Exodus 25

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

Speak to 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 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,

And this [is] the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver and brass,

4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair].

5 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia 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 sweet incense,

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast-plate.

8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

According to all that I show thee [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so shall ye make [it].

10 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be three feet eight inches, its breadth two feet three inches, and two feet three inches its height.

And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its hight.

11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it.

12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in its four corners; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt make staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

And thou shalt put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

The staffs shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

16 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Three feet eight inches shall be its length, and two feet three inches its breadth.

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

And thou shalt make two cherubim [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat.

19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

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 cherubim on its two ends.

20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

And the cherubim shall stretch forth [their] wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another; towards the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

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 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment to the children of Israel.

23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two feet eleven inches shall be its length, and eighteen inches its breadth, and two feet three inches its height.

Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: its length shall be two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its hight a cubit and a half.

24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold around it.

25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

And thou shalt make to it a border of an hand-breadth around it, and thou shalt make a golden crown to its border around it.

26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four legs.

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on its four feet.

27 The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear the table.

28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

And thou shalt make the staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.

And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover it with: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me always.

31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.

32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;

And six branches shall extend from the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick from the one side, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side:

33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;

Three bowls made like to almonds, [with] a knob and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that project from the candlestick.

34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

And in the candlesticks [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their flowers.

35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

And [there shall be] 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, according to the six branches that project from the candlestick.

36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same: all of it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.

37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light over against it.

38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

And its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, [shall be of] pure gold.

39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

[Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shown thee on the mount.