Exodus 25

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 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.

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 offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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

5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

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

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

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

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

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

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

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

9 According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture, even so shall ye make it.

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

10 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 height.

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 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.

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

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; and two rings shall be in its one side, and two rings in its other side.

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 thou shalt make staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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

14 And thou shalt put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

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

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

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

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

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

17 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.

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

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

19 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.

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

20 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; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

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 thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

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

22 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.

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 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: its length shall be two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its height a cubit and a half.

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

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

25 And thou shalt make for it a border of an hand breadth around it, and thou shalt make a golden crown to its border around it.

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

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

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

27 Close to the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear 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 thou shalt make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

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

29 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.

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

30 And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.

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

31 And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work shall the lampstand be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.

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 shall extend from the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand from the one side, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side:

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

33 Three bowls made like 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 go 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 in the lampstand shall be four bowls made like almonds, with their knobs and their flowers.

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

35 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 go out from the lampstand.

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

36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

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

37 And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light in front of it.

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 its tongs, and its snuffdishes, shall be of pure gold.

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

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

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

40 And see that thou make them after their pattern, which was shown thee on the mount.

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