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 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 raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,

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

4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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;

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 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 you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around,

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

Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover 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 you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them.

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

These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them.

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

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

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;

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

Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

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.

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

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 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 you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark above, and you put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark;

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

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.

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 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,

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

And you shall overlay it with the purest gold. And you shall make it with a gold lip all around,

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 for the lip itself an engraved crown, four fingers high, and above it another little gold crown.

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;

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

27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry 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 you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold, and the table has been carried with them;

Likewise, the bars themselves you shall make of setim wood, and surround them with gold, to lift up the table.

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;

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

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

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 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;

Six branches shall go out from the sides: three out of one side and three out of the other.

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 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 in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, 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 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;

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 are of the same, all of it one 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 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.

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

Likewise, the candle snuffers, and the place where the candles will be extinguished, shall be made from the purest gold.

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

The entire weight of the candlestick, with all its parts, shall hold one talent of the purest gold.

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

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