Exodus 25
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take first fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and you shall take my first fruits.
“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 double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,
blue, purple, and crimson thread; finely-spun linen and goat hair;
5 and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,
ram skins that have been tanned, and fine leather; acacia wood;
6 and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense,
olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;
7 and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.
and onyx stones and other gemstones to be used in making the ephod and breastpiece.
8 And you shall make me a sanctuary, and I will appear amongst you.
They are to make me a sanctuary so I can live among them.
9 And you shall make for me according to all things which I show you in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: 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 you shall make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
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 gild it with pure gold, you shall gild it within and without; and you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted 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 for it four golden rings, and shall put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.
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] incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.
Make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
14 And you shall put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.
Place the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it can be carried.
15 The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.
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 testimonies which I shall give you.
Place inside the Ark the Testimony which I'm going to give you.
17 And you shall make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.
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 cherubs graven in gold, and you shall put them on both sides of the propitiatory.
Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
19 They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and you shall make the two cherubs on the two sides.
and put one cherub on each end. All of this is to be made from one piece of gold.
20 The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be towards each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be towards the propitiatory.
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 set the propitiatory on the ark above, and you shall put into the ark the testimonies which 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 I will make myself known to you from thence, and I will speak to you above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge you concerning 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 And you shall make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
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 make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and you shall make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.
Cover it with pure gold and make a gold trim to go around it.
25 And you shall make a twisted wreath for the crown 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 four golden rings; and you shall put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.
Make four gold rings for the table and attach them to the four corners of the table by the legs.
27 And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.
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 incorruptible wood, and you shall gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.
Make the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and cover them with gold.
29 And you shall make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which you shall offer drink-offerings: 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 upon the table show bread before me continually.
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; you shall make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece.
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 proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.
It is to have six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side.
33 And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from 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 candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.
On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
35 A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.
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 Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece 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 its seven lamps: and you shall set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.
Make seven lamps and place them on the lampstand so they can light up the area in front of it.
38 And you shall make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.
The wick tongs and their trays are to be made of pure gold.
39 All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.
The lampstand and all these utensils will require a talent of pure gold.
40 See, you shall make them according to the pattern showed you in the mount.
Be sure to make everything according to the design you were shown on the mountain.”
