“ Long ago our people were in the desert. They had with them the holy tent. The tent was where the tablets of the covenant law were kept. Moses had made the holy tent as God had commanded him. Moses made it like the pattern he had seen.

“我们的祖宗在旷野，有法柜的帐幕，是神吩咐摩西叫他照所看见的样式做的。

“我们的祖宗在旷野，有作证的会幕，是上帝吩咐摩西照着他所看见的样式做的。

“我们的祖宗在旷野，有作证的会幕，是神吩咐摩西照着他所看见的样式做的。

“我们的祖先在旷野的时候，一直带着安放约柜的圣幕，这圣幕是上帝吩咐摩西照他所看见的样式造的。

“我们的祖先在旷野有作证的帐幕，就是跟摩西谈话的那位指示他，依照他看见的样式做的。

“我们的祖先在旷野有见证的会幕，是照着对摩西说话的那一位所吩咐的，并按照摩西看到的样式所做成的。

「我們的祖宗在曠野，有法櫃的帳幕，是神吩咐摩西叫他照所看見的樣式做的。

「我們的祖宗在曠野，有作證的會幕，是上帝吩咐摩西照着他所看見的樣式做的。

「我們的祖宗在曠野，有作證的會幕，是神吩咐摩西照着他所看見的樣式做的。

「我們的祖先在曠野的時候，一直帶著安放約櫃的聖幕，這聖幕是上帝吩咐摩西照他所看見的樣式造的。

“我們的祖先在曠野有作證的帳幕，就是跟摩西談話的那位指示他，依照他看見的樣式做的。

『在野地裏曾有法櫃之帳幕給了我們的祖宗，照那對摩西說話者所規定、叫他按所看見的模樣去作的。

「我們的祖先在曠野有見證的會幕，是照著對摩西說話的那一位所吩咐的，並按照摩西看到的樣式所做成的。

我列祖在曠野、有為證之幕、如語摩西、命其依所見之式而造者、

昔於曠野、我列祖有幕可證、如上帝命摩西云、爾必遵所見幕式而造之、是後、上帝逐異邦人於我祖前、我祖與約書亞相承此幕、奉之入居其地、傳至大闢、

我列祖在曠野有法幕、如諭摩西者、命其遵所見之式而作、

吾祖在曠野有法櫃之帳幕、此乃天主命摩西依其所示之格式而造者也。

“ Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

“ Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.

“ Our ancestors carried the Tabernacle with them through the wilderness. It was constructed according to the plan God had shown to Moses.

“ Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

“ Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

“ Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

“ Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen.

“ Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

Be sure to make everything just like the pattern I showed you on the mountain.

Here are the amounts of the metals used for the holy tent, where the tablets of the covenant law were kept. Moses commanded the Levites to record the amounts. The Levites did the work under the direction of Ithamar. Ithamar was the son of Aaron the priest.

David said,“ I have written everything down. I wrote it all down as the Lord guided me. He helped me understand every part of the plan.”

It was the 20th day of the second month of the second year. On that day the cloud began to move. It went up from above the holy tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept.

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the porch of the temple. He gave him the plans for its buildings and its storerooms. He gave him the plans for its upper parts and its inside rooms. He gave him the plans for the place where sin is paid for and forgiven.

“ Set up the holy tent in keeping with the plan I showed you on the mountain.

The holy tent was set up. It was the tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept. On the day it was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening until morning the cloud above the tent looked like fire.

He serves in the sacred tent. The Lord set up the true holy tent. A mere human being did not set it up.

Bring the Levites from your tribe to join you. They will help you when you and your sons serve at the tent of meeting. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept.

The whole community of Israel gathered together at Shiloh. They set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control.

They serve at a sacred tent. But it is only a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. That’s why God warned Moses when he was about to build the holy tent. God said,“ Be sure to make everything just like the pattern I showed you on the mountain.”( Exodus 25:40)

So the king sent for Jehoiada the chief priest. He said to him,“ Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in the tax from Judah and Jerusalem? It was set up by the Lord’ s servant Moses and the whole community of Israel. It was used for the tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept.”

Instead, put the Levites in charge of the holy tent. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The Levites will be in charge of everything that belongs to the holy tent. They must carry the tent and everything that belongs to it. They must take care of it. They must set up camp around it.When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death.The Israelites must set up their tents by military groups. All of them must be in their own camps under their own flags.But the Levites must set up their tents around the holy tent. That’s where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Then I will not be angry with the community of Israel. The Levites will be responsible for taking care of the tent.”

“ Have them make a sacred tent for me. I will live among them.Make the holy tent and everything that belongs to it. Make them exactly like the pattern I will show you.

Moses put the sticks in front of the Lord in the tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept.The next day Moses entered the tent. He looked at Aaron’s walking stick. It stood for the tribe of Levi. Moses saw that it had begun to grow new shoots. It had also produced buds and flowers and almonds.