Exodus 25
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto 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 an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart 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 badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
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 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 shew thee, [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments 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] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] 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, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt 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 shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners thereof; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
13 and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,
And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim 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 shalt put the staves into the rings by 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 be taken 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 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 mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] 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 cherubims [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in 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 on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: [even] of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on 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 cherubims shall stretch forth [their] wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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 upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt 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 cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which 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,
Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [shall be] 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 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 shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border 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 in 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;
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of 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 shalt make the staves [of] shittim 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 shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [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 alway.
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: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his 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 of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of 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.
Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their 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 [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36 their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it [shall be] 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 give light over against it.
38 And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [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 he make it, with all these vessels.
40 Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”
And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
