Exodus 25
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take first fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and you shall take my first fruits.
“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 this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold and silver and brass,
And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,
4 and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],
5 and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,
and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,
6 and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense,
oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,
7 and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.
shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
8 And you shall make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.
And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;
9 And you shall make for me according to all things which I show you in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shall you 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 And you shall make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of 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 you shall gild it with pure gold, you shall gild it within and without; and you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted 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 you shall cast for it four golden rings, and shall put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.
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 And you shall make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.
and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,
14 And you shall put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.
and have brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark by them;
15 The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.
the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;
16 And you shall put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give you.
and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.
17 And you shall make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of 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 And you shall make two cherubs graven in gold, and you shall put them on both sides of the propitiatory.
and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;
19 They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and you shall make the two cherubs on the two sides.
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 The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.
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 And you shall set the propitiatory on the ark above, and you shall put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give you.
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 And I will make myself known to you from thence, and I will speak to you above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge you concerning the children of Israel.
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 And you shall make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
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 you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and you shall make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.
and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,
25 And you shall make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.
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 And you shall make four golden rings; and you shall put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.
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 And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.
close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;
28 And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and you shall gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.
and you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold, and the table has been carried with them;
29 And you shall make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which you shall offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shall you make them.
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 you shall set upon the table show bread before me continually.
and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.
31 And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold; you shall make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece.
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 And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.
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 And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,
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 four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.
And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
35 A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.
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 Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.
their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;
37 And you shall make its seven lamps: and you shall set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.
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 And you shall make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.
And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;
39 All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.
he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.
40 See, you shall make them according to the pattern showed you in the mount.
Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”
