Exodus 25
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
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.
“Instruct the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive my offering from everyone who willingly wants to give.
3 And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,
These are the items you are to accept from them as contributions: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],
blue, purple, and crimson thread; finely-spun linen and goat hair;
5 and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,
ram skins that have been tanned, and fine leather; acacia wood;
6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,
olive oil for the lamps; spices for the olive oil used in anointing and for the fragrant incense;
7 shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
and onyx stones and other gemstones to be used in making the ephod and breastpiece.
8 And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;
They are to make me a sanctuary so I can live 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].
You must make the Tabernacle and all its furnishings according to design I'm going to show you.
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;
They are to make an Ark of acacia wood that measures two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide by one and a half cubits high.
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.
Cover it with pure gold on the inside and the outside, and make a gold trim to go around it.
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;
Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two on one side and two on the other.
13 and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,
Make poles of acacia 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;
Place the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it can be carried.
15 the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;
The poles are to stay in the rings of the Ark; don't take them out.
16 and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.
Place inside the Ark the Testimony which I'm going to give you.
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 are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
18 and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;
Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
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 put one cherub on each end. All of this is to be made from one piece of gold.
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 cherubim are to be designed with spread wings pointing upward, covering the atonement cover. The cherubim are to be placed facing each another, looking down towards the atonement cover.
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;
Place the atonement cover on top of the Ark, and put the Testimony that I'm going to give you inside the Ark.
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.
I will meet with you there as arranged above the atonement cover, between the two cherubim that stand over the Ark of the Testimony, and I will talk with you about all the commands I will give the Israelites.
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,
Then you are to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long by a cubit wide by a cubit and a half high.
24 and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,
Cover it with pure gold and make a gold trim to go around it.
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.
Make a border around it the width of a hand and put a gold trim on the border.
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;
Make four gold rings for the table and attach them to the four corners of the table by the legs.
27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;
The rings are to be close to the border to hold the poles used 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;
Make the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and cover them with gold.
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;
Make plates and dishes for the table, as well as pitchers and bowls for pouring out drink offerings. Make all of them out of pure gold.
30 and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.
Place the Bread of the Presence on the table so it is always in my presence.
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;
Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it is to be made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.
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;
It is to have six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each 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.
Have three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch. Each of six branches that come out will have three cups shaped like almond flowers, all complete with buds and petals.
34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
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;
On the six branches that come out from the lampstand, place a bud under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
36 their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;
The buds and branches are to be made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out 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.
Make seven lamps and place them on the lampstand so they can light up the area in front of it.
38 And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;
The wick tongs and their trays are to be made of pure gold.
39 he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.
The lampstand and all these utensils will require a talent of pure gold.
40 Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”
Be sure to make everything according to the design you were shown on the mountain.”
