Exodus 25

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Yahweh said to 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.

“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.

3 And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,

These are the offerings that you must receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

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

blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats' hair;

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

ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;

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

oil for the sanctuary lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;

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

onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.

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

Let them make me a sanctuary so that I may 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 it exactly as I will show you in the plans for the tabernacle and for all its equipment.

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. Its length must be two and a half cubits; its width will be one cubit and a half; and its height will be one cubit and a half.

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.

You must cover it inside and out with pure gold, and you must make on it a border of gold around its top.

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;

You must cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on the ark's four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.

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

You must 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;

You must put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order to carry the ark.

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

The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be taken from it.

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

You must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I will 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 must make an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length must be two and a half cubits, and its width must be a cubit and a half.

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

You must make two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.

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.

Make one cherub for one end of the atonement lid, and the other cherub for the other end. They must be made as one piece with the atonement lid.

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 must spread out their wings upward and overshadow the atonement lid with them. The cherubim must face one another and look toward the center of the atonement 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;

You must put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and you must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I am giving 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.

It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for 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,

You must make a table of acacia wood. Its length must be two cubits; its width must be one cubit, and its height must be a cubit and a half.

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

You must cover it with pure gold and put a border of gold around the top.

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.

You must make a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.

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;

You must make for it four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.

27 close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;

The rings must be attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order 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;

You must make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold so that the table may be carried 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;

You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings. You must make them of pure gold.

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

You must regularly set the bread of the presence on the table before 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;

You must make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand is to be made with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers are to be all made of one piece with 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 must extend out from its sides—three branches must extend from one side, and three branches of the lampstand must extend from 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.

The first branch must have three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.

34 And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;

On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there must be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the 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;

There must be a leafy base under the first pair of branches—made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches—also made as one piece with it. In the same way there must be a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.

36 their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;

Their leafy bases and branches must all be one piece with it, one beaten piece of 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.

You must make the lampstand and its seven lamps, and set up its lamps for them to give light from it.

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

The tongs and their trays must be made of pure gold.

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

Use one talent of pure gold to make the lampstand and its accessories.

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

Be sure to make them after the pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.