Exodus 25
25
Gifts for the Lord
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Tell the Israelites to bring me gifts. Receive for me the gifts each man wants to give. 3These are the gifts that you should receive from them: gold, silver, bronze, 4blue, purple and red thread, and fine linen. Receive cloth made of goat hair. 5Receive the male sheep skins that are dyed red. Receive fine leather, acacia wood 6and olive oil to burn in the lamps. And receive spices for sweet-smelling incense and the special olive oil poured on a person’s head to make him a priest. 7Also accept onyx stones and other jewels to be put on the holy vest and the chest covering.
8“The people must build a holy place for me. Then I can live among them. 9Build this Holy Tent and everything in it by the plan I will show you.
The Ark of the Covenant
10“Use acacia wood and build an Ark. It must be 45 inches long, 27 inches wide and 27 inches high. 11Cover the Ark of the Covenant inside and out with pure gold. And put a gold strip all around it. 12Make four gold rings for the Ark of the Covenant. Attach the gold rings to its four feet, two rings on each side. 13Then make poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. 14Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the Ark. Use these poles to carry the Ark of the Covenant. 15These poles must always stay in the rings of the Ark of the Covenant. Do not take the poles out. 16Then put the two flat stones in the Ark of the Covenant. I will give you these stones on which the commands are written.
17“Then make a lid of pure gold for the Ark of the Covenant. This lid is the mercy seat. Make it 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. 18Then hammer gold to make two creatures with wings. Put one on each end of the lid. 19Put one creature with wings on one end of the lid. And put the other creature with wings on the other end. Attach the creatures with wings to the lid so that they will all be one piece. 20The creatures’ wings should be spread out over the lid. The creatures are to face each other across the lid. 21Put this lid on top of the Ark of the Covenant. Also put in this Ark of the Covenant the agreement which I will make with you. 22I will meet with you there, above the lid between the two creatures with wings. These are on the Ark of the Covenant. There I will give you all my commands for the Israelites.
The Table
23“Make a table out of acacia wood. It must be 36 inches long, 18 inches wide and 27 inches high. 24Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold strip around it. 25Then make a frame three inches high that stands up all around the edge. Put a gold strip around the frame. 26Then make four gold rings. Attach them to the four corners of the table where the four legs are. 27Put the rings close to the frame around the top of the table. These rings will hold the poles for carrying the table. 28Make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold. Carry the table with these poles. 29Make the plates and bowls for the table out of pure gold. Make the jars and cups out of pure gold. They will be used for pouring out the drink offerings. 30On this table put the bread that shows you are in my presence. It must always be there in front of me.
The Lampstand
31“Hammer pure gold to make a lampstand. Its base, stand, flower-like cups, buds and petals must all be joined together in one piece. 32The lampstand must have three branches on one side and three branches on the other. 33Each branch must have three cups shaped like almond flowers on it. Each cup must have a bud and a petal. 34And there must be four more cups made like almond flowers on the lampstand itself. These cups must also have buds and petals. 35Put a bud under each pair of branches that goes out from the lampstand. 36The branches, buds and lampstand must be one piece of pure, hammered gold.
37“Then make seven small oil lamps and put them on the lampstand. They will give light to the area in front of the lampstand. 38The wick trimmers and trays must be made of pure gold. 39Use 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything with it. 40Be very careful to make them by the plan I showed you on the mountain.
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Exodus 25
25
Instruction to Collect Materials
1And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” and let them bring to me a contribution. You will receive my contribution from every man whose heart prompts him. 3And this is the contribution that you will receive from them—gold and silver and bronze, 4blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine linen and goat hair, 5and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather,#The particular kind of leather is uncertain and acacia wood, 6oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece. 8And make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell in the midst of them, 9according to all that I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its equipment—and so you will do.
Instructions for Making the Ark of the Covenant
10“And they will make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. 11And you will overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you will overlay it, and you will make on it a gold molding all around. 12And you will cast for it four gold rings, and you will put them on its four feet, with two rings on its one side and two rings on its second side. 13And you will make poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. 14And you will put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark with them. 15In the rings of the ark will be the poles; they will not be removed from it.#Literally “they will not turn aside from it” 16And you will put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.
17“And you will make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. 18And you will make two cherubim of gold; you will make them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. 19And make one cherub at one end#Literally “from end from this” and one cherub at the other end#Literally “from end from this” of the atonement cover; you will make the cherubim on its two ends. 20And the cherubim will be with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other;#Literally “and their faces a man to his brother” the faces of the cherubim will be toward the atonement cover. 21And you will put the atonement cover above onto the ark, and into the ark you will put the testimony that I will give you. 22And I will meet you there, and I will speak with you from over the atonement cover, from between the two cherubim that are to be on the ark of the testimony—all that I will command you to the Israelites.#Literally “sons/children of Israel”
Instructions for Making a Table and a Lampstand
23“And you will make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. 24And you will overlay it with pure gold, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. 25And you will make for it a handbreadth rim all around, and you will make a gold molding for its rim all around. 26And you will make four gold rings for it, and you will put the rings on the four corners where its four legs#Literally “feet” are. 27The rings will be near the rim as holders#Literally “houses” for poles to carry the table. 28And you will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried with them. 29And you will make its plates and its ladles#Or “bowls” and its pitchers and its bowls with which libations will be poured; of pure gold you will make them. 30And you will put on the table the bread of presence to be before me continually.
31“And you will make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand will be made of hammered work—its base and its branch,#Or “reed” its cups, its buds, and its blossoms will be from it. 32And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. 33Three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. 34And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms. 35And a bud will be under the two branches that come from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. 36Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one piece of pure gold hammered work. 37And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light in the space in front of it.#Literally “on beyond its face” 38And its snuffers and its fire pans will be pure gold. 39It will be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these pieces of equipment. 40And see and make all according to their pattern, which you were shown in the mountain.
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