Exodus 25

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

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

'And this [is] the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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

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

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

and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall all of you make it.

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 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.

'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 you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold round about.

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 And you shall 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 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 And you shall make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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

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

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

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

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

16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

17 And you shall 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.

'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 And you shall make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

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

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 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 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 And you shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

'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 And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you 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 you in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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 You shall 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.

'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 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

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

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

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 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

'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 Opposite to the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;

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

and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;

29 And you shall make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover likewise: of pure gold shall you make them.

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 And you shall set upon the table showbread before me always.

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

31 And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

'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 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other 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 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a the shape of round apples and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a the shape of round apples and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

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

'And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;

35 And there shall be a the shape of round apples under two branches of the same, and a the shape of round apples under two branches of the same, and a the shape of round apples under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

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

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

37 And you shall make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light opposite to 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 And the tongs thereof, and the intruments for snuffings thereof, shall be of pure gold.

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

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

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

40 And look that you make them after their pattern, which was showed you in the mount.

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