1   Thanne diden Beseleel, and Oliab, and eche wise man, to whom the Lord &yogh;aue wisdom and vndirstondynge, that thei cowden craftili worche that ben necessarie into the vses of the seyntuarie, and that the Lord hath comaundide to be maad. 2   And whanne Moyses hadde clepide hem, and eche taw&yogh;t man, to whom the Lord hadde &yogh;eue wisdome, and that wilfulli hadden offerd hem to make the werk, 3   he toke to hem alle the &yogh;iftis of the sones of Yrael. The whiche whanne thei stoden stedfastly to her werk eche daye, eerly the puple offerde the auowes. 4   Wherfor the crafti men constreyned to come, seiden to Moyses, 5   The puple more offerith than is nede. 6   Thanne Moyses comaundide in the voyce of a bedel to be cryde, Neither man ne womman eny thing more offre in the werk of the seyntuarie; and so was ceesside fro the &yogh;iftis to ben offerd, forthi that the offred thinges sufficeden, 7    and aboundide more ouer. 8   And alle the wise men in herte maden to fille the werk of the tabernacle ten cortyns of bijs foldun a&yogh;en, and iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies dyed, with diuers werk, and with browdrye craft. 9   Of the whiche oon hadde in lengthe ei&yogh;te and twenti cubites, and in brede foure; o mesure was of alle the cortyns. 10   And he ioynede fyue

cortyns either to other, and othere fyue he cowplede togidere to hem seluen; 11   and he made iacynctyne oyletis in the hemme of the o cortyn on either syde, 12   and in the hemme of the other also, that the oyletis my&yogh;ten come a&yogh;ens hem seluen togidere, and togidere be ioyned; 13   wherfore and fifti golden cerclis he &yogh;eetide, that my&yogh;ten hold the oiletes of the cortyns, and that there were maad o tabernacle. 14   And he made enleuen sarges of the heeris of goote, to couere the roofe of the tabernacle; 15   o sarge in lengthe hadde thretti cubitis, and in brede foure cubitis; of o mesure weren alle the sarges; 16   of whom fyue he ioynede a side, and othere six atwynne. 17   And he made fifty oyletis in the hemme of the o sarge, and fifti in the hemme of the tothir sarge, that to hem seluen thei my&yogh;ten be ioynede to gidere; 18   and fifti brasun knoppis with whiche the roof my&yogh;te be knyt, and o mantil be made of alle the sarges. 19   And he made the couertour of the tabernacle of skynnes of wethers maad reed, and another aboue the veyle of skynnes maad blew. 20   And he made the tablis of the tabernacle of the trees of Sichym stondynge; 21   of ten cubites was the lengthe of the to table, and other half cubijt the brede heeld. 22   Two rabitynges weren bi eche tables, that the tone to `that other my&yogh;t be ioyned; so he made in alle the tablis of the tabernacle. 23   Of the whiche twenti weren at the mydday coost a&yogh;ens the sowth, with fourti silueren footstakys; 24    two footstakis vndur o table weren put at eithir parti of the corners, where the rabityngis of the sides in the corners weren endid. 25   At the coost forsothe of the tabernacle that biholdith to the north he made twenti tablis, 26   with fourti silueren

footstakis, two footstakis bi eche tablis. 27   A&yogh;ens the west forsothe, that is at that parti of the tabernacle that biholdith the see, 28   he maad six tables, and two other bi eche corners of the tabernacle bihynde, 29   the whiche weren ioyned fro benethe vnto abouen, and in to o ioynyng togidere thei weren born; so he made on eithir parti bi the corners, 30   that ei&yogh;t tablis weren togidere, and hadden sixtene silueren footstakis, that is, two silueren footstakis vnder eche tablis. 31   And he made berynge staues, fyue of the trees of Sichym to hold togidere the tablis of the to side of the tabernacle, 32   and fyue othere to make togidere the tables of the tother side, and withouten thes, fyue othere berynge staues at the west coost of the tabernacle a&yogh;ens the see. 33   And he made another berynge staf, that shulde come thur&yogh; the myddil tables fro corner vnto corner. 34   And thilk tablid thingis he giltide, &yogh;otun the siluer footstakis of hem, and he made the cercles of hem golden, bi the whiche the berynge barres my&yogh;ten be lad ynne, the whiche and hem he couerde with golden platis. 35   And he made the veyle dyuerse and sondrye, of iacynct, and purpur, `reed silk, and bijs foldid a&yogh;en, with browdrye werk; 36   and foure pileris of the trees of Sichym, the whiche with the heedis he gildide, &yogh;oten the siluer footstakis of hem. 37   And he made a tente in the entre of the tabernacle, of iacynct, and purpur, reed silk, and bijs foldid a&yogh;en, with the werk of nedlis; 38   and fyue pylers with her heedis, the whiche he couerde with gold, and the brasun footstakis of hem he &yogh;etide, the whiche he couerde with gold.

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