Exodus 25
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
“Instruct the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive my offering from everyone who willingly wants to give.
3 And this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
These are the items you are to accept from them as contributions: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
blue, purple, and crimson thread; finely-spun linen and goat hair;
5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
ram skins that have been tanned, and fine leather; acacia wood;
6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
and onyx stones and other gemstones to be used in making the ephod and breastpiece.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
They are to make me a sanctuary so I can live among them.
9 According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall you make it.
You must make the Tabernacle and all its furnishings according to design I'm going to show you.
10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
They are to make an Ark of acacia wood that measures two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide by one and a half cubits high.
11 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and shall make on it a crown of gold round about.
Cover it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and make a gold trim to go around it.
12 And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.
13 And you shall make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
14 And you shall put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
Place the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it can be carried.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
The poles are to stay in the rings of the Ark; don't take them out.
16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
Place inside the Ark the Testimony which I'm going to give you.
17 And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
You are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.
and put one cherub on each end. All of this is to be made from one piece of gold.
20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
The cherubim are to be designed with spread wings pointing upward, covering the atonement cover. The cherubim are to be placed facing each another, looking down towards the atonement cover.
21 And you shall put the mercy seat above on the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
Place the atonement cover on top of the Ark, and put the Testimony that I'm going to give you inside the Ark.
22 And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
I will meet with you there as arranged above the atonement cover, between the two cherubim that stand over the Ark of the Testimony, and I will talk with you about all the commands I will give the Israelites.
23 You shall also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
Then you are to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long by a cubit wide by a cubit and a half high.
24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Cover it with pure gold and make a gold trim to go around it.
25 And you shall make to it a border of an hand breadth round about, and you shall make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Make a border around it the width of a hand and put a gold trim on the border.
26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
Make four gold rings for the table and attach them to the four corners of the table by the legs.
27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
The rings are to be close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table.
28 And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
Make the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and cover them with gold.
29 And you shall make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover with: of pure gold shall you make them.
Make plates and dishes for the table, as well as pitchers and bowls for pouring out drink offerings. Make all of them out of pure gold.
30 And you shall set on the table show bread before me always.
Place the Bread of the Presence on the table so it is always in my presence.
31 And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it is to be made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.
32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
It is to have six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side.
33 Three bowls made like to almonds, with a bud and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
Have three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch. Each of six branches that come out will have three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.
34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like to almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
35 And there shall be a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
On the six branches that come out from the lampstand, place a bud under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
The buds and branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure gold.
37 And you shall make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
Make seven lamps and place them on the lampstand so they can light up the area in front of it.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the firepans thereof, shall be of pure gold.
The wick tongs and their trays are to be made of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
The lampstand and all these utensils will require a talent of pure gold.
40 And look that you make them after their pattern, which was showed you in the mount.
Be sure to make everything according to the design you were shown on the mountain.”
