< Exodus 25 >

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “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.
Speak to the sons of Israel, that they take for me an offering; of every man whose heart makes him willing ye shall take my offering.
3 And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,
4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5 and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,
and rams' skins dyed red, and certain skins, and acacia wood,
6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,
oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
7 shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
8 And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;
And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
9 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].
According to all that I show thee: the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture of it, even so shall ye make it.
10 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;
And they shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
11 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.
And thou shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside thou shall overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold round about.
12 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;
And thou shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet of it. And two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13 and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,
And thou shall make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 and have brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark by them;
And thou shall put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, with which to bear the ark.
15 the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16 and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.
And thou shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 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;
And thou shall make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.
18 and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;
And thou shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shall thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
19 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.
And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy-seat ye shall make the cherubim on the two ends of it.
20 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.
And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy-seat.
21 And you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark above, and you put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark;
And thou shall put the mercy-seat above upon the ark. And in the ark thou shall put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 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.
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 sons of Israel.
23 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,
And thou shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
24 and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,
And thou shall overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 and have made a border of a handbreadth for it all around, and have made a crown of gold for its border all around.
And thou shall make to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shall make a golden crown to the border of it round about.
26 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;
And thou shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet of it.
27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;
The rings shall be close by the border, for places for the staves to bear the table.
28 and you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold, and the table has been carried with them;
And thou shall make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29 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;
And thou shall make the dishes of it, and the spoons of it, and the pitchers of it, and the bowls of it, with which to pour out, of pure gold thou shall make them.
30 and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.
And thou shall set upon the table showbread before me always.
31 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;
And thou shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of beaten work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
32 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;
And there shall be six branches going out of the sides of it, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it:
33 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.
three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knob and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand,
34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
and in the lampstand four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knobs of it, and the flowers of it.
35 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;
And a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
36 their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;
Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
37 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.
And thou shall make the lamps of it, seven. And they shall light the lamps of it, to give light in front of it.
38 And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;
And the snuffers of it, and the snuff dishes of it, shall be of pure gold.
39 he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.
Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.
40 Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”
And see that thou make them according to their pattern that has been shown thee on the mountain.

< Exodus 25 >