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 me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

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

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

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

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

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

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.

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

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

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

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

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

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among 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 that I show thee [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so shall ye 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 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 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 pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it.

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

And thou shalt make staffs [of] shittim wood, and 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 the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

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

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

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

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear 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 thou shalt make the staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne 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 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 And thou shalt place upon the table Presence-bread, before me continually.

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

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 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 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 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 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 itself, four cups, —like almond-flowers—its apples, and its blossoms;

And in the candlesticks [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their 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 [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 apples and their branches, of the same, shall be, —all of it, of 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 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 thou shalt make its seven lamps: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light over against it.

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

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

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

[Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, 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

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