Exodus 25

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

And YHWH speaks 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 sons of Israel, and they take a raised-offering for Me; you take My raised-offering from every man whose heart impels him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 that which I am showing you, the pattern of the Dwelling Place, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so you 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.

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;

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 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.

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 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;

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

and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid 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 have brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark by them;

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

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

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

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

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,

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;

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark above, and you put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark;

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.

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.

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.

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,

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

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

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 have made a border of a handbreadth for it all around, and have made a crown of gold for its border all around.

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:

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;

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

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

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

and you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold, and the table has been carried with them;

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.

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;

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

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

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:

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;

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:

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;

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 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.

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

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

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:

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;

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

their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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