Exodus 25

1 And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 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.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord.

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

Now these are the things that you must accept: Gold, and silver, and brass,

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

hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

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

and the skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of violet, and setim wood,

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

oil to prepare lights, aromatics as ointments and sweet-smelling incense,

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

onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate.

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

And they shall make a sanctuary for me, and I will live in their midst.

9 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.

According to exact likeness of the tabernacle, and all of the vessels for its rituals, that I will reveal to you, so shall you make it.

10 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.

Join together an ark of setim wood, whose length shall hold two and one half cubits; the width, one and one half cubits; the height, likewise, one and one half cubits.

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 you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around,

12 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.

and four gold rings, which you shall set into the four corners of the ark. Let two rings be on one side and two on the other.

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

Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover them with gold.

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

And you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them.

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

These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them.

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

And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark.

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.

You shall also make a propitiatory of the finest gold. Its length shall hold two and one half cubits, and the width, one and one half cubits.

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

Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

19 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.

Let one Cherub be on the one side, and the other be on the other.

20 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.

And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered,

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 you will place the testimony that I will give to you.

22 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.

From there, I will warn you and speak to you, above the propitiatory and from the middle of the two Cherubim, which will be over the ark of the testimony, about everything that I will command of the sons of Israel through you.

23 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.

You shall also make a table of setim wood, having two cubits of length, and one cubit in width, and one cubit and one half cubits in height.

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

And you shall overlay it with the purest gold. And you shall make it with a gold lip all around,

25 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.

and for the lip itself an engraved crown, four fingers high, and above it another little gold crown.

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.

Likewise, you shall prepare four gold rings and set them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot.

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

Under the crown, there shall be gold rings, so that the bars may be put through them and the table may be carried.

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

Likewise, the bars themselves you shall make of setim wood, and surround them with gold, to lift up the table.

29 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.

You shall also prepare small cups, as well as bowls, censers, and measuring cups, with which the libations shall be offered, out of the purest gold.

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

And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always.

31 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.

You shall also make a lampstand, formed from the finest gold, along with its stem and arms, its bowl and little spheres, as well as the lilies proceeding from it.

32 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:

Six branches shall go out from the sides: three out of one side and three out of the other.

33 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.

Three bowls, the size of nuts, shall be on each branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. And three similar bowls, in the likeness of nuts, shall be on the other branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. This shall be the form of the six branches, which are to proceed from the stem.

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

Then, in the lampstand itself, there shall be four bowls, the size of nuts, and each with little spheres and lilies.

35 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.

Little spheres under two branches in three places, which together make six, shall proceed from one of the stems.

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

Thus both the little spheres and the branches shall be made out of the same thing: entirely formed from the purest gold.

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

You shall also make seven lamps, and you shall place them upon the lampstand, so that they may give light in every direction.

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

Likewise, the candle snuffers, and the place where the candles will be extinguished, shall be made from the purest gold.

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

The entire weight of the candlestick, with all its parts, shall hold one talent of the purest gold.

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

Observe, and then make it according to the example that was shown to you on the mountain.”