Exodus 25

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Yahweh said to Moses,

2 Speak unto 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.

“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.

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

These are the offerings that you must receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair],

blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats' hair;

5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;

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

oil for the sanctuary lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.

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

Let them make me a sanctuary so that I may live among them.

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

You must make it exactly as I will show you in the plans for the tabernacle and for all its equipment.

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. Its length must be two and a half cubits; its width will be one cubit and a half; and its height will be one cubit and a half.

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

You must cover it inside and out with pure gold, and you must make on it a border of gold around its top.

12 And thou shalt 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.

You must cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on the ark's four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.

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

You must make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

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

You must put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order to carry the ark.

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

The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be taken from it.

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

You must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I will give you.

17 And thou shalt 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 must make an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length must be two and a half cubits, and its width must be a cubit and a half.

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

You must make two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.

19 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 cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Make one cherub for one end of the atonement lid, and the other cherub for the other end. They must be made as one piece with the atonement lid.

20 And the cherubims 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 cherubims be.

The cherubim must spread out their wings upward and overshadow the atonement lid with them. The cherubim must face one another and look toward the center of the atonement lid.

21 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.

You must put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and you must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I am giving you.

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

It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for the Israelites.

23 Thou shalt 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.

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

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

You must cover it with pure gold and put a border of gold around the top.

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

You must make a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.

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

You must make for it four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.

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

The rings must be attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.

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

You must make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold so that the table may be carried with them.

29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.

You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings. You must make them of pure gold.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

You must regularly set the bread of the presence on the table before me.

31 And thou shalt 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.

You must make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand is to be made with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers are to be all made of one piece with it.

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:

Six branches must extend out from its sides—three branches must extend from one side, and three branches of the lampstand must extend from the other side.

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

The first branch must have three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.

34 And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers.

On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there must be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.

35 And [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

There must be a leafy base under the first pair of branches—made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches—also made as one piece with it. In the same way there must be a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.

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

Their leafy bases and branches must all be one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.

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

You must make the lampstand and its seven lamps, and set up its lamps for them to give light from it.

38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.

The tongs and their trays must be made of pure gold.

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

Use one talent of pure gold to make the lampstand and its accessories.

40 And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Be sure to make them after the pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.