Exodus 25

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, that they take for me an offering; of every man whose heart makes him willing ye shall take my offering.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord.

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

Now these are the things that you must accept: Gold, and silver, and brass,

4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

5 and rams' skins dyed red, and certain skins, and acacia wood,

and the skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of violet, and setim wood,

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

oil to prepare lights, aromatics as ointments and sweet-smelling incense,

7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate.

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

And they shall make a sanctuary for me, and I will live in their midst.

9 According to all that I show thee: the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture of it, even so shall ye make it.

According to exact likeness of the tabernacle, and all of the vessels for its rituals, that I will reveal to you, so shall you make it.

10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

Join together an ark of setim wood, whose length shall hold two and one half cubits; the width, one and one half cubits; the height, likewise, one and one half cubits.

11 And thou shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside thou shall overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold round about.

And you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around,

12 And thou shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet of it. And two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

and four gold rings, which you shall set into the four corners of the ark. Let two rings be on one side and two on the other.

13 And thou shall make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover them with gold.

14 And thou shall put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, with which to bear the ark.

And you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them.

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

These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them.

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

And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark.

17 And thou shall make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.

You shall also make a propitiatory of the finest gold. Its length shall hold two and one half cubits, and the width, one and one half cubits.

18 And thou shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shall thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

19 And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy-seat ye shall make the cherubim on the two ends of it.

Let one Cherub be on the one side, and the other be on the other.

20 And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy-seat.

And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered,

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

in which you will place the testimony that I will give to you.

22 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 sons of Israel.

From there, I will warn you and speak to you, above the propitiatory and from the middle of the two Cherubim, which will be over the ark of the testimony, about everything that I will command of the sons of Israel through you.

23 And thou shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

You shall also make a table of setim wood, having two cubits of length, and one cubit in width, and one cubit and one half cubits in height.

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

And you shall overlay it with the purest gold. And you shall make it with a gold lip all around,

25 And thou shall make to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shall make a golden crown to the border of it round about.

and for the lip itself an engraved crown, four fingers high, and above it another little gold crown.

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

Likewise, you shall prepare four gold rings and set them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot.

27 The rings shall be close by the border, for places for the staves to bear the table.

Under the crown, there shall be gold rings, so that the bars may be put through them and the table may be carried.

28 And thou shall make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Likewise, the bars themselves you shall make of setim wood, and surround them with gold, to lift up the table.

29 And thou shall make the dishes of it, and the spoons of it, and the pitchers of it, and the bowls of it, with which to pour out, of pure gold thou shall make them.

You shall also prepare small cups, as well as bowls, censers, and measuring cups, with which the libations shall be offered, out of the purest gold.

30 And thou shall set upon the table showbread before me always.

And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always.

31 And thou shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of beaten work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

You shall also make a lampstand, formed from the finest gold, along with its stem and arms, its bowl and little spheres, as well as the lilies proceeding from it.

32 And there shall be six branches going out of the sides of it, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it:

Six branches shall go out from the sides: three out of one side and three out of the other.

33 three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knob and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand,

Three bowls, the size of nuts, shall be on each branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. And three similar bowls, in the likeness of nuts, shall be on the other branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. This shall be the form of the six branches, which are to proceed from the stem.

34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knobs of it, and the flowers of it.

Then, in the lampstand itself, there shall be four bowls, the size of nuts, and each with little spheres and lilies.

35 And a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

Little spheres under two branches in three places, which together make six, shall proceed from one of the stems.

36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Thus both the little spheres and the branches shall be made out of the same thing: entirely formed from the purest gold.

37 And thou shall make the lamps of it, seven. And they shall light the lamps of it, to give light in front of it.

You shall also make seven lamps, and you shall place them upon the lampstand, so that they may give light in every direction.

38 And the snuffers of it, and the snuff dishes of it, shall be of pure gold.

Likewise, the candle snuffers, and the place where the candles will be extinguished, shall be made from the purest gold.

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.

The entire weight of the candlestick, with all its parts, shall hold one talent of the purest gold.

40 And see that thou make them according to their pattern that has been shown thee on the mountain.

Observe, and then make it according to the example that was shown to you on the mountain.”