Exodus 25

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

3 'And this [is] the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,

This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' [hair],

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

5 and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the perfume of the spices,

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

7 shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

8 'And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst;

And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

9 according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do make [it].

You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

10 'And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

11 and thou hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.

Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.

12 'And thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast put [them] on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

13 and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] gold,

And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

14 and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them,

Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.

15 in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;

The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.

16 and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

17 'And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

18 and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

19 and make thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs on its two ends.

one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

20 'And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another — towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

21 'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;

Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

22 and I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which [are] on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel.

And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

23 'And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

24 and hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about,

Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.

25 and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.

And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

26 'And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which [are] to its four feet;

Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

27 over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;

The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

28 and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

29 and thou hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them;

You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

30 and thou hast put on the table bread of the presence before Me continually.

And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

31 'And thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are of the same;

Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

32 and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side;

Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

33 three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

34 'And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

35 and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, [are] to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick;

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

36 their knops and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;

The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

37 and thou hast made its seven lamps, and [one] hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

38 'And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;

The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

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

The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.

40 And see thou and do [them] by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.

See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.