Exodus 25

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord.

3 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,

Now these are the things that you must accept: Gold, and silver, and brass,

4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,

hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

5 rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

and the skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of violet, and setim wood,

6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

oil to prepare lights, aromatics as ointments and sweet-smelling incense,

7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate.

8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

And they shall make a sanctuary for me, and I will live in their midst.

9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

According to exact likeness of the tabernacle, and all of the vessels for its rituals, that I will reveal to you, so shall you make it.

10 “They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

Join together an ark of setim wood, whose length shall hold two and one half cubits; the width, one and one half cubits; the height, likewise, one and one half cubits.

11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

And you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around,

12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

and four gold rings, which you shall set into the four corners of the ark. Let two rings be on one side and two on the other.

13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover them with gold.

14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

And you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them.

15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them.

16 You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.

And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark.

17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

You shall also make a propitiatory of the finest gold. Its length shall hold two and one half cubits, and the width, one and one half cubits.

18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

Let one Cherub be on the one side, and the other be on the other.

20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered,

21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.

in which you will place the testimony that I will give to you.

22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

From there, I will warn you and speak to you, above the propitiatory and from the middle of the two Cherubim, which will be over the ark of the testimony, about everything that I will command of the sons of Israel through you.

23 “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits.

You shall also make a table of setim wood, having two cubits of length, and one cubit in width, and one cubit and one half cubits in height.

24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

And you shall overlay it with the purest gold. And you shall make it with a gold lip all around,

25 You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

and for the lip itself an engraved crown, four fingers high, and above it another little gold crown.

26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

Likewise, you shall prepare four gold rings and set them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot.

27 The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

Under the crown, there shall be gold rings, so that the bars may be put through them and the table may be carried.

28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

Likewise, the bars themselves you shall make of setim wood, and surround them with gold, to lift up the table.

29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls with which to pour out offerings. You shall make them of pure gold.

You shall also prepare small cups, as well as bowls, censers, and measuring cups, with which the libations shall be offered, out of the purest gold.

30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always.

31 “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

You shall also make a lampstand, formed from the finest gold, along with its stem and arms, its bowl and little spheres, as well as the lilies proceeding from it.

32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;

Six branches shall go out from the sides: three out of one side and three out of the other.

33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand;

Three bowls, the size of nuts, shall be on each branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. And three similar bowls, in the likeness of nuts, shall be on the other branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. This shall be the form of the six branches, which are to proceed from the stem.

34 and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

Then, in the lampstand itself, there shall be four bowls, the size of nuts, and each with little spheres and lilies.

35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.

Little spheres under two branches in three places, which together make six, shall proceed from one of the stems.

36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Thus both the little spheres and the branches shall be made out of the same thing: entirely formed from the purest gold.

37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

You shall also make seven lamps, and you shall place them upon the lampstand, so that they may give light in every direction.

38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

Likewise, the candle snuffers, and the place where the candles will be extinguished, shall be made from the purest gold.

39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

The entire weight of the candlestick, with all its parts, shall hold one talent of the purest gold.

40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

Observe, and then make it according to the example that was shown to you on the mountain.”