Exodus 25

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they take for me a heave-offering, —of every man whose heart urgeth him, shall ye take my heave-offering.

Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

3 And, this is the heave-offering which ye shall take of them, —gold and silver and bronze;

And these are the things you must take: gold, and silver, and brass,

4 and blue, and purple, and crimson and fine linen, and goat’s hair;

Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

5 and rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins and acacia wood;

And rams’ skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:

6 oil for giving light, —perfumes for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense;

Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:

7 onyx stones, and setting stones, —for the ephod and for the breastpiece:

Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.

8 So shall they make for me a sanctuary, —and I will make my habitation in their midst:

And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:

9 according to all that, I, am shewing thee, the pattern of the habitation, and the pattern of all the furnishings thereof, even so, shall ye make it.

According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it:

10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, -two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof.

Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without, shalt thou overlay it, —and thou shalt make thereon a rim of gold, round about.

And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:

12 And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and shalt put them on the four feet thereof, —even two rings on the one side thereof, and two rings on the other side thereof.

And four golden rings, which thou shall put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.

13 And thou shalt make staves, of acacia wood, —and shalt overlay them with gold.

Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

14 And thou shalt bring in the staves into the rings, on the sides of the ark, —to bear the ark therewith,

And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them.

15 In the rings of the ark, shall remain the staves, —they shall not be removed therefrom.

And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark, —the testimony which I will give unto thee.

And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.

17 And thou shalt make a propitiatory, of pure gold, —two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof,

Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, —of beaten work, shalt thou make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory.

Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.

19 And make thou one cherub out of this end, and the other cherub out of that end, —out of the propitiatory, shall ye make the cherubim upon the two ends thereof.

Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.

20 And the cherubim shall be spreading out two wings on high—making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with their faces one towards the other, —towards the propitiatory, shall be the faces of the cherubim.

Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

21 And thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark above, —and in the ark, shalt thou put the testimony, which I will give unto thee.

In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.

22 And I will meet with thee there, and will speak with thee from off the propitiatory, from between the two cherubim, which are upon the ark of the testimony, —whatsoever I may give thee in charge, for the sons of Israel.

Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee.

23 And thou shalt make a table, of acacia wood, two cubits, the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and half in height.

24 and thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, —and shalt make thereto a rim of gold, round about;

And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about.

25 and thou shalt make thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about, —and shalt make a rim of gold to the border thereof, round about;

And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high: and over the same another little golden crown.

26 and thou shalt make to it four rings of gold, —and shalt place the rings on the four corners which pertain to the four feet thereof:

Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table over each foot.

27 adjoining the border, shall be the rings, —as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table;

Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.

28 and thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, —and the table shall be lifted there, with;

The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table.

29 and thou shalt make its dishes and its pans and its basins and its bowls, for pouring out therewith, —of pure gold, shalt thou make them.

Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered of the purest gold.

30 And thou shalt place upon the table Presence-bread, before me continually.

And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always.

31 And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold, of beaten work, shall the lampstand be made, even its base and its shaft its cups, its apples, and its blossoms of the same, shall be:

Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

32 with, six branches, coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand, out the one side thereof, and three branches of the lampstand, out of the other side thereof:

Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of the one side, and three out of the other.

33 three cups like almond-flowers, in the one branch apple and blossom, and, three cups like almond-flowers, in the other branch apple and blossom, so, for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand.

Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily; and three cups, likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft:

34 And in the lampstand itself, four cups, —like almond-flowers—its apples, and its blossoms;

And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one, bowls and lilies.

35 and an apple under two branches of the same, and, another apple, under two other branches of the same, and another apple under two other branches, of the same, —for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand:

Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six coming forth out of one shaft.

36 their apples and their branches, of the same, shall be, —all of it, of one beaten work, of pure gold.

And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

37 And thou shalt make the lamps thereof seven, and one shall light up its lamps, and it shall give light, over against the face thereof.

Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over against.

38 And, its snuffers, and its snuff-trays of pure gold.

The snuffers also and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold.

39 With a talent of pure gold, shall he make it, with all these vessels,

The whole weight of the candlestick with all the furniture thereof shall be a talent of the purest gold.

40 And see thou and make them, by the pattern of them, which thou wast caused to behold in the mount

Look and make it according to the pattern, that was shewn thee in the mount.