Exodus 25

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “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.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.

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

And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,

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

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],

5 rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins; and acacia-wood;

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

oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

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

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

8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell amongst them.

And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

9 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.

According to all that I shall shew thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the utensils thereof, even so shall ye make [it].

10 “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.

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.

11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold moulding around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.

12 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.

And cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] at the four corners thereof, that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof.

13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.

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

And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it.

16 You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.

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

17 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.

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

19 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.

And make one cherub at the end of the one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof.

20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces towards one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be towards the mercy seat.

And the cherubim shall stretch out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [turned].

21 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.

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.

22 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.

And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

23 “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.

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.

24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold moulding around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about.

25 You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden moulding on its rim around it.

And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.

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

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

27 The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.

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

And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.

29 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.

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.

31 “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.

And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; [of] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.

32 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;

And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof — three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;

33 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;

three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.

34 and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;

35 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.

and a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, and [again] a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.

36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself — all of one beaten work of pure gold.

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

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;

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

and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.

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

Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils.

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

And see that thou make [them] according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.