Exodus 25

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Yahweh 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, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let them make me a sanctuary, 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].

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.

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;

“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.

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.

You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall 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;

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.

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

You shall 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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.

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

You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

You shall 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.

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

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;

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

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

The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles 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;

You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, 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 shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls with which to pour out offerings. You shall make them of pure gold.

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

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

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;

“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.

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;

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;

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.

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;

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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