Exodus 25

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

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

4 and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,

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

5 and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 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 anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

7 and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.

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

8 And you shall make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.

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

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 I show thee [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so shall ye 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 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 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 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 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 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 And you shall make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.

And thou shalt make staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay 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 thou shalt put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.

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

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

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

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 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 And you shall make two cherubs graven in gold, and you shall put them on both sides of the propitiatory.

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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

25 And you shall make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.

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

27 And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear 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 thou shalt make the staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne 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 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 And you shall set upon the table show bread before me continually.

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

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 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 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 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 And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

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 and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.

And in the candlesticks [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their 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 [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 Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece 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 And you shall make its seven lamps: and you shall set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.

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

38 And you shall make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.

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

39 All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.

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

40 See, you shall make them according to the pattern showed you in the mount.

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