Exodus 25

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord 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 children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits.

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 double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,

5 and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,

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

6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,

and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense,

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

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

8 And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;

And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.

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].

And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou 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 thou shalt 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.

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 shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted 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 shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.

13 and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,

And thou shalt make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shalt gild 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 shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.

15 the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;

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

16 and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies 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 shalt 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.

18 and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;

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

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.

They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.

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.

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.

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 shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which 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 I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children 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 shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.

24 and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,

And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth 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 shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown 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 shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.

27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;

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

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 shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall 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 shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.

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 shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt 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.

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 six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

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.

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

34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;

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

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;

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.

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

Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece 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 shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.

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

And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.

39 he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.

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

40 Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”

See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.