Exodus, 25

1. This is what the LORD then said to Moses:

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

2. "Tell the Israelites to take up a collection for me. From every man you shall accept the contribution that his heart prompts him to give me.

2. 'Tell the Israelites to set aside a contribution for me; you will accept a contribution from everyone whose heart prompts him to give it.

3. These are the contributions you shall accept from them: gold, silver and bronze;

3. And this is what you will accept from them: gold, silver and bronze;

4. violet, purple and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

4. materials dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, fine linen, goats' hair;

5. rams' skins dyed red, and tahash skins; acacia wood;

5. rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood;

6. oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

6. oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and fragrant incense;

7. onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

7. cornelian and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate.

8. "They shall make a sanctuary for me, that I may dwell in their midst.

8. Make me a sanctuary so that I can reside among them.

9. This Dwelling and all its furnishings you shall make exactly according to the pattern that I will now show you.

9. You will make it all according to the design for the Dwelling and the design for its furnishings which I shall now show you.

10. "You shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

10. 'You must make me an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and one and a half cubits high.

11. Plate it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it.

11. You will overlay it, inside and out, with pure gold and make a gold moulding all round it.

12. Cast four gold rings and fasten them on the four supports of the ark, two rings on one side and two on the opposite side.

12. You will cast four gold rings for it and fix them to its four supports: two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

13. Then make poles of acacia wood and plate them with gold.

13. You will also make shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold

14. These poles you are to put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it;

14. and pass the shafts through the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry it.

15. they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.

15. The shafts will stay in the rings of the ark and not be withdrawn.

16. In the ark you are to put the commandments which I will give you.

16. Inside the ark you will put the Testimony which I am about to give you.

17. "You shall then make a propitiatory of pure gold, two cubits and a half long, and one and a half cubits wide.

17. 'You will also make a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide,

18. Make two cherubim of beaten gold for the two ends of the propitiatory,

18. and you will model two great winged creatures of beaten gold, you will make them at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

19. fastening them so that one cherub springs direct from each end.

19. Model one of the winged creatures at one end and the other winged creature at the other end; you will model the winged creatures of a piece with the mercy-seat at either end.

20. The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, covering the propitiatory with them; they shall be turned toward each other, but with their faces looking toward the propitiatory.

20. The winged creatures must have their wings spread upwards, protecting the mercy-seat with their wings and facing each other, their faces being towards the mercy-seat.

21. This propitiatory you shall then place on top of the ark. In the ark itself you are to put the commandments which I will give you.

21. You will put the mercy-seat on the top of the ark, and inside the ark you will put the Testimony which I am about to give you.

22. There I will meet you and there, from above the propitiatory, between the two cherubim on the ark of the commandments, I will tell you all the commands that I wish you to give the Israelites.

22. There I shall come to meet you; from above the mercy-seat, from between the two winged creatures which are on the ark of the Testimony, I shall give you all my orders for the Israelites.

23. "You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

23. 'You must also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

24. Plate it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

24. You will overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold moulding all round it.

25. Surround it with a frame, a handbreadth high, with a molding of gold around the frame.

25. You will fit it with struts of a hand's breadth and make a gold moulding round the struts.

26. You shall also make four rings of gold for it and fasten them at the four corners, one at each leg,

26. You will make four gold rings for it and fix the four rings at the four corners where the four legs are.

27. on two opposite sides of the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

27. The rings must lie close to the struts to hold the shafts for carrying the table.

28. These poles for carrying the table you shall make of acacia wood and plate with gold.

28. You must make the shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. The table must be carried by these.

29. Of pure gold you shall make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations.

29. You must make dishes, cups, jars and libation bowls for it; you must make these of pure gold,

30. On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me.

30. and on the table, in my presence, you will always put the loaves of permanent offering.

31. "You shall make a lampstand of pure beaten gold-its shaft and branches-with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.

31. 'You will also make a lamp-stand of pure gold; the lamp-stand must be of beaten gold, base and stem. Its cups, calyxes and petals, must be of a piece with it.

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

32. Six branches must spring from its sides: three of the lamp-stand's branches from one side, three of the lamp-stand's branches from the other.

33. On one branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; on the opposite branch there are to be three cups, shaped like almond blossoms, each with its knob and petals; and so for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

33. The first branch must carry three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals; the second branch, too, must carry three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud, and similarly for all six branches springing from the lampstand.

34. On the shaft there are to be four cups, shaped like almond blossoms, with their knobs and petals,

34. The lamp-stand itself must carry four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud:

35. including a knob below each of the three pairs of branches that extend from the lampstand.

35. one calyx under the first two branches springing from the lamp-stand, one calyx under the next pair of branches and one calyx under the last pair of branches -- thus for all six branches springing from the lamp-stand.

36. Their knobs and branches shall so spring from it that the whole will form but a single piece of pure beaten gold.

36. The calyxes and the branches will be of a piece with the lamp-stand, and the whole made from a single piece of pure gold, beaten out.

37. You shall then make seven lamps for it and so set up the lamps that they shed their light on the space in front of the lampstand.

37. You will also make seven lamps for it and mount the lamps in such a way that they light up the space in front of it.

38. These, as well as the trimming shears and trays, must be of pure gold.

38. The snuffers and trays must be of pure gold.

39. Use a talent of pure gold for the lampstand and all its appurtenances.

39. You will use a talent of pure gold for the lamp-stand and all its accessories;

40. See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

40. and see that you work to the design which was shown you on the mountain.'