31They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^39:32Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did. ^39:33They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, it bars, its pillars, its sockets, ^39:34the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen, ^39:35the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat, ^39:36the table, all its vessels, the show bread, ^39:37the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light, ^39:38the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent, ^39:39the brazen altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base, ^39:40the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the tent of meeting, ^39:41the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. ^39:42According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. ^39:43Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

^40:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^40:2"On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent of the Tent of Meeting. ^40:3You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. ^40:4You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lampstand, and light the lamps of it. ^40:5You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent. ^40:6You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tent of the tent of meeting. ^40:7You shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein. ^40:8You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. ^40:9You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy. ^40:10You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy. ^40:11You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it. ^40:12You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water. ^40:13You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office. ^40:14You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them. ^40:15You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. ^40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.

^40:17It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tent was raised up. ^40:18Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars. ^40:19He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:20He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark. ^40:21He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:22He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of the veil. ^40:23He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:24He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward. ^40:25He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:26He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil; ^40:27and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:28He put up the screen of the door to the tent. ^40:29He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:30He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash. ^40:31Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. ^40:32When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^40:33He raised up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

^40:34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent. ^40:35Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent. ^40:36When the cloud was taken up from over the tent, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; ^40:37but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up. ^40:38For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

New Testament

Luke 8

^8:1It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, ^8:2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out; ^8:3and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who ministered to them from their possessions. ^8:4When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable. ^8:5"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. ^8:6Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ^8:7Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. ^8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

^8:9Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

^8:10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.' ^8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ^8:12Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. ^8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. ^8:14That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. ^8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

^8:16"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. ^8:17For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light. ^8:18Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."

^8:19His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd. ^8:20It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."

^8:21But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

^8:22Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. ^8:23But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water. ^8:24They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm. ^8:25He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?" ^8:26They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

^8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs. ^8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!" ^8:29For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

^8:30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him. ^8:31They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. ^8:32Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them. ^8:33The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned. ^8:34When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

^8:35People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. ^8:36Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed. ^8:37All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned. ^8:38But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, ^8:39"Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

^8:40It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. ^8:41Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house, ^8:42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes thronged him. ^8:43A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any, ^8:44came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. ^8:45Jesus said, "Who touched me?"

When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

^8:46But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me." ^8:47When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. ^8:48He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

^8:49While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."

^8:50But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."

^8:51When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. ^8:52All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."

^8:53They laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. ^8:54But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!" ^8:55Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat. ^8:56Her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had been done.