Exodus 25

1 Yahweh said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, so that they may take the first-fruits to me. You shall accept these from every man who offers of his own accord.

3 These are the offerings that you must receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Now these are the things that you must accept: Gold, and silver, and brass,

4 blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats' hair;

hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

5 ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;

and the skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of violet, and setim wood,

6 oil for the sanctuary lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;

oil to prepare lights, aromatics as ointments and sweet-smelling incense,

7 onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.

onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate.

8 Let them make me a sanctuary so that I may live among them.

And they shall make a sanctuary for me, and I will live in their midst.

9 You must make it exactly as I will show you in the plans for the tabernacle and for all its equipment.

According to exact likeness of the tabernacle, and all of the vessels for its rituals, that I will reveal to you, so shall you make it.

10 They are to make an ark of acacia wood. Its length must be two and a half cubits; its width will be one cubit and a half; and its height will be one cubit and a half.

Join together an ark of setim wood, whose length shall hold two and one half cubits; the width, one and one half cubits; the height, likewise, one and one half cubits.

11 You must cover it inside and out with pure gold, and you must make on it a border of gold around its top.

And you shall overlay it with the finest gold, inside and out. And over it, you shall fashion a gold crown all around,

12 You must cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on the ark's four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.

and four gold rings, which you shall set into the four corners of the ark. Let two rings be on one side and two on the other.

13 You must make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

Likewise, you shall make bars of setim wood and cover them with gold.

14 You must put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order to carry the ark.

And you shall put them through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, so that it may be carried on them.

15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be taken from it.

These must always be in the rings, neither shall they ever be drawn out of them.

16 You must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I will give you.

And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark.

17 You must make an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length must be two and a half cubits, and its width must be a cubit and a half.

You shall also make a propitiatory of the finest gold. Its length shall hold two and one half cubits, and the width, one and one half cubits.

18 You must make two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.

Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

19 Make one cherub for one end of the atonement lid, and the other cherub for the other end. They must be made as one piece with the atonement lid.

Let one Cherub be on the one side, and the other be on the other.

20 The cherubim must spread out their wings upward and overshadow the atonement lid with them. The cherubim must face one another and look toward the center of the atonement lid.

And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered,

21 You must put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and you must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I am giving you.

in which you will place the testimony that I will give to you.

22 It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for the Israelites.

From there, I will warn you and speak to you, above the propitiatory and from the middle of the two Cherubim, which will be over the ark of the testimony, about everything that I will command of the sons of Israel through you.

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

You shall also make a table of setim wood, having two cubits of length, and one cubit in width, and one cubit and one half cubits in height.

24 You must cover it with pure gold and put a border of gold around the top.

And you shall overlay it with the purest gold. And you shall make it with a gold lip all around,

25 You must make a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.

and for the lip itself an engraved crown, four fingers high, and above it another little gold crown.

26 You must make for it four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.

Likewise, you shall prepare four gold rings and set them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot.

27 The rings must be attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.

Under the crown, there shall be gold rings, so that the bars may be put through them and the table may be carried.

28 You must make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold so that the table may be carried with them.

Likewise, the bars themselves you shall make of setim wood, and surround them with gold, to lift up the table.

29 You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings. You must make them of pure gold.

You shall also prepare small cups, as well as bowls, censers, and measuring cups, with which the libations shall be offered, out of the purest gold.

30 You must regularly set the bread of the presence on the table before me.

And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always.

31 You must make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand is to be made with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers are to be all made of one piece with it.

You shall also make a lampstand, formed from the finest gold, along with its stem and arms, its bowl and little spheres, as well as the lilies proceeding from it.

32 Six branches must extend out from its sides—three branches must extend from one side, and three branches of the lampstand must extend from the other side.

Six branches shall go out from the sides: three out of one side and three out of the other.

33 The first branch must have three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.

Three bowls, the size of nuts, shall be on each branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. And three similar bowls, in the likeness of nuts, shall be on the other branch, and a little sphere with it, and a lily. This shall be the form of the six branches, which are to proceed from the stem.

34 On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there must be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.

Then, in the lampstand itself, there shall be four bowls, the size of nuts, and each with little spheres and lilies.

35 There must be a leafy base under the first pair of branches—made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches—also made as one piece with it. In the same way there must be a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.

Little spheres under two branches in three places, which together make six, shall proceed from one of the stems.

36 Their leafy bases and branches must all be one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.

Thus both the little spheres and the branches shall be made out of the same thing: entirely formed from the purest gold.

37 You must make the lampstand and its seven lamps, and set up its lamps for them to give light from it.

You shall also make seven lamps, and you shall place them upon the lampstand, so that they may give light in every direction.

38 The tongs and their trays must be made of pure gold.

Likewise, the candle snuffers, and the place where the candles will be extinguished, shall be made from the purest gold.

39 Use one talent of pure gold to make the lampstand and its accessories.

The entire weight of the candlestick, with all its parts, shall hold one talent of the purest gold.

40 Be sure to make them after the pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.

Observe, and then make it according to the example that was shown to you on the mountain.”