Exodus 25

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh 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 sealskins, 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 thereof, 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 thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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 shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt 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 shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; 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 shalt 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 shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith 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 shalt 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 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.

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 shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt 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 shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

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; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

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 shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt 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 unto the children 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 shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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 shalt 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 shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof 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 shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

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

27 Close by the border shall the rings be, 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 shalt 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 shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou 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 shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.

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

31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, 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 thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

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 knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

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 candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

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 knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

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 knops 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 shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.

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

38 And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, 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 after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.

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