Exodus 25

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

3 And these are the things you must take: gold, and silver, and brass,

And this [is] the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver and brass,

4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair].

5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.

6 Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:

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

7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast-plate.

8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it:

According to all that I show thee [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so shall ye make [it].

10 Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.

And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its hight.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it.

12 And four golden rings, which thou shall put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in its four corners; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt make staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them.

And thou shalt put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

The staffs shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

16 And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17 Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.

And thou shalt make two cherubim [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat.

19 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: [even] of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on its two ends.

20 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

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; towards the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

21 In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

22 Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee.

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment to the children of Israel.

23 Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and half in height.

Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: its length shall be two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its hight a cubit and a half.

24 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold around it.

25 And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high: and over the same another little golden crown.

And thou shalt make to it a border of an hand-breadth around it, and thou shalt make a golden crown to its border around it.

26 Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table over each foot.

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on its four feet.

27 Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear the table.

28 The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table.

And thou shalt make the staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

29 Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered of the purest gold.

And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover it with: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always.

And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me always.

31 Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.

32 Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of the one side, and three out of the other.

And six branches shall extend from the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick from the one side, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side:

33 Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily; and three cups, likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft:

Three bowls made like to almonds, [with] a knob and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that project from the candlestick.

34 And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one, bowls and lilies.

And in the candlesticks [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their flowers.

35 Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six coming forth out of one shaft.

And [there shall be] a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that project from the candlestick.

36 And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same: all of it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.

37 Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over against.

And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light over against it.

38 The snuffers also and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold.

And its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, [shall be of] pure gold.

39 The whole weight of the candlestick with all the furniture thereof shall be a talent of the purest gold.

[Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

40 Look and make it according to the pattern, that was shewn thee in the mount.

And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shown thee on the mount.