Exodus 25

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and they take a raised-offering for Me; you take My raised-offering from every man whose heart impels him.

3 And these are the things you must take: gold, and silver, and brass,

And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,

4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],

5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:

and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,

6 Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,

7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.

shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:

And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;

9 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it:

according to all that which I am showing you, the pattern of the Dwelling Place, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so you make [it].

10 Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.

And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

11 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:

and you have overlaid it [with] pure gold, you overlay it inside and outside, and you have made a ring of gold on it all around.

12 And four golden rings, which thou shall put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.

And you have cast four rings of gold for it, and have put [them] on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,

14 And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them.

and have brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark by them;

15 And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;

16 And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.

and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.

17 Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

And you have made a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.

and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;

19 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.

and make one cherub at the end on this [side] and one cherub at the end on that [side]; at the propitiatory covering you make the cherubim on its two ends.

20 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

And the cherubim have been spreading out wings on high, covering over the propitiatory covering with their wings, and their faces [are] toward one another—the faces of the cherubim are toward the propitiatory covering.

21 In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.

And you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark above, and you put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark;

22 Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee.

and I have met with you there, and have spoken with you from off the propitiatory covering (from between the two cherubim, which [are] on the Ark of the Testimony) all that which I command you concerning the sons of Israel.

23 Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and half in height.

And you have made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

24 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about.

and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,

25 And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high: and over the same another little golden crown.

and have made a border of a handbreadth for it all around, and have made a crown of gold for its border all around.

26 Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table over each foot.

And you have made four rings of gold for it, and have put the rings on the four corners, which [are] at its four feet;

27 Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.

close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;

28 The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table.

and you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold, and the table has been carried with them;

29 Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered of the purest gold.

and you have made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; you make them of pure gold;

30 And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always.

and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.

31 Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

And you have made a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand is made of beaten work; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knobs, and its flowers are of the same;

32 Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of the one side, and three out of the other.

and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of the first side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the second side;

33 Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily; and three cups, likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft:

three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower—so for the six branches which are coming out from the lampstand.

34 And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one, bowls and lilies.

And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;

35 Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six coming forth out of one shaft.

and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, for the six branches which are coming out of the lampstand;

36 And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;

37 Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over against.

and you have made its seven lamps, and [one] has caused its lamps to go up, and it has given light over [and] beyond its front.

38 The snuffers also and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold.

And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;

39 The whole weight of the candlestick with all the furniture thereof shall be a talent of the purest gold.

he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.

40 Look and make it according to the pattern, that was shewn thee in the mount.

Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”