Exodus 38
Exodus chapter 38 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 He made also the brasun gridile therof, bi the maner of a net, and a panne for colis vndur it, in the myddis of the auter.
2 And he yetide foure ryngis, by so many endis of the gridile, to putte in the barris to bere;
3 and he made tho same barris of the trees of Sechym, and hilide with platis of bras.
4 And ledde in to the serclis that stonden forth in the sidis of the auter. Forsothe thilke auter was not sad, but holowe of the bildyngis of tablis, and voide with ynne.
5 He made also a greet waischyng vessel of bras, with his foundement, of the myrours of wymmen that wakiden in the greet street of the tabernacle.
6 And he made the greet street, in whose south coost weren tentis of bijs foldid ayen, of an hundrid cubitis, twenti brasun pilers with her foundementis,
7 the heedis In Ebru it is, the hookis of peleris, and the holdyngis of tho, weren of siluer, and in the same manere where lijk wordis ben set. of pilers, and al the grauyng of the werk, weren of siluer;
8 euenli at the north coost the tentis, pilers, and foundementis and heedis of pilers, weren of the same mesure, and werk, and metal.
9 Forsothe in that coost that biholdith the west weren tentis of fyfty cubitis, ten brasun pilers with her foundementis, and the heedis of pilers, and al the grauyng of werk, weren of siluer.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="10"><sup>10</sup> Sotheli ayens the eest he made redi tentis of fifti cubitis,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="11"><sup>11</sup> of whiche tentis o side helde fiftene cubitis of thre pilers with her foundementis; and in the tother side,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="12"><sup>12</sup> for he made the entryng of the tabernacle bitwixe euer either, weren tentis euenli of fiftene cubitis, thre pilers, and so many foundementis.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> Bijs foldid ayen hilide alle the tentis of the greet street.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="14"><sup>14</sup> The foundementis of pilers weren of bras; forsothe the heedis of tho pilers, with alle her grauyngis, weren of siluer; but also he clothide with siluer tho pilers In Ebreu it it is, he hilide with siluer the hedis of the pileris. of the greet street.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="15"><sup>15</sup> And in the entryng therof he made a tente, bi werk of broiderie, of iacynt, purpur, vermyloun, and of bijs foldid ayen, which tente hadde twenti cubitis in lengthe, and the heiythe was of fyue cubitis, bi the mesure which alle the tentis of the greet street hadden.
16 Forsothe the pylers in the entryng weren foure, with brasun foundementis, and the heedis of tho pilers and grauyngis weren of siluer;
17 and he made brasun stakis of the tabernacle, and of the greet street, bi cumpas.
18 These ben the instrumentis In Ebru it is, these ben the noumbres. of the tabernacle of witnessyng, that ben noumbrid, bi the comaundement of Moises, in the cerymonyes of Leuytis, bi the hond of Ithamar, sone of Aaron, preest.
19 Whiche instrumentis Beseleel, sone of Huri, sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda, fillide; for the Lord comaundide bi Moises,
20 while Ooliab, sone of Achysameth, of the lynage of Dan, was ioyned felowe to hym, and he hym silf was a noble crafti man of trees, and a tapesere and a broderere of iacynt, purpur, vermyloun and bijs.
21 Al the gold that was spendid in the werk of seyntuarie, and that was offrid in yiftis, was of nyne and twenti talentis In Ebreu it is, of xxix. hundridis, and an hundrid conteynede an hundrid and xx. besauntis. , and of seuene hundrid and thretti siclis, at the mesure of seyntuarie.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="22"><sup>22</sup> Forsothe it was offrid of hem In Ebru it is thus, forsothe the siluer of noumbrynge of the puple was an hundrid hundridis, and a thousende and vij. hundrid and lxx. siclis at the weiyte of seyntuarie, half a sicle bi ech heed of alle that passen to noumbre fro xx. yeer and aboue, of vj. hundrid and iij. thousende and fifti men. that passiden to noumbre fro twenti yeer and aboue, of sixe hundrid and thre thousand, and fyue hundrid and fifty of armed men.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="23"><sup>23</sup> Ferthermore, an hundrid talentis of siluer weren, of whiche the foundementis of the seyntuarie weren yotun togidere, and of the entryng, where the veil hangith;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="24"><sup>24</sup> an hundrid foundementis weren maad of an hundrid talentis, and for ech foundement was ordeyned o talent.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="25"><sup>25</sup> Forsothe of a thousynde seuene hundrid and thre scoor and fiftene siclis he made the heedis of pilers In Ebru it is thus, of a thousende vij. hundrid and lxxv. siclis he made the hokis of peleris, and hilide the heedis of the pelers with siluer; and this semeth the trewe lettre. , and he clothide tho same pilers with siluer.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="26"><sup>26</sup> Also of bras weren offrid thre scoor and twelue thousynde talentis, and foure hundrid siclis ouer.
27 Of whiche the foundementis in the entryng of the tabernacle of witnessyng weren yotun, and the brasun auter, with his gridele, and al the vessels that perteynen to the vss therof,
28 and the foundementis of the greet street, as wel in the cumpas, as in the entryng therof, and the stakis of the tabernacle, and of the greet street bi cumpas.
30 Forsothe of iacynt, and purpur, vermyloun, and bijs, he made clothis, in whiche Aaron was clothid, whanne he mynystride in hooli thingis, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
31 Therfor he made the `cloth on the schuldris of gold, iacynt, and purpur, and of reed selk twies died,