Exodus · Chapter 27

[ edit] Thow ſhalt make an auteer of trees of Sichym, þat ſhal haue fyue cubites in lengþe, and as feele in brede, þat is to ſeye, ſquaar, and þre cubites in heiȝt. Hornes forſoþe bi þe foure corners ſhulen be of it; and þow ſhalt couere it wiþ braſſe. And þow ſhalt make into þe vſis of yt cawdrones, to be takun þe aſken, and toonges, and hokes, and fyer veſſels; alle þe veſſels þow ſhalt forge of braſſe. And a braſun gredyrne in þe manere of a nett, bi whos foure corners ſhulen be foure braſun rynges, þe whiche þow ſhalt putte vnder þe fier panne of þe auteer; and þe gredyrne ſhal be to þe myddil of þe auteer.

And þow ſhalt make two beryng ſtaues of þe auteer, of þe trees of Sichym, þe which þow ſhalt couere wiþ braſun plates; and þow ſhalt lede ynne þurȝ cercles, and þei ſhulen be on eiþer ſide of þe auteer, to bern. Þow ſhalt make it not maſſy, but wiþ inne voyde, and wiþ ynne holowȝ, as it is ſhewid to þee in þe hil. And þow ſhalt make þe porche of þe tabernacle, in whos ſowþ cooſt aȝen þe ſowþ ſhulen be tentes of bijs aȝen foldid; þe to ſide ſhal holde an hundred cubites in lengþe, and twenti pilers, wiþ ſo feele braſun feet, þe whiche ſhulen han ſilueren heedes wiþ her grauyngis.

Alſo in þe ſide of þe norþ, bi þe lengþe, ſhal be tentis of an hundryd cubites, þe pilers twenti, and braſun foot ſtakes of þe ſame noumbre; and þe heedes of hem wiþ here grauyngis ſilueren. In þe brede forſoþe of þe porche, þat biholdiþ to þe weſt, þere ſhulen be tentis bi fifti cubitis, and ten pilers, and as feele footſtakis. In þat forſoþe brede of þe porche, þat biholdeþ to þe eeſt, ſhal ben fifty cubitis, in þe whiche tentis of fiftene cubitis ſhulen be ordeyned to þat o ſide, and þre pilers, and ſo feele footſtakes; in þe toþer ſide ſhulen be tentis holdynge fiftene cubitis, and þre pilers, and as feele footſtakis.

In þe entre forſoþe of þe porche þere ſhal be maad a tente of twenti cubitis, of iacynkt, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and bijs foldid aȝen wiþ nedle werk; and he ſhal haue foure pilers, wiþ as feele footſtakis. Alle þe pilers of þe porche bi enuyroun ſhulen be cloþid wiþ ſilueren platis, þe heedes ſilueren, and þe feet braſun. In lengþe þe porche ſhal ocupie an hundred cubitis, in brede fifti; þe heiȝt ſhal be of fyue cubitis; and it ſhal be maad of bijs foldun aȝen, and it ſhal haue braſun footſtakis. Alle þe veſſels of þe tabernacle, into alle vſis and ſerymonyes, as wel þe litil ſtakes of it as of þe porche, þow ſhalt make of braſſe.

Comaunde to þe ſones of Yrael, þat þei bryngen to þee oyle of olyue trees mooſt puyre, and powned wiþ a peſtel, þat þe lanterne brenne euer more. In þe tabernacle of witnes wiþ outen þe veyle, þat is aȝenſtrauȝt to þe teſtymonye; and Aaron and his ſones ſhulen ſette it, þat it ȝyue liȝt vnto þe morwen before þe Lord; it ſhal be euerlaſtynge by þe ſucceſſioun of hem of þe ſones of Yrael.