Exodus 25

1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Speak to [the] people of Israel so they may take for me a contribution from with every person whom it will impel him heart his you will take contribution my.

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 And this [is] the contribution which you will take from with them gold and silver and bronze.

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

4 And violet stuff and purple and scarlet stuff of scarlet and fine linen and goat hair.

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

5 And hides of rams dyed red and hides of dolphins and wood of acacia.

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

6 Oil for the light spices for [the] oil of the anointing and for [the] incense of the perfume.

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

7 Stones of onyx and stones of setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

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

8 And they will make for me a sanctuary and I will dwell in midst of them.

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

9 According to all that I [am] about to show you [the] pattern of the tabernacle and [the] pattern of all articles its thus you will make [it].

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

10 And they will make an ark of wood of acacia [will be] two cubits and a half length its and [will be] a cubit and a half breadth its and [will be] a cubit and a half height its.

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 And you will overlay it gold pure from inside and from outside you will overlay it and you will make on it a molding gold all around.

It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it

12 And you will cast for it four rings of gold and you will put [them] on [the] four feet its and two rings [will be] on side its one and two rings [will be] on side its second.

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 And you will make poles of wood of acacia and you will overlay them gold.

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

14 And you will put the poles in the rings on [the] sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.

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

15 In [the] rings of the ark they will be the poles not they will be removed from it.

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

16 And you will put into the ark the testimony which I will give to you.

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

17 And you will make an atonement cover gold pure [will be] two cubits and a half length its and [will be] a cubit and a half breadth its.

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 And you will make two cherubim gold hammered work you will make them from [the] two [the] ends of the atonement cover.

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

19 And make a cherub one from an end from this and a cherub one from an end from this from the atonement cover you will make the cherubim on [the] two ends its.

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

20 And they will be the cherubim spreading out wings upwards covering with wings their over the atonement cover and faces their each [will be] to brother its to the atonement cover they will be [the] faces of the cherubim.

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

21 And you will put the atonement cover on the ark from to above and into the ark you will put the testimony which I will give to you.

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

22 And I will meet you there and I will speak with you from above the atonement cover from between [the] two the cherubim which [will be] above [the] ark of the testimony all that I will command you to [the] people 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 And you will make a table wood of acacia [will be] two cubits length its and [will be] a cubit breadth its and [will be] a cubit and a half height its.

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 And you will overlay it gold pure and you will make for it a molding of gold all around.

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

25 And you will make for it a rim of a hand breadth all around and you will make a molding of gold for rim its all around.

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

26 And you will make for it four rings of gold and you will put the rings on [the] four the corners which [belong] to [the] four feet its.

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

27 Close to the rim they will become the rings holders for 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 And you will make the poles wood of acacia and you will overlay them gold and it will be carried by them the table.

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

29 And you will make dishes its and pans its and jugs its and bowls its which it will be poured out with them gold pure you will make them.

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

30 And you will put on the table bread of presence before me continually.

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

31 And you will make a lampstand of gold pure hammered work it will be made the lampstand base its and shaft its cups its bulbs its and blossoms its from it they will be.

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 And six branches [will be] coming out from sides its three - branches of lampstand [will be] from side its one and three branches of lampstand [will be] from side its second.

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

33 Three cups shaped like almond blossoms [will be] on the branch one a bulb and a blossom and three cups shaped like almond blossoms [will be] on the branch one a bulb and a blossom thus for [the] six the branches which come out from 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 [will be] on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its.

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

35 And a bulb [will be] under [the] two the branches from it and a bulb [will be] under [the] two the branches from it and a bulb [will be] under [the] two the branches from it for [the] six the branches which come out from the lampstand.

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

36 Bulbs their and branches their from it they will be all of it [will be] hammered work one gold pure.

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

37 And you will make lamps its seven and it will lift up lamps its and it will give light on [the] side of face its.

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 And tongs its and fire-pans its [will be] gold pure.

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

39 A talent gold pure someone will make it all the articles these.

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

40 And see and make [them] in pattern their which you [are] being shown on the mountain.

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