The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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CAP. XXVI.

[verse 1] Forsothe the tabernacle schal be maad thus; thou schalt make ten curtyns of bijs foldyd aȝen, and of iacynt, of [and of ISW.] purpur [purpul ELP.] , and of reed silk twies died, dyuersid [mad dyuers IS.] bi broi|dery werk. [verse 2] The lengthe of o [a IS. the to K.] curteyn schal haue eiȝte and twenti cubitis, the broodnesse [breede I.] schal be of foure cubitis [cubities A.] ; alle tentis [the tentis IS.] schulen be maad of o mesure. [verse 3] Fyue curtyns schulen be ioyned to hem silf to gidere [Om. GQX.] , and othere fiue cleue [schulen cleue plures.] to gidere bi lijk boond. [verse 4] Thou schalt make handels [smale ryngis I. smale ringis or oylettis S.] of

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iacynt in the sidis, and hiȝnessis [in the heiȝtis IS.] of cur|tyns [the curtyns IS.] , that tho [thei I.] moun be couplid to gidere. [verse 5] A [O IS.] curteyn schal haue fyfti handlis [oyletis IS.] in euer eithir part, so set yn, that `an handle [oon oilet IS.] come aȝen an handle [handle R. an other oylett I. an oylete S.] , and the [that the IS.] toon [tothir plures. toon curteyn IS.] may be schappid [schappid or mesurid S.] to the tothir. [verse 6] And thou schalt make fifti goldun ryngis, bi whiche [the whiche K.] the `veilis of curteyns [curtyn veiles IS.] schulen be ioyned, that o tabernacle be maad [tabernacle be maad, that is, oon hiling of the taber|nacle. BCGKQX.] . [verse 7] Also thou schalt make enleuene saies to kyuere the [with the IS.] [verse 8] hilyng of the tabernacle; the lengthe of o [the too K.] say schal haue thretti cubitis, and the breed schal haue foure cubitis; euene me|sure schal be of alle saies [the saies IS.] . [verse 9] Of which thou schalt ioyne fyue by hem silf, and thou schalt couple sixe to [bi MW.] hem silf to gidere, so that thou double the sixte say in the [Om. IS.] frount of the roof. [verse 10] And thou schalt make fifti handles [oyletis IS.] in the hemme of o [the too K.] say, that it may be ioyned [ioyned togidere W.] with [to IS.] the tother; and `thou schalt make [Om. I.] fifti handles [oyletis IS.] in the hemme of the tothir say, that it be cou|plid [verse 11] with the tothir; thou [and thou IK.] schalt make fifti fastnyngis [bokelis I. festnyng botouns S.] of bras, bi [with I.] whiche the handles [curtyn ryngis IS.] schulen be ioyned to gidere, that [and so I. and S.] oon hylyng be maad of alle. [verse 12] Sotheli that [Om. W.] that is residue [left EILPS.] in the saies, that ben maad redi to the hilyng, that is [is to sey I.] , o sai whych [that IS.] is more [left more I.] , of the myddis [myddil W.] therof thou schalt hile the hyndrere [hyndere GIKS.] part of the tabernacle; [verse 13] and a cubit schal hange on o part, and the tother cubit on the tother part, which [the which I.] cubit is more in the [Om. IS.] lengthe of saies [the saies IS.] , and schal [it schal IS.] hile euer either syde of the taber|nacle. [verse 14] And thou schalt make another hil|yng to the roof, of `skynnes of wetheres [the wetheris skynnys I. wetheris skynnys S.] maad reed, and ouer this thou schalt make eft anothir hilyng of `skynnes of iacynt [iacynct skinnys IS.] . [verse 15] Also thou schalt make stondynge tablis of the tabernacle, of the [Om. K.] trees of Sechym,

