Exodus 25

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel,

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.

that thei take to me the firste fruytis; of ech man that offrith wilfuli, ye schulen take tho.

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

Forsothe these thingis it ben, whiche ye schulen take, gold, and siluer, and bras, iacynt,

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

and purpur, and reed silk twies died, and bijs, heeris of geet, and `skynnes of wetheris maad reed,

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

and skynnes of iacynt,

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

and trees of Sechym, and oile to liytis to be ordeyned, swete smellynge spiceries in to oynement, and encensis of good odour,

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

onochym stoonys, and gemmes to ourne ephod, and the racional.

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

And thei schulen make a seyntuarie to me, and Y schal dwelle in the myddis of hem, bi al the licnesse of the tabernacle,

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.

which Y schal schewe to thee, and of alle the vessels of ournyng therof.

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.

And thus ye schulen make it; ioyne ye to gidere an arke of the trees of Sechym, whos lengthe haue twey cubitis and an half, the broodnesse haue a cubit and half, the hiynesse haue `in lijk maner a cubit and half.

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 thou schalt ouergilde it with clenneste gold with ynne and with out forth; and thou schalt make a goldun crowne aboue `bi cumpas,

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 foure goldun cerclis, whiche thou schalt sette bi foure corneris of the arke; twei ceerclis be in o syde, and twei cerclis in the tother side.

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

Also thou schalt make barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt hile tho 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 thou schalt brynge yn bi the cerclis that ben in the sidis of the arke,

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

that it be borun in tho, whiche schulen euere be in the ceerclis, nether schulen ony tyme be drawun out of thoo.

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

And thou schalt putte in to the arke the witnessing, which Y schal yyue to thee.

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.

And thou schalt make a propiciatorie of clenneste gold; `that is a table hilinge the arke; the lengthe therof schal holde twei cubitis and an half, the broodnesse schal holde a cubit and half.

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

Also thou schalt make on euer eithir side of `Goddis answeryng place twei cherubyns of gold, and betun out with hamer;

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.

o cherub be in o syde of `Goddis answeryng place, and the tother in the tother side;

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.

hele thei euer either side of the propiciatorie, and holde thei forth wyngis, and hile thei `Goddis answeryng place; and biholde thei hem silf to gidere, while the faces ben turned in to the propiciatorie, with which the arke of the Lord schal be hilid,

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 arke thou schalt putte the `witnessyng, which Y schal yyue to thee.

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.

Fro thennus Y schal comaunde, and schal speke to thee aboue the propiciatorie, that is, fro the myddis of twei cherubyns, that schulen be on the arke of witnessyng, alle thingis whiche Y schal comaunde `bi thee to the sones of Israel.

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.

Also thou schalt make a boord of the trees of Sechym, hauinge twei cubitis of lengthe, and a cubit in broodnesse, and a cubit and half in hiyenesse.

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

And thou schalt ouergilde the bord with purest gold, and thou schalt make to it a goldun brynke `bi cumpas;

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 `thou schalt make to that brynke a coroun rasid bitwixe foure fyngris hiy, and `thou schalt make on that another lytil goldun coroun.

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.

And thou schalt make redi foure goldun cerclis, and thou schalt put thoo in foure corners of the same boord, bi alle feet.

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

Vndur the coroun schulen be goldun cerclis, that the barris be put thorou tho, and that the boord may be borun.

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

Thou schalt make tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt cumpas with gold to bere the boord.

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.

And thou schalt make redi vessels of vynegre, and viols, cenceris, and cuppis of pureste gold, in whiche fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid.

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

And thou schalt sette on the boord looues of proposicioun, in my siyt euere.

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.

And thou schalt make a candilstike `betun forth with hamer, of clenneste gold, and thou schalt make the schaft therof, and yerdis, cuppis, and litle rundelis, and lilies comynge forth therof.

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:

Sixe yerdis schulen go out of the sidis, thre of o side, and thre of the tother.

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,

Thre cuppis as in the maner of a note bi ech yerde, and litle rundelis to gidere, and a lilie, and in lijk maner thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the tother, and litle rundelis togidere, and a lilie; this schal be the werk of sixe yerdis, that schulen be brouyt forth of the schaft.

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

Forsothe in thilke candilstik e schulen be foure cuppis in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies by ech cuppe;

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.

and litle rundelis schulen be vndir twey yerdis bi thre places, whiche yerdis to gidere ben maad sixe, comynge forth of o schaft; and therfor the litle rundelis and yerdis

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

therof schulen be alle betun out with hamer, of clenneste 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.

And thou schalt make seuene lanternes, and thou schalt sette tho on the candilstike, that tho schyne euene ayens.

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

Also tongis to `do out the snottis, and where tho thingis, that ben snottid out, ben quenchid, be maad of clenneste gold.

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

Al the weiyt of the candilstike with alle hise vesselis schal haue a talent of clennest gold.

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

Biholde thou, and make bi the saumpler, which ys schewide to thee in the hil.