Exodus 25
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
The Lord told Moses,
2 Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they take for me a heave-offering, —of every man whose heart urgeth him, shall ye take my heave-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 heave-offering which ye shall take of them, —gold and silver and bronze;
These are the items you are to accept from them as contributions: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 and blue, and purple, and crimson and fine linen, and goat’s hair;
blue, purple, and crimson thread; finely-spun linen and goat hair;
5 and rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins and acacia wood;
ram skins that have been tanned, and fine leather; acacia wood;
6 oil for giving light, —perfumes for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense;
olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;
7 onyx stones, and setting stones, —for the ephod and for the breastpiece:
and onyx stones and other gemstones to be used in making the ephod and breastpiece.
8 So shall they make for me a sanctuary, —and I will make my habitation in their midst:
They are to make me a sanctuary so I can live among them.
9 according to all that, I, am shewing thee, the pattern of the habitation, and the pattern of all the furnishings thereof, even so, shall ye 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 acacia wood, -two cubits and a half, 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 thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without, shalt thou overlay it, —and thou shalt make thereon a rim 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 thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and shalt put them on the four feet thereof, —even two rings on the one side thereof, and two rings on the other side thereof.
Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.
13 And thou shalt make staves, of acacia wood, —and shalt overlay them with gold.
Make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
14 And thou shalt bring in the staves into the rings, on the sides of the ark, —to bear the ark therewith,
Place the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it can be carried.
15 In the rings of the ark, shall remain the staves, —they shall not be removed therefrom.
The poles are to stay in the rings of the Ark; don't take them out.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark, —the testimony which I will give unto thee.
Place inside the Ark the Testimony which I'm going to give you.
17 And thou shalt make a propitiatory, of pure gold, —two cubits and a half, 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 thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, —of beaten work, shalt thou make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory.
Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
19 And make thou one cherub out of this end, and the other cherub out of that end, —out of the propitiatory, shall ye make the cherubim upon 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 be spreading out two wings on high—making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with their faces one towards the other, —towards the propitiatory, shall be the faces of the cherubim.
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 thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark above, —and in the ark, shalt thou put the testimony, which I will give unto thee.
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 meet with thee there, and will speak with thee from off the propitiatory, from between the two cherubim, which are upon the ark of the testimony, —whatsoever I may give thee in charge, for the sons 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 thou shalt make a table, of acacia wood, two cubits, 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 thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, —and shalt make thereto a rim of gold, round about;
Cover it with pure gold and make a gold trim to go around it.
25 and thou shalt make thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about, —and shalt make a rim of gold 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 thou shalt make to it four rings of gold, —and shalt place the rings on the four corners which pertain to 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 adjoining the border, shall be the rings, —as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table;
The rings are to be close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table.
28 and thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, —and the table shall be lifted there, with;
Make the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and cover them with gold.
29 and thou shalt make its dishes and its pans and its basins and its bowls, for pouring out therewith, —of pure gold, shalt thou 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 thou shalt place upon the table Presence-bread, before me continually.
Place the Bread of the Presence on the table so it is always in my presence.
31 And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold, of beaten work, shall the lampstand be made, even its base and its shaft its cups, its apples, and its blossoms of the same, shall be:
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 with, six branches, coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand, out the one side thereof, and three branches of the lampstand, out of the other side thereof:
It is to have six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side.
33 three cups like almond-flowers, in the one branch apple and blossom, and, three cups like almond-flowers, in the other branch apple and blossom, so, for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand.
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 lampstand itself, four cups, —like almond-flowers—its apples, and its blossoms;
On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
35 and an apple under two branches of the same, and, another apple, under two other branches of the same, and another apple under two other branches, of the same, —for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand:
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 apples and their branches, of the same, shall be, —all of it, of 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 thou shalt make the lamps thereof seven, and one shall light up its lamps, and it shall give light, over against the face thereof.
Make seven lamps and place them on the lampstand so they can light up the area in front of it.
38 And, its snuffers, and its snuff-trays of pure gold.
The wick tongs and their trays are to be made of pure gold.
39 With 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 see thou and make them, by the pattern of them, which thou wast caused to behold in the mount
Be sure to make everything according to the design you were shown on the mountain.”