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[verse 16] whiche [the whiche I.] tablis schulen haue ech bi hem [hit I. him L.] silf ten cubitis in lengthe, and in brede a [oo IS.] cubit and half [an half IKS.] . [verse 17] Forsothe twei dentyngis schulen be in the sidis of a [the GQ.] table, bi which a [oo IKS.] table schal be ioyned to another table; and in this maner alle the tablis schulen be maad redi. [verse 18] Of whiche [the whiche K.] tablis twenti schulen be in the myddai side, that goith [verse 19] to the south; to whiche [the whiche I.] tablis thou schalt ȝete [sette I.] fourti silueren [siluer ELP.] foundementis [baasis I. or foundement I marg.] , that twei foundementis [baasis I.] be set vndir ech table, bi twei corneris. [verse 20] In [And in K.] the secounde side of the tabernacle, that goith to the north, schulen be twenti tablis, hauynge fourti silueren [sil|uer ELP.] foundementis [baasis I. foundementis or trestlis S.] ; twei [that twei G.] foundemen|tis [baasis I. trestlis S.] schulen [Om. G.] be set vndir ech table [table bi twei corners G.] . [verse 21] So|theli at the west coost of the tabernacle [verse 22] thou schalt make sixe tablis; and eft thou schalt make tweine othere tablis, [verse 23] that schulen be reisid [reisid or sett vp S.] in the corneris `bihynde [verse 24] the bak [on the bachalff IS.] of the tabernacle; and the tablis schulen be ioyned to hem silf fro bynethe til to aboue, and o ioynyng schal with|holde [biholde B.] alle the tablis. And lijk ioynyng schal be kept to the twei tablis, that schu|len [verse 25] be set in the corneris, and tho [thei I.] schulen be eiȝte tablis to gidere; the siluerne [siluer ELP.] foun|dementis [baasis I. trestlis S.] of tho [hem I.] schulen be sixtene, while twei foundementis [baasis I. trestlis S.] ben rikenyd bi o table. [verse 26] Thou schalt make also fyue barris of `trees of Sechym [Sechim trees IS.] , to holde to gidere the tablis [verse 27] in o side of the tabernacle, and fyue othere barris in the tother [other I.] side, and of the same [verse 28] noumbre at the west coost; whiche [the whiche I.] barris schulen be put [sent plures.] thorou the myddil tablis fro the toon [oon plures.] ende til to the tothir [other I.] . [verse 29] And thou schalt ouergilde tho tablis, and thou schalt ȝete [sette I.] goldun ryngis in tho [hem I. tho tablis S.] , bi whiche [the whiche I.] ryngis, the barris schulen holde to gidere the werk of tablis [the tablis IKS.] , whyche [the whyche I.] barris thou schalt hile with goldun platis. [verse 30] And

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thou schalt reise [reise vp I. vp reise S.] the tabernacle, bi the saumpler that was schewid to thee in the hil. [verse 31] Thou schalt make also a veil of iacynt, and [of DRT.] purpur [purpul ELP.] , and of reed silk twies died, and of bijs foldid [folden I.] aȝen bi broideri werk, and wouun to gidere bi fair dy|uersite; [verse 32] which [the which I.] veil thou schalt hange bi|for foure pileris of `the trees of Sechym [Sechim trees IS.] ; and sotheli tho [thilke I.] pileris schulen be ouer|gildid [ouer gilt IS.] ; and tho [thei I.] schulen haue goldun heedis, but foundementis [the baasis I. the foundementis S. f. ether feet B.] of [schul be IS.] siluer. [verse 33] For|sothe the veil schal be set in bi [with M.] the cer|clis [cerclis ether ryngis BC. ryngis W.] , with ynne which [the which I.] veil thou schalt sette the arke of witnessyng, wherbi the seyntuarye and the [Om. G.] seyntuaries [seyntuarie F.] of seyn|tuarie [seyntuaries C. the seyntuarie GIQ.] schulen be departid. [verse 34] And thou schalt sette the [thi K.] propiciatorie [that is, a golden table hiling the arke of God. K.] on the arke of witnessyng, in to the hooli of hooli [verse 35] thingis; and [that GQ.] thou schalt sette a boord with out the veil, and aȝens the boord `thou schalt [Om. I.] sette the candilstike in the south side of the tabernacle; for the bord schal stonde in the north side. [verse 36] Thou schalt make also a tente in the entryng of the tabernacle, of iacynt, and purpur [purpul ELP.] , and of reed selk twies died, and of bijs foldid aȝen bi broidery werk. [verse 37] And thou schalt ouergilde fyue [the fyue IS.] pileris of `trees of Sechym [Sechim trees IS.] , bifor whiche pileris the tente schal be led, of whiche pileris the heedis schulen be of gold, and the foundementis [baasis I.] of bras.

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