Exodus 25

1 The Lord told Moses,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Instruct the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive my offering from everyone who willingly wants to give.

Speak to 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 These are the items you are to accept from them as contributions: gold, silver, and bronze;

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

4 blue, purple, and crimson thread; finely-spun linen and goat hair;

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair].

5 ram skins that have been tanned, and fine leather; acacia wood;

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.

6 olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;

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

7 and onyx stones and other gemstones to be used in making the ephod and breastpiece.

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast-plate.

8 They are to make me a sanctuary so I can live among them.

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

9 You must make the Tabernacle and all its furnishings according to design I'm going to show you.

According to all that I show thee [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so shall ye make [it].

10 They are to make an Ark of acacia wood that measures two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide by one and a half cubits high.

And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its hight.

11 Cover it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and make a gold trim to go around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it.

12 Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.

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

13 Make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

And thou shalt make staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 Place the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it can be carried.

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

15 The poles are to stay in the rings of the Ark; don't take them out.

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

16 Place inside the Ark the Testimony which I'm going to give you.

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

17 You are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18 Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,

And thou shalt make two cherubim [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat.

19 and put one cherub on each end. All of this is to be made from one piece of gold.

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 cherubim on its two ends.

20 The cherubim are to be designed with spread wings pointing upward, covering the atonement cover. The cherubim are to be placed facing each another, looking down towards the atonement cover.

And the cherubim shall stretch forth [their] wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another; towards the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

21 Place the atonement cover on top of the Ark, and put the Testimony that I'm going to give you inside the Ark.

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 I will meet with you there as arranged above the atonement cover, between the two cherubim that stand over the Ark of the Testimony, and I will talk with you about all the commands I will give the Israelites.

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 children of Israel.

23 Then you are to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long by a cubit wide by a cubit and a half high.

Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: its length shall be two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its hight a cubit and a half.

24 Cover it with pure gold and make a gold trim to go around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold around it.

25 Make a border around it the width of a hand and put a gold trim on the border.

And thou shalt make to it a border of an hand-breadth around it, and thou shalt make a golden crown to its border around it.

26 Make four gold rings for the table and attach them to the four corners of the table by the legs.

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on its four feet.

27 The rings are to be close to the border to hold the poles used to carry the table.

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

28 Make the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and cover them with gold.

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

29 Make plates and dishes for the table, as well as pitchers and bowls for pouring out drink offerings. Make all of them out of pure gold.

And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover it with: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 Place the Bread of the Presence on the table so it is always in my presence.

And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me always.

31 Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it is to be made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.

And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.

32 It is to have six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side.

And six branches shall extend from the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick from the one side, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side:

33 Have three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch. Each of six branches that come out will have three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.

Three bowls made like to almonds, [with] a knob and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that project from the candlestick.

34 On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.

And in the candlesticks [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their flowers.

35 On the six branches that come out from the lampstand, place a bud under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

And [there shall be] 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, according to the six branches that project from the candlestick.

36 The buds and branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure gold.

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

37 Make seven lamps and place them on the lampstand so they can light up the area in front of it.

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

38 The wick tongs and their trays are to be made of pure gold.

And its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, [shall be of] pure gold.

39 The lampstand and all these utensils will require a talent of pure gold.

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

40 Be sure to make everything according to the design you were shown on the mountain.”

And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shown thee on the mount.