Exodus 25

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

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 take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

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

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

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

blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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

rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia 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 sweet incense,

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

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

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

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 you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so 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.

“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, 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.

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

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.

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

You shall make poles of acacia 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,

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

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

The poles 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.

You shall put the covenant which I shall give 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,

You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

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

You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 covenant, all that I command you for 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.

“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits.

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

You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding 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;

You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim 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:

You shall make four rings of gold for it, 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;

The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the 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;

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

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

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

You shall set bread of the presence on the table 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:

“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with 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:

There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its 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 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 lamp stand;

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

and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds 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 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 lamp stand.

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

Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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