Exodus 25

1 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

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.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.

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

And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;

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

And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

5 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood;

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

Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;

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

Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.

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

And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present 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.

Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.

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 are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

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

It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round 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 make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.

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

And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

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

And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

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

The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.

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

Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.

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 you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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

And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

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.

One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.

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 their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

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 put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

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, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for 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.

And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,

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

Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

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

And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.

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 make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;

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

The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.

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

Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

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 make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.

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

And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.

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 you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

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;

It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.

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;

Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.

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

And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:

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 under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.

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

The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.

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

Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.

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

And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.

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

A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.

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

And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.