< Exodus 25 >
1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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.
"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 contribution which you will take from with them gold and silver and bronze.
This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,
4 And violet stuff and purple and scarlet stuff of scarlet and fine linen and goat hair.
blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
5 And hides of rams dyed red and hides of dolphins and wood of acacia.
rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia 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 anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
7 Stones of onyx and stones of setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
8 And they will make for me a sanctuary and I will dwell in midst of them.
Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell 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].
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 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.
"They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be three feet eight inches, its breadth two feet three inches, and two feet three inches its height.
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.
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 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.
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 you will make poles of wood of acacia and you will overlay them gold.
You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay 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.
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 they will be the poles not they will be removed from it.
The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
16 And you will put into the ark the testimony which I will give to you.
You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
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.
You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Three feet eight inches shall be its length, and two feet three inches its breadth.
18 And you will make two cherubim gold hammered work you will make them from [the] two [the] ends of the atonement cover.
You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that 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.
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 testimony, all that I command 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.
"You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two feet eleven inches shall be its length, and eighteen inches its breadth, and two feet three inches its height.
24 And you will overlay it gold pure and you will make for it a molding of gold all around.
You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around 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.
You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
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.
You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four legs.
27 Close to the rim they will become the rings holders for poles to carry the table.
The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
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.
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
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.
You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.
30 And you will put on the table bread of presence before me continually.
You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
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.
"You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
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.
There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;
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.
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 lampstand;
34 And [will be] on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its.
and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
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 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 lampstand.
36 Bulbs their and branches their from it they will be all of it [will be] hammered work one gold pure.
Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure 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.
You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
38 And tongs its and fire-pans its [will be] gold pure.
Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 A talent gold pure someone will make it all the articles these.
It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.
40 And see and make [them] in pattern their which you [are] being shown on the mountain.
See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.