Exodus 25

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

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

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

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

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

5 and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,

And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

6 and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense,

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

7 and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

8 And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.

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

9 And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it.

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

10 And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.

And they shall make an ark of shittim 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.

11 And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.

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.

12 And thou shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 And thou shalt make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.

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

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

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

17 And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

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.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

20 The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.

And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

21 And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.

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.

22 And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel.

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

23 And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.

Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

24 And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.

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

25 And thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.

And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

26 And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.

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.

27 And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28 And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

29 And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece.

And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work shall the lampstand be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

32 And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side:

33 And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lampstand.

34 and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.

And in the lampstand shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

35 A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.

And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.

36 Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.

Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

37 And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

38 And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.

And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

39 All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

40 See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.

And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.