Exodus 25

1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they may bring me an offering; from every man whose heart prompteth him thereto shall ye 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 from them: gold, and silver, and copper,

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

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and linen thread, and goats' hair,

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

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

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

6 Oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices,

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

7 Onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

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

8 And they shall make me a sanctuary; and I will dwell in the midst of them.

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

9 In accordance with all that I show thee, 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 its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

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 thou 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 for it four rings of gold, and put them on the four corners thereof; namely, two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on 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 place the staves into the rings, upon 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 In the rings of the ark shall the staves remain: they shall not be removed therefrom.

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 will give unto thee.

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

17 And thou shalt make a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

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 cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, on the two ends of the cover.

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; from the cover itself shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

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

20 And the cherubim shall be spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing the cover with their wings, with their faces turned one to the other; toward the cover shall the faces of the cherubim be directed.

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 cover above upon the ark; and in the ark shalt thou put the testimony which I will give unto thee.

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

22 And I will meet with thee there, and I will speak with thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, all that which I will command thee 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 its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

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 rim of a hand's breadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown on its rim 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 thou shalt put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.

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

27 Close under the rim shall the rings be; as receptacles for 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; and the table shall 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 its dishes, and its spoons, and its supporters, and its purifying tubes, wherewith [the bread] is to be covered: 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 show-bread before me always.

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

31 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 out of one piece with it.

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 its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick 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, almond-shaped, shall be on one branch, with a knob and a flower; and three bowls, almond-shaped, on the other branch, with a knob and a flower: so on the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

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 on the candlestick itself shall be four bowls, almond-shaped, [with] its knobs and its 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 knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same; for the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

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

36 Their knobs and their branches shall be out of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of 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 its seven lamps; and when they light its lamps, it shall give light toward the body of 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 its tongs, and its snuff-dishes 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 Out 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 thou wast shown on the mount.

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