Exodus 25

1 The Lord told Moses,

And Jehovah speaketh unto 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 unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

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

'And this [is] the heave-offering which ye take from 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 linen, and goats' [hair],

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

and rams' skins made 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 the anointing oil, and for the perfume of the spices,

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

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

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

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

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

according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do 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 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 Cover it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and make a gold trim to go around it.

and thou hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.

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

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

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

and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] gold,

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

and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them,

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

in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;

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

and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto 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 hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half 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 hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at 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 thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs 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 cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another — towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

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 hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto 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 I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which [are] on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons 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.

'And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

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

and hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about,

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

and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.

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

'And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which [are] to 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 are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;

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

and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been 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 hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them;

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

and thou hast put on the table bread of the presence before Me continually.

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 hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are 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 are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second 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 calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out 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 candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its 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 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, [are] to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick;

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

their knops and their branches are of the same, all of it 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 hast made its seven lamps, and [one] hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.

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

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

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

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

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

And see thou and do [them] by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.