Exodus 25
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 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 offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver and brass,
4 and blue, and purple, and double
scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair,
5 and rams' skins dyed red, and blue
skins, and incorruptible wood, 5a and
oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of
incense, 7 and sardius stones, and
stones for the carved work of the
aLit. shoulder-piece.breast-plate, and the full-length robe.
8 And thou shalt make me a sanctuary,
and I will appear among you. 9 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 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 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 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 shalt make staves
of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.
14 And thou shalt put the staves into
the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them.
15 The staves shall remain fixed in
the rings of the ark. 16 And thou
shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.
17 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 shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both
sides of the propitiatory. 19 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 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 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 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 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 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 thou shalt make a twisted
wreath for the crown round about.
26 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 And the rings shall be
for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.
28 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
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 shalt set upon the table
shewbread before me continually.
31 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
bGr. of it.of one piece. 32 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 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 four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the
flowers
cGr. of it.of the same. 35 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 Let the
knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure
gold. 37 And thou shalt make its
seven lamps: and thou shalt set on it the lamps, and
they shall shine from one front.
38 And thou shalt make its funnel and
its snuff-dishes of pure gold. 39 All
these articles shall be a talent of pure gold.
40 See, thou shalt make them
dHeb. 8. 5.
according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.