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 unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.
3 And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,
And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,
4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],
5 and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,
and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 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 incense of fragrant drugs;
7 shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
8 And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;
And they shall 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 shall shew thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the utensils thereof, 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 the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
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 overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border 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 cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] at the four corners thereof, that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof.
13 and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,
And 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 put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
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 come out from it.
16 and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that 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 mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
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 cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt 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 end of the one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
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 stretch out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [turned].
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 put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark 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 will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto 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 table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
24 and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border 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 shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof 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 for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;
Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry 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 shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon 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 the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: 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 lamp-stand of pure gold; [of] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
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 shall come out of the sides thereof — three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;
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 shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.
34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
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 it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.
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 itself — all of 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 shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;
38 And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;
and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
39 he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.
Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils.
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, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.
