< Exodus 25 >

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “There [are many things that I want] you to tell to the Israeli people.
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.
Tell them that they must give offerings/gifts to me. Receive from the people every offering/gift that they want to give to me.
3 And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,
These are the things that they may offer/give: Gold, silver, bronze,
4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn/wool, fine (linen/white cloth), goats’ hair for making [cloth],
5 and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,
rams’ skins that have been (tanned/dyed red), goatskins, [hard] wood from acacia [trees],
6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,
olive oil [to burn] in the lamps, spices to [put in] the olive oil for anointing [the priests] and in the sweet-smelling incense,
7 shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
[expensive quartz] stones [called] onyx, and other expensive stones to be fastened [to the priest’s vest] and put on the pouches [that are to be fastened to the vest].
8 And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;
Tell the people to make a big Sacred Tent for me, so that I can live in it 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].
They must make the Sacred Tent and all the things that will be used inside it according to the plan/model that I will 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;
“[Tell the people to] make a [sacred] chest from acacia wood. It is to be (45 in./110 cm.) long, (27 in./66 cm.) wide, and (27 in./66 cm.) 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 inside and outside, and put a gold border around the top of 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;
[They must] make/cast four rings from gold and fasten them to the legs of the chest. Put two rings on each side of the chest.
13 and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,
[They must] make [two] poles from acacia wood, and they must 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;
[They must] put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest, so that the chest can be carried by the poles.
15 the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;
The poles must always be left in the rings; they must not take the poles out [of the rings].
16 and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.
Put inside the chest the [two stone slabs that I will give you, on which] I have written my commandments.
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;
[Tell them to] make a lid for the chest from pure gold. [It will be the place where I will] forgive people’s sins. It [also] is to be (45 in./110 cm.) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
18 and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;
[Tell them to] hammer [huge lump of] gold into the form of two creatures that have wings.
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.
One of these is to be put at each end of the chest, but the gold [from which] they [are made] must be joined to the gold from which the lid [is made].
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.
[Tell them to place the] winged creatures so that their wings touch each other and spread out over the lid.
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;
Put inside the chest the stone slabs that I will give you. Then fasten the lid onto the top of the chest.
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 set times to talk with you there. From above the lid of the chest, between the two winged creatures, I will tell to you all my laws that [you must tell] to the Israeli people.”
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,
“[Tell them to] make a table from acacia wood. It is to be (36 in./88 cm.) long, (18 in./66 cm.) wide, and (27 in./66 cm.) high.
24 and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,
[Tell them to] cover it with pure gold and put a gold border 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.
[Tell them to] make a rim all around it, (3 in./7.5 cm.) wide, and put a gold border around the rim.
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;
[Tell them to] make/cast four rings from gold and fasten the rings to the four corners of the table, one ring close to each leg [of the table].
27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;
The rings should be fastened to the table near the rim.
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 two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. The poles for carrying the table are to be inserted in the rings.
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;
Also [tell them to] make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used [when the priests] pour out wine [to offer to me]. They must all be made from pure gold.
30 and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.
On the table, in front of the chest, there must always be the loaves of sacred bread [that the priests have offered] to me.”
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;
“[Tell them to] make a lampstand from pure gold. They must hammer [one large lump of] gold to make its base and its shaft. [The branches of the lampstand], the cups for holding the oil, the flower buds and the [flower] petals [that decorate the branches of the lamp, the base, and the shaft are all to be hammered from] one [big] lump of gold.
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;
There are to be six branches on the lampstand, three on each side [of the shaft].
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.
Each of the branches is to have on it three [gold decorations that will look like] almond blossoms. These decorations must also have flower buds and [flower] petals.
34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
On the [shaft of the] lampstand there are to be four [gold decorations that also look like] almond blossoms, each one with flower 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 each side, there is to be one [flower] bud beneath each of the branches.
36 their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;
All these buds and branches, along with the shaft, are to be hammered from one large lump 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.
Also [tell them to] make seven small cups [for holding oil. One is to be put on top of the shaft and the others are to be put on top of the branches]. Place these cups so that [when the lamps are lit], the light will shine toward the (front of the lampstand/entrance).
38 And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;
[Tell them to] make tongs from pure gold, [to remove the burned wicks] and trays [in which to put the burned wicks].
39 he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.
[Tell them to] use (75 pounds/35 kg.) of pure gold to make the lampstand and the tongs and the trays.
40 Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”
Make sure that they make these things according to the instructions that I am giving you [here] on [this] mountain.”

< Exodus 25 >