Exodus 25

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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.

Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits.

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

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver and brass,

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

and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,

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

and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood,

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

and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense,

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

and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.

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

And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.

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].

And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it.

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 thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.

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.

And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.

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;

And thou shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.

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

And thou shalt make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.

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

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.

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

The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark.

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

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

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 thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

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

And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.

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.

They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.

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.

The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.

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;

And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.

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 make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel.

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,

And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.

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

And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.

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 thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.

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;

And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.

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

And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.

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

And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne 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;

And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

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

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

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;

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece.

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;

And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

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.

And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

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

and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.

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;

A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.

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

Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece 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.

And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.

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

And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.

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

All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold.

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

See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.